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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire

Police ID Man Killed In Head-On Maryland Crash New details have been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police after a 30-year-old Gaithersburg man was killed in a head-on crash over the weekend. Eddy Thomas Jara, of Gaithersburg, was killed shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15 after crossing over the double yellow line into the opposite lane of traffic and striking a Ford Escape near the intersection of Muncaster Mill Road and Sycamore Road in Rockville. It remains unclear what caused Jara to lose control of his Honda before he drifted into the opposite lane of traffic. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first …

by Zak Failla

01/16/2023

Sports

DC Basketball Star, MD Native At Center Of Alabama Murder Investigation A University of Alabama basketball player from Washington DC and a Maryland native have been charged with gunning down a 23-year-old woman over the weekend. Junior forward Darius Miles, 21, and Charles County's Michael Lynn Davis, 20, have both been charged with the capital murder of 23-year-old Jamea Harris near campus over the weekend, according to police in Tuscaloosa. Jamea HarrisTwitter/@diamondaxls Shots rang out early on Sunday, Jan. 15 in The Strip off University Boulevard, not far from the Alabama campus, when a pair of gunmen fired into a vehicle in the area, police said, noti…

by Zak Failla

01/16/2023

Police & Fire

Woman, Dog, Shot By Gunman Firing Into Crowd In Anne Arundel County: Police New details have been released after a woman and her dog were shot over the holiday weekend in Anne Arundel County. At approximately 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, police say that officers were called to the 5000 block of Ritchie Highway near 11th Avenue in Brooklyn Park to investigate a reported shooting in the area. According to the Anne Arundel County Police Department, the woman - whose name has not been released - was standing around a group of people when an unknown assailant donning all dark clothing shot in the direction of the crowd. The woman was struck once in the leg and her dog wa…

by Zak Failla

01/16/2023

Police & Fire

One Dead, One Hospitalized In Head-On Montgomery County Crash One person was killed and a second hospitalized in a head-on crash in Montgomery County on Sunday, Jan. 15, according to officials. The driver of a black Honda was traveling west on Muncaster Mill Road when he crossed over into the opposite lane and crashed into a Ford Escape that was driving east along the roadway around 7:30 a.m., near Sycamore Lane in Rockville, officials said. ICYMI Serious accident this morning @ 4500 MUNCASTER MILL RD HEAD ON COLLISION MUNCASTER CLOSED BETWEEN SYCAMORE LN AND WINDSOR MANOR LN FOR AN EXTENDED TIME. @mcfrs pic.twitter.com/4Ibs9uzR3v — MCFRSNews (@MC…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say A Pennsylvania teenager who was the victim of a targeted shooting in the lobby of a Luzerne County movie theater has died from his injuries, according to state police. Luis Manuel Luna, 19, of Hazleton, died from injuries sustained in a shooting at approximately 8;15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Regal Cinema on Laurel Mall Drive in the Hazle Township. According to police, Manuel Luna suffered multiple gunshot wounds while he was in the arcade and lobby area of the theater before the gunman fled the area. Manuel Luna was transported to Lehigh Valley Hazleton for treatment and evaluati…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2023

Police & Fire

Man Killed In Double Shooting Near DC Middle School: Metropolitan Police One person was killed and a second injured in a double shooting in Washington, DC early on Sunday morning, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson announced. Renando Griffin, 34, of Southeast, DC, was killed in a shooting on Sunday, Jan. 15 in the 3200 block of 15th Place near the John Hayden Johnson Middle School in his hometown. Shortly after 12:45 p.m. on Sunday morning, police say that officers from the department’s Seventh District were called to 15th Place in Southeast, where there were reports of shots fired in the area. Upon arrival, first responders found Griffin and a seco…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2023

News

Side Of Former Hagerstown Church Comes Tumbling Down In Partial Collapse It was a busy Saturday night for first responders in Washington County when a residential building partially collapsed in Hagerstown. Shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, crews from the Hagerstown Fire Department and several neighboring agencies responded to a reported building collapse in the 500 block of Washington Avenue at Washington Square. From the outside, first responders were met by rubble and debris that left the interior of the building, which reportedly was the site of a former church, largely exposed. According to the property owners, the space was vacant at the time o…

by Zak Failla

01/15/2023

News

MS-13 Leader Gets Life In Prison For Maryland Murders, Racketeering Conspiracy Another MS-13 gang member in Maryland will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in a wide-ranging racketeering conspiracy that included multiple murders and federal drug charges. Brayan Contreras-Avalos - also known as “Anonimo,” “Humilde,” and “Malia,” 28, of Langley Park, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted during a lengthy for his participation in the deadly conspiracy, according to federal officials. Prosecutors say that Contreras-Avalos was the leader of an MS-13 clique operating in Frederick, Anne Arundel, Prince George’s, and Montgomery counties. …

by Zak Failla

01/14/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Killed While Walking Home In Charles County Neighborhood, Sheriff Says Police say that a teenager has died after being shot while walking through the neighborhood to his Charles County home. Rajon Lateef Jackson III, 17, of Waldorf, died at the hospital after being shot at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13 in the area of Dorchester Circle and Harvest Fish Place. POLICE ACTIVITY: Police are currently investigating a shooting in the area of Dorchester Circle and Harvest Fish Place in Waldorf. We will provide updates as soon as possible. — Charles Co Sheriff (@CCSOMD) January 13, 2023 Police say that when officers arrived at the scene of the shooti…

by Zak Failla

01/14/2023

Sports

Peter Stroud From Family Of North Jersey Soccer Players Signs With Red Bulls He's coming home. The New York Red Bulls have brought a familiar face on board after signing New Jersey native Peter Stroud to a long-term contract with the club that could keep him with the team through 2027. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New York Red Bulls (@newyorkredbulls) The 20-year-old midfielder has spent time overseas in England playing for West Ham United’s youth team and most recently played three seasons at Duke University, where he was a two-time ACC Midfielder of the Year award winner. He has also made appearanc…

by Zak Failla

01/14/2023

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