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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

Traffic

Driver Killed Crashing Into Concrete Barrier In Maryland, Sheriff Says A 76-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in St. Mary’s County, and investigators say a medical emergency may have been to blame. Deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called around 1:15 p.m. on March 25 to the 44000 block of St. Andrews Church Road near Pops Way in California, Maryland, for a reported crash involving a 2018 Hyundai Elantra. First responders found the driver, Calvin Coolidge Edwards Jr., of Lexington Park, unresponsive and not breathing, the sheriff’s office said. Despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the s…

by Zak Failla

03/26/2025

Lifestyle

Secret Virginia Singer's 'American Idol' Audition Is Major Tearjerker (Watch) She had never performed in front of a crowd. She didn’t think she was good enough. Then she opened her mouth — and made it all the way to Hollywood. Nina Daig, 25, of Beaverdam in Virginia, stunned the judges on American Idol after performing a heartfelt original song called “Average Joe” — a tribute to her older brother, Joey, who was born with brain damage and has been her lifelong inspiration. “Sweaty, but great,” Daig joked before stepping into the audition. “You’re the first person I’ve sung in front of,” she added, stunning the judges. Her video package introduced viewers to Joey, wh…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Mother Killed In Crash By Driver Fleeing Police ID’d By Attorney General New details have been released after a police pursuit in Prince George’s County ended in tragedy when a fleeing driver slammed into a mother and her son in Landover, killing the woman and sending the child to the hospital, officials say. It all went down just after 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21, when a Seat Pleasant Police officer tried to pull over a Genesis sedan on Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, according to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. The driver stopped at first—but then took off. The officer issued a BOLO for the car, and minutes later, Prince George’s County Police spott…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Police & Fire

Investigation Into Sudden Death Of Former US Attorney Finds No Foul Play: Officials Police have released some findings of the investigation into the sudden death of Jessica D. Aber, the former top federal prosecutor in Virginia. The Alexandria Police Department confirmed on Tuesday, March 25, that detectives have "found no evidence suggesting that her death was caused by anything other than natural causes." It was not immediately clear whether or not she suffered from any type of medical condition. Aber, 43, was found unresponsive around 9:18 a.m. Saturday, March 22, inside a home on the 900 block of Beverley Drive, police previously said. Officers were called to the…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Police & Fire

Fatal Maryland House Fire Claims Life Of Man Overnight, Firefighters Say A 62-year-old man was killed when flames tore through his Pasadena home overnight, marking the third fire-related death in Anne Arundel County this year, fire officials confirmed. Crews were called just after 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, to the 1900 block of Hickory Point Road, after a BGE contractor working nearby spotted the home on fire and called 911, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Firefighters arrived minutes later and found heavy flames coming from the front of the home’s first floor. Crews brought the fire under control in about 30 minutes and began searchi…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

News

Man, 79, With Cognitive Impairment Missing From Virginia Assisted Living Facility: Police Police in Virginia are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 79-year-old man who disappeared from an assisted living facility Monday evening and may be in danger. Michael Small was last seen on foot around 4:45 p.m. on March 24 at the Green Acres Assisted Living Facility on Bradley Street in Abingdon, according to a Senior Alert issued by Virginia State Police on behalf of the Abingdon Police Department. Small is described as a white male, 6-foot-tall weighing 205 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. He may be wearing a dark blue shirt, tan sweater, pajama pants, and a ball cap, …

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Police & Fire

Virginia Man, Maryland Woman Arrested In Pennsylvania For Hagerstown Shooting: Police A pair of suspects wanted for attempted murder after a shooting in downtown Hagerstown were tracked down and arrested across state lines, police said. Ashley Pennant, 29, of Hagerstown, and Darryl Lee Robinson Jr., 32, of Ashburn, Virginia, were taken into custody on Sunday, March 24, just north of Waynesboro, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. The two were wanted in connection with a shooting that happened one day earlier, on Sunday, March 23, in the unit block of E. Antietam Street in Hagerstown. Investigators said both suspects are facing charges of attempted murder, multipl…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Police & Fire

Serial Sex Offender Who Lured Women Into Cars In Maryland, DC Still Unidentified: Police Detectives in Southern Maryland are trying to put a name to a violent predator who terrorized women across the DMV for years — and they’re asking the public for help. Between 1996 and 2003, an unidentified man sexually assaulted multiple women after luring them into his car under false pretenses in Prince George’s County and Washington, DC, then driving them to remote areas of Charles County to attack them, according to investigators. Officials from the Charles County Sheriff's Office said the man used the name “Jerry”, along with Jimmy, George, and James, to gain trust. Once the vic…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Obituaries

Virginia Father, Daughter Killed In Store Shooting Had 'One Of A Kind Bond,' Family Says A small Virginia community is reeling after a beloved father and daughter were shot and killed inside their family-run convenience store in Accomack County, authorities and loved ones said. Pradipkumar Ratilal Patel, 56, and his daughter Urmi Patel, 24, were fatally shot on Thursday, March 20, in a tragic incident that has devastated both their family and the town of Accomac, where they lived and worked. The Patels were well known in the community and operated the Shore Shop on Lankford Highway near their home. A 44-year-old man was reportedly identified as a shooting suspect and now…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

Police & Fire

Decomposed Body Found In Woodbridge Street Leads To Second Arrest: Police Another suspect has been arrested in the case of a decomposed body found dumped on a residential street in Prince William County, police announced. Jonathan Alberto Aguilar, 21, of Woodbridge, was taken into custody on Sunday, March 24 in connection with the ongoing death investigation of Robert Patrick Hearn, 42, of Annandale, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Aguilar is charged with concealment of a dead body and is being held without bond. His court date is pending. The arrest comes more than a month after Hearn’s body was discovered in the 13200 block of Trowbri…

by Zak Failla

03/25/2025

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