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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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Police & Fire

Speeding Tesla Driver In Hanover Crash That Killed Veteran, Father Gets Prison Time A Maryland man who was driving nearly double the speed limit when he slammed into another car, killing a popular youth football coach and father of three, has been sentenced to jail time, prosecutors announced. William John Sternhagen, 63, of Severna Park, pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter and reckless driving in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on Tuesday, June 10, officials said. A judge sentenced Sternhagen to 10 years, suspending all but 18 months of active incarceration. He will also serve five years of supervised probation after his release, according to the State’s Attorney’s…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

Police & Fire

Hit-Run Driver Who Tried To Flee Country After Killing Child In Elkton Learns Prison Fate The man who hit and killed 11-year-old Mesiah Lafayette on a Maryland roadway before trying to flee the country has been sentenced to prison, prosecutors announced. Nestor La Guillen Parra, 31, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to failing to remain at the scene of an accident which resulted in death, the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office said. The maximum penalty was 10 years. Maryland’s sentencing guidelines called for three months to four years, but the judge exceeded that, prosecutors noted. The deadly hit-and-run happened just before 9 p.m. on S…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

Police & Fire

Serial Bank Robbers In Their 60s Busted After Armed Heists In Montgomery County: Police Two career criminals in their 60s are behind bars after a string of armed bank robberies terrorized employees in Montgomery County, authorities announced. Alvin Chun, 64, and Ronald Wesley Johnson, 62 — both with no known address — have been charged in connection with three armed robberies that happened at banks in Kensington between February and March 2025, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police on Tuesday, June 10. The first robbery happened on Saturday, Feb. 1, around 11:19 a.m., at the M&T Bank on the 10400 block of Montgomery Avenue. Police say a suspect app…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

Traffic

Virginia Man Ejected, Killed In I-81 Crash While Passing On Shoulder, State Police Say A Virginia man died after he was ejected during a high-speed crash while trying to pass another vehicle on the shoulder of I-81, authorities said. Jose O. Torres, 43, of Broadway, died at the scene after he lost control of his 2005 Ford F-150 and overturned while attempting to pass a Toyota RAV4 on the right shoulder in Shenandoah County shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, June 8, Virginia State Police said. The deadly crash happened at the 284-mile marker, investigators said. Torres was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the truck when it rolled over, troopers noted. The Toyota’s driver…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

News

Missing DC Mom Found Alive In Abandoned Maryland House: 'Nothing Short Of A Miracle' A missing DC wife and mom who vanished on her way to work was found alive in an abandoned home in Maryland — days after her phone had last pinged across state lines and her family begged the public for help. Ana Cecilia “CeCí” Escobar Arevalo, 40, was discovered disoriented and dehydrated inside a vacant property in Newburg on Monday, June 9, according to her family. Ana Cecilia “CeCí” Escobar-Arevalo GoFundMe She was rushed to the hospital and is now receiving medical care. “By the grace of God, CeCí has been found,” her loved ones wrote in a public update. “This moment is n…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

News

Twice-Deported Non-US Citizen Faces Child Porn Charges, Deportation In Frederick: Sheriff A man who had already been deported from the United States twice is behind bars in Frederick after being caught in a disturbing child pornography investigation, authorities said. Julio Alfredo Rodas-Mariona, 39, was arrested on Monday, June 9, after detectives with the Frederick County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the US Marshals executed a search warrant on Parkland Place, officials announced. According to the sheriff’s office, the investigation began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) tipped off local investigato…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

News

Edgewood Stepdad From Hell Convicted After Two Mistrials For Daily Sex Abuse Of Stepdaughter A man who sexually abused his stepdaughter "almost every day" in Maryland was convicted after two previous mistrials, the Harford County State's Attorney announced. Edgewood resident Harold Ferguson, 49, was convicted of three counts of sex abuse of a minor following a four-day trial and a contentious motion hearing between the parties on a "Motion for Other Sexually Assaultive Behavior," officials say. The abuse began when the girl was just 6 years old and continued until she was a senior in high school, with disturbing details shared at trial painting a harrowing picture of her childhood.…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

Police & Fire

Entire Nepali Family Killed In Murder-Suicide: American Dream Cut Short They had just started building a new life in America. Now, a tight-knit Nepali community in Virginia is grieving the loss of an entire family, found shot to death inside their Manassas Park apartment. Police believe the case was a murder-suicide, but as the investigation continues, heartbroken friends are scrambling to raise money to bury the victims according to their sacred traditions — and help their loved ones begin to heal. At 10:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, officers were called to the 9400 block of Lanae Lane for a welfare check after the homeowner asked police to check on his …

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

Police & Fire

Deadly Daylight Stabbing Rocks Fairfax County Community; Suspects Sought: Police (Developing) A man was stabbed to death in broad daylight along a major Fairfax County roadway on Tuesday, June 10, authorities confirmed. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department and medics with Fairfax Fire and Rescue were called to the scene at the intersection of North Kings Highway and Richmond Highway in Groveton around 2:22 p.m., the department said. Responders found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds. Officers are on scene of a stabbing at Richmond Hwy and North King Hwy in Groveton. An adult male was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition. Detectives are …

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

Police & Fire

Double Trouble: Stafford Deputies Nab Two Fugitives During One Traffic Stop: Sheriff It started with a suspicious Silverado. It ended with two wanted fugitives from two states behind bars. Shortly before 7 a.m. on Monday, June 9, a deputy from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office was patrolling Richmond Highway near Austin Park Drive when a Chevrolet Silverado caught his attention, officials said. The registered owner had an active warrant, so the deputy made the stop, according to the sheriff's office. What he didn’t expect was a bonus pair of wanted wanderers inside. The driver — Emilio Sanchez Linares, 41, of Alexandria — wasn’t the original target. But a quick check s…

by Zak Failla

06/10/2025

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