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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

Indecent Exposer At Large After Being Chased Away By 66-Year-Old Virginia Woman: Police Police say that a Peeping Tom who exposed himself to a 66-year-old woman multiple times over the course of several days at her Virginia condo complex remains at large days after targeting his victim. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the Stratford Condominiums in the 8100 block of Lacy Drive in Manassas to investigate a reported indecent exposure incident. According to investigators, the 66-year-old woman told responding detectives that she had observed the same unknown man outside of her apartment making obscene gestures while exposing himself on at …

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

One Killed, One Walks Away From Violent Rollover Maryland Crash, Police Say One person was killed and another hospitalized after a driver in Anne Arundel County failed to negotiate a curve and violently crashed over the guardrail and into a tree next to the North River, officials announced. Suandin Gregorio Lopez, 22, and Darwin Jose Centre Lopez, 29, both of Annapolis, suffered serious injuries on Sunday, Dec. 11 in a rollover crash in Davidsonville, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Investigators say that at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, a 1995 Mitsubishi 3000 driven by Gregorio Lopez was traveling east on Defense Highway (MD…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Sheriff IDs 25-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Killed Crashing Into Parked Cars In Virginia A 25-year-old man was killed in an early-morning crash in Northern Virginia after losing control of his Dodge Charger and crashing into parked cars, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Sterling resident Jason A. Recinos-Funes died in a Virginia hospital after crashing his Charger in the 500 block of East Staunton Avenue on Monday, Dec. 12 in his hometown. Investigators say that members of the sheriff's office were called to the scene of the crash shortly before 2:45 a.m. on Monday morning when Recinos-Funes was driving his 2013 Charger on East Staunton Avenue when he struck tw…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Would-Be Virginia Ditch Drowner Charged With Attempted Murder Following Maryland Fight: Sheriff Authorities say that a Virginia man who assaulted and attempted to drown someone in a ditch during an altercation in Maryland has been charged with attempted murder. Brama Joseph Bussell, 28, of King George, is in custody in St. Mary's County following an early-morning fight last week, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office announced on Monday, Dec. 12. Officials said that the incident began shortly before 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, when deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 11100 block of Point Lookout Road in Scotland, for a reported assault in the a…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

News

Federal Prosecutors In Maryland Seize Websites For Illegally Live-Streaming World Cup Games The United States may have been ousted from the World Cup prematurely, but that didn’t stop state prosecutors in Maryland from shutting down dozens of websites that have been illegally streaming games during the tournament. US Attorney Erek Barron announced the seizure of 55 separate websites for allegedly live-streaming the World Cup games for profit in violation of FIFA copyrights, effectively shuttering the sites’ services. Instead, soccer fans looking to pirate the games on the steaming sites will see a new message stating that the site has been seized by the federal government, which …

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials Authorities say that one person was killed in Maryland when an early-morning fire broke out at a popular bike shop in Carroll County on Monday morning. Bradley White, 55, the owner of White’s Bicycles on West Main Street in Westminster was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 12, when a fire broke out at his business and spread to nearby apartments and other buildings, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly after 5:15 a.m. on Monday morning, crews from the Westminster Fire Department and surrounding agencies from Carroll, Baltimore, York, and Adams counties responded to a rep…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

News

Alert Issued For Pittsburgh Penguin Fan Reported Missing In Maryland Seen him? Concerns are mounting for friends and family members of 34-year-old Joseph Ringis, who was reported missing out of Frederick County. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for Ringis, who was described as being 5-foot-11 and weighing approximately 260 pounds with blue eyes and a bald head. He was last seen at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, according to the sheriff’s office, wearing a black and yellow Pittsburgh Penguins jersey and black pants. Investigators noted that he wears prescription glasses and could be driving a dark-blue 2017 Subaru Impreza wit…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Husband Accused Of Gunning Down Wife By Sheriff During Welfare Check In Maryland A 33-year-old Charles County man has been charged in connection to his wife’s death, the sheriff’s office announced. Waldorf resident Travis Edward Paschal Wood is facing multiple murder charges following a weekend investigation into his wife’s suspicious death, according to authorities. Police investigators say that shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office District III Station in Waldorf were called to Wood’s home in the 2300 block of Tawny Drive to do a welfare check. Upon arrival, responding officers said that they found Shawnda Wood, 32, s…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Rescued From Balcony Of Two-Alarm Hotel Fire In Virginia That Damaged 26 Rooms More than two dozen hotel rooms are uninhabitable in Virginia after a fast-moving two-alarm fire tore through Quality Inn Central in Richmond on Sunday afternoon. First responders from the Richmond Fire Department were dispatched at approximately 4:12 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11 to the hotel on North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, where there was a reported structure fire with smoke coming from the building. Posted by Richmond Fire Department on Sunday, December 11, 2022 A second alarm was struck shortly before 4:20 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, officials said, as a precautionary measure. Officials s…

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Violent Night: Two Dead, One Injured In Separate Overnight Baltimore Shootings, Police Say Two men are dead and a third was hospitalized overnight as police investigate separate shootings in Baltimore that happened within three and a half hours of each other, according to detectives. The night of violence began shortly before 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, when Northeast District officers from the Baltimore City Police Department responded to the 1500 block of Havenwood Road to investigate a reported shooting that had just taken place. Upon arrival, officers said they found a 22-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the body, and a 56-year-old man with a gunshot wound to …

by Zak Failla

12/12/2022

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