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Zak Failla

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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

Former Gilman School Teacher Who Blackmailed, Cyberstalked Boy In Maryland Learns Fate: Feds A former teacher at the Gilman School in Baltimore who was convicted on child porn, cyberstalking, and other offenses following a brief trial is going to spend decades behind bars, federal authorities announced. Christopher Kenji Bendann, 40, was sentenced to 35 years in prison - followed by a lifetime of supervised release - in connection to the sexual exploitation of a minor over the course of more than a year. According to prosecutors, between September 2017 and February 2019, Bendann produced multiple videos of a teen boy engaged in sexually-explicit conduct that were saved t…

by Zak Failla

01/22/2025

Lifestyle

Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Jan. 21 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $20M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing with a recently reset jackpot. The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Jan. 21 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $20 million, with an estimated cash option of $8.9 million. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 27-30-56-64-65 with a Mega Ball of 22 and a Megaplier of 3X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24. Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350&…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

News

Teens Reported Missing In Montgomery County, California, May Be Traveling Together: Police A teen reported missing in Maryland on Sunday may be traveling with a runaway from the opposite coast, according to police. An alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police as they attempt to locate 16-year-old Alejandro Rojas Knotts, who investigators believe may be traveling with Vitalina Sakharova, also 16, who was also reported missing in California. Police say that Rojas Knotts was last seen at around midnight on Sunday, Jan. 19 in the 14100 block of Arctic Avenue and may be driving a gray 2015 Volkswagen Jetta with a Maryland registration "1GJ4988." He was desc…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

Police & Fire

One-Armed Man Who Stabbed Victim Over TV Remote At Large In Charles County: Sheriff Charles County detectives are on the hunt for a Bryans Road man accused of stabbing a relative in the head and neck after an argument over a television remote, authorities announced. Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, 50, is wanted for first-degree assault following the violent altercation that was reported on Friday, Jan. 10, though he fled the area before officers arrived, leaving his relative with severe injuries that required hospital treatment. An arrest warrant was obtained, and detectives have been searching for Greenfield; however, he has not been located. Detectives have described hi…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

Obituaries

Doctors Said Poolesville's Alivia Tetlow Wouldn't Live Past 1 Year, She Made It To 25 Alivia Tetlow defied the odds every single day of her life. Born with a rare condition called gastroschisis, the Maryland native's journey began with a battle most couldn’t imagine. Doctors warned her family that she might not survive infancy, let alone celebrate her first birthday, but Alivia, as she proved time and time again, was no ordinary soul. "She is a daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, fiancé, and the best and dear friend of so many," her sister posted on a GoFindMe page that picked up steam following Tetlow's death on Jan. 14. "She is the most loving, strong, car…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

Sports

Buffalo Bills Fans Take Pity On Mark Andrews After Particularly Bad Game Buffalo Bills fans are paying it forward to Mark Andrews as Baltimore Ravens fans are sending him death threats following a particularly bad NFL Playoffs game. "As many of you know Ravens TE wasn't able to catch the game tying 2 point conversion and upset Ravens fans," organizers of a GoFundMe posted along with a $5,000 goal that was easily topped in one day. As of 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, the ragtag group, known as "Bills Mafia," raised nearly $20,000 on behalf of the Breakthrough T1D fund. The sure-handed Andrews, one of the Ravens' most prolific pass catchers and relia…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

News

Killer Who Stabbed Driver 59 Times, Stuffed Him In Trunk Sentenced In Charles County A 23-year-old White Plains man convicted of murder after deputies found a person stabbed to death in the trunk of his car in Charles County will spend decades in prison, authorities announced. Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez was arrested in October 2023 in connection to the death of driver Marco Alexander Pulido-Castro after the two got into a deadly dispute over payment for the ride. Patrol officers were called shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023 to the 4100 block of Gateway Boulevard, where there was a report of a person armed with a weapon, and upon arrival, a witness di…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

Police & Fire

Gold Bar Scam: Teen Admits Bilking Elderly Silver Spring Woman Out Of Thousands A 19-year-old New York resident implicated in a government-imposter-related scam is facing a harsh sentence above expected guidelines after admitting to targeting an elderly Maryland woman who sought to keep Russia away from her money, authorities announced on Tuesday. Brooklyn resident Zhenyong Weng was arrested last year after preying on an 82-year-old Silver Spring woman by reaching out to her and instructing her to transfer her assets into gold bars to keep Russian hands off. The woman complied, police say, and handed off several packages worth an estimated $900,000 in gold ba…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

Police & Fire

Caught In The Act: $8K In Stolen Merch Found In Thieves' Car In Leesburg, Cops Say Three Virginia women are facing a slew of felony charges after allegedly targeting Leesburg stores in an organized retail theft scheme that netted over $8,000 in stolen merchandise. Leesburg police say the arrests came after back-to-back incidents on the night of Wednesday, Jan. 15. Officers were first called around 7:45 p.m. to the Polo Ralph Lauren store on Fort Evans Road NE for a report of three suspects stealing merchandise, and while investigating, another call came in from a nearby Dick’s Sporting Goods, where employees reported three individuals concealing items in the store. …

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

News

Former Communications Professor At Virginia Tech Learns Prison Fate For Child Porn: Feds A former professor of communications at Virginia Tech who downloaded hundreds of child porn images - including some as young as toddlers - will be spending time in prison, federal authorities announced. Christiansburg resident Michael Horning, 51, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to a one-count charging him with "knowingly possessing one or more visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including prepubescent minors and minors who have not yet attained 12 years of age," prosecutors said. On Tuesday, Jan. 21, they announced that he has been sentenced to 60 month…

by Zak Failla

01/21/2025

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