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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

Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex Six suspects have been arrested in connection to the November killing of 20-year-old Edvin Moises Agustin Leon in Montgomery County last year. On Wednesday, May 31, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that they have identified and apprehended six men who were implicated in the murder of Leon in Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park. Those charged: Jonathan Edwardo Videz, 28, of Montgomery Village with: First-degree murder; Conspiracy to commit murder; First-degree assault; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; "Several other charges." Edwin Armando Sa…

05/31/2023

News

Community Rallies Around Pro-Life Supporter Beaten Near Baltimore Planned Parenthood Tens of thousands of dollars were raised in just days after a pro-life advocate protesting outside of a Planned Parenthood facility in Baltimore was “viciously beating.” Over the weekend, Mark Crosby and a second advocate - both over the age 70 - were assaulted near a Planned Parenthood clinic on North Howard Street, according to police. According to multiple reports, the second victim was identified as Dick Schaefer. The incident left Crosby with visceral and serious injuries at an area hospital, according to Jay Walton, the President of Baltimore County Right to Life, who said that Cro…

05/31/2023

Police & Fire

Arsonist Intentionally Set Car Fire With Children Inside Over Dispute In DC: MPD The woman who took the idea of fireworks into her own hands on Memorial Day is facing a lengthy prison stay for allegedly lighting a car on fire with four people - including children - inside. Diane Williams, 49, of Southeast DC, has been charged with assault with intent to kill after she took a vendetta over the top and sought to end a dispute by setting the car on fire on Monday, May 29 in the 3900 block of 4th Street SE. Shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon, officers were called to 4th Street, where there was a report of a person on fire, and upon arrival they found both a m…

05/31/2023

News

Alert Issued For Missing Infant In DC Believed To Be With 20-Year-Old Woman Police in Washington, DC are seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing infant who may be with a 20-year-old woman and hasn't been seen in nearly two weeks. An alert was issued by the Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday, May 31, as the search heightens for 1-year-old Aliya Payton, who is believed to be with Diane Terrell, who is also at large. The child was last seen at approximately 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 the 3200 block of Buena Vista Terrace SE in DC, though the incident was reported on Wednesday, prompting to the message from the police. According to investigators…

05/31/2023

News

Springtime Shooter Gets Max Sentence For Gunning Down Man In Clarksburg: State's Attorney A 21-year-old man will spend decades in prison for gunning down a man in broad daylight in an incident that was caught on camera. The Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, May 31, that Clarksburg resident Rodjaun Neal-Williams has been sentenced to the maximum term of 30 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year for his role in the death of 23-year-old Javon Gordon, of Boyds, two years ago. Specifically, Neal-Williams was convicted by a jury in March of voluntary manslaughter and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. The conf…

05/31/2023

Police & Fire

Carjacker Hits Two Police Vehicles While Fleeing From Officers Outside Library In Greenbelt: PD A carjacking suspect in Prince George's County went through extreme measures to avoid being apprehended by police on Wednesday afternoon. The Greenbelt Police Department issued an alert on Tuesday, May 30, advising that there was a carjacking outside an apartment complex in the 140 block of Westway where a man threw a woman to the ground, took her keys, and stole a Toyota RAV4. There is a large police presence around the Greenbelt Branch Library located at 11 Crescent Rd in reference to a carjacking. Please avoid the area. — Greenbelt Police (@greenbeltpolice) May 31, 2023 It didn…

05/31/2023

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Police ID Woman Killed In Upper Marlboro Head-On Crash That Hospitalized 1-Year-Old Boy Police have identified the 30-year-old woman who was killed in an early morning head-on crash in Prince George's County that left an infant hospitalized. Bowie resident Angelica Cepero was driving a Nissan Altima that was involved in a crash shortly before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31 that left her dead and three others injured, according to Maryland State Police. Investigators say that troopers from the Forestville Barrack were called to a stretch of Largo Road in Upper Marlboro on Wednesday morning, where there was a reported crash involving two vehicles that collided head-on. Cepero was …

05/31/2023

News

Illegal Immigrants Face Deportation By ICE For Role In Teen's Murder In Frederick (UPDATED) New information has been released after five immigrants - some of whom are known members of the MS-13 street gang - living in Maryland illegally were apprehended in connection to the murder of 15-year-old Limber Lopez Funez in Frederick County earlier this year after he went missing. The Frederick County Sheriff's Office released additional details on Wednesday, May 31, after five men were arrested and charged for their roles in the death of the teen, whose body was found in late April following an extensive search. Those facing charges: Alexis Alfredo Ayala Lopez, 21; Jose Roberto Ramos-…

05/31/2023

Police & Fire

Shooter Tracked Down Weeks After Gunning Down Beloved 21-Year-Old Baltimore Man Nearly two months after a 21-year-old man was gunned down in Baltimore, police say that the shooter has been apprehended. Baltimore resident Devin Wallace, 27, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Ferric Michie in a double shooting earlier this year, police announced on Wednesday, May 31. Jerric MichieBaltimore Police Department/Metro Crime Stoppers An investigation was launched on Tuesday, April 4, when officers responded to the 600 block of North Milton Street to investigate a ShotSpotter alert, where they found Michie suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Thursday,…

05/31/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Speaks Out After Cop Sentenced For Choking, Striking Him In Prince George's County A former top cop in Prince George’s County will spend time behind bars with some of the men he helped put away for assaulting a teen while he was handcuffs, State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced this week. Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Darryl Wormuth, 45, was sentenced by a judge to five years with all but 45 days suspended after he was convicted in early May of second-degree assault and misconduct in office for an incident nearly three years ago. On Oct. 20, 2020, Wormuth grabbed then 17-year-old Kayvon Hines around his neck and struck him while he was in handcuffs, though …

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