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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

Schools

Virginia High School Coach, Teacher Used Social Media To Prey On Students: Sheriff A Virginia high school teacher and football coach is behind bars after investigators say he used Snapchat to solicit nude photos from his players and students. Gary Robert “Bobby” Hix, 28, of Remington, was arrested on Monday, June 2, and charged with one felony count of using a communications system to facilitate certain offenses involving children, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. Hix, who worked as a high school teacher and football coach in Fauquier County, was taken into custody following a criminal investigation involving numerous interviews and a review of electroni…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Police & Fire

Body Found In Burning Car Identified; Teens Charged With Murder In Maryland, Police Say A man was found dead in a burning car behind a Maryland business — now two 18-year-olds are charged with murder. What started as a vehicle fire in Davidsonville has turned into a full-blown homicide investigation — and police say two local teenagers are behind it. The victim has been identified as Edward Stephen Koza, 67, of Annapolis, nearly a week after his charred remains were discovered inside a burned vehicle on Friday, May 24, behind a commercial building on the 600 block of West Central Avenue, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Officers and firefighters respon…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

News

Cousins Gunned Down Man Over Family Revenge. Now They’re Going To Prison: DOJ They thought he killed one of their own — so they gunned him down in broad daylight. Now two DC cousins are headed to prison for decades. Ronnie Wallace, 52, and Deangelo Glover, 33, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the January 2021 murder of Tyrone Wright in front of the Mayfair Mansions apartment complex, federal prosecutors announced. Wallace was convicted of first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill, and several firearms offenses. He was sentenced on May 21, to 45 years in prison with five years of supervised release. Glover was convicted of second-deg…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Police & Fire

Driver Fleeing Cops Nearly Mows Down 6 Rescuers In Wild PWC Police Chase, Police Say A Virginia man is facing a laundry list of charges after allegedly running over a cop’s foot, nearly mowing down half a dozen first responders, and crashing into a creek, police said. Herbert Joseph Kufuor, 30, of Woodbridge, was arrested following a dangerous pursuit in Prince William County that began just before midnight on Friday, May 30, according to police. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle near Dale Boulevard and Richmond Highway around 11:13 p.m., after the driver blew through several red lights, according to the Prince William County Police Department. The driver, later identif…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Police & Fire

DC Man Shot Dead In Maryland; Teen Suspect Arrested, Police Say An 18-year-old Maryland man is behind bars after allegedly gunning down a District resident in Camp Springs, police said. Christian Okubo, 18, of Temple Hills, is facing murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Anthony Bullock, of Washington, DC, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department on Monday. The shooting happened on May 30, 2025, around 10:00 a.m., in the 7000 block of Allentown Road. When officers arrived, they found Bullock suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene, police said. Detectives with the PGPD Hom…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Obituaries

Maryland Father Dies In ATV Crash Despite Wife’s Desperate CPR Attempt A devastated wife tried to save her husband on the side of the road after a fateful ATV crash in Maryland, officials say. CPR worked — for a moment — but the crash still claimed his life. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Memorial Day, officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to the 2700 block of Shiloh Church Road for a reported motor vehicle collision. Investigators say Proctor had been riding an ATV when he struck a tree, setting off a tragic series of events before he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics after all life-saving efforts were attempted. Long …

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

News

Fentanyl In School ‘Merits A Much Tougher Sentence’ Than What Virginia Teacher Got: Prosecutor A Virginia teacher who brought fentanyl into a classroom and used it around children is headed to prison — but not for long, prosecutors say. Candyce Carter, the educator who used fentanyl in a Spotsylvania County classroom, has been sentenced to 39 years in prison, with 37 years suspended, according to the Spotsylvania Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Carter was convicted of 16 counts of felony child abuse and neglect — one for each child in the class — as well as possession of a narcotic. Prosecutors say she used fentanyl while teaching and endangered the lives of her students. H…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Lifestyle

From Losing Ticket To Studio Spotlight: Maryland Man Headed To Hollywood He may have lost the scratch-off — but now he's packing for Hollywood. Wallace Thrash, 69, of Clinton, is heading to California for the first time after turning a losing lottery ticket into a once-in-a-lifetime VIP trip to the Let’s Make a Deal game show, Maryland Lottery officials announced. The retired truck driver was one of the lucky winners in the Lottery’s Let’s Make a Deal second-chance promotion, which gives players a shot at a $5,000 cash prize or a trip to Hollywood when they enter non-winning scratch-offs into the My Lottery Rewards program. “It’s going to be an experience,” sai…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Police & Fire

Two Metro Station Assaults In One Night Rock Transit Riders In DMV: Police A woman walking home from the Metro was accosted by a stranger — and police say the same man struck again just hours earlier at another Virginia station. Jeffrey Gary, 35, of Fairfax County, is facing multiple charges after allegedly attacking two women near Metro stations in Alexandria, according to police. He was arrested after a joint investigation by the Alexandria Police Department and the Metro Transit Police Department, officials announced. The first attack happened around 9:41 p.m. on Friday, May 30, when a woman in her mid-30s was walking in the 1100 block of Madison Street, just …

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

Police & Fire

MS-13 Gang Member Caught In Maryland After Sneaking Into US Five Times: ICE An MS-13 gang member deported four times was caught living illegally in Frederick — after sneaking back into the US yet again, federal officials say. A 20-year-old Salvadoran national and known MS-13 gang member who had been previously removed from the United States four times was arrested by immigration authorities in Frederick, officials announced. Moises Alberto Figueroa-Bonilla was arrested at his home on Sunday, May 27, by ICE Baltimore officers, according to a statement from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Officials say Figueroa entered the country for a fifth time at an unkn…

by Zak Failla

06/02/2025

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