Zak Failla

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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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Alexandria, VA
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Former Top FBI Official From Alexandria Accused Of Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden: DOJ Former Top FBI Official From Alexandria Accused Of Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden: DOJ Former Top FBI Official From Alexandria Accused Of Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden: DOJ
Former Top FBI Official From Alexandria Accused Of Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden: DOJ A former senior FBI official from Virginia is facing federal charges after prosecutors alleged that she lied to Congress about her knowledge of and involvement in investigations involving Hunter Biden. Nicole "Nikki" Floris, 46, of Alexandria, and Bradley Benavides, 56, of Aiken, South Carolina, surrendered to federal authorities on Friday, Oct. 23, following the filing of a criminal complaint charging each with making false statements to Congress, according to the US Department of Justice. Floris previously served as deputy assistant director and head of the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Fo…

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Towson, MD
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Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Baltimore County Bar: Police Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Baltimore County Bar: Police Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Baltimore County Bar: Police
Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Baltimore County Bar: Police A security guard shot and killed a knife-wielding man during a fight inside a Maryland bar that also left a woman injured, police said. The deadly confrontation unfolded at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, inside the Crackpot Bar in the 8100 block of Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson, according to Baltimore County Police. Investigators said a physical altercation broke out inside the bar, during which a man brandished a knife. An armed security guard working at the establishment then fired his handgun, striking the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who was also i…

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Alexandria, VA
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'Report To Deport': Police In Alexandria Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti 'Report To Deport': Police In Alexandria Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti 'Report To Deport': Police In Alexandria Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti
'Report To Deport': Police In Alexandria Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti Recognize him? A series of brazen graffiti messages invoking ICE and urging residents to report undocumented immigrants for deportation has sparked a police investigation in Virginia, where detectives are asking the public to help identify a person caught on surveillance footage. The messages, which included "ICE," "REPORT TO DEPORT," and the federal immigration enforcement hotline "1-866-DHS-2-ICE," were discovered at multiple locations along the Mount Jefferson Park pathway in Alexandria. Police believe the graffiti appeared sometime between 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and 6:30 a.m. on S…

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Lexington Park, MD
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Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun
Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun A medical emergency at a Maryland convenience store took an unexpected turn when responding police encountered a man potentially wanted on firearms charges and allegedly found him carrying a loaded handgun. Officers were called to the Royal Farms on Snow Hill Road in Salisbury on Tuesday, Oct. 20, to assist someone experiencing a medical issue, according to the Salisbury Police Department. What began as a call for medical assistance soon turned into a criminal investigation when officers came into contact with a man who identified himself as Dynel Wise. During the encounter, police discove…

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Lexington Park, MD
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Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal
Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal An intentionally set fire tore through a Maryland family's home, leaving behind $175,000 in damage and two displaced residents, but five furry family members somehow escaped the flames unharmed. The blaze broke out around 5:35 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at a home in the 6000 block of Hunters Mill Drive in Salisbury, where family members discovered the fire and alerted authorities. By the time firefighters got the flames under control, the home's attached garage had been gutted, leaving behind a charred shell and extensive damage to the property. Investigators with the Maryland State Fire M…

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Arlington, VA
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Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say
Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say A DC man was caught on camera scrambling through an apartment building with a gun after shooting his girlfriend in the head. Tyjuan Bazemore, 35, was seen repeatedly running up and down the stairs of a 16th Street apartment building after killing 27-year-old Nyesha Walden-Hatcher on Feb. 2, prosecutors said. Tyjuan Bazemore running towards the staircase with a black handgun. US Attorney's Office He later put on shoes and a hoodie, tried to knock down a surveillance camera, and fled. He wasn't swift enough. Authorities tracked Bazemore to Connecticut, where he was apprehended and e…

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Alexandria, VA
Your Community
Last Seen Getting Gas, Found Shot Dead: Virginia Woman's Murder Still Unsolved After 38 Years Last Seen Getting Gas, Found Shot Dead: Virginia Woman's Murder Still Unsolved After 38 Years Last Seen Getting Gas, Found Shot Dead: Virginia Woman's Murder Still Unsolved After 38 Years
Last Seen Getting Gas, Found Shot Dead: Virginia Woman's Murder Still Unsolved After 38 Years For 38 years, the killer who shot a 20-year-old Virginia woman twice in the head has remained unidentified, leaving behind an abandoned car, a trail of unanswered questions, and a family still desperate to know what happened. Tammy Thorpe was found dead along a gravel lane off Route 17 outside Warrenton on Oct. 23, 1988, just hours after she was last seen getting gas in town.  On the 38th anniversary of her murder, Virginia State Police and the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office renewed their appeal for information that could finally crack the decades-old cold case. Thorpe had attended …

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Greenbelt, MD
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Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night PG County Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night PG County Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night PG County Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours
Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night PG County Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle along a busy Maryland roadway overnight, authorities confirmed. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the 8800 block of Greenbelt Road near Goddard Road at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, to investigate a reported pedestrian crash. When officers arrived, they found the woman lying in the roadway. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle involved remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said. Greenbelt Road was closed near Goddard Road for several ho…

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by Zak Failla
Hagerstown, MD
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Firefighters Called For Help At Hagerstown Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting Firefighters Called For Help At Hagerstown Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting Firefighters Called For Help At Hagerstown Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting
Firefighters Called For Help At Hagerstown Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting An apartment fire in Maryland took a deadly turn when a man encountered by firefighters ran from the building and was fatally shot by responding police officers. The deadly encounter unfolded at approximately 4:50 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, when Hagerstown firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the unit block of Randolph Avenue and encountered a man inside, prompting them to request assistance from police. According to the Maryland Attorney General's Office, responding officers established a perimeter around the building before the man ran outside toward them, prompting officers to is…

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Arlington, VA
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Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars
Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars A man sleeping on a DC sidewalk was set ablaze in a vicious late-night attack, but managed to get to his feet and walk toward help before dying from his burns two days later. More than six years after the deadly attack along H Street NE, D’Aundrey Scott, 32, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a late-night arson spree that killed 62-year-old Darryl Finney and nearly injured another man, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Oct. 23. The violence began shortly after midnight on May 13, 2020, when Scott approached a man lying on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of H Street NE, accor…

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