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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

Animal Sex Abuse Material, Child Porn Found During Probe Into Virginia Creep: Cops A Fairfax County man is facing new charges, many of them horrifying, following his arrest earlier this month. Craig Strasbourger, 31, of Vienna, was found with animal sex abuse material, child pornography, and apparently solicited sex from a minor, Fairfax County police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Strasbourger became the center of an investigation earlier this month following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, saying he was believed to have been "engaging in sexual communication" with a child from Kentucky, FCPD said on Nov. 17. A SWAT raid…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

11/28/2023

Police & Fire

I-270 Drag Racer Throws Stolen Charger In Reverse Before Arrest: Cops A car reported stolen out of New Jersey was at the center of a drag racing scandal in Maryland that landed one man behind bars. Capitol Heights resident Keith Andre Gorham, 25, pushed things to the limit and now faces more than a dozen charges after he was caught racing a Dodge Charger that had been taken from Highland Park, NJ, a spokesperson for the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday. The arrest came following reported racing late on Veteran's Day in the area of I-270 and I-70 in Frederick County. According to the sheriff's office, deputies were called to the ar…

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

News

Second Sidewalk Shooter Sentenced For Role In DC Murder: Prosecutors One of three shooters linked to the murder of 25-year-old Anthony Lee in Washington, DC three years ago will be going away for more than a decade, federal authorities announced. District resident Darquise Montgomery, 20, was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week for the September 2020 shooting death of Lee as he was walking with a friend in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, according to prosecutors. According to court documents, shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, Lee was walking along the road when three people lined up across the sidewalk behind him, …

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Uses Phone, Kitchen Knife During Domestic Dispute In Prince William County: Police A melee inside a Woodbridge home led to a 24-year-old woman getting creative to assault an acquaintance during an argument in Prince William County, police say. Kelly Jhohana Meneses Rojas was in her Shandor Road residence when a verbal altercation rapidly escalated and led to her attacking two others with a phone, then with a knife, according to investigators. The incident was reportedly shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26, a spokesperson for the Prince William County Police Department announced on Tuesday afternoon. Police say that on the morning of the incident, officers were calle…

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

News

Owner Reunited With Puppy Stolen By Armed Man Outside DC Apartment The woman who had her life threatened, and dog stolen in DC has been reunited with man's best friend days after her beloved French bulldog was taken. Teffiney Worthy's family is whole again days after "Hendrix" was returned to her at the Metropolitan Police Department, the agency announced on Tuesday afternoon. #update Hendrick has been located and reunited with their owner! pic.twitter.com/iB33CUGhGP — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) November 28, 2023 It's been a whirlwind several days for Worthy after a man threatened to end her life if she didn't hand over her 6-month-old puppy …

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

Police & Fire

Repeat Violent Offender Placed Back Behind Bars In Baltimore For Armed Robbery: Police A 61-year-old man who is no stranger to police in Baltimore is back on the wrong side of the law after an armed robbery. Kirk Rodney Ross, a repeat violent offender, is facing fresh charges for the robbery and weapons offenses following an incident in Northwest Baltimore over the holiday weekend, authorities announced on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, a 30-year-old woman reported that she was in the 2600 block of Roslyn Avenue on Saturday when she was approached by Ross, who held her up at gunpoint and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from her. He then fled the area, offi…

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

News

Maryland Man Who Paid To Livestream Child Porn From Overseas Heading To Prison: Feds The 62-year-old Maryland man who paid to have child porn livestreamed from the Philippines and Madagascar has been sentenced after being busted by investigators. Severn native Carey Lee Sackmann has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after admitting to "the coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity in connection to his online sexual exploitation of multiple underage victims overseas," federal officials said. According to his guilty plea, beginning in 2015, Sackmann would join video chats with facilitators overseas who exploited minor children in…

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

Schools

One In Custody After Student Assaulted At Maryland High School: Police One person was taken into custody after a reported stabbing at a Maryland high school. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to Springbrook High School at around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning where there was a reported physical assault involving a student. MCPD has been dispatched to Springbrook HS for a physical assault involving a student. One person in custody. No other students injured. #MCPD #MCPNews pic.twitter.com/WJJFhWOTZC — Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) November 28, 2023 Police say that one person is in custody, and no other …

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

Police & Fire

Man Asleep At The Wheel Busted For Third DUI Following Virginia Crash: Sheriff Maybe the third time will prove to be the charm for a repeat DUI offender who was busted drinking and driving - again - in Stafford County. Darcy Vasquez, 29, is facing fresh felony charges after being busted for his third DUI in the past 10 years when he was found asleep at the wheel after crashing into a ditch, a spokesperson for the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said on Monday. Last week, deputies were called to Musselman Road, where there was a report of a truck partially in a ditch with the Stafford resident slumped behind the wheel. Investigators say that Vasquez went off road, st…

by Zak Failla

11/28/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID Jaguar Driver Killed In Fiery Fairfax County Crash Near Popular Farm The 28-year-old driver who was found in a fully-engulfed Jaguar after crashing in Virginia has been identified by the Fairfax County Police Department. Aldie resident Emmanuel Alexander was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cox Farms early on Sunday morning in Centreville, police officials confirmed the day after his fiery death. Google Maps street view Police say that at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26, officers were called to the 15600 block of Braddock Road, where they were met by a 2017 Jaguar XF that was fully engulfed in flames with Alexander still inside before first respond…

by Zak Failla

11/27/2023

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