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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.

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MoCo Man Sent Threatening Letters To Jewish Groups, Including In Philly: DOJ MoCo Man Sent Threatening Letters To Jewish Groups, Including In Philly: DOJ
MoCo Man Sent Threatening Letters To Jewish Groups, Including In Philly: DOJ A Maryland man is facing federal charges for allegedly sending violent, antisemitic threats to Jewish organizations in Philadelphia and beyond — including letters referencing Gaza, Kristallnacht, and potential attacks. Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park in Montgomery County, was arrested and charged for allegedly mailing threatening communications, the US Attorney’s Office announced. According to the criminal complaint, Seferlis began sending written threats through the mail as early as March 1, 2024, and continued targeting Jewish institutions for over a year. Clift Andy Seferlis is p…

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Lifestyle
Free Lyft Rides Offered In Virginia, DC, Maryland On July 4 To Prevent Drunk Driving Free Lyft Rides Offered In Virginia, DC, Maryland On July 4 To Prevent Drunk Driving
Free Lyft Rides Offered In Virginia, DC, Maryland On July 4 To Prevent Drunk Driving Don’t drive buzzed — or at all — this Fourth of July in the DMV. A free ride program is returning to help stop drunk driving before it starts during one of the deadliest holidays on US roads, officials announced. The Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) will offer free Lyft rides across DC, Maryland, and Virginia from 4 p.m. Friday, July 4, to 4 a.m. Saturday, July 5, to keep impaired drivers off the road. SoberRide The initiative, called SoberRide, provides a $15 Lyft credit to anyone 21 or older who’s celebrating with alcohol and needs a safe ride home.  The promo code…

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Police & Fire
Road Trip Ends With NY Woman Bloodied, Charged In DUI, Felony Hit-And-Run: Stafford Sheriff Road Trip Ends With NY Woman Bloodied, Charged In DUI, Felony Hit-And-Run: Stafford Sheriff
Road Trip Ends With NY Woman Bloodied, Charged In DUI, Felony Hit-And-Run: Stafford Sheriff A 67-year-old New York woman’s so-called girls' trip went completely off the rails in Virginia—ending with a passenger in the road, a felony hit-and-run, and a stop at jail instead of a hotel, authorities said. Bluff Point resident Lori Amberg was arrested on Friday, June 20, in Stafford County, after allegedly driving drunk, assaulting her passenger, and hitting that same woman with her SUV after she tried to get out, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called around 4:20 p.m. to a disturbance on Richmond Highway.  The 911 caller reported that the driver …

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Butcher-Bound Cows Escape Farm, Euthanized After Charging People In Westminster: Police Butcher-Bound Cows Escape Farm, Euthanized After Charging People In Westminster: Police
Butcher-Bound Cows Escape Farm, Euthanized After Charging People In Westminster: Police Two cows that escaped a Maryland farm on their way to the butcher were put down in the streets after charging at pedestrians and injuring a child, police said. The incident unfolded around 12:45 p.m. Monday, June 23, when Westminster Police were called to the area of Englar Road and Baltimore Boulevard for a report of loose livestock in the roadway. Police said two cows escaped from a local farm, crossed Baltimore Boulevard, and made their way into downtown Westminster neighborhoods. Officers, along with Carroll County Animal Control and the cows’ owner, tried multiple times to contain the…

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Police & Fire
North East Man Tied To Toddler’s Death Case Lied About PhD, Prosecutors Say North East Man Tied To Toddler’s Death Case Lied About PhD, Prosecutors Say
North East Man Tied To Toddler’s Death Case Lied About PhD, Prosecutors Say A Maryland man accused of helping cover up the killing of a 3-year-old girl is back in court — this time for allegedly lying to a judge about having a PhD. Cedric Antoine Britten, 44, of North East, is now being held at the Cecil County Detention Center on $100,000 cash bond, after prosecutors returned to court last week seeking to revoke his release in the high-profile death of 3-year-old Nola Dinkens. Britten had been released on a $75,000 bond and home detention on June 12, over the objections of the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office, which warned he posed a danger to the community …

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Police & Fire
Maryland Woman Dies Months After Being Hit By Pickup In Rockville Parking Lot: Police Maryland Woman Dies Months After Being Hit By Pickup In Rockville Parking Lot: Police
Maryland Woman Dies Months After Being Hit By Pickup In Rockville Parking Lot: Police A woman has died months after she was hit by a pickup truck that lost control in a Rockville parking lot, police announced. Shanming Wei, 60, of Ellicott City, was critically injured around 12:38 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, when a white 2020 Ford F-150 slammed into her and another woman in the 500 block of Dover Road, according to the Montgomery County Police Collision Reconstruction Unit. Investigators said the driver of the truck was reversing into a loading bay when, for reasons still under investigation, the vehicle went off course and struck both women as they loaded items into the trunk…

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Police & Fire
Mechanicsville Man Who Set His Own House On Fire Admits To Torching Parents’ Car: Officials Mechanicsville Man Who Set His Own House On Fire Admits To Torching Parents’ Car: Officials
Mechanicsville Man Who Set His Own House On Fire Admits To Torching Parents’ Car: Officials A Southern Maryland man is behind bars after allegedly setting two fires in three days— one that destroyed his own home, and another that burned his parents’ car, fire officials said. Michael Robert Guy, 47, of Mechanicsville, was arrested early Monday, June 23, shortly after flames tore through his residence on Morganza Turner Road, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Crews from the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department responded around 1 a.m. and found the home engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading from the attached garage.  The house was declared a total…

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Police & Fire
Woodbridge Mom Found Drunk, Asleep As 1-Year-Old Daughter Wanders Alone Outside, Police Say Woodbridge Mom Found Drunk, Asleep As 1-Year-Old Daughter Wanders Alone Outside, Police Say
Woodbridge Mom Found Drunk, Asleep As 1-Year-Old Daughter Wanders Alone Outside, Police Say A Virginia mother was arrested after police say she passed out inside a mobile home while her 1-year-old daughter was found wandering alone outside. Yudeyky Selena Chavez-Ruiz, 22, was charged with felony child neglect after officers responded to a call around 7:35 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, at the Bel Air Mobile Home Park in the 1800 block of Bel Air Road in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Police said the toddler was found unsupervised outside the home, with no guardian in sight. Officers entered the residence and found Chavez-Ruiz "intoxicated and sle…

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Dad Dead, Mother Paralyzed, 'Bubbly' 7-Year-Old Left Reeling After I-95 Crash In Elkridge Dad Dead, Mother Paralyzed, 'Bubbly' 7-Year-Old Left Reeling After I-95 Crash In Elkridge
Dad Dead, Mother Paralyzed, 'Bubbly' 7-Year-Old Left Reeling After I-95 Crash In Elkridge A 7-year-old Maryland girl is facing an unimaginable reality. Her father is gone. Her mother is paralyzed. Her future—once filled with swim meets, Girl Scout adventures, and time with her two dogs—is now shaped by grief and recovery. Her name is Novi. She was not in the car early on Sunday, June 8, when her parents, Saidou and Tearraney Zanguina, were involved in a devastating crash on I-95 in Howard County.  But her world changed forever in a matter of seconds. According to Maryland State Police, the five-vehicle crash happened just after 2 a.m. on southbound Interstate 95, north …

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Business
Ticket Worth $1K A Week For Life Sold At Lanham Wegmans Ticket Worth $1K A Week For Life Sold At Lanham Wegmans
Ticket Worth $1K A Week For Life Sold At Lanham Wegmans Someone just turned a grocery run into a goldmine. A winning Cash4Life lottery ticket worth $1,000 a week for life was sold at the Wegmans in Lanham, Lottery officials say.. According to the Maryland Lottery, the ticket matched the first five numbers—17, 26, 30, 47, 57—from the Wednesday, June 18 drawing, missing only the Cash Ball (04) to claim the game’s top prize. Still, it was enough to lock in the second-tier win: a $1,000 weekly payday for life, or a $1 million lump sum before taxes. This is the first second-tier Cash4Life win in Maryland this year and the 12th since the state joine…

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