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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 Injured After Car Crushed Under Trailer In Harford County Crash Near Amazon A driver suffered injuries after slamming into the side of a tractor-trailer in Harford County during a morning crash that mangled a sedan. Crews from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company rushed to the scene on Fulfillment Drive near Trimble Road — an access road leading to an Amazon facility near a Kohl’s department store — after reports of a serious motor vehicle collision came in around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 30. First responders arrived to find the driver’s side of a silver sedan crushed beneath a parked trailer, its front bumper nearly flattened. According to officials, one…

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

Woman Sexually Abuses Child, Sent Photos To Toms River Man Asking For Them: Prosecutor A New Jersey man and woman are behind bars after police say she snapped photos of nude children and sent them to him. A review of messages between Julianna Goldstein, 20, and Logan Oliviera, 23, revealed Oliveira instructed Goldstein to touch a juvenile in an inappropriate manner and send photos of it to him, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. A review of various messages between the two revealed that Goldstein was sending nude photos of juveniles to Oliveira, Billhimer added. The case began with a cyber-tip to the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Childr…

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

Same Mercedes, Same Deputy, Same Ending: Stafford Driver Busted After Second Chase: Sheriff A Stafford County man learned the hard way that you can run, but you can’t hide — especially twice — after a deputy recognized his Mercedes from a high-speed pursuit just weeks earlier. Carlos Lara Sanchez, 20, is facing multiple charges after deputies say he twice tried to flee traffic stops in the same vehicle, only to be caught red-handed pulling into his own driveway on Tuesday, April 29, officials said. Sanchez's saga began in late March, when a deputy clocked a Mercedes flying northbound on Richmond Highway at 64 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.…

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

Edgewood Teen Accidentally Shot Brother With 3D-Printed Gun: Sheriff A Maryland teenager is behind bars after allegedly shooting his own brother with a 3D-printed ghost gun in their Harford County home, authorities announced. Kylee DeLilly, 18, of Edgewood, is accused of shooting his 18-year-old brother in the leg with an untraceable homemade handgun on Tuesday afternoon, April 29, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were called shortly before 2 p.m. to the 600 block of Yorkshire Drive, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to his upper leg. Deputies applied a tourniquet before medics rushed the victim to a trauma center for …

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

News

Paterson Council President, Campaign Team Stole, Forged Ballots To Win 2020 Election: NJ AG A New Jersey city council president rigged the vote to keep his seat — and now he’s facing a fresh round of felony charges, state officials say. Alex Mendez, the Paterson City Council President, is facing new election fraud charges alongside his wife and three others, including campaign workers, after allegedly stealing and forging ballots to win a municipal election in May 2020, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Wednesday, April 30. According to a 10-count superseding indictment, Mendez and his co-conspirators are accused of forging ballots and voter registrations and s…

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

Business

Bread Recalled After Glass Found On Loaves In Maryland, 5 Other States, FDA Says Check your freezer — a Maryland-based bakery has issued a multi-state bread recall after glass was found on top of frozen loaves, federal officials say. Three types of frozen bread shipped to Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and three other states are being recalled after fragments of glass were discovered on top of the products, according to a new alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bread was produced by Upper Crust Bakery LP, headquartered on Holladay Tyler Road in Glenn Dale, Maryland. No injuries had been as of late April, officials said, but the firm voluntar…

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

Obituaries

Suitland Mom Of 7 Mourned After Boyfriend Kills Her In Shooting: ‘She Had A Beautiful Spirit’ Neri Moreno Gratini was a mother of seven, full of love and joy. Now her loved ones are grieving an unimaginable loss. Family and friends are mourning the death of Moreno Gratini, a devoted mother who police say was shot and killed by her boyfriend in her Maryland home before he turned the gun on himself while fleeing police on the Capital Beltway. Officers with Prince George’s County Police responded to the couple’s Suitland home shortly after 4:15 a.m. on April 28 for a reported shooting. Inside, they found Moreno Gratini suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced d…

by Zak Failla

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

After A Life Of Service, Retired Baltimore Officer Faces Hardest Fight Yet: Losing His Leg He spent his career protecting others — now his family is hoping the community will rally to help him. A retired Baltimore City police officer is facing one of the hardest fights of his life following a surgical amputation of his right leg, and his daughters are asking for help. Mark Perzan recently underwent the life-changing surgery after complications related to a long-term infection, prompting his daughter, Brittany Perzan, to launch a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for home renovations, medical equipment and post-surgical care. “Our dad is a retired Baltimore City police officer and…

by Zak Failla

04/29/2025

Politics

Twice-Deported Man Accused Of Abducting, Strangling Woman In Virginia: ICE Wilmer Ramos-Giron was deported — twice. He came back — again. Now he's accused of choking and abducting a woman in Virginia. A Guatemalan national who was previously deported twice is in custody again after being arrested in Chantilly and charged with abduction, assault, and felony strangulation, federal officials announced. Wilmer Ramos-Giron, 34, was taken into custody on April 24 by officers from ICE Washington, DC and the Virginia State Police, according to ICE. Ramos-Giron, who has a past federal firearms conviction, had already been deported from the US in 2012 and again in 2020, bu…

by Zak Failla

04/29/2025

Police & Fire

Woman Used Threatening Note To Rob Annandale Bank Before Being Apprehended, Police Say She handed over a note — and walked out with cash. An Alexandria woman is facing charges after allegedly robbing a bank in Fairfax County using a threatening note, police said. Vicky Vien Phung, 36, was arrested Monday after detectives linked her to a robbery at a bank in the 7000 block of Little River Turnpike in Annandale, according to Fairfax County Police. Officers responded to the bank at around noon on April 28, after a woman entered, handed a note to the teller, and demanded money. The note, police said, included a threat to harm the teller if they didn’t comply — though no weapon w…

by Zak Failla

04/29/2025

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