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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

Motorcyclist Killed Crashing Into Jeep Identified By Police In Baltimore County A 35-year-old man was killed after crashing a brand-new motorcycle over the weekend in Baltimore County, police say. Joshua Bernert has been identified by investigators as the person killed driving a 2024 Suzuki motorcycle on Sunday morning in Dundalk. Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department responded at approximately 10:15 a.m. on July 14 to a crash in the area of Dundalk Avenue and Cedar Place, where there was reports of a crash with a motorcycle down. Investigators determined that a 2010 Jeep Liberty was turning south onto Dundalk Avenue when Bernert struck the vehicle. Be…

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

Police & Fire

Ice Cold: Driver Gets Second DUI Years Crashing Into Machine Outside Virginia Business: Sheriff Mischief managed. A 36-year-old man is facing his second DUI offense in 10 years after crash landing into an ice machine outside a Stafford County business, officials say. Eric McDonald had to be extracted from his vehicle after allegedly drinking and getting behind the wheel before a dangerous crash at the Valero at 620 Cambridge Street. According to a spokesperson from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, deputies were called to the gas station, where McDonald hopped the curb and "caused significant damage to the ice machine" on the side of the …

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

Police & Fire

Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder Following Botched Robbery Near Maryland Business: Police The investigation into a Maryland shooting and botched robbery landed a 23-year-old man behind bars and led to the recovery of contraband, according to the Prince George's County Police Department on Monday. Suitland resident Nicholas Norris is facing charges following a weeklong probe into a reported shooting in Camp Springs on July 5, authorities announced. Officers were called to a business shortly before 6:30 a.m. on the morning of the shooting in the 5100 block of Auth Road, where a man advised investigators that a man shot at him while attempting to steal an item. Norris was identifi…

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

Traffic

Passenger Dies Day After T-Bone Crash In Fairfax County, Police Say (Updated) New details have been released by the Fairfax County Police Department after a 22-year-old Manassas man died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Clifton on Saturday morning. Jack Gumm has been identified by investigators as the passenger in a Honda that was involved in the crash on July 13 in the area of Old Yates Ford Road and Henderson Road and died at the hospital on Sunday. At around 10 a.m. on Saturday, officers were called to investigate a crash involving a 2003 Honda Accord and 2019 Volkswagen Atlas that resulted in Gumm's death and sent two others to the hospital …

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

News

Suspicious Man Who Approached Teen Girl, Woman In Separate Incidents Wanted In Maryland An alert was issued by the Charles County Sheriff's Office over the weekend as they attempt to track down a creepy man implicated in a pair of suspicious incidents last week. Early on Wednesday, July 10, officers were called to Dorchester Circle in St. Charles, when a teen girl reported that a man drove up to her and asked for her number before she walked away and notified her parents. The following day, at around the same time and place, a man matching the description provided by the girl approached a woman and made a sexual comment towards her. He then fled when the woman took her cell p…

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

Police & Fire

Man Wanted In Fredericksburg, Spotsy, Busted With Meth During Stafford Stop, Sheriff Says A Virginia man already wanted in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania counties tried to break bad and was busted with methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Stafford over the weekend, officials say. Locust Grove resident Thomas Chaffin, 30, who is no stranger to police, is back behind bars after drugs were discovered following the stop late on Saturday afternoon. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, shortly after 7:20 p.m. on July 13, a sergeant spotted Chaffin and conducted a traffic stop at McDonald's on Ferry Road, which were the beginning of the wanted man's concerns. …

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

Police & Fire

Woman Critical, Man Stable After Being Shot Inside Calvert County Home, Sheriff Says Two people were hospitalized overnight after being struck by a hail of bullets that were fired into a Calvert County home, officials say. Deputies were called shortly after 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 14 to the 1600 block of Mint Court in Prince Frederick, where there were reports of shots fired in the area. Upon arrival, members of the Calvert County Sheriff's office found a man with a gunshot wound to a leg and a woman was hit several times in her upper body. According to investigators, an unknown suspect shot several rounds into the front of the residence, striking both, who were rushed t…

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

News

Pittsburgh Pirates Rookie Phenom, Star Gymnast GF Livvy Dunne Jet Off To MLB All-Star Game Pittsburgh Pirates rookie phenom Paul Skenes is taking his famed moustache, golden arm, and model girlfriend to the MLB All-Star Game this week. In a post on Instagram on Sunday, LSU gymnast, and influencer, Livvy Dunne — who hails from Bergen County — shared a photo of the pair before heading on a private jet to Texas with friends, where the 22-year-old is set to make his 12th career start in the majors at the big event on Tuesday. Skenes - the first overall pick in the 2023 draft - has only started 11 games in his career since being called up earlier this year, notching six wins with an E…

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

Lifestyle

Virginia Woman Wins $617K Lottery Jackpot Playing Online Monopoly Game A Fredericksburg woman "couldn't stop yelling" after winning a six-figure jackpot playing Lottery games online. Myrna Johnson gave her kids a brief scare after playing the MONOPOLY Progressive Jackpots game on her personal device when she realized she had cashed in on a massive windfall. The lucky lotto player won a total of $617,229. “At first, I couldn’t even believe it,” she told Virginia Lottery officials. “I couldn’t stop yelling. My kids thought something was wrong." The MONOPOLY jackpot game is one of dozens available online to Lottery players, with jackpots growing each day …

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

News

Speeding Motorcyclist Killed Crashing Into Back Of Truck In Maryland, Sheriff Says A speeding motorcyclist died on Sunday night after being thrown from his bike in a crash on Maryland Route 4 in Calvert County, according to the sheriff's office. Lusby resident Paul O'Neal has been identified as the person killed shortly after 7 p.m. on July 14 after crashing in the area of Maryland Route 4 and Nursery Road. Google Maps street view According to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office, a Dodge 3500 was heading north on the roadway when O'Neal - who witnesses reportedly said was riding at an excessive speed - failed to slow down and struck the back of the truck, ejecting him f…

by Zak Failla

07/15/2024

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