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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Jessup, MD
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No Charges For Officers Following High-Speed Chase In Jessup That Killed 20-Year-Old: AG No Charges For Officers Following High-Speed Chase In Jessup That Killed 20-Year-Old: AG No Charges For Officers Following High-Speed Chase In Jessup That Killed 20-Year-Old: AG
No Charges For Officers Following High-Speed Chase In Jessup That Killed 20-Year-Old: AG Anthony Bowers was killed following a high-speed police pursuit in Maryland. Now, prosecutors say the officer who chased the vehicle won't face criminal charges. The 20-year-old Baltimore man was killed in a crash on Sunday, Sept. 6, in Jessup, prompting an extensive investigation by the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Thursday, Oct. 29, that PFC Amir Parker would not be prosecuted following the investigation. Several people were ejected in the Maryland crash. Maryland OAG The incident began at approximate…

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Arlington, VA
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DC Church Burglars Apparently Liked What They Saw The First Time, Came Back For Seconds (VIDEO) DC Church Burglars Apparently Liked What They Saw The First Time, Came Back For Seconds (VIDEO) DC Church Burglars Apparently Liked What They Saw The First Time, Came Back For Seconds (VIDEO)
DC Church Burglars Apparently Liked What They Saw The First Time, Came Back For Seconds (Video) They apparently liked what they saw the first time. A group of suspected burglars made a return trip to a DC church, where surveillance cameras captured three people police now want to identify after musical instruments, microphones, and cameras disappeared. The trouble began late Wednesday, Sept. 30, at a church on the 1700 block of 11th Street NW, where someone forced open a rear door around 10:15 p.m. By 6:40 p.m. the following evening, one of the people allegedly involved in the first break-in was back, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. This time, there was company. In…

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Silver Spring, MD
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Talk About A Jump Scare: Maryland Man Struck By Own Car While Trying To Revive Dead Battery Talk About A Jump Scare: Maryland Man Struck By Own Car While Trying To Revive Dead Battery Talk About A Jump Scare: Maryland Man Struck By Own Car While Trying To Revive Dead Battery
Talk About A Jump Scare: Maryland Man Struck By Own Car While Trying To Revive Dead Battery Talk about adding insult to injury. A Maryland man trying to bring his dead car battery back to life wound up getting knocked down by the very vehicle he was trying to revive, police said. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service responded to the intersection of Fenwick Lane and First Avenue in Silver Spring on Thursday, Oct. 29, following reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. But this was no ordinary pedestrian crash. According to investigators, the man was attempting to jump-start his vehicle when he was somehow struck…

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Alexandria, VA
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Three Men, Three Crime Scenes, One Bloody Day As Murders Rock One Maryland County: Police Three Men, Three Crime Scenes, One Bloody Day As Murders Rock One Maryland County: Police Three Men, Three Crime Scenes, One Bloody Day As Murders Rock One Maryland County: Police
Three Men, Three Crime Scenes, One Bloody Day As Murders Rock One Maryland County: Police It was a deadly day in Maryland. Three men were killed in separate incidents across Prince George's County on Thursday, Oct. 29, including two whose bodies were discovered just an hour apart, leaving detectives investigating a stabbing, a shooting, and a third death in a wooded park. The violence began before sunrise in College Park, where officers responding to a stabbing at approximately 4:15 a.m. found 26-year-old Jose Edin Hernandez Vasquez critically injured inside a residence in the 9900 block of 51st Terrace. Despite efforts to save him, Hernandez Vasquez, who lived in College Park,…

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Purcellville, VA
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55 Purcellville Residents Can't Return Home After Firefighters Make Dangerous Discovery 55 Purcellville Residents Can't Return Home After Firefighters Make Dangerous Discovery 55 Purcellville Residents Can't Return Home After Firefighters Make Dangerous Discovery
55 Purcellville Residents Can't Return Home After Firefighters Make Dangerous Discovery What started as a routine call for firefighters in Virginia ended with nearly five dozen people being forced from their homes. It wasn't a fire that drove them out, either. Approximately 55 residents at the Purcellville East Apartments in Loudoun County have been displaced after firefighters discovered damaged staircases that ultimately led inspectors to declare 24 apartments unsafe. The trouble began Sunday, Oct. 25, when Loudoun County Fire and Rescue crews were called to one of the buildings on North 16th Street for an unrelated service call. While they were there, something caught the…

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Silver Spring, MD
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Gas Line Rupture Shuts Down Busy Montgomery County Road During Rush Hour (DEVELOPING) Gas Line Rupture Shuts Down Busy Montgomery County Road During Rush Hour (DEVELOPING) Gas Line Rupture Shuts Down Busy Montgomery County Road During Rush Hour (DEVELOPING)
Gas Line Rupture Shuts Down Busy Montgomery County Road During Rush Hour (Developing) A construction mishap in Maryland has left a high-pressure gas line ruptured, prompting a HazMat response and shutting down a busy roadway during the afternoon rush. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue crews were called to the 8600 block of 16th Street near Lyttonsville Road in Silver Spring at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, after an excavator struck a gas line, according to spokesperson Pete Piringer. Fire officials initially reported that a 6-inch gas line had been damaged, though a subsequent update described it as a 2-inch high-pressure line. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO HazMat cre…

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Commack, NY
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Virginia Mom Accused Of Killing Newborn Found In Commack Movie Theater Toilet 30 Years Ago Virginia Mom Accused Of Killing Newborn Found In Commack Movie Theater Toilet 30 Years Ago Virginia Mom Accused Of Killing Newborn Found In Commack Movie Theater Toilet 30 Years Ago
Virginia Mom Accused Of Killing Newborn Found In Commack Movie Theater Toilet 30 Years Ago Nearly three decades ago, a newborn baby boy was found dead inside a Long Island movie theater bathroom. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, his mother was arrested hundreds of miles away in Hampton, Virginia, as detectives cracked the 1996 cold case. Michelle Chronick Tyson, 59, is facing multiple counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby in November 1996 when she was 29 years old, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Investigators say that at around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, 1996, the newborn was found inside a toilet in the women's bathroom o…

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Waldorf, MD
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Hughesville Couple Faces Real-Life Nightmare Before Halloween As Fire Leaves Them With Nothing Hughesville Couple Faces Real-Life Nightmare Before Halloween As Fire Leaves Them With Nothing Hughesville Couple Faces Real-Life Nightmare Before Halloween As Fire Leaves Them With Nothing
Hughesville Couple Faces Real-Life Nightmare Before Halloween As Fire Leaves Them With Nothing The tombstones were supposed to be decorations. But the nightmare was all too real for a Maryland couple whose home went up in smoke just days before Halloween, leaving them facing the daunting task of starting over as friends and neighbors rally to help. Laura and Joe Kosky lost their belongings when a fire tore through their Hughesville home on Wednesday, Oct. 21, according to a GoFundMe launched on their behalf. The blaze broke out shortly before 11:30 a.m. in the 16000 block of Rivers Reach Lane, where volunteer firefighters arrived to find an active basement fire. Photos from the sce…

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Arlington, VA
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Passenger Tries To Save DC Woman After Medical Emergency Behind Wheel Turns Deadly: Police Passenger Tries To Save DC Woman After Medical Emergency Behind Wheel Turns Deadly: Police Passenger Tries To Save DC Woman After Medical Emergency Behind Wheel Turns Deadly: Police
Passenger Tries To Save DC Woman After Medical Emergency Behind Wheel Turns Deadly: Police A passenger tried to prevent a tragedy when a DC woman suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel. But there was no stopping what came next. Renee Pope, 57, of Southwest DC, died after her SUV struck another vehicle and overturned during a five-car crash in Southeast DC on Wednesday morning, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers were called shortly before 8:15 a.m. on Oct. 28 to the 900 block of Mississippi Avenue SE, where they found an overturned 2027 Nissan Rogue, a damaged 2021 Nissan Rogue, and three parked vehicles that were also involved in the chain-reaction …

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Alexandria, VA
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Alexandria Man's Car Was Full Of Guns, Police Badges: His Home Held A Bigger Secret Alexandria Man's Car Was Full Of Guns, Police Badges: His Home Held A Bigger Secret Alexandria Man's Car Was Full Of Guns, Police Badges: His Home Held A Bigger Secret
Alexandria Man's Car Was Full Of Guns, Police Badges: His Home Held A Bigger Secret A man with a lengthy criminal history is facing life in prison after authorities uncovered a veritable arsenal of weapons and a mountain of methamphetamine in Virginia. Alexandria resident Jeffrey Charles Williams, 42, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to drug and weapons charges after a chance encounter with police exposed a stash of guns, drugs, and other contraband, according to federal prosecutors. It started on March 10, when Fairfax County Police spotted Williams, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant, outside a store. While detaining him, officers spotted firearms and ammunit…

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