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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

Schools

Armed Fredericksburg Man Causing Disturbance During Dismissal At HS Arrested, Sheriff Says Classes got off to a curious start for some students in Stafford County when a man trespassed on school grounds and made a disturbance while armed with a pistol on his hip. Fredericksburg resident Thomas Williams, 58, was arrested on Monday afternoon after bringing a gun to Brooke Point High School while staff was dismissing students, officials say. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, on Sept. 30, during afternoon dismissal at the school, security was directing traffic in the parking lot, who Williams ignored - not for the first time - leading to an explosive encounter. Inve…

10/02/2024

Police & Fire

Family With Baby Displaced By Gaithersburg House Fire, Officials Say Seven people and a baby were displaced by an early morning fire that is believed to have broken out in a family's garage in Montgomery County. At approximately 5 a.m., first responders were called to a two-story home on Duvall Street near West Deer Park, where they were met by flames showing through the roof of the residence with smoke billowing through the area. A team of around 50 firefighters were able to get the fire under control quickly, though there was enough damage that seven adults, an infant, and dog were all displaced. First responders believe that the fire began in the garage,…

10/02/2024

Traffic

Passengers Killed In Crash Off I-66 In Gainesville Identified By Police Two people were killed on Tuesday afternoon when a driver from Sterling lost control in Prince William County and crashed into a concrete barrier, police say. Woodbridge resident Liliana Nora Loschiavo Sierra, 67, and Alfredo Rodolfo Sobrero, 90, of Sterling, have been identified by investigators as the two passengers who were killed when their driver wound up crashing off I-66 in Gainesville. Shortly before 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 1, members of the Prince William County Police Department were called to the I-66 express exit ramp near University Boulevard, where there was a reported single-vehicl…

10/02/2024

Police & Fire

Man Busted With Viagra, Condoms During Planned Meet With Teen For Sex In Sterling Sentenced A 66-year-old Herndon man who was caught during an undercover sting operation preying on who he believed was a minor online in Loudoun County has been sentenced. Julio Camajuare Cisneros avoided the maximum sentence following an investigation into his activities online when he solicited a teenager he knew was underage, according to the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney. Members of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office led a sting operation with several other agencies that involved one investigator posing as the 14-year-old child who drew Camajuare Cisneros' attention. Investigators …

10/02/2024

Business

Here's Who Rank As The Richest Maryland Billionaires In New Forbes 400 Report Former and current sports team owners are among the richest in Maryland, though everyone is still chasing the renowned Lerner family, according to Forbes' most recent ranking of the richest people in America. With an estimated net worth of $5.8 billion, 94-year-old Annette Lerner and her family, which owns the Washington Nationals, as well as Lerner Enterprises in Rockville, are the most wealthy in Maryland, the new report states, though they are being rapidly approached by other moguls in Maryland. According to the report, "Lerner Enterprises is among the largest owners of real estate in t…

10/02/2024

Schools

Teen Charged, Minor Skates After Being Accused Of Making Threats Targeting Harford Schools Another Harford County teen is facing charges of making threats of mass violence - though another minor will avoid prosecution due to his age - after being overheard on Monday, officials say. On Monday, a student reported to the School Resource Officer assigned to Aberdeen Middle School that they overheard two classmates talking about placing a bomb in a toilet in the school bathroom. The investigation into the allegation found that two students - ages 12 and 14 - were identified as the culprits, and they were tracked down on school grounds and searched. "While, it is important to note, no…

10/01/2024

Police & Fire

US Marshals Join Search For HS Student Wanted For Columbia Mall Murder Of Teen: Police Reinforcements are on the way as the US Marshals have joined the Howard County Police Department are they attempt to locate a fugitive who allegedly killed 17-year-old Angelo Little at the Mall in Columbia over the summer. Officers were called late in the afternoon on Saturday, July 27, where there was a reported shooting in the area of the food court with one person - later identified as Little - dead in the mall before the shooter fled the area. That shooter was identified by police on Wednesday, Aug. 28 as Columbia resident William Marshall III - who also goes by "Junior" - and…

10/01/2024

News

Baltimore Teacher Who Filmed Sex With Student Learns His Fate For Federal Prison A former Baltimore high school educator who sexually abused a minor and filmed it is set to spend decades in federal prison, authorities announced on Tuesday, Oct. 1. William Zev Steen, 46, was sentenced to 23 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of release after pleading guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child. Steen has since been terminated from his position as a STEM teacher at the all-girls Orthodox Jewish day school Bnos Yisroel in Baltimore. He later let go of other positions he held in the community, too. According to his plea, 2005 to 2011, Steen sexually abused a min…

10/01/2024

Police & Fire

Gunman Caught On Camera Moments Before Oxon Hill Murder (Updated) The Prince George's Police Department has released a new video of a suspect wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man over the weekend in Oxon Hill. District Heights resident Daryl McCall was killed over the weekend following an incident that broke out late on Friday afternoon, police say. He was found at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway. According to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Department, first responders found McCall in a parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They treated him…

10/01/2024

Obituaries

Maryland Toddler Killed In DC Had 'Short, Meaningful Life," Family Says A devastated family in Maryland is reeling and seeking answers after a beloved toddler was killed in DC. Late on Saturday, 1-year-old Upper Marlboro native Journee Moore was the subject of an emergency call in Northwest DC after going into cardiac arrest. According to police, officers were called at around 10:50 p.m. on Sept. 28 to a home in the 3700 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, where they found the 1-year-old suffering from critical injuries. Moore was rushed to the Children's National Hospital by DC Fire and EMS personnel, where the child would later be pronounced dead from blunt forc…

10/01/2024

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