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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
Man Exposed Himself To Girl Scouts, Masturbated In Fredericksburg Coffee Shop, Police Say Man Exposed Himself To Girl Scouts, Masturbated In Fredericksburg Coffee Shop, Police Say
Man Exposed Himself To Girl Scouts, Masturbated In Fredericksburg Coffee Shop, Police Say A man is behind bars after police say he flashed a group of Girl Scouts, groped a restaurant employee, and was caught masturbating in public — all within a short span Saturday in downtown Fredericksburg. The suspect, Terrence Graham, 28, who has no fixed address, was arrested nearby and positively identified after officers responded to two indecent exposure reports and one sexual battery on March 29, the Fredericksburg Police Department said. All three incidents involved the same man, described at the time by witnesses only as a Black man with a beard and long hair, riding a bicycle. In th…

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Politics
Feds Admit Deportation Error That Landed Father In Notorious El Salvador Prison Feds Admit Deportation Error That Landed Father In Notorious El Salvador Prison
Feds Admit Deportation Error That Landed Father In Notorious El Salvador Prison Top officials in the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting a Maryland father to an El Salvadoran mega-prison—despite a court order blocking his removal. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland with his wife and 5-year-old child, was taken into ICE custody in March and deported just days later, federal officials said in a new court filing on Monday, March 31. His family says he should never have been removed in the first place. Abrego Garcia had previously been granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge back in 2019—meaning the g…

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Business
Power Cut, Pharmacy Hit In Early Morning Burglary In Leonardtown, Sheriff Says Power Cut, Pharmacy Hit In Early Morning Burglary In Leonardtown, Sheriff Says
Power Cut, Pharmacy Hit In Early Morning Burglary In Leonardtown, Sheriff Says Burglars pulled the plug — literally — before forcing their way into a pharmacy in Southern Maryland in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to a commercial burglary alarm at a business in the 25000 block of Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown around 3 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, according to an official release. When deputies got to the scene, they found the power to the building had been cut at the breaker box, and there were clear signs of forced entry into the pharmacy. Inside, deputies said there was visible evidence of theft. It…

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Police & Fire
Suspicious Death In Laurel Prompts Police Investigation (DEVELOPING) Suspicious Death In Laurel Prompts Police Investigation (DEVELOPING)
Suspicious Death In Laurel Prompts Police Investigation (Developing) A quiet neighborhood in Prince George's County turned into a crime scene before sunrise after police discovered a man dead under suspicious circumstances, authorities said. Officers with the Laurel Police Department responded to the 1000 block of Marton Street around 4:18 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, and found the body of a man, who has not been identified, according to a statement from the department. Detectives are treating the case as a suspicious death, officials said. The exact cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. “The circumstances of…

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Police & Fire
‘Tired’ Stafford Man Nearly Hits Deputies Head-On Before DUI Arrest: Sheriff ‘Tired’ Stafford Man Nearly Hits Deputies Head-On Before DUI Arrest: Sheriff
‘Tired’ Stafford Man Nearly Hits Deputies Head-On Before DUI Arrest: Sheriff A close call landed a "tired" repeat DUI driver back behind bars after nearly barreling into a sheriff's deputy on patrol in Stafford County over the weekend, authorities say. It happened around 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, when deputies were heading north on Widewater Road near Osterman and saw a Honda coming straight at them — in their lane, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday, April 1. The driver swerved back into the correct lane just in time. According to the sheriff’s office, if the timing had been even slightly different, “it is likely neither party would be able …

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Police & Fire
Two Shot In Broad Daylight At City Park In Reading: Police Two Shot In Broad Daylight At City Park In Reading: Police
Two Shot In Broad Daylight At City Park In Reading: Police A sunny afternoon turned violent in Berks County when shots rang out in a popular Reading park, sending two people to the hospital, authorities said. The shooting happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, when officers with the Reading Police Department responded to reports of gunfire at City Park, officials confirmed. Officers arrived and found a crime scene, but no victims. Shortly after, two people suffering from gunshot wounds showed up at a hospital, according to police. Their injuries were described as non-life-threatening. The shooting remains under active investigation. …

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News
Waldorf Man Broke Into Woman's Home Twice In Two Days As Child Watched: Prosecutors Waldorf Man Broke Into Woman's Home Twice In Two Days As Child Watched: Prosecutors
Waldorf Man Broke Into Woman's Home Twice In Two Days As Child Watched: Prosecutors A Charles County man is facing decades behind bars after terrorizing a woman in her own home — not once, but twice — in front of her child during a violent domestic attack in Lexington Park. Robert Humphries, III, 29, of Waldorf, was found guilty by a St. Mary’s County jury of robbery and other offenses following a two-day trial, State's Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced. Specifically, Humphries was convicted of:  Robbery; Third-degree burglary; Second-degree assault; Theft; Multiple counts of malicious destruction of property. The charges stem from a pair of incidents last summer th…

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News
Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (DEVELOPING) Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (DEVELOPING)
Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (Developing) A heavy police presence has flooded a residential street in Dundalk where an armed suspect has barricaded themselves inside a home, Baltimore County Police said Tuesday morning. Officers responded to Gray Manor Terrace near German Hill Road around 9:00 a.m. on April 1 after receiving reports of an armed subject refusing to come out. Authorities immediately issued a shelter-in-place order for neighbors and warned residents to stay away from windows and exterior doors. Multiple schools in the area — Battle Grove Elementary, Charlesmont Elementary, and General John Stricker Middle — were place…

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125 MPH Chase Ends With Cocaine Bust Of Lusby Woman, Sheriff Says 125 MPH Chase Ends With Cocaine Bust Of Lusby Woman, Sheriff Says
125 MPH Chase Ends With Cocaine Bust Of Lusby Woman, Sheriff Says A Maryland woman is facing a stack of charges after leading deputies on a wild high-speed chase through Calvert County while allegedly carrying cocaine, authorities said. Deputies spotted a Chevy Equinox flying north on Route 4 near Solomons Landing in the middle of the afternoon last month, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday, March 31.. The SUV whipped onto Patuxent Point Parkway “almost on two tires,” then tore through a crowded McDonald’s parking lot kicking up clouds of dirt and dust, officials said. A deputy activated his emergency lights, but the driver hit the gas in…

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Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' At Ashburn Dog Park Learns Fate Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' At Ashburn Dog Park Learns Fate
Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' At Ashburn Dog Park Learns Fate An Ashburn man who stomped another man to death during a brutal dog park fight in Loudoun County will now spend two decades behind bars. Ever Rafael Cruz, 26, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the death of Pedro Casalez Cala, Loudoun prosecutors announced. The deadly beating happened in the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, during a fight at a dog park inside an apartment complex in Ashburn. Prosecutors say Cruz hit Cala in the head and kept punching and stomping him even after he hit t…

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