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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Weather

Thunderstorms, Possible Snow Heading Toward DMV Meteorologists are cautioning that some wicked weather may be barreling towards Maryland and Virginia. While temperatures were on the rise over the weekend, the fun may be over as forecasters are calling for thunderstorms, and possibly even some snow to parts of the region. According to the National Weather Service, snow is most likely in the western parts of Maryland and Virginia, with accumulations of less than one inch expected in the majority of the area, though some extreme forecasts have called for upwards of four inches in more rural areas. Flood Watches have been expanded …

12/09/2023

Business

Winning $620K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot-Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Howard County Food Store More than a half million dollars was won by a Maryland Lottery player who cashed in big during the latest "Multi-Match" drawing that was sold at an area grocery store. They just may not now it. A ticket jackpot-winning $620,000 ticket was sold in Howard County for the drawing on Thursday, Dec. 7, though no lucky winner has come forward to claim the six-figure prize as of Saturday afternoon, according to Lottery officials. The big winner was sold at Elkridge Farms on Lark Brown Drive in Elkridge - which will receive a $1,000 bonus from Maryland Lottery - and the winner now has 182 days to c…

12/09/2023

Police & Fire

Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor: Fairfax Police Police in Fairfax County are looking for additional victims after a DC man was arrested for soliciting a minor through social media. The Fairfax County Police Department received a report last week after a child was in touch with a grown man named "Alex" through Snapchat and received multiple illicit images from him as he attempted to convince the child to meet him at an area shopping center. Following that call, detectives from the department began investigating and reviewing digital evidence, officials said, which linked them to District resident Brian Dolan, whose identity was confirmed …

12/09/2023

News

Amber Alert Issued For Virginia Child 'In Extreme Danger' After Abduction (Developing) An Amber Alert was issued on Saturday morning after a 2-year-old was abducted in Virginia. The Virginia State Police and Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse say that at around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, Zuri Dorsey was possibly taken by Deandre Alante Dorsey in Virginia Beach, officials say. According to police, the girl was last seen at her home in the 1300 block of Sapphire Drive. The child was described as having brown hair, brown eyes, standing at around 2-feet tall, weighing 34 pounds. She was last seen wearing only underwear. Dorsey, 27, was described as being …

12/09/2023

Police & Fire

Death Investigation Leads To Murder Charge For Man Accused Of Killing In Gaithersburg: Police A man has been charged with murdering a 60-year-old in Montgomery County, police say. This week, an alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police as they sought to track down the person responsible for killing Charles Claggett, who was found dead late last month in the 200 block of Old Macdonald Road in Gaithersburg. Police say that early on Tuesday, Nov. 28, officers from the Gaithersburg Police Department were called to the area, where they found Claggett not conscious or breathing. He was treated at the scene and pronounced dead by first responders. Detectives Inves…

12/08/2023

News

Drunk Driver Caught On Camera Crashing Into Fairfax County Police Cruiser Disaster was largely averted when a member of the Fairfax County Police Department trying to keep a bicyclist safe was nearly run down by a drunk driver. The Fairfax County Police Department released body cam footage of what could have been a fatal incident as an officer was assisting a biker who was riding in the dark without his lights on. WHAT A CLOSE CALL!! 😳 While our officer was trying to keep a bicyclist safe who was riding w/ no lights at night, a drunk driver crashed into his cruiser!! Because of where they were standing, nobody was seriously hurt. A critical reminder to drive s…

12/08/2023

News

Virginia Man Sentenced For Killing Mother After Breakfast Fight In Indian Head A Virginia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of strangling his mother to death in Maryland after an argument, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday. Norfolk resident Bandon Kiah Slade, 29, was found guilty following a three-day trial of murder, assault and other offenses in connection to the death of his mother, Lenora Coates-Slade, whose body was found stabbed to death with a plastic bag wrapped around her head in the family's garage three years ago. On Friday, prosecutors announced that he has been sentenced by a judge to…

12/08/2023

Police & Fire

Road Raging Man Accused Of Murdering Driver During Dispute In Oxon Hill: Police A road-raging man has been arrested in connection to the murder of a beloved family man in Prince George's County. Oxon Hill resident Michael Derrington, 46, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder for his alleged role in the murder of 47-year-old Neris Requeno Rodriguez late last month during what police say is a road rage incident. Shortly before 6 p.m. on Nov. 30, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the 6000 block of Oxon Hill Road, where there was a reported shooting, where they found Requeno Rodriguez suffering from a guns…

12/08/2023

Police & Fire

Man Admits To Hate Crime For Damaging 'BLM' Signs And Pride Flags At Odenton Church A masked man who was caught on camera vandalizing a "Black Lives Matter" sign posted at an Anne Arundel Church will likely avoid time behind bars, authorities announced. Michael Billups, 29, pleaded guilty this week to defacing religious property in connection to a hate crime committed earlier this year when he destroyed Pride and other symbolic flags at the Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church in Odenton. The Anne Arundel State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday that Billups received a three-year suspended sentence with one year of supervised probation, during which he must complete …

12/08/2023

News

Woman, Dog Killed Crossing I-495 After Car Breakdown In Prince George's County: State Police A Virginia woman and a dog were killed in an early morning crash in Prince George's County, Maryland State Police officials announced. Kerri Snead, 32, has been identified by police as the person killed while crossing I-495 in Camp Springs at around 3 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 8. The crash was reported near Joint Base Andrews. According to police, troopers were called to the Outer Loop near Allentown Road to investigate a reported crash involving a pedestrian and dog. Investigators say that Snead was driving along I-495 when her vehicle began to malfunction. She then got out of th…

12/08/2023

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