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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

Police & Fire

Frederick Teen Charged As Adult After Pulling Gun In I-270 Road Rage Incident: State Police A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult after allegedly pulling a loaded gun on another driver during a road rage confrontation on I-270 in Montgomery County, state police said. The teen, from Frederick, was arrested Monday, March 31, after a driver called 911 around 2 p.m. reporting someone pointed a gun at her during an aggressive encounter near Falls Road in Rockville, according to Maryland State Police. The victim gave troopers enough information to identify the vehicle and suspect. Troopers from the Rockville and Frederick barracks — along with the Highway Gun Crimes Initiative — tr…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

Police & Fire

Man Broke Woman’s Back During Ongoing Abuse In Frederick, Police Say A Maryland man is behind bars after allegedly breaking a woman’s back during a brutal assault — then getting caught with a stash of suspected cocaine, police said. Officers with the Frederick Police Department were called to investigate a disturbance in the 900 block of West Patrick Street just after 9 p.m. on Monday, March 31. Inside the room, they found a man and woman — and clear signs of violence, they said. The victim was bruised from head to toe, according to the Frederick Police Department. She had a swollen contusion on her forehead and other injuries “consistent with blunt f…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

Police & Fire

Man Tried To Grab Cops’ Guns, Assaulted Five Officers During Virginia Fight: Police A wild fight in Northern Virginia ended with a suspect in custody after he allegedly attacked five officers and tried to grab their guns during a violent arrest, police said. Jack Witherell, 25, of Arlington, was arrested on Tuesday night, April 1, after assaulting multiple officers and attempting to disarm them, according to the Arlington County Police Department. It started around 8:42 p.m. when police were called to the 2100 block of North Culpeper Street for a fight outside a community center. Investigators say Witherell got into a verbal dispute with a man inside, then smashed the vic…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

News

Dad Who Shook, Punched Infant Daughter In DMV Gets Prison Time: State's Attorney A Montgomery County father will spend more than a decade in prison after brutally shaking and punching his 5-month-old daughter, causing catastrophic injuries that left her hospitalized for a month, prosecutors announced. Oliver Hernandez-Caballero, 26, of Damascus, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 1, to 25 years in prison with all but 14 years suspended after being convicted of first-degree child abuse, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. He will serve five years of supervised probation when he is released. The abuse happened on Dec. 28, 2023, when Hernandez-Cabal…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

Police & Fire

Husband, Wife Found Dead Inside Owings Mills Home In Possible Murder-Suicide: Police A grim investigation is underway in Maryland after a husband and wife were found shot to death inside their home, authorities announced. Baltimore County Police responded to the 3500 block of Avery Hill Drive on Tuesday, April 1, where they discovered Karen Franklin, 59, and Gary Franklin, 63, both dead from apparent gunshot wounds, officials said Wednesday. According to police, a preliminary investigation suggests one of the victims died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, though the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause and manner of death. Homicide dete…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

Police & Fire

Officer Indicted For Unauthorized Pursuit That Left Russian Linguist From Laurel Dead: AG A Maryland police officer is facing serious criminal charges after allegedly causing a fatal crash during an unauthorized high-speed pursuit, then fleeing the scene without reporting it, according to state prosecutors. On Wednesday, April 2, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the indictment of Officer Alexander Rodriguez, 30, of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, in connection to the August 2024 death of 21-year-old Joshua VanderZiel in Howard County. At the time of his death, Vanderziel was a Russian linguist for the US Navy, according to Brown. The crash happene…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

News

Elon Musk Cut Her Child Support, So Ashley St. Clair Sold Her Tesla, She Says In Viral Video The public drama between Elon Musk and his alleged baby mama took another strange turn when MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair sold off her Tesla. In a video that has since gone viral, the 26-year-old handed over the keys to a Tesla Model S, and she later had more harsh words for the world's richest man. Gold digger and professional gaslighter @stclairashley was caught on camera outside of her ritzy Manhattan condo (paid for by her sugar daddy Elon Musk) selling her $100,000 @Tesla she said was gifted to her by @elonmusk during their romantic relationship. She said she’s… pic.twitter.com/o…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

Obituaries

Virginia Hoops Star Drowns Trying To Rescue Son On Fishing Trip, Sheriff Says New details have been released after former college basketball star Danny Sumner and his young child drowned during a family fishing trip. Sumner, a Fredericksburg resident, and his 6-year-old son Donovan were enjoying a father-son fishing trip at around 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 22 at a local boat landing just off Legacy Lane in Spotsylvania, according to the sheriff's office. Investigators say that Sumner's wife became concerned when the pair did not return by 9:45 p.m. that night, so she contacted the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office. Deputies arrived in the area and searched the ar…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

Schools

Student Injured In Reported Assault At Watkins Mill High School, Montgomery County Police Say A student was injured in a reported assault Wednesday afternoon at Watkins Mill High School in Montgomery County, prompting a lockdown and police response, officials said. Officers with the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the school shortly before 2:00 p.m. on April 2, after reports of an assault on campus, the department said in a post on X. One student was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. No other injuries have been reported. As a precaution, the school was initially placed on lockdown before transitioning to a shelter-in-p…

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

News

Woman Who Slammed 7-Year-Old Onto Asphalt Over Forgotten Prayer In Waldorf Learns Fate A Maryland woman will spend more than a decade in prison after slamming a 7-year-old girl onto a concrete parking lot because the child couldn't remember a religious prayer, prosecutors announced. Renee Daytona Roberts, 45, was sentenced on Thursday, March 27, to 25 years with all but 15 years suspended for first-degree child abuse that left the child with severe injuries. A judge also ordered that she be placed on five years of supervised probation upeon her release. The assault took place on Jan. 8, 2024, outside Patient First in Waldorf, where deputies with the Charles County Sheriff’s …

by Zak Failla

04/02/2025

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