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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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Bike-Riding Purse Snatcher At Large After Armed Robbery On W&OD Trail In Virginia: Sheriff Bike-Riding Purse Snatcher At Large After Armed Robbery On W&OD Trail In Virginia: Sheriff
Bike-Riding Purse Snatcher At Large After Armed Robbery On W&OD Trail In Virginia: Sheriff A new probe has been launched after the latest incident involving an armed robber on the Washington and Old Dominion Trail, police say. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigated the robbery, when a man pulled a gun on a woman walking the trail between Sterling Boulevard and Church Road in the early evening of Tuesday, April 2.  According to a spokesperson for the sherif's office, a Hispanic man brandished a weapon and demanded the woman's purse, to which she complied. The suspect then fled and the woman returned home and contacted the police. The man was described as being i…

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Convict Who Threatened Minors With Gun While Shouting Racial Slurs In MD Gets New Prison Term Convict Who Threatened Minors With Gun While Shouting Racial Slurs In MD Gets New Prison Term
Convict Who Threatened Minors With Gun While Shouting Racial Slurs In MD Gets New Prison Term A convicted felon already serving time for an incident in St. Mary's has been sentenced to an additional prison term for two separate cases in Charles County, the state's attorney's office announced. Leonardtown resident James Stephen Gass, Jr., 32, was sentenced to nine years for an incident involving a group of minors, as well as five years for illegally possessing a weapon due to a previous felony conviction. In June last year, officers made contact with a minor who advised that he and three other juveniles were riding their bikes in the area of Chicamuxen Road and Mason Springs Road whe…

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Dealer Admits To Fatal Shooting, Assaulting Inmate In DC Jail While Awaiting Trial: Feds Dealer Admits To Fatal Shooting, Assaulting Inmate In DC Jail While Awaiting Trial: Feds
Dealer Admits To Fatal Shooting, Assaulting Inmate In DC Jail While Awaiting Trial: Feds A District man has admitted to his role in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old woman and a subsequent attack on an inmate while behind bars inside a DC jail, federal authorities announced. Karlos Kinney, 24, pleaded guilty this week in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to voluntary manslaughter while armed in the April 2020 shooting death of Resha Blount and also to assault with significant bodily injury for a November 2022 attack on inmate Jordan Jones while detained. Prosecutors said that shortly before the fatal shooting, Blount had invited Kinney to her home with the i…

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Child Porn Files Found On Man's Devices In Frederick, Sheriff Says Child Porn Files Found On Man's Devices In Frederick, Sheriff Says
Child Porn Files Found On Man's Devices In Frederick, Sheriff Says A weeks-long investigation into a cyber tip regarding child pornography on a Frederick County man's devices, a 37-year-old man was taken into custody, according to the sheriff's office. Frederick resident Bryan Peter Lowery was arrested by deputies following a tip reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in February, the agency announced on Thursday, April 4. The investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff Office's Internet Crimes Against Children Section determined that Lowery was in possession of files that showed indecent acts of child pornography, o…

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Suspects Shot At Special Police Officer During Dispute In Southeast DC Building: MPD Suspects Shot At Special Police Officer During Dispute In Southeast DC Building: MPD
Suspects Shot At Special Police Officer During Dispute In Southeast DC Building: MPD The Metropolitan Police Department is attempting to track down suspects who shot at a Special Police Officer in Southeast DC on Wednesday night. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on April 3, the suspects and officer, who was working at a business in the area, were involved in an argument in the 400 block of 14th Street SE that escalated. According to police, as the suspects were leaving the establishment, one of them fired a handgun toward the officer before both fled the scene.  No injuries were reported. The suspects were caught on camera on Wednesday, and the department released photos on …

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Boyfriend Strangled Ex Repeatedly During Harrowing Labor Day Weekend In DC, Feds Say Boyfriend Strangled Ex Repeatedly During Harrowing Labor Day Weekend In DC, Feds Say
Boyfriend Strangled Ex Repeatedly During Harrowing Labor Day Weekend In DC, Feds Say The District man who terrorized his ex-girlfriend during Labor Day weekend last summer is facing federal prison time after being convicted of assaulting her during a domestic dispute.  On Wednesday, federal authorities announced that Jeffrey Strange, 29, was found guilty of strangling his ex after a series of startling events in September 2023. According to the government's evidence, at approximately 11 p.m. on Sept. 3, 2023, Strange began incessantly calling the woman to determine her whereabouts, before tracking her down the following morning at around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 4. Prosecut…

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Man Convicted Of Fatally Stabbing Victim 19 Times Near Maryland HS: State's Attorney Man Convicted Of Fatally Stabbing Victim 19 Times Near Maryland HS: State's Attorney
Man Convicted Of Fatally Stabbing Victim 19 Times Near Maryland HS: State's Attorney A 46-year-old Maryland man will face life in prison after being convicted of luring his victim to a premeditated murder near Great Mills High School, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. Great Mills resident Cherron Montril Waul was convicted on Wednesday of first-degree murder following a three-day trial for the brutal slaying of a 33-year-old man in February 2022. According to prosecutors, Waul lured his victim to a secluded place not far from the school, where he stabbed him more than a dozen times. “This horrific attack was pre-meditated and calculated,” Stat…

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Construction Worker Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland Dies From Injuries: State Police Construction Worker Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland Dies From Injuries: State Police
Construction Worker Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland Dies From Injuries: State Police A 64-year-old construction worker who was struck by a hit-and-run driver attempting to bypass a work zone in Maryland last week has died from his injuries, according to state police. Marion Station resident Jamal Scarborough was driving in front of an off-duty trooper in his police cruiser shortly before 10:30 a.m. on March 27 heading south on Airport Road near Salisbury Regional Airport, in Wicomico County when he stopped at a work zone where a flagging operation was in effect. At the time, workers were only allowing northbound traffic to proceed in the area. According to the preliminary …

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Florida Man Caught Filming Women In American University Bathroom Busted With Child Porn: Feds Florida Man Caught Filming Women In American University Bathroom Busted With Child Porn: Feds
Florida Man Caught Filming Women In American University Bathroom Busted With Child Porn: Feds A Peeping Tom from Florida who was busted with more than 1,000 images of child after recording a woman in a bathroom at American University in DC has been sentenced. Orlando resident Kyle Blanco, 21, was sentenced on Wednesday to 71 months in prison for being caught with child porn after attempting to surreptitiously record women as they used bathroom stalls at the university, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors say that in March 2022, an American University student caught Blanco attempting to subtlety film her with his phone from an adjacent stall in a gender-neutral bathroom. …

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Sewage Overflow At Mount St. Mary's University Prompts Public Health Alert Sewage Overflow At Mount St. Mary's University Prompts Public Health Alert
Sewage Overflow At Mount St. Mary's University Prompts Public Health Alert The Frederick County Health Department is cautioning residents to avoid certain waterways after a sewage overflow on Mount St. Mary's University campus on the east side of Route 15. According to health officials, the public should avoid the waters from Saint Mary Run to Toms Creek to Monocacy River, and they've cautioned that swimming or full-body immersion in those areas should be avoided. A second alert was issued for the Monocacy River from Route 144 to Route 80 or Fingerboard Road rom Pinecliff Park to Buckeystown Park. If one comes into contact with the impacted areas, health official…

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