62°

Monday, may 19

Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram

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

News

Mom Finds Maryland Couple Murdered In Cecil County; Two Men Face Justice Two Maryland men have been found guilty in the cold-blooded murders of a Cecil County couple inside their home, prosecutors announced. Jordan Patrick Perry and Richard Lee Stone were convicted in separate trials of killing 35-year-old Christopher Blain Thomas and 34-year-old Ashley Dove Brown in North East in July 2023, according to the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office. Both men were found guilty of first-degree murder and dozens of other charges, officials announced Monday, May 19. Perry was convicted on all 33 charges, while Stone was convicted on all 45 charges he was facing…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

News

Serial Rapist Who Attacked Three Women At Knifepoint In DMV Learns Prison Fate He stalked them. He attacked them. He threatened them with a knife. And now, Jose Angel Gomez is going away for decades. Gomez, 42, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for a string of violent sexual attacks on three women in Washington, DC, according to federal prosecutors. Gomez, formerly of the District, pleaded guilty in January to one count each of first-degree sexual abuse while armed, first degree sexual abuse, attempted first degree sexual abuse and assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from attacks in July, September, and October 2018, the US Attorney’s Office ann…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Police & Fire

Two Victims Identified After Deadly Dundalk Garage Shooting: Police It was a grim discovery in Baltimore County over the weekend when two people were found shot to death inside a detached garage in an area home, officials say. April Nadeau, 42, and Timothy Brinegar, 43, were both found dead with gunshot wounds in Dundalk on Sunday afternoon, May 18, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. Officers responded around 2 p.m. to the 7400 block of School Avenue after receiving a call for service. When they arrived, they found the two victims in a detached garage, police said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Detecti…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

News

Virginia Gang Member Freed 16 Times Injures Officer Before Latest Arrest: ICE It took 16 tries — and now an injured ICE officer — but federal agents say they finally have a dangerous gang member off Virginia’s streets. Mykol Santos-Santos, 25, an illegal Guatemalan national and known gang member, was arrested Monday, May 12 in Fairfax, ICE officials in Washington, DC announced. Santos-Santos didn’t go quietly. Officials say he resisted arrest, fought officers, and injured one of them during the takedown. ICE says Santos-Santos has been arrested more than 30 times in Fairfax County since 2020. His record includes assault and battery, burglary, drug distributio…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Police & Fire

Homeowner Confronts Car Break-In Suspect: Temple Hills Man Dead, Two Hurt In Shooting: Police One person was killed and two others injured after a deadly confrontation unfolded in Maryland early Sunday morning. Edward Coates III, a 30-year-old from Temple Hills, was shot and killed after attempting to break into vehicles in a Prince George’s County neighborhood on May 18, police said. Officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department were called around 4 a.m. to the 5700 block of J Street in Fairmount Heights, where they found Coates and two others suffering from gunshot wounds. Investigators say Coates was attempting to break into cars when he was confronted by a man who …

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Police & Fire

Arlington Officer Hospitalized After Hit-Run Driver Strikes Cop During Traffic Stop: Police An police officer in Virginia is recovering after being hit by a driver who took off from the scene of a traffic stop, officials announced. The incident was reported shortly before 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, in the 1600 block of South Eads Street in Arlington, police said. Two officers were outside of their cruisers conducting a traffic stop when an unrelated passing vehicle struck one of the officers and sped away, according to police. Medics rushed the injured officer to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The officer has since been released and is recovering at…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Police & Fire

Seat Pleasant Murder Suspect Barricades In Apartment After Deadly Shooting: Police A Maryland man is behind bars after police say he shot and killed someone he knew, then barricaded himself inside an apartment building in Seat Pleasant. Ray Eugene Williams, 37, of Seat Pleasant, is charged with murder in connection with the deadly shooting of 51-year-old Timothy Furr of Baltimore, the Prince George’s County Police Department announced. It happened Friday morning, May 16, on Greig Street in Seat Pleasant. Following the shooting, police say Williams ran into an apartment building on the same block and refused to come out. That’s when police called in their Emergency Servi…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Police & Fire

Dog Dies Alone In Hot Car Outside Manassas Mall While Owner Shopped, Police Say A 2-year-old dog is dead after being left in a hot car for hours outside a Virginia shopping mall, according to police. Officers were called to the parking lot of the Manassas Mall on Sudley Road around 6:45 p.m. Friday, May 16, to investigate reports of an unconscious dog. When they arrived, they found the American Bulldog unresponsive inside a vehicle, police said. Animal control officers responded and pronounced the dog dead at the scene. Investigators say the dog’s owner, Malik Lee Dorsey-O’Bannion, 28, left the animal locked inside the car for hours while he was inside the mall. Off…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Sports

John Oliver Is Rebranding Erie SeaWolves — Here's The Twisted Catch One Minor League Baseball team just handed over its identity—completely—to John Oliver. Last week, on "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver," the late-night host took a deep dive into Minor League Baseball with a "very special offer" for one team: to give them a total rebrand. The catch? The show gets complete control. "I have a very special offer. We are willing to use all of our resources and stupidity to give one Minor League Baseball team a total rebrand. "We will give you a new team name. A new mascot. We will even throw you a theme night. It will be personalized and it will be be…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

News

Son Kills Mother, Seriously Injures Another Woman In Bowie Domestic Assault: Police A Prince George’s County man is facing murder charges after police say he killed his own mother and seriously injured another woman in a brutal domestic attack. James Calero, 40, of Bowie, is accused of murdering 72-year-old Susan Calero, police announced Monday, May 19. Officers with the City of Bowie Police Department were called to the 12000 block of Blackwell Lane around 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, for a reported domestic disturbance. Inside the home, they found Susan Calero unconscious and suffering from severe trauma. She was pronounced dead on the scene, police said. A second woma…

by Zak Failla

05/19/2025

Prev Page 1 of 3352 1 2 3 4 5 Next

1 - 10 of 33,518 articles