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Zak Failla

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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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Schools
Teen’s Gun Photo On School Property Sparks Charges Months Later In Woodbridge Teen’s Gun Photo On School Property Sparks Charges Months Later In Woodbridge
Teen’s Gun Photo On School Property Sparks Charges Months Later In Woodbridge The Prince William Police Department did not "like" a photo of a teen that went viral online last year — now he is facing serious charges. A 16-year-old boy was charged after investigators say he posed with a gun on school property in Northern Virginia and posted the photo online. Police said the photo was taken on Sept. 29, 2024, at Rosa Parks Elementary School on Princedale Drive in Woodbridge.  The investigation began in June, when police were made aware of the image, which allegedly showed the teen holding a firearm near the back portion of the school’s property. The teen was not…

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Police & Fire
Man Jumps To Death From Alexandria High-Rise As FBI Tries To Arrest Him: Reports Man Jumps To Death From Alexandria High-Rise As FBI Tries To Arrest Him: Reports
Man Jumps To Death From Alexandria High-Rise As FBI Tries To Arrest Him: Reports A man died early on Friday morning after jumping from a high-rise balcony in Virginia as FBI agents reportedly attempted to serve him an arrest warrant, officials say. Before 7 a.m. on Aug. 8, officers from the Alexandria Police Department were called to the 4300 block of King Street to conduct a death investigation. There is a heavy police presence in the 4300 block of King Street. APD is conducting a death investigation. Eastbound King St is down to 1 lane & the sidewalk is closed Hampton to Park Center. Please avoid this area. pic.twitter.com/ibIVoFbk39 — Alexandria Police (@Alexa…

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News
Kidnapper Who Took Montgomery County Mom, Son On Taxi Ride From Hell Learns Prison Fate Kidnapper Who Took Montgomery County Mom, Son On Taxi Ride From Hell Learns Prison Fate
Kidnapper Who Took Montgomery County Mom, Son On Taxi Ride From Hell Learns Prison Fate A man with a violent criminal history will spend decades in prison for kidnapping and robbing a Maryland mother and terrorizing her 12-year-old son during a taxi ride she was lured into through a private call, prosecutors said. Luis Davila-Marerro, 42, who has no known address, was sentenced to 35 years in prison this week after being convicted earlier this year for kidnapping and robbing a driver while her son was inside, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. The charges stem from an incident that began around 9:00 p.m. on July 6, 2024, in Montgomery Village, when a…

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Politics
Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say
Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say The cavalry nobody in the region called for has arrived in DC amid President Donald Trump's ongoing calls to federalize the nation's capital. As promised, federal law enforcement agencies arrived in DC early on Friday morning as officials work to combat a recent rash of youth crime that has drawn the president's ire. The move comes after a 19-year-old former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) worker was brutalized during a carjacking earlier this week. “If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump warned thi…

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Police & Fire
100+ MPH Drunk Driver Spun Into Woods After PIT Maneuver In Virginia Chase (PHOTOS) 100+ MPH Drunk Driver Spun Into Woods After PIT Maneuver In Virginia Chase (PHOTOS)
100+ MPH Drunk Driver Spun Into Woods After PIT Maneuver In Virginia Chase (Photos) An intoxicated man in Virginia led deputies on a high-speed chase through North Stafford before crashing into the woods and trying to run—unsuccessfully, the sheriff’s office said. Edgard Martinez Martinez, 38, was arrested late Thursday night, Aug. 7, after what the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office described as a reckless and dangerous attempt to flee law enforcement. The chase began around 11:45 p.m., when a deputy spotted an Acura going 58 mph in a 35 mph zone near Stafford Marketplace on Garrisonville Road.  When the deputy tried to stop the car on Staffordboro Boulevard, the driv…

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News
Maryland Power Grid Terror Plot: Neo-Nazi Sentenced For Attempt To 'Destroy Baltimore' Maryland Power Grid Terror Plot: Neo-Nazi Sentenced For Attempt To 'Destroy Baltimore'
Maryland Power Grid Terror Plot: Neo-Nazi Sentenced For Attempt To 'Destroy Baltimore' A convicted neo-Nazi terrorist who founded one of the nation’s most violent extremist groups has been sentenced for plotting to destroy Maryland’s power grid — and attempting to “completely lay this city to waste,” federal prosecutors announced. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Orlando, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for conspiring to damage or destroy electrical facilities in Baltimore and across the Maryland region, according to federal officials. Russell is the founder of Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi organization established in …

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Business
Stafford Walmart Stalker Followed Employee 'For Hours,' Refused To Leave: Sheriff Stafford Walmart Stalker Followed Employee 'For Hours,' Refused To Leave: Sheriff
Stafford Walmart Stalker Followed Employee 'For Hours,' Refused To Leave: Sheriff He should’ve been shopping. Instead, deputies say he was stalking. A Stafford man is facing charges after allegedly following an employee around Walmart for several hours — even after he was told to leave, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office announced. Rico Carter, 36, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 6, after deputies were called to the Walmart at 217 Garrisonville Road around 9:05 p.m. for a reported disturbance. Store staff told deputies that a woman reported Carter had been following her around the store for “several hours.”  Another employee had already kicked him out of the pro…

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Police & Fire
Bike-Riding Gunman Hunted In ‘Senseless’ After-Work Murder Of William Askew In Laurel (VIDEO) Bike-Riding Gunman Hunted In ‘Senseless’ After-Work Murder Of William Askew In Laurel (VIDEO)
Bike-Riding Gunman Hunted In ‘Senseless’ After-Work Murder Of William Askew In Laurel (Video) Recognize him?  The Prince William County Police Department released new video of a bike-riding suspect wanted in connection with the murder of 33-year-old William Denard Askew last month. Askew was heading home from work when a bullet ended his life in the middle of the street.  Now, new details have been released about a person believed to be the gunman who was caught on camera riding through an area gas station. The wanted bicyclist out of Prince George's County. Prince George's County Police In the video — which is seen here — the hooded bicyclist can be seen circlin…

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Police & Fire
Thurmont Man Lured Kids Online, Had Shocking Stash At Home: Sheriff's Office Thurmont Man Lured Kids Online, Had Shocking Stash At Home: Sheriff's Office
Thurmont Man Lured Kids Online, Had Shocking Stash At Home: Sheriff's Office An online predator in Maryland who was the subject of a CyberTip is behind bars after investigators raided his home and seized electronic devices, officials confirmed. Travis Peters, 27, of Thurmont, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 6, after a search warrant was executed at a home in the 100 block of Dogwood Avenue, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. What they found stunned detectives.  The investigation was launched after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children generated a CyberTip related to the sexual solicitation of a minor, the sheriff’s…

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Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver Kills Columbia Man In Head-On Burtonsville Crash Wrong-Way Driver Kills Columbia Man In Head-On Burtonsville Crash
Wrong-Way Driver Kills Columbia Man In Head-On Burtonsville Crash A 30-year-old man from Columbia was killed when a wrong-way driver slammed into his SUV in Maryland, authorities said. Jazz Andrew Taylor died at the scene of a head-on crash that happened just after 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the area of Sandy Spring Road and McKnew Road in Burtonsville, according to Montgomery County Police. Detectives say a gray 2024 Honda CR-V — with an unknown driver behind the wheel — was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Sandy Spring Road when it crashed into a red 2007 Honda CR-V that was heading west in the proper lane. Taylor, the driver of the red…

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