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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

Probe Into String Of Sexual Battery Incidents In Arlington Picks Up Steam: Police Police in Arlington are warning residents to stay alert after a series of sexual battery incidents in an otherwise quiet neighborhood in recent weeks. The Arlington County Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is investigating three reported cases of sexual battery in the Arlington Mill area and is urging any additional victims to come forward. Officers first responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 23 after a woman reported being assaulted while walking outside. According to police, the man suspect passed by her and touched her inappropriately from behind before fleeing on foot. Two …

12/23/2024

Police & Fire

Gainesville Man Arrested For Hit-Run Crash That Left Stafford Pedestrian In Rehab: Sheriff A Prince William County man is facing serious charges after a hit-and-run crash in Stafford left one pedestrian hospitalized and another critically injured. Gainesville resident Nicolas Hartman, 26, was apprehended nearly two months after a hit-and-run left the pair with potentially life-altering injuries, authorities announced on Monday. The crash happened just after 10 p.m. on Nov. 1 on Mine Road near Greenspring Drive, according to a Stafford County Police spokesperson. Two pedestrians pushing a shopping cart were struck by a Volkswagen Jetta GLI, and the driver - now identified a…

12/23/2024

News

Man Who Pulled Gun To Steal His Own Car From Howard County Auto Shop Sentenced: Prosecutors A 59-year-old man will serve more than a decade behind bars after using a gun to steal his repaired vehicle from a Howard County auto body shop, authorities announced. Derrick Berkeley was sentenced this week to 25 years, with all but 15 years suspended, after pleading guilty earlier this year to armed carjacking and using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. The charges stem from a Jan. 20 incident earlier this year at an auto body shop on the 6500 block of Dobbin Road in Columbia. Shortly after noon on the fateful day, police responded to the shop after an employee reporte…

12/23/2024

Police & Fire

Manhunt Underway: Suspect Wanted For Inappropriately Touching Girl In Arlington: Police Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a juvenile girl walking in Arlington. The incident was reported at around 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21 in the 5100 block of 8th Road South, police said. The juvenile victim told officers that she was walking outside when a man approached her from behind, touched her inappropriately from behind, and fled the scene on foot. Officers canvassed the area but were unable to locate the suspect, described as a heavy-set Hispanic man, who is approximately 5-foot-6, and was wearing all-black clothing. The investigation into the incid…

12/23/2024

Police & Fire

AK-47, Stolen Car Seized During Traffic Stop Near Mass Shooting Scene In Parkville: PD Baltimore County Police recovered a stolen car, a loaded AK-47, and a “Glock switch” during a traffic stop not far the scene of last week's mass shooting, authorities announced. Officers from the Eastern Patrol Division Community Action Team made the stop near Meteor Court and Cloister Road on Thursday during a high-visibility enforcement operation, police said on Monday. During that search, they recovered: A stolen vehicle; A loaded AK-47; An AK-47 magazine with 10 rounds of 7.62 ammunition; A “Glock switch,” an illegal device that converts a semi-automatic firearm into a f…

12/23/2024

Police & Fire

Police Identify 21-Year-Old Capitol Heights Man Gunned Down In District Heights Investigators have identified the victim in a deadly shooting in District Heights as 21-year-old Jacquis Frye of Capitol Heights, Prince George’s County Police announced. Officers responded to reports of a shooting around 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, near Walker Mill Road and Karen Boulevard, where there were reports of shots fired and at least one person down. When they arrived, they found Frye in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to investigators. Detectives with the department’s Homicide Unit are actively investigating the …

12/23/2024

News

Silver Spring Man Facing Decades Behind Bars For Deadly Drug Deal Gone Wrong: State's Attorney A 22-year-old Maryland man is facing decades in prison after being convicted of murdering Walter Woods during a drug deal gone bad in Montgomery County, the state's attorney's office announced. Javier Reyes, 22, of Silver Spring, was found guilty of felony murder and use of a handgun in a crime of violence in connection to the death of the 20-year-old Takoma Park resident last year. Prosecutors say that on March 7, 2023, Reyes and Woods met at a neighborhood park on Hampshire Green Lane in Silver Spring to conduct a drug deal. Officers responding to a 911 call for the sound of gunsho…

12/23/2024

Police & Fire

Speeding Driver Killed In Fiery Late-Night Crash In Manassas, Police Say A speeding driver was killed late Saturday night when a car veered off the road, flipped multiple times, and caught fire in Prince William County, authorities said. First responders were called shortly before midnight on Dec. 21 on Dec. 21 to the area of Lake Jackson Drive near Blandsford Drive, where there was a reported single-vehicle crash involving a 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI. According to investigators from the Prince William County Police Department, the driver of the Volkswagen was speeding northbound when the vehicle left the roadway, hit a utility pole in a field, and flipped repeat…

12/23/2024

Lifestyle

$944M Christmas Eve Miracle? Major Mega Millions Jackpot Eyed Across America Some Lottery players are hopeful that Santa leaves a $944 million present under the Christmas tree this year. The Mega Millions jackpot is wrapping up the holiday season with a jaw-dropping prize estimated at $944 million - with a $429.4 million cash option - for the drawing on Tuesday, Dec. 24, making it the seventh-largest jackpot in the game’s history, just in time to pay off some holiday bills. No ticket hit the jackpot in Friday night’s drawing, and now, the odds-defying prize could make someone’s holiday dreams come true. Two of the top 10 largest Mega Millions jackpots ever hi…

12/23/2024

Police & Fire

Pursuit In Maryland Ends With Three Minors Apprehended Following DC Carjacking, Police Say Seat Pleasant police stopped a carjacking chase in its tracks Sunday night, capturing three juveniles and recovering a handgun after a pursuit that stretched across town, officials say. The chase began around 9:45 p.m. when officers spotted a stolen vehicle in the 5700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway after it had been reported carjacked out of Washington, DC. With help from the Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter, officers attempted to pull the car over, police say, but the driver refused to stop, sparking a lengthy pursuit. The chase ended around 10:30 p.m. in the 28…

12/23/2024

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