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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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Police & Fire

Dog Walker Who Shot DC Firefighter In Maryland Charged With Murder, Sheriff Says Justice may be served for friends and family of a DC firefighter who was shot and killed in his Charles County hometown earlier this year. Carlos Lavanto Garner, 37, has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of 30-year-old DC Firefighter/EMT Carl Francis Braxton during a standoff in Charles County, the sheriff's office announced on Wednesday. Both men are from Bryans Road. Carl Braxton @dcfireems Members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to the 2900 block of Sedgemore Place in Bryans Road at around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, May 8, to chec…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

News

Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen The Fairfax County man who cyberstalked two employees at a Baltimore-based hospital will be spending time behind bars not a keyboard after copping to the crime earlier this year, federal authorities announced. Michael Ghali, 35, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to cyberstalking a woman he knew from church and then threatening head of a medical department at a Maryland medical facility. According to his plea agreement, beginning in June 2020, the Fairfax resident sent his first victim series of sexually explicit and threatening text messages using an …

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

Police & Fire

Driver Intervenes After Man Exposed Himself To Riders On Bus In Virginia, Police Say Some riders on a bus in Prince William County were treated to an unwanted show during their morning commute earlier this month, and now police are looking for the man responsible for giving them an eyeful. This week, an investigation was launched into an indecent exposure that was reported to have happened on a Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Center Commission bus, according to the Prince William County Police Department. The alleged exposure happened at round 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the area of Opitz Boulevard and Richmond Highway in Virginia. Investigators say that the b…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

Police & Fire

Hit-Run Driver At Large Days After Striking Three People Near Montgomery County Courthouse Police in Montgomery County are still searching for the hit-and-run driver who is wanted on multiple attempted murder charges in Rockville. A new alert was issued by the Rockville City Police Department on Wednesday afternoon as the hunt for 41-year-old Walter Giovanni Marquez-Aviles, who remains at large nearly a week after hitting three people near an area courthouse. The Gaithersburg resident was involved in the crash at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14 near the 100 block of East Montgomery Avenue. On Wednesday, the department released Marquez-Aviles' photo after he crash…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

News

Armed Pharmacy Robber Busted With Garbage Bag Full Of Pills In MD Convicted The ski mask-wearing man who targeted an elderly employee as she was closing an Anne Arundel County pharmacy to steal a trash bag full of prescription pills is heading to prison. Marlon Patrick Green, 35, who has no fixed address, was convicted on all counts following a two-day trial for an armed robbery at the Annapolis Professional Pharmacy earlier this year where he made off with nearly $3,000 in drugs, the Anne Arundel State's Attorney's Office announced. At around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9, a 72-year-old employee at the pharmacy said that as she was closing up for the day, Green walke…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

Police & Fire

Father Charged With Shooting Death Of 2-Year-Old Daughter In Baltimore: Police A man has been arrested in connection to the death of a toddler who was shot and killed in Baltimore over the weekend. Days after the death of 2-year-old Charlee Gamble at an area hospital, the Baltimore Police Department announced that Christopher Gamble, 28, has been charged for his alleged role in the death. On Sunday night, the toddler was driven to the hospital to be treated for a reported gunshot wound suffered in the 6100 block of Park Heights Avenue, police say, where she would later die from her injuries. Following the investigation, police said that Christopher Gamble was arreste…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

News

Lincoln Memorial Steps Vandalized By 'Free Gaza' Graffiti In DC Crews are working to remove graffiti at the Lincoln Memorial and red paint off the monument's steps after the area was tagged with the words "Free Gaza" that could be seen in photos and video shared online. National Park Service crews are now working to remove the paint while the incident is investigated by police in DC on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Pro-Hamas vandals have desecrated the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with graffiti. They are truly disturbed and disgusting people. pic.twitter.com/cETGZ8pSfM — Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) December 20, 2023 Cleanup efforts are expected to imp…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

Police & Fire

Families Displaced By Three-Alarm Baltimore County Apartment Fire Days Before Christmas Several families were displaced days before Christmas in Baltimore County when a three-alarm fire tore through an apartment and left them out in the cold. At least one person had to be rescued by fire crews who were called to the Tuscany Woods Apartment fire in Windsor Mill that broke out shortly after 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning on East Bend Court. WINDSOR MILL EAST BEND CT 3 ALARM FIRE. FIRE THROUGH THE ROOF @PVFC32 @ArbutusVFD — Baltimore Co. Volunteer Firefighter’s Association (@BaltCoVolFire) December 20, 2023 Investigators said that they were met at the building by flames coming…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

Police & Fire

ID Disagreement Leads To Pepper Spray Scene During Scuffle At South Stafford Wawa, Sheriff Says A 37-year-old Fredericksburg woman who made a scene at a Stafford County Wawa location is facing charges after getting violent with employees who wouldn't sell her a tobacco product, according to the sheriff's office. On Sunday night, deputies were called to Wawa on South Gateway Drive in South Stafford, where there was report of a woman who became irate after an employee asked her for an ID when she tried to make the purchase, officials said. Wawa at 9 South Gateway Drive in South Stafford Google Maps street view When prompted for the ID, Latarsha Gray began screaming at an e…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

Lifestyle

'Suck It Up:' Radio Host Doles Brutal Advice To Pregnant VA Woman's Husband New York Times bestseller David Ramsey didn't mince words when a Virginia man called in to his radio show to discuss his wife's unstable work history. "Alex" from Norfolk was a recent guest on "The Ramsey Show" where he described his wife's inability to maintain a job while also juggling more than $50,000 in debt with a child on the way as she seeks "satisfaction," in the workplace. My Wife Wants To Quit Her Job The Ramsey Show Highlights The topic was nothing new to the caller, who said that his 23-year-old bride has had trouble maintaining a job for more than six months at a time whi…

by Zak Failla

12/20/2023

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