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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

Admitted Arsonist Set Aberdeen Blaze With Father Inside: Fire Marshal The man who set an Aberdeen home on fire while his father was unaware and idle in their basement two floors below is facing multiple attempted murder charges, the Maryland Fire Marshal announced on Sunday. Patrick Joseph Brinsfield, 27, is being accused of attempting to commit patricide when he allegedly intentionally set their Aberdeen home on fire while his father was unaware in the basement. At approximately 12:40 a.m. on Friday, March 31, crews from the Aberdeen and surrounding fire departments were called to a home on North Post Road, where there was a reported house fire. Firefighter…

by Zak Failla

04/09/2023

Police & Fire

Slur-Shouting Suspect In Stafford County Walks Out Of Court, Assaults Officers, Sheriff Says A Norfolk woman already in trouble with the law dug herself a deeper hole after randomly walking out of her latest court appearance in Stafford County and assaulting officers attempting to take her back to jail for her discretions. Erica Wilson, 24, is facing new charges in Stafford County after making a scene during her court appearance this week, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office announced on Saturday, April 8. During the afternoon of Thursday, April 6, Wilson was in court to face charges that included assault and battery and larceny, though midway though, she decided she had enough o…

by Zak Failla

04/08/2023

Police & Fire

Dozens Displaced During Four Fires Reported Within An Hour In Prince William County It was the perfect storm for first responders in Prince William County on Friday afternoon, who had to contend with four “major” fires in less than an hour that left dozens displaced. The busy day for personnel from the Prince William County Fire and Rescue System began at 3:28 p.m. on Friday, April 7, when crews were called to the 4400 block of Hamilton Drive in Dale City to investigate a single-family home that was on fire. Officials said that the home received “extensive damage,” and one adult was displaced when combustible materials went up in flames after being placed in the area of a …

by Zak Failla

04/08/2023

Police & Fire

Man Killed Child Driving Into Oncoming Traffic Intentionally During Argument In VA: Police Police say that a man intentionally caused the crash that killed a 5-year-old girl in Dumfries earlier this week after getting into an argument with a woman and taking things to the extreme. Mustafa Nofel Aljazairi, 33, of Stafford, has been charged with two counts of manslaughter and one count of malicious wounding days after a double fatal crash that left a third driver hospitalized in critical condition, authorities announced on Saturday, April 8. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 5 to the intersec…

by Zak Failla

04/08/2023

Police & Fire

Daycare Worker Recorded Herself Abusing Children In MD While On The Job, Police Say Weeks into a job working at a Prince George’s County daycare center, a 23-year-old woman has been arrested and fired after videos surfaced of her abusing children in her care, police announced. Oxon Hill resident Kayla Greenwell was arrested on Saturday, April 8, following an investigation by the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit for allegedly assaulting children at the center. Police say that on Friday, April 7, the department received multiple videos that showed Greenwell abusing children at the daycare in the 6000 block of Oxon Hill Road. …

by Zak Failla

04/08/2023

Business

Honda Recalls 564K Vehicles Due To Rust Risk Concern Hundreds of thousands of Honda SUVs are being recalled due to concerns that road salt could cause the frame of the vehicle to rust and unintentionally detach parts of the rear suspension. Officials announced this week that Honda is recalling nearly 564,000 CR-V models that were produced between 2007 and 2011 that were sold in states where salt and other de-icing chemicals are used to clear roads during winter storms. According to Honda, “in salt-belt states where de-icing agents are used to maintain the roadway, the de-icing agents, along with mud and water, could enter the rear frame throu…

by Zak Failla

04/08/2023

News

Killer Convicted Of Murdering Mother, Daughter In St. Mary's County Hundreds of pieces of evidence presented by prosecutors during an eight-day trial led to a murder conviction for a man who killed a St. Mary’s County mother and her young child in 2021. State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Lexington Park resident Carroll Key, Jr., 43, has been found guilty by a jury of the first-degree murders of 6-year-old Lyneasha Justice Greenwell, and her mother, Martina Lynn Patterson, 37. Prosecutors said that Key was identified as a suspect days after the mother-daughter duo were found in shallow graves buried in the 46800 block of Rogers Drive in Lexington…

by Zak Failla

04/07/2023

Police & Fire

Arsonist Admits To Torching Temple Hills Apartment A Temple Hills man has been charged with intentionally setting an apartment fire that caused upwards of a million dollars in damages and left several people without a home, according to officials. Local resident Anthony Cooper, 50, has been charged with arson and reckless endangerment after being identified by witnesses as a suspect who set an incendiary fire late on Thursday night in Temple Hills. The fire was reported at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, when first responders were called to the 3300 block of Huntley Square Drive, and Cooper was immediately identified as a su…

by Zak Failla

04/07/2023

Police & Fire

Stafford Pool Shooting: Here's What We Know After Two Teens Shot During Midday Struggle Teen-on-teen violence in Stafford County led to a 15-year-old being airlifted to the hospital after being shot in the back at the Park Ridge Community Pool, police say. Two 17-year-olds are facing charges following a violent incident that played out shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 6 at the pool, leaving two teens with gunshot wounds. Upon arrival at the pool, deputies found the 15-year-old boy with a gunshot to his back. He was treated at the scene and medevaced to an area hospital for treatment of what were described as “serious, but non-life-threatening” injuries. With an assist…

by Zak Failla

04/07/2023

News

Virginian Among Those Sickened By Eating Raw Flour Amid Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Federal investigators are working to identify a specific brand of flour that is linked to a salmonella outbreak that sickened at least one person in Virginia. A salmonella outbreak connected to raw flour has infected 12 people in 11 different states, with three forced to be hospitalized due to their illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Aside from Virginia, illnesses have also been reported in: New York; Ohio; Tennessee; Illinois (two); Missouri; Iowa; Minnesota; Nebraska; Oregon; California. The breakdown of illnesses reported amid the salmonell…

by Zak Failla

04/07/2023

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