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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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Passenger Killed As Camaro Erupts In Fiery Wreck On Route 32 In Severn: Police Passenger Killed As Camaro Erupts In Fiery Wreck On Route 32 In Severn: Police
Passenger Killed As Camaro Erupts In Fiery Wreck On Route 32 In Severn: Police A 22-year-old man from Maryland was killed and a young woman was hospitalized after a fiery crash late Sunday night on Route 32, officials said. A Chevrolet Camaro went up in flames after slamming into a center median guardrail in Anne Arundel County, killing the passenger and sending the driver to the hospital with injuries, authorities announced. The deadly crash happened around 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, in the eastbound lanes of Route 32, just past the Telegraph Road overpass in Severn, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. A 2021 Camaro veered off the road and hi…

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Police & Fire
Naked, Not Afraid: Drunk Virginia Man Attempted Car Break-In, Stafford Sheriff Says Naked, Not Afraid: Drunk Virginia Man Attempted Car Break-In, Stafford Sheriff Says
Naked, Not Afraid: Drunk Virginia Man Attempted Car Break-In, Stafford Sheriff Says Some sheriff's deputies were given an unexpected show on Sunday when a 25-year-old Virginia man was caught trying to get into someone else’s car — completely naked. It all went down just after 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, when deputies were called to Wild Rose Drive in South Stafford for a report of a man stumbling around in the road. When they got there, deputies found exactly what was advertised — a man in his birthday suit attempting to get into a Chevy that didn’t belong to him, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. “This episode of naked and not afraid was interrupted …

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Obituaries
DC Mom Dies Unexpectedly During 4-Year-Old Son’s Graduation: 'The Glue To Our Family' DC Mom Dies Unexpectedly During 4-Year-Old Son’s Graduation: 'The Glue To Our Family'
DC Mom Dies Unexpectedly During 4-Year-Old Son’s Graduation: 'The Glue To Our Family' The moment was supposed to be full of pride. A mother watching her 4-year-old son cross the stage at his pre-K graduation — smiling, clapping, proud. Instead, it ended in tragedy. Markita Young, a beloved 39-year-old mother of three from DC, suddenly collapsed during her youngest son’s graduation ceremony on June 11, her family said.  Onlookers watched in panic as paramedics rushed to her aid, loading her into an ambulance. En route to the hospital, Young went into cardiac arrest.  Despite efforts to save her, she was gone before they arrived. The cause, her family says, was a …

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Police & Fire
Manassas Man Exposed Himself While Sitting In Front Of Students At Forest Park HS, Police Say Manassas Man Exposed Himself While Sitting In Front Of Students At Forest Park HS, Police Say
Manassas Man Exposed Himself While Sitting In Front Of Students At Forest Park HS, Police Say A Virginia teacher is facing charges after he allegedly exposed himself in front of students inside a classroom earlier this month, police said. Coy Robert Dubik, 40, of Manassas, was arrested on Monday, June 16, and charged with three counts of indecent liberties by a custodian, according to the Prince William County Police Department. The investigation began around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, when a School Resource Officer at Forest Park High School in Woodbridge was notified of the alleged incident. It is alleged that Dubik was “seated at his desk inside a classroom with students prese…

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Police & Fire
Second Suitland Man Dies Weeks After Maryland Apartment Shooting; New Charges Pending: Police Second Suitland Man Dies Weeks After Maryland Apartment Shooting; New Charges Pending: Police
Second Suitland Man Dies Weeks After Maryland Apartment Shooting; New Charges Pending: Police A second man has died weeks after a double shooting inside a Maryland apartment that already left one man dead — and now prosecutors are weighing new charges, police said. Deandre Stevenson, 37, of Suitland, died on June 16, after suffering critical injuries in a Regency Park Court shooting the Prince George’s County Police Department confirmed on Tuesday. Stevenson had been clinging to life since the incident, in which Myandre McBride, 32, of Suitland, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Now both men are dead — and the suspect, James Stewart, 35, of Upper Marlboro, could face addition…

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Police & Fire
WATCH: Officer Shot By Shotgun During Barricade Near PA Border Discharged From Hospital WATCH: Officer Shot By Shotgun During Barricade Near PA Border Discharged From Hospital
Watch: Officer Shot By Shotgun During Barricade Near PA Border Discharged From Hospital Hagerstown Police Officer Langley Dean was met with a hero's welcome when he was released from the hospital after being hit by a shotgun blast during a standoff. Dean, a 19-year veteran K9 officer, was discharged from Meritus Medical Center on Tuesday, June 17 after being shot in the face, hand, and arm by a 20-gauge shotgun amid a lengthy barricade situation with Daniel Matthew Anderson. A massive crowd of first responders, officers, police K9s, and hospital staff was on hand Tuesday morning to give Dean a rousing round of applause as he was wheeled out to head home five days after be…

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Lifestyle
$1M Virginia Lottery Prize Set To Expire — Could You Be The Winner? $1M Virginia Lottery Prize Set To Expire — Could You Be The Winner?
$1M Virginia Lottery Prize Set To Expire — Could You Be The Winner? Someone in Virginia might be walking around with a $1 million lottery ticket in their wallet, glove box, or junk drawer — and if they don’t find it soon, it’s going to become a very expensive piece of trash. Two unclaimed Virginia Lottery winners — including one worth $1 million — are just days away from going completely worthless, lottery officials warned. The bigger of the two prizes was won in the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle on Jan. 1, 2025.  That winning ticket, worth $1 million, was bought at the Food Lion at 30 Windward Drive in Fishersville. It expires at 5 p.m. on Monday, Ju…

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Police & Fire
Sheetz Stores In Leesburg Robbed 3 Times In A Month — Another Suspect In Custody: Police Sheetz Stores In Leesburg Robbed 3 Times In A Month — Another Suspect In Custody: Police
Sheetz Stores In Leesburg Robbed 3 Times In A Month — Another Suspect In Custody: Police For the third time in less than a month, a Sheetz in Virginia was the scene of an armed robbery — and police say another suspect just turned himself in. Jairo Amaya Sorto surrendered to Leesburg Police on Sunday, June 15, after being wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the Sheetz on Edwards Ferry Road, authorities announced Tuesday. The early morning hold-up happened on May 8, when three masked suspects — one armed — stormed the store and made off with cash, police said.  Sorto was charged with robbery using a firearm and is being held without bond. It was the first of thre…

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Police & Fire
Gun-Wielding Lexington Park Teen Caught Hiding In Bushes After Threat Incident: Sheriff Gun-Wielding Lexington Park Teen Caught Hiding In Bushes After Threat Incident: Sheriff
Gun-Wielding Lexington Park Teen Caught Hiding In Bushes After Threat Incident: Sheriff An 18-year-old is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening someone with a gun and running from deputies in Southern Maryland, authorities said. Javontay Kyree Nolan, of Lexington Park, was arrested on Monday, June 16, following a firearm threat investigation in a residential neighborhood, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the area around 2:10 p.m. for a reported threat involving a handgun. When they arrived, a man told deputies that a verbal argument escalated when Nolan “allegedly threatened the victim and displayed a handgun before fl…

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Lifestyle
Tree Slams Through Gaithersburg Teen’s Room — Now He’s Raising Funds For His Family (PHOTOS) Tree Slams Through Gaithersburg Teen’s Room — Now He’s Raising Funds For His Family (PHOTOS)
Tree Slams Through Gaithersburg Teen’s Room — Now He’s Raising Funds For His Family (Photos) A Maryland teenager is stepping up in a major way after a massive pine tree came crashing through his family’s home, leaving him, his mom, and his little sister without a place to live. Ronnie Rodgers, a 17-year-old high school junior, launched a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of his mother, Keyisha Bloomfield, after a 70-foot tree fell through their Gaithersburg home on Friday, June 6.  The powerful crash tore through the ceiling and left insulation, wood, and splinters scattered across their bedrooms — just inches from where the teen sleeps. The aftermath of the incident in Gait…

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