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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

Business

Support Pours In For Silver Spring Restaurateur Fighting Stage 4 Cancer: 'She Gives And Gives' She’s fed generations of families, students, musicians, and even first responders — now the community is rallying to feed her hope. Ada Villatoro, owner of El Golfo Restaurant in Silver Spring, is fighting stage 4 metastatic breast cancer while still showing up to serve others — just as she’s done for decades. According to a GoFundMe launched by her loved ones, Villatoro immigrated to the DC area in the mid-1980s in search of a better life. She went on to raise two sons and build a restaurant that has become a gathering place for locals, artists, nonprofits, and families across the r…

by Zak Failla

07/28/2025

Police & Fire

Greenbelt Man Gunned Down After Work; Family Calls William Askew’s Death ‘Senseless’ William Denard Askew was heading home from work when a bullet ended his life in the middle of the street. Now, his devastated family is grieving, searching for answers — and demanding justice. The Prince George’s County Police Department says the 33-year-old from Greenbelt was fatally shot on Friday night, July 25, in Laurel. At approximately 10:20 p.m., officers responded to the 13200 block of Laurel Bowie Road in the unincorporated section of Laurel, where they found Askew suffering from gunshot wounds in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Detect…

by Zak Failla

07/28/2025

Police & Fire

‘Florida Men’ Busted In Loudoun Linked To ‘Felony Lane Gang’ Crimes In VA, MD: Sheriff Two Florida men linked to a notorious coast-to-coast criminal crew known as the “Felony Lane Gang” have been captured after a months-long investigation into a series of smash-and-grab thefts and fraud in Virginia, Maryland, and beyond, authorities announced. The pair — Ricky Noel, 21, and Freddrick Holmes, 28, both of Fort Lauderdale, Florida — were arrested in Wisconsin and Florida, then brought back to Virginia, where they are being held without bond, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. The case began on March 6, when someone used stolen ID to cash a fraudulent check at a ba…

by Zak Failla

07/28/2025

Police & Fire

Hagerstown Sex Offender Abused Two Young Children After Failing To Register: Feds A registered sex offender who moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland will spend decades in prison after sexually abusing two minors, authorities announced. Harrison James Miller, 32, of Hagerstown, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison, followed by lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to sex abuse offenses involving two children. According to his plea, Miller was ordered to register as a sex offender after a conviction in Pennsylvania involving an 8-year-old child. In August 2022, upon release from prison, Miller moved to Hagerstown, but did not regis…

by Zak Failla

07/28/2025

Police & Fire

Hagerstown Man Fires Shots At Victim During Maryland Dispute, Police Say A Maryland man is behind bars after allegedly firing multiple shots at another person during a heated overnight argument, police said. Officers with the Hagerstown Police Department responded to the 200 block of W. Franklin Street around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 27, for a report of shots fired. “Within minutes, officers were able to identify the suspect from city surveillance cameras, locate him and place him under arrest,” HPD said in a statement. That suspect, Charles Anthony Rodgers, 38, was found outside his home in the 200 block of W. Franklin and taken into custody, officials said. …

by Zak Failla

07/28/2025

Police & Fire

Woman Found Dead, Boat Operator Still Missing After Niagara River Crash: Nysp A Western New York woman was found dead in the Niagara River, and the man believed to be driving the boat that crashed is still missing, according to state police. Troopers say Natalie Sansivero, 46, of Grand Island, was recovered from the water on Friday, July 25, about a mile from where the crash happened. She was last seen aboard a 35-foot 2015 Scout Boat that collided in the river on Tuesday night, July 23, around 9:38 p.m., according to New York State Police. State police said that the multi-agency effort to recover Jerome Williams' body is ongoing. The Buffalo resident, 66, has not …

by Zak Failla

07/27/2025

Police & Fire

Woman Found Dead In Jeep Along I-695 In Baltimore County: State Police A woman was found dead inside a Jeep on the side of I-695 in Baltimore County Sunday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers say the woman’s identity has not yet been confirmed after her body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner of death on July 27. The case is being investigated as a death investigation. Just before 9:45 a.m., officials say a Maryland State Trooper from the Golden Ring Barrack stopped to check on a black Jeep Wrangler parked on the right shoulder of the outer loop of I-695, west of Perring Parkway. The troo…

by Zak Failla

07/27/2025

Police & Fire

Truck Crosses Line In Maryland Crash, Killing Woman, Injuring 2 Men: State Police A Pennsylvania woman is dead and two men were hospitalized after a pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed into a car in Maryland, state police said. Troopers were called to Sudlersville Road and Duhamel Corner Road in Sudlersville around 10:45 p.m. on Friday, July 25, for a reported crash, Maryland State Police said. Investigators say a 2020 Nissan Frontier, driven by 30-year-old Kyle Wayne Crossly of Sudlersville, was heading west on the roadway when it failed to navigate a slight curve. The truck then crossed into the eastbound lane and slammed into a 2022 Chevrolet Malib…

by Zak Failla

07/27/2025

Police & Fire

Mass Stabbing At Walmart Leaves 11 Injured — Suspect Taken Down Inside Store: Sheriff A Michigan man is facing terrorism charges after police say he stabbed 11 people in a horrifying attack at a Walmart on Saturday afternoon. Bradford James Gille, 42, of Elkden, was arrested after allegedly walking into the store in Garfield Township around 4:45 p.m. on July 26 and using a folding knife to stab multiple people at random, according to the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a multiple stabbing incident at the Wal-Mart in Traverse City. The suspect is in custody, details are limited at this time.A PIO is in route t…

by Zak Failla

07/27/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Inmate Killed In Prison Cell During Bloody Altercation: State Police A 42-year-old inmate was killed inside his Jessup prison cell during an altercation with another inmate, Maryland State Police announced. Brian Bell, an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, died at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center on Saturday, July 26, Maryland State Police said. Police say Bell and another inmate were inside their cell when a corrections officer noticed blood on both of them around 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Both men were rushed to local hospitals. Bell was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where he later died, officials said. The other inmate, …

by Zak Failla

07/27/2025

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