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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
100+ MPH Virginia Pursuit Ends In Airborne Crash On I‑395 In Fairfax County: State Police 100+ MPH Virginia Pursuit Ends In Airborne Crash On I‑395 In Fairfax County: State Police
100+ MPH Virginia Pursuit Ends In Airborne Crash On I‑395 In Fairfax County: State Police A Virginia man is facing charges after a high-speed police chase ended in a violent crash that left two innocent people seriously hurt, authorities said. Cameron D. Teach, 22, of Henrico, is facing multiple charges after taking Virginia State Police troopers on a wild chase that started on I-95 and ended with a fiery crash.  Shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, a trooper attempted to stop a Teach's Honda sedan that was “traveling at a high rate of speed” in the northbound lanes of the interstate near the 158-mile marker in Prince William County, according to police. The dri…

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Politics
Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard To ‘Beautify’ Crime-Ridden DC Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard To ‘Beautify’ Crime-Ridden DC
Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard To ‘Beautify’ Crime-Ridden DC President Donald Trump is doubling down on his threats to take over Washington, DC, amid a spike in youth crime. The latest call from the president comes after a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee was assaulted by a group of teenagers during a violent carjacking. It was just the latest instance of violence involving minors in DC — who do not face as strict criminal charges as adults would under the current law, something that Trump took umbrage to. In a fiery Truth Social post shared Tuesday, Trump slammed the District’s handling of what he called “out-of-control” v…

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News
Maryland Musician, Father Awakens After Sudden Collapse, Spends Weeks In ICU Maryland Musician, Father Awakens After Sudden Collapse, Spends Weeks In ICU
Maryland Musician, Father Awakens After Sudden Collapse, Spends Weeks In ICU Paul Anderson has always been the kind of person who lights up a room — whether he's on stage with his rock and roll band or simply lending a helping hand to someone in need. But on the morning of June 3, everything changed for the Maryland family. Loved ones rallying around the family say that morning, Anderson suffered a "sudden cardiovascular episode” that left him unresponsive at home", where his family found him and performed life-saving efforts.  Anderson would go on to spend the next six weeks in the ICU, sedated and “fighting for his life,” organizers of a fundraiser said…

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Virginia Girl Interviewed About Predator As His Phone With Child Porn Turns Up Nearby: Sheriff Virginia Girl Interviewed About Predator As His Phone With Child Porn Turns Up Nearby: Sheriff
Virginia Girl Interviewed About Predator As His Phone With Child Porn Turns Up Nearby: Sheriff A pair of police investigations targeting a predator preying on young girls in Virginia ended with a 53-year-old man behind bars for child porn offenses, authorities announced. Darian Martin, a registered sex offender, found himself in the crosshairs of investigators in Caroline County when two separate probes crisscrossed and ended with him facing a host of charges. According to the Caroline County Sheriff's Office, on Sunday, Aug. 3, parents discovered "troubling" text messages between their 13-year-old daughter and an adult - later identified as Martin.  Among the messages uncovere…

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Police & Fire
Toddler Hit By Phone During Domestic Dispute In Virginia Hospitalized, Police Say Toddler Hit By Phone During Domestic Dispute In Virginia Hospitalized, Police Say
Toddler Hit By Phone During Domestic Dispute In Virginia Hospitalized, Police Say A 1-year-old Virginia girl was hospitalized after being hit in the head with a phone during a domestic dispute involving family members, police said. Officers with the Prince William County Police Department responded to Somerset Pointe Apartments on Godfrey Street in Gainesville just after 10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 4, to investigate a reported domestic incident. The investigation determined that Dejahne Laniya Delaney, 28, and a relative were arguing when Delaney allegedly threw a phone that struck the girl in the head, according to police on Wednesday. The child was being held by the other…

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News
Maryland Family Seeks Help For Beloved Bartender After Heart Attack: 'There's Only One Paulie' Maryland Family Seeks Help For Beloved Bartender After Heart Attack: 'There's Only One Paulie'
Maryland Family Seeks Help For Beloved Bartender After Heart Attack: 'There's Only One Paulie' To know Paulie Smith is to love him, friends and family in Maryland say. Smith, a "beloved friend, teammate, brother, father, and bartender," is facing an arduous road to recovery after suffering a massive heart attack and heart failure. Now, his loved ones are rallying to support him and his family following the unexpected medical emergency for the man with a "large heart, loving (and) loud personality, and his smile and laugh (have) touched us all at one time or another." Organizers of a fundraiser that raised nearly $9,000 in less than 24 hours said that they are coming together to "ask…

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Police & Fire
Maryland Teen Suits Up Like State Trooper, Plays Cop With Stolen Cruiser: Police Maryland Teen Suits Up Like State Trooper, Plays Cop With Stolen Cruiser: Police
Maryland Teen Suits Up Like State Trooper, Plays Cop With Stolen Cruiser: Police A Maryland teen truly went rogue and is accused of going full "wannabe cop" complete with a uniform and patrol vehicle, according to authorities. Jayden Ballard, 19, of Salisbury, was charged with impersonating a police officer and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, Maryland State Police announced Wednesday, Aug. 6. following a probe into complaints made earlier this year. Ballard was served a criminal summons in February after troopers were tipped off that he had gained access to a marked Maryland State Police cruiser and was posing as a trooper around Wicomico County. State Police belie…

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Police & Fire
Armed, Drunk Virginia Man Rams Car, Flees Cops In Wild Highway Chase: Police Armed, Drunk Virginia Man Rams Car, Flees Cops In Wild Highway Chase: Police
Armed, Drunk Virginia Man Rams Car, Flees Cops In Wild Highway Chase: Police A Culpeper man is behind bars after allegedly flashing a gun, fleeing from police, and smashing into another driver during a reckless highway pursuit, officials said. Scott L. Wilks, 60, of Culpeper, was arrested after he allegedly sparked a fight at a business on the 700 block of Nalles Mill Road and then took off — armed and intoxicated — before crashing into another vehicle, the Culpeper Police Department said. Police were called around 8:40 p.m. after a fight broke out between two customers. Things quickly escalated.  After the physical altercation, Wilks allegedly went to hi…

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Obituaries
Josh Stephenson Dies In 'Tragic Accident' Months After Maryland Mom’s Death Josh Stephenson Dies In 'Tragic Accident' Months After Maryland Mom’s Death
Josh Stephenson Dies In 'Tragic Accident' Months After Maryland Mom’s Death A Maryland family is mourning once again following the sudden and tragic death of Josh Stephenson — just months after the loss of his mother. The Newburg native died in a “tragic accident,” according to loved ones, though additional details about the circumstances were not immediately released. The grief is compounded by the fact that Stephenson’s death comes just months after his mother’s passing, leaving his family in shock as they work through another devastating loss. “This tragedy comes less than a year after the passing of my beloved aunt (Josh’s Mom), adding even more pain to an alr…

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Police & Fire
Ex-Boyfriend From Laurel Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell Ex-Boyfriend From Laurel Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell
Ex-Boyfriend From Laurel Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell Nearly 30 years after DC police officer Denna Fredericka Campbell was fatally shot in her White Oak apartment, her former live-in boyfriend has been arrested for her murder — again. A Maryland man is behind bars for the second time decades after a cold case killing that shook the DC law enforcement community and resulted in him changing his name. Amir Jalil Ali, 62, of Laurel, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 5, by Montgomery County officers working with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, officials announced Wednesday at an afternoon press conference. Ali is charged in the 1995 murder of his t…

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