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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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Lifestyle
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, April 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With New Rules, $54M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, April 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With New Rules, $54M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, April 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With New Rules, $54M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing with a recently reset jackpot and some new rules. Tuesday's drawing is the first of what Lottery officials are calling "a new era" in Mega Millions with better odds to win the jackpot, bigger jackpots that grow quicker, and the Multiplier now included with every play, retiring the Megaplier. The estimated jackpot on April 8 is $54 million, with an estimated cash option of $25.7 million. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 10-16-50-60-61f with a Mega Ball of 17. MegaMillions…

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Police & Fire
Three Dead, Three Injured In Spotsylvania Mass Shooting: Sheriff (DEVELOPING) Three Dead, Three Injured In Spotsylvania Mass Shooting: Sheriff (DEVELOPING)
Three Dead, Three Injured In Spotsylvania Mass Shooting: Sheriff (Developing) Gunshots rang out in a Virginia neighborhood on Tuesday evening when a mass shooting left three people dead and three others injured in Spotsylvania, officials confirmed. Deputies with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, in the area of Olde Greenwich Circle, according to a spokesperson for the agency. When deputies arrived, they found multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Three more were rushed to area hospitals with injuries, according to the s…

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Obituaries
8-Year-Old Killed By Falling Tree Branch In Fredericksburg Was 'Mom's Twin, Had Dad's Eyes' 8-Year-Old Killed By Falling Tree Branch In Fredericksburg Was 'Mom's Twin, Had Dad's Eyes'
8-Year-Old Killed By Falling Tree Branch In Fredericksburg Was 'Mom's Twin, Had Dad's Eyes' A Virginia family is mourning the sudden death of an 8-year-old girl in a freak accident over the weekend in Fredericksburg. Sierra Marie Hash was playing with her siblings on Sunday, April 6, when a large tree limb suddenly broke off and struck her, causing fatal head injuries, her loved ones said. The freak accident unfolded in front of her siblings — a moment her family says they will never forget. There has been an outpouring of support from the community and loved ones following the tragedy that claimed Hash's life.  "Sierra was like no other," a friend of the family posted on s…

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News
Climate Protester Who Defaced 'Priceless Work Of Art' In DC Museum Learns Fate In Court Climate Protester Who Defaced 'Priceless Work Of Art' In DC Museum Learns Fate In Court
Climate Protester Who Defaced 'Priceless Work Of Art' In DC Museum Learns Fate In Court A North Carolina climate activist has been convicted in the shocking 2023 defacement of a world-famous sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Timothy Martin, 55, of Raleigh, was found guilty on Monday, April 7, by a federal jury following a four-day trial in DC’s US District Court.  Specifically, he was convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit, federal prosecutors said. The charges stem from an April 27, 2023, protest in which Martin and another activist smeared red paint on the case and…

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Police & Fire
Third-Grade BFFs Killed In Fiery I-695 Baltimore Crash Were 'Beautiful Souls' Third-Grade BFFs Killed In Fiery I-695 Baltimore Crash Were 'Beautiful Souls'
Third-Grade BFFs Killed In Fiery I-695 Baltimore Crash Were 'Beautiful Souls' Two third-graders from Lutherville Lab Elementary were among three people killed in a horrific, fiery crash off I-695 in Baltimore County over the weekend, police confirmed. Maryland State Police said the crash happened around 11:05 p.m. Saturday, April 5, when a trooper attempted a traffic stop on a Jeep Wrangler on the inner loop of I-695 near Greenspring Avenue.  The Jeep fled. The trooper did not pursue and reentered traffic, police said. Just minutes later, that same Jeep was found fully engulfed in flames off the ramp to southbound I-83. Investigators believe the driver lost con…

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Lifestyle
Florida Man Wins $50K Lottery Prize After Just Two Days In Baltimore Florida Man Wins $50K Lottery Prize After Just Two Days In Baltimore
Florida Man Wins $50K Lottery Prize After Just Two Days In Baltimore Welcome to Maryland, where the scratch-offs hit different.  A Florida man who had been living in Baltimore for less than 48 hours struck gold with a $50,000 Big Money lottery win—before even learning how to play the game. The Maryland newcomer didn’t waste time testing his luck—and it paid off in a very big way. According to the Maryland Lottery, a man who recently moved from Florida to Baltimore was visiting Towson Town Center when he saw a shop selling scratch-offs.  With no real plan—and no idea how the game worked—he grabbed a $5 Big Money ticket. “I didn’t think it wa…

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News
PA Man Learns Fate After 1988 Child Sex Abuse In MD: ‘There Is No Expiration Date On Justice' PA Man Learns Fate After 1988 Child Sex Abuse In MD: ‘There Is No Expiration Date On Justice'
PA Man Learns Fate After 1988 Child Sex Abuse In MD: ‘There Is No Expiration Date On Justice' More than three decades after sexually abusing a young child in Maryland, a Pennsylvania man finally got what was coming to him, authorities announced. Terrance Pinkett, a 54-year-old from Lansdale, was sentenced in Wicomico County to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse and second-degree sexual offense. Prosecutors said Pinkett abused a child under his care in 1988, when the victim was younger than 9.  The survivor came forward years later, triggering a full investigation by the Wicomico County Child Advocacy Center that led to the conviction. Pinkett enter…

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News
ICE Detains Boyfriend Of Missing Waldorf Mom Amid Suspicious Disappearance: Sheriff ICE Detains Boyfriend Of Missing Waldorf Mom Amid Suspicious Disappearance: Sheriff
ICE Detains Boyfriend Of Missing Waldorf Mom Amid Suspicious Disappearance: Sheriff A Maryland woman vanished under suspicious circumstances — and now the man who reported her missing is in ICE custody for allegedly being in the country illegally with forged federal documents. Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, was last seen on Monday, March 31, inside her Adams Court home, where she lived with her boyfriend — the father of her two children — and several others, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Monday, April 7. He reported her missing two days later. But as detectives started digging, they discovered “unusual and suspicious activity” at the home the ver…

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Hyattsville Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced ‘Perc’ To Teen Gets Prison Time In Overdose Death Hyattsville Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced ‘Perc’ To Teen Gets Prison Time In Overdose Death
Hyattsville Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced ‘Perc’ To Teen Gets Prison Time In Overdose Death A Maryland man will serve prison time for selling the pill that led to a teen’s death, authorities announced. Cesar Alexander Lopez, 26, of Hyattsville, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, April 7, in Montgomery County Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the death of 17-year-old Aiden Vining, according to State’s Attorney John McCarthy. Lopez received a 10-year sentence with all but five years suspended. He will also be on supervised probation for five years after his release. Prosecutors say Vining was found unresponsive in his Montgomery Co…

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Schools
Johns Hopkins Students Lose Visas Amid Federal Immigration Push: Reports Johns Hopkins Students Lose Visas Amid Federal Immigration Push: Reports
Johns Hopkins Students Lose Visas Amid Federal Immigration Push: Reports About a dozen international students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore had their visas revoked, according to officials. Several students and recent graduates who had F-1 visas through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System had their information pulled amid the Trump administration's ongoing push to deport immigrants. The F-1 visa allows students to enter the United States as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution or in a language training program. Accor…

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