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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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Traffic

Dulles Airport Worker Busted With Cocaine, Fake Cash After Flight From Panama: Feds A trusted airport worker with top-level access at Dulles International Airport used his job to smuggle cocaine into the country, federal officials say. José Luis Castillo Rojas, 43, pleaded guilty in Alexandria to importing nearly 2 kilograms of cocaine into the United States through Washington Dulles International Airport, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Castillo Rojas, a Peruvian citizen, was employed by an airport services company and held a Special Access Seal granting him unescorted access to customs security areas, including international fl…

by Zak Failla

08/04/2025

Police & Fire

Man Nabbed Outside Prince Frederick Library, Then Sub Shop For Public Masturbation: Sheriff A 58-year-old man with no fixed address was arrested not once, but twice in four days after witnesses spotted him publicly masturbating in separate incidents in Maryland, authorities said. Robert Allen Rice was first taken into custody on Tuesday, July 22, after witnesses told police they saw him sitting on a bench outside the Prince Frederick Library with his pants down, actively masturbating, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Allen Rice Calvert County Sheriff The incident happened around 850 Costley Way, and multiple bystanders reported the disturbing behavi…

by Zak Failla

08/04/2025

Police & Fire

Clarksburg Mother Indicted For Murder Of Children Missing Since 2014 (Updated) After more than a decade, Catherine Hoggle is now facing murder charges in the case of her missing children in Maryland. Hoggle, 38, of Clarksburg, was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury on two counts of murder nearly 11 years after her children — Sarah, 3, and Jacob, 2 — disappeared, police announced on Sunday, Aug. 3. Sarah and Jacob Hoggle were last seen on Sept. 7, 2014. Their mother was reportedly the last person seen with them, Montgomery County Police said. Jacob was last seen on Sunday Sept. 7, 2014, at Catherine Hoggle’s mother’s home. Hoggle borrowed her father’s car and…

by Zak Failla

08/04/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Mom Catherine Hoggle Indicted For Murder Of Missing Kids (Developing) A Maryland mother long accused in the 2014 disappearances of her two children has now been indicted for their murders, nearly a decade later. Catherine Ashley Hoggle, 38, of Clarksburg, was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder by a Montgomery County Grand Jury, officials announced late on Sunday afternoon. Hoggle was arrested on Friday, Aug. 1, in Kent County after investigators learned she had been discharged from Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center on July 23, according to a media advisory from Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy’s office. Jacob was last seen on Sund…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

Police & Fire

Months After Great Mills Drive-By Shooting Left 3 Hurt, Third Suspect Is Cuffed: Sheriff Three men were shot inside a car during a drive-by in Maryland. Months later, a third suspect is behind bars. Jayshawn Maurice Bartlett, 21, of Lexington Park, was arrested Friday, Aug. 1, in connection with a May shooting that left three people wounded in Great Mills, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies on proactive patrol around Chancellors Run Road and Pegg Road heard gunfire around 2 a.m. on May 3, and rushed to the scene. When they arrived, they found a vehicle with four men inside — three of whom had been shot, investigators said. The fourth man was no…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Woman Torches Neighbor’s Door Over $7 Argument: Fire Marshal Seven bucks. That’s all it took for a house fire, an arson arrest, and a trip to jail in handcuffs for a Maryland woman. A Salisbury woman is behind bars after allegedly dousing her neighbor’s front door with gasoline and lighting it on fire over a $7 argument, officials said. Janice Louise Oney, 58, was arrested Friday, Aug. 1, after investigators linked her to a July 3 fire on Penn Street, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The homeowner told investigators that Oney — whom he’d known for years — got angry after demanding $7 she claimed he owed her. After a brief argumen…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

Lifestyle

Best Of The Best: New Ranking Reveals America's Top Amusement Park Move over, Walt Disney. There's a new favorite amusement park in America. As the country heads into the "dog days of summer," Tripadvisor has released its 2025 rankings of the most popular amusement and water parks — and there was a surprise at the top of the list. Dollywood in Tennessee — the brainchild of famed performer Dolly Parton — took top honors this year, with reviewers citing its “downhome feel with singalongs and a museum dedicated to Parton’s life, plus high-velocity roller coasters and thrill rides.” The ranking cited multiple “five-star” reviews from patrons who shared storie…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

Sports

‘That’s Muhammad Ali’s Brother’: Rahaman Ali, A Quiet Legend, Dies At 82 Rahaman Ali, the younger brother of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, has died, his family confirmed. Ali passed away on Friday, Aug. 1, just two weeks after his 82nd birthday, according to the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville. “You can’t tell Muhammad’s story without mentioning Rahaman,” DeVone Holt, president and CEO of the Ali Center, said. “He was one of the most constant sources of support for Muhammad during his career, and their relationship was a true example of what it means to be ‘my brother’s keeper.’” According to Ali's family, he became ill in July, a day before his birthd…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

Politics

Trump Tells ‘Radical Left Lunatic’ NY Sen. Schumer To ‘GO TO Hell!’ In Wild Rant Over Nominees It's going to be a long August recess for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer. President Donald Trump had pointed words for the Democratic Senate Minority Leader after they were unable to make a deal on Senate nominees that he had been pushing. Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday night to go after Schumer, who he claims demanded "over one billion dollars" in order to approve what he described as "a small number of our highly qualified nominees." He called Schumer's demand "egregious and unprecedented." "It is political extortion, by any other name," Trump wrote in a lengthy post. "…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

Police & Fire

Upper Marlboro Man Killed Crossing Road In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Sought, Police Say A Prince George’s County man was killed in a hit-and-run crash, and now state police are asking for help tracking down the driver who left him to die. Leroy Wedge, 43, of Upper Marlboro, was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a vehicle that fled the area on Saturday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers were called to the eastbound lanes of Maryland Route 202 near Wood Branch Court around 6:20 a.m. on Aug. 2, where Wedge had reportedly been trying to cross the road when he was hit. Police say the striking vehicle, believed to be a 2012–2014 GMC Terrain or Ch…

by Zak Failla

08/03/2025

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