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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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Shooter Admits To Murder Of Beloved Virginia School Worker Sitting On Church Steps In DC Shooter Admits To Murder Of Beloved Virginia School Worker Sitting On Church Steps In DC
Shooter Admits To Murder Of Beloved Virginia School Worker Sitting On Church Steps In DC A Maryland man accused of gunning down a popular Fairfax, VA schools employee on Memorial Day in 2022 has copped to the crime, federal authorities announced on Wednesday.  Montgomery County resident James Carl Jackson, 28, of Silver Spring, will face up to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty on Feb. 14 to second-degree murder while armed for the fatal shooting of Christian Monje.  At approximately 4:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30, 2022, members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch responded to the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue in Northwest, DC, where there w…

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News
DC Metro Rider Gets Prison Time For Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds DC Metro Rider Gets Prison Time For Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds
DC Metro Rider Gets Prison Time For Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds There was no love in the air for a District man on Valentine's Day this year after he was sentenced to prison time for accosting a man nearly three years ago. On Wednesday, federal authorities announced that 36-year-old DC resident Neal Pitt has been sentenced by a judge to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after being convicted of assault with significant bodily injury for an attack on the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station platform in March 2021. During the morning commute on March 9, 2021, federal prosecutors said that Daniel Olsen was heading to work when…

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News
Repeat Offender Selling Kilos Of Fentanyl In Virginia Sentenced For Drug, Weapon Trafficking Repeat Offender Selling Kilos Of Fentanyl In Virginia Sentenced For Drug, Weapon Trafficking
Repeat Offender Selling Kilos Of Fentanyl In Virginia Sentenced For Drug, Weapon Trafficking A known drug and gun trafficker who is no stranger to the law in Virginia is going to spend another 15 years behind bars after being sentenced for distributing kilos of fentanyl throughout the area, federal authorities announced. Carrington Hammond, 29, who has been prosecuted multiple times for drug and weapons offenses, according to officials, has been sentenced after being busted with an illegal weapon and host of drugs inside an Alexandria apartment.  Prosecutors say that Hammond worked with Arizona-based suppliers and local dealers to sell kilo-gram levels of fentanyl in Virginia.…

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Police & Fire
Twin Brothers Busted Stealing Hams, Other Items With Intent To Sell Them In Virginia: Sheriff Twin Brothers Busted Stealing Hams, Other Items With Intent To Sell Them In Virginia: Sheriff
Twin Brothers Busted Stealing Hams, Other Items With Intent To Sell Them In Virginia: Sheriff Two twin brothers are spending time behind bars together after an ill-advised attempt to shoplift at a Stafford County Walmart, according to the sheriff's office. Woodbridge residents Anthony Hagler and Nicholas Hagler, both 40, were apprehended after being caught stealing items that investigators say they intended to re-sell for a profit. Deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13 to Walmart on Village Parkway, where there were reports of an active shoplifting incident involving the pair. Staff told responding officers that th…

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Traffic
Crash Investigation On I-95 Backs Up Traffic In Harford County Crash Investigation On I-95 Backs Up Traffic In Harford County
Crash Investigation On I-95 Backs Up Traffic In Harford County Traffic was slowed on I-95 in Harford County just in time for the Wednesday afternoon commute following a crash that blocked several lanes. First responders from several agencies responded to a stretch of the southbound lanes of the interstate near exit 77, where a crash forced crews to block the left two lanes while they investigated and evaluated at the scene. Volunteer Firefighters from @AbingdonFire @jmvfc8 and @AFDco2MD and a @HarfordCoDES EMS unit are on scene of a vehicle crash that blocks the 2 left lanes of southbound I-95 past exit 77 in #EdgewoodMD. Expect delays. pic.twitter.…

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MPD Officers 'In Good Spirits' After Being Shot During DC Standoff, Chief Says MPD Officers 'In Good Spirits' After Being Shot During DC Standoff, Chief Says
MPD Officers 'In Good Spirits' After Being Shot During DC Standoff, Chief Says The three Metropolitan Police Department officers who were shot by a barricaded man during a standoff in Southeast DC on Wednesday morning are recovering at the hospital, according to Chief Pamela Smith. Officers were called to the 500 block of Hanna Place SE on Feb. 14, where an armed man barricaded himself inside after they attempted to serve an arrest warrant, reportedly for animal cruelty offenses. During the incident, multiple shots were fired by the man, with three officers struck during the barrage of gunfire, leaving them with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries tha…

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Man Terrorized Ex-GF With Gun Before Barricade Situation In Maryland, Police Say Man Terrorized Ex-GF With Gun Before Barricade Situation In Maryland, Police Say
Man Terrorized Ex-GF With Gun Before Barricade Situation In Maryland, Police Say The man who terrorized his ex-girlfriend before barricading himself inside a Carroll County home is facing a series of criminal charges, the Westminster Police Department announced. Matthew Skirka, 30, was arrested early on Wednesday morning following a standoff with officers after he kicked down his ex's door following a confrontation earlier on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Officers from the department were called at around 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday night to the 200 block of East Main Street in Westminster, where there were reports of shots fired in the area involving Skirka and his ex-girlfriend.  …

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Woman, 27, Dies At Hospital Days After Being Airlifted From Maryland Crash: State Police Woman, 27, Dies At Hospital Days After Being Airlifted From Maryland Crash: State Police
Woman, 27, Dies At Hospital Days After Being Airlifted From Maryland Crash: State Police A 27-year-old woman died days after she had to be airlifted to the hospital following a crash in St. Mary's County, state police announced on Wednesday. Mechanicsville resident Casey Nicole Faulds was driving on Sunday, Feb. 4, when she was involved in a crash with another vehicle in the area of Mechanicsville Road and Red Oak Lane. Troopers responded to the Mechanicsville intersection, and police say that one of the drivers was treated by paramedics before being flown to the Washington Hospital Center for evaluation of "serious injuries." AVOID Mechanicsville Rd in area of Asher Rd fo…

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Woman Posing As Police Busted Breaking Into Virginia Home, Officials Say Woman Posing As Police Busted Breaking Into Virginia Home, Officials Say
Woman Posing As Police Busted Breaking Into Virginia Home, Officials Say A woman from Georgia who tried to pull a fast one on police in Prince William County wasn't quick enough to fool officers after she pretended to be one of them after being busted during a burglary, officials say. Genie Rhinehart, 51, is facing charges after a homeowner returned to her Cebu Island Court residence in Woodbridge and alerted authorities, who were quickly able to apprehend her, but not before the Evans, Georgia resident tried to trick them. The incident was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Investigators say that a resident in the 3600 block of Cebu Island …

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Police ID Double Stabbing Victim, Suspect Killed By Cops In Virginia Police ID Double Stabbing Victim, Suspect Killed By Cops In Virginia
Police ID Double Stabbing Victim, Suspect Killed By Cops In Virginia New details have been released by the Prince William County Police Department following the fatal officer-involved shooting on Tuesday afternoon. Woodbridge resident Philip Austin Brant, 26, has been identified by investigators as the suspect who was shot and killed by officers after stabbing two people - one fatally - at an apprenticeship training center on Infantry Ridge Road in Manassas. Officers were called shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 to investigate a reported stabbing-in-progress after two people were attacked by Brant, police say. Upon arrival, they ordered him to drop the kni…

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