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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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News

Gunman Responsible For 'Hail Of Bullets' Caught On School Bus Camera In Rockville Sentenced Zachary Ciccantelli will avoid nearly 500 years in prison, but will still spend decades behind bars for initiating a Maryland shooting for an incident caught on camera, authorities announced on Friday. Ciccantelli, 24, was sentenced to 490 years in prison, with all but 45 years to serve, followed by five years of supervised release after he and getaway driver Callen Baker were convicted in connection to "a hail of gunfire" that was reported in Rockville in March 2023. Prosecutors say that on March 1, 2023, Ciccantelli and Baker arrived in the neighborhood in the 700 block of Monroe Street a…

09/27/2024

Obituaries

Man With Grill Fork Killed By Police In Wheaton Wanted To Help, Reunite With Mother In Honduras A grieving family is seeking the community's assistance as thy hope to send a man to his mother in Honduras after he was killed in an officer-involved shooting when police mistook a grill fork for a weapon in Montgomery County. At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, officers were called to the 3400 block of Janet Road in Wheaton after there was an emergency call placed about an assault in progress. Upon arrival, members of the Montgomery County Department of Police spotted a man, identified as 31-year-old Wheaton resident Melvin Omar Chavez-Paz in a yard holding an object in…

09/27/2024

Police & Fire

Caregiver Charged After Toddler Found Alone In Roadway Outside Triangle Apartment: Police A 23-year-old woman is facing charges after a Good Samaritan picked up a toddler found walking alone in the streets outside a Prince William County apartment. Kayla Nicole Murphy was charged following an incident early on Thursday morning in Triangle involving a 2-year-old child who was rescued by a neighbor, officials say. Officers responded to the Melrose Apartments in the 18000 block of Purvis Drive in Triangle, where they were called in to investigate reports of a found child who was found in the roadway outside. While investigating the incident, police say that Murphy made contact wit…

09/27/2024

Business

Bank Robber At Large After Targeting Virginia Truist Branch In Leesburg (Developing) Recognize him? A masked man is at large after a bank robbery was reported in Loudoun County on Friday afternoon, now police in Leesburg are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating their suspect. Officers were called at around 11:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27 to Truist Bank in the 1000 block of Edwards Ferry Road NW in Leesburg, where there was a reported robbery. According to police, members of the Leesburg Police Department were called at 11:42 a.m. on Friday to the bank, as well as the 200 block of Fort Evans Road NE at the Leesburg Outlet Mall to conduct an inves…

09/27/2024

Traffic

Driver Smashed Through Fence, Sign At Park Fleeing 'For The Fun Of It' In Stafford: Sheriff An 18-year-old driver who smashed through a fence at a Stafford County park and attempted to flee isn't having fun anymore after being apprehended by deputies from the sheriff's office. A group of teenagers, led by their driver, are facing multiple charges for allegedly drinking under age, crashing their Toyota, and attempting to toss away booze they were too young to be drinking, authorities announced. Shortly before 3 a.m. on Thursday morning, a deputy was called to Smith Lake Park on Doc Stone Road in Stafford, where there was a reported crash after a driver struck a gate, then a s…

09/27/2024

Business

John Deere Recalling 150K+ Compact Utility Tractors For Faulty Brakes: Cpsc Nearly 150,000 John Deere vehicles that were sold nationwide are subject to a recall due to faulty brakes that can create a potential crash hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is cautioning. This week, the company announced a massive recall involving multiple models of their "Compact Utility Tractors," which may have a front bell crank in the brake linkage that can fail, resulting in the tractor losing its ability to stop. The recall, impacting an estimated 147,900 tractors, was announced on Sept. 26. To date, there have been four reports of brakes fa…

09/27/2024

Police & Fire

Bomb Threat Targeting Woodbridge Pizza Place Leads To Evacuation, Suspect Behind Bars: Police Some patrons at a popular Prince William County pizza place were treated to dinner and a show after a man called in a bomb threat on Thursday night. Woodbridge resident Elton Charles Williams, 63, was arrested overnight following an incident that was reported at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in the 14900 block of Potomac Town Place. According to a spokesperson from the Prince William County Police Department, officers responded to the eatery at around 9:45 p.m. on Sept. 26 to investigate reports of a bomb threat. It was determined that a man - later identified as Williams - made a threat toward t…

09/27/2024

Police & Fire

Domestic Dispute Leaves Woman Dead, Man Charged With Murder In Edgewater: Police (Updated) A man has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder after a domestic disturbance resulted in a 47-year-old woman dead and a man with traumatic injuries in Anne Arundel County. At approximately 5 p.m. on Aug. 9, officers were called to a building in the unit block of South River South in Edgewater, where there was a reported stabbing with two people suffering from injuries. The woman, Nancianne Houston, of Edgewater, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. A 58-year-old man was also rushed to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with wha…

09/27/2024

News

Teens In Stolen Car Lead To Crash That Condemned Brooklyn Home, Officials Say A house suffered "significant damage" on Friday morning in Anne Arundel County when a group of teens crashed a purportedly stolen vehicle into the residence, police say. Officers were called shortly before 3 a.m. on Sept. 27 to the 5200 block of Kramme Avenue in Brooklyn, where there was a report of a team of minors tampering with with auto. Upon arrival, members of the Anne Arundel County Police Department spotted a 2020 black Hyundai sedan with tinted windows speeding away from the area before striking a truck that then collided into a residence in the 300 block of Church Street. Followi…

09/27/2024

News

Frederick County Poacher Admits To Illegally Harvesting A Trophy Deer: Maryland AG A man who illegally hunted what was described as a "trophy deer" will be a little lighter in the pocket after being ordered to pay restitution for poaching in Maryland, the Attorney General's Office announced. Frederick County resident Michael Hines pleaded guilty this week to hunting mammals during closed season, and will pay a hefty fine and restitution following the investigation into an incident reported in November last year. On Nov. 11, 2023, Natural Resources Police launched an investigation into "the illegal harvest of a trophy white tailed deer" after being tipped off that Hines ha…

09/27/2024

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