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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, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say
Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say A man and woman are facing charges after being combative with New York State Police troopers and attempting to dispose of evidence during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley. Troopers from the Ellenville barracks in Ulster County stopped Sullivan County resident Symone Quinones, age 29, of Monticello, on Route 52 in Wawarsing after she committed multiple traffic violations in the area. Police said that while speaking with Quinones during the traffic stop, troopers discovered that she was driving with a suspended license. During the stop, police said that a passenger in the Hyundai Sonata,…

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Lifestyle
Pair Of $1M Powerball Tickets Sold In Massachusetts Pair Of $1M Powerball Tickets Sold In Massachusetts
Pair Of $1M Powerball Tickets Sold In Massachusetts Two lucky lotto winners in Massachusetts are entering a new tax bracket after buying Powerball tickets worth $1 million each. Following more than three dozen Powerball drawings without a winner, a ticket matched all six numbers during the latest to claim the $699.8 million was sold out of Morro Bay in California. The winning numbers on the latest Powerball drawing were 12-22-54-66-69 with a Powerball of 15. The Power Play was a 2X. The $699.8 million prize is if the winner chooses the annuity option, paid over 29 years. If the winner opts for cash it will be nearly $500 million. Five o…

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Police & Fire
Driver With Revoked License Busted Again By Police In Westchester Driver With Revoked License Busted Again By Police In Westchester
Driver With Revoked License Busted Again By Police In Westchester A speeding driver in Westchester whose license was suspended earlier this year following an alleged intoxicated driving incident earlier this year was busted again, police said. In Scarsdale, a police officer on patrol on Post Road near Huntington Avenue spotted a driver who clocked 55 mph in a 30 mph zone, prompting a traffic stop of the driver of a 2005 Jeep Liberty. According to police, during the stop, it was determined that Mount Vernon resident Maycon Aparecido Borges, age 28, had an expired driver’s license that expired in June and that his driving privileges had been revoked before …

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Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed In Stabbing Incident At CT Gas Station Injuring Man, Woman Suspect Nabbed In Stabbing Incident At CT Gas Station Injuring Man, Woman
Suspect Nabbed In Stabbing Incident At CT Gas Station Injuring Man, Woman A 24-year-old man turned himself in to police following a lengthy investigation into a stabbing outside a gas station in Connecticut, State Police announced. Shortly after 8:30 p.m., law enforcement personnel were called to investigate the incident that happened in Middlesex County in the parking lot at Best Way Sunoco on Saybrook Road in Essex on Monday, Sept. 20. During the incident, a 35-year-old man from East Hartford suffered a stab wound to his chest and was hospitalized with serious injuries.  A second 33-year-old woman from Middletown in Middlesex County also suffered a lacera…

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Police & Fire
Man Charged With DUI After Driving Into Active Work Zone In Fairfield County, Police Say Man Charged With DUI After Driving Into Active Work Zone In Fairfield County, Police Say
Man Charged With DUI After Driving Into Active Work Zone In Fairfield County, Police Say A driver was allegedly intoxicated when he intentionally disobeyed traffic signs and drove through an active work zone in Fairfield County, police said. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 8, a New Canaan police officer on patrol spotted a driver ignoring traffic control signs, at which point he entered a road closed due to construction at the intersection of Main Street and Locust Avenue. The officer proceeded to stop the driver, later identified as Darien resident Thomas Philip Rossi, age 48, with an assist from a second officer who was working construction detail at the site. During th…

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News
DA In New York To Pursue Charges Against Robert Durst For Missing First Wife DA In New York To Pursue Charges Against Robert Durst For Missing First Wife
DA In New York To Pursue Charges Against Robert Durst For Missing First Wife A district attorney in New York will be pursuing charges against convicted killer and real estate heir Robert Durst for the unsolved 1982 of his first wife. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah is planning to take the case to a grand jury, according to multiple reports, 39-years after Kathleen McCormack Durst suspiciously disappeared near the Connecticut border. According to News 12, which first reported the news, subpoenas are going out and a jury search could begin as soon as next week. Rocah’s office has not commented on the matter since the news broke. The move comes after …

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Schools
Swastika, Racial, Homophobic Slurs Found In Bathroom At Long Island High School Swastika, Racial, Homophobic Slurs Found In Bathroom At Long Island High School
Swastika, Racial, Homophobic Slurs Found In Bathroom At Long Island High School Hateful slurs and symbols were found posted inside the bathroom of a Long Island high school. Northport-East Northport Schools Superintendent Robert Banzer sent a letter to parents advising that on Thursday, Oct. 7, a swastika, racial, and homophobic slurs were found inside the bathroom at Northport High School, prompting an investigation. The imagery has since been removed by the school’s custodial staff, and the incident remains under investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Hame Crime Unit. Moving forward, Banzer said that the district will be forming an advisory committ…

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News
Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Boy To Death Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Boy To Death
Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Boy To Death A Hudson Valley woman is facing multiple charges, including murder, for allegedly starving a 7-year-old to death she kept secreted inside her apartment, the District Attorney announced. Leticia Bravo, age 39, of Newburgh in Orange County was indicted on Friday, Oct. 8 for her role in the death of 7-year-old Petter Cuacuas, who was kept hidden behind a bedroom behind a door that locked from the outside. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said that shortly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 10, Braves brought the child’s lifeless body to St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh, where he was pronounced d…

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News
Human Case Of West Nile Virus Infection Reported In Rockland For First Time In Three Years Human Case Of West Nile Virus Infection Reported In Rockland For First Time In Three Years
Human Case Of West Nile Virus Infection Reported In Rockland For First Time In Three Years The first positive case of West Nile virus in a Rockland resident has been confirmed by the county's Department of Health. Rockland County Health Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert confirmed that a person who lives in Orangetown who is over the age of 50 has tested positive for the illness. 
“This human case of West Nile virus reinforces the urgency of the need for people to protect themselves against mosquito bites and to continue to check their property and get rid of standing water around their properties where mosquitoes breed,” Ruppert stated. 
“Some mosquitoes are most active be…

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Police & Fire
CT Man Dies In Crash With School Bus Carrying Dozens Of Children CT Man Dies In Crash With School Bus Carrying Dozens Of Children
CT Man Dies In Crash With School Bus Carrying Dozens Of Children A motorcyclist from Connecticut died after crashing into a school bus filled with kids near the Massachusetts border. Massachusetts State Police investigators were called to a crash involving a motorcyclist and school bus in Hampden County at approximately 3:30 p.m. in Wales on Wednesday, Oct. 6 near the intersection of Stafford Road and Ainsworth Hill Road. Police said that the 53-year-old driver of a 2004 Yamaha R1 motorcycle died from injuries sustained in the crash, which involved a bus with more than two dozen children who were uninjured and treated by paramedics at the scene for minor…

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