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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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Schools
Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says
Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says A day after students returned to the classroom following Easter Break, a teen who flippantly made a social media threat purportedly targeting a Virginia high school has been apprehended, according to authorities. There was an increased police presence at Riverbend High School to start the week, as members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office investigated a report of a threat depicting a young boy holding a rifle and referencing a school with the initials "RHS."  School administrators, detectives, and School Resource Officers launched "an extensive investigation" over the weekend after …

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Lifestyle
Stolen Puppy Reunited With MD Family Weeks After Being Taken In Stolen SUV Stolen Puppy Reunited With MD Family Weeks After Being Taken In Stolen SUV
Stolen Puppy Reunited With MD Family Weeks After Being Taken In Stolen SUV National Pet Day took on a whole new meaning for a Maryland family that is whole again. Gianni, a Boston terrier that was taken along with his sister, Nina, inside a stolen SUV at a Landover Hills gas station last month, was reunited with his family this week following a weeks-long search for the precocious puppy. On Thursday, March 23, a couple from Pennsylvania traveling through Maryland stopped for gas when an unknown suspect hopped in their Land Rover and stole the SUV, along with their two dogs. Update: the vehicle has been recovered. We are continuing to search for Gianni. Pleas…

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Sports
O's Leading The Charge As More MLB Teams Extend Last Call; Nationals Still Holding Out O's Leading The Charge As More MLB Teams Extend Last Call; Nationals Still Holding Out
O's Leading The Charge As More MLB Teams Extend Last Call; Nationals Still Holding Out Get your beer here! Several teams are following the Baltimore Orioles’ lead and will begin selling alcohol at the ballpark through the eighth inning of games. With the MLB pitch clock dramatically speeding up the pace of play on the field, several teams are now beginning to see what the Orioles saw and are increasingly eschewing the traditional seventh inning cut off, giving fans in the stands an extra six outs to get their drinks in. The Orioles, who saw the writing on the wall, are now joined by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, and Milwaukee Brewers in giving fan…

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News
Massive Contraband Smuggling Operation At Maryland Prison Broken Up: AG Massive Contraband Smuggling Operation At Maryland Prison Broken Up: AG
Massive Contraband Smuggling Operation At Maryland Prison Broken Up: AG An elaborate smuggling conspiracy at the Jessup Correctional Institution that could have been taken from the pages of a movie script has been broken up, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced. Eleven people have been indicted for a contraband conspiracy involving inmates, former inmates, prison staff, and family members who worked to sneak drugs and electronics into the Anne Arundel County facility. The extensive investigation was launched in April 2021, when officials found heroin, Suboxone, an Apple Watch, and data storage cards in the cell of inmates Gary Ward and Donte Tyler,…

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News
Handgun Seized From Traveler By TSA Officers At Dulles International Airport Handgun Seized From Traveler By TSA Officers At Dulles International Airport
Handgun Seized From Traveler By TSA Officers At Dulles International Airport For the second time this week, a traveler from Virginia was busted attempting to bring a handgun onto a flight. TSA officers were able to prevent a man from King George from bringing an unloaded 9mm handgun onto a plane at Dulles International Airport after it was flagged by security as he entered attempted to go through checkpoint. An X-ray captured the gun and alerted officers to the weapon in the man’s carry-on bag. Members of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police were then called in to confiscate the gun, and the traveler was cited on a weapons charge. He alleged that h…

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Business
Cameron's Coffee & Chocolates Celebrated For Providing Jobs To Disabled In VA Cameron's Coffee & Chocolates Celebrated For Providing Jobs To Disabled In VA
Cameron's Coffee & Chocolates Celebrated For Providing Jobs To Disabled In VA A chocolate shop in Fairfax County that affords opportunities to those living with disabilities has received the prestigious Spirit of Virginia Award for their contributions to the community. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne Youngkin announced that the April recipient of the award would be Cameron’s Coffee & Chocolates, a business under the umbrella of Every1 Can Work, which provides opportunities to those who may otherwise have limited options. With an eye to ensuring workforce preparedness for all Virginians, Governor of Virginia and I proudly presented Cameron…

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Business
Winning $713K Maryland Lottery Ticket Sold At Area Convenience Store Remains Unclaimed Winning $713K Maryland Lottery Ticket Sold At Area Convenience Store Remains Unclaimed
Winning $713K Maryland Lottery Ticket Sold At Area Convenience Store Remains Unclaimed The sixth-largest prize ever won on a Maryland Lottery “FAST PLAY” instant-win player remains unclaimed after it was sold at an area store, leaving just 14 jackpots to go. A winning $713,088 “Fast Play” ticket was sold at Pantry One on Old Court Road in Randallstown, though as of Tuesday, April 11, the lucky lotto player has yet to claim the six-figure cash windfall. The $20 game has a progressive jackpot that starts at $250,000 and grows with the sale of each ticket until a player cashes in big. The largest prize ever won on a progressive jackpot was $2.6 million on a “Diamond Mine” ticke…

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News
Heroic Marines Honored For Saving Stafford Teen From Stabbing During Assault At Chick-fil-A Heroic Marines Honored For Saving Stafford Teen From Stabbing During Assault At Chick-fil-A
Heroic Marines Honored For Saving Stafford Teen From Stabbing During Assault At Chick-fil-A "Semper Fidelis, indeed."  A trio of Marines who came to the rescue of a teenager who found himself on the wrong side of an assault earlier this month are being celebrated for their heroic actions, which could have saved the boy from serious injury. Cpl. John W. Darby, Cpl. Bradley J. Feldkamp, and Lance Cpl. Nicholas M. Dural, all students at the Marine Security Guard School in Quantico, received the Navy and marine Corps Achievement Medal during a recent awards ceremony touting their bravery and quick thinking. Three Marines acted quickly to help diffuse the situation before things e…

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Police & Fire
Armed Robber Turned Abductor At Arlington Bank ID'd By Police Armed Robber Turned Abductor At Arlington Bank ID'd By Police
Armed Robber Turned Abductor At Arlington Bank ID'd By Police Police have identified a North Carolina man as the suspect who took hostages during a bank robbery gone awry in Arlington on Tuesday afternoon. Durham resident Oscar Gonzalez Allarenja, 30, has been charged with bank robbery and abduction after terrorizing employees and patrons during a barricade at the Wells Fargo branch in the 3100 block of Washington Boulevard on Tuesday, April 11, according to the Arlington County Police Department. Shortly before 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, police were called to the bank, where Allarenja allegedly grabbed an employee, intimated that he had a weapo…

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News
Pair Accused Of Killing Driver In Delaware Picked Up By Police In Maryland Pair Accused Of Killing Driver In Delaware Picked Up By Police In Maryland
Pair Accused Of Killing Driver In Delaware Picked Up By Police In Maryland Two murder suspects wanted out of Delaware were busted a state away in Maryland after being caught by members of the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies, authorities announced. Delaware residents Charles Lowe, 44, of Felton, and Sierra Steiner, 28, of Newark, are both facing murder and other charges following their arrests over the weekend by investigators in Cecil County. According to state police in Delaware, shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday, March 19, police investigators were called to a possible crash, where they instead found a victim dead inside a ve…

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