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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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News

Kidnapper From MD Caused 34-Hour Standoff In VA: Police A Maryland woman is facing a host of charges for abducting a victim and then causing a 34-hour standoff with police that ultimately ended in her peaceful surrender in Virginia, authorities said. What started as an investigation into a missing 25-year-old woman over the weekend rapidly escalated into a kidnapping probe involving Brittany A. Copelin, 29, who made her way from Charles County, MD to Fairfax County, VA, police said. The near-weeklong ordeal began on Friday, March 24, in Laurel, when police were called to investigate the kidnapping of Lauren L. Kingsbury, police said. Two days …

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

News

Joint Base Andrews Locked Down For Active Shooter Investigation (Developing) Joint Base Andrews was placed into a lockdown after there was reportedly a suspect roaming the area on Thursday afternoon with an AR-15-style rifle with no orange tip, officials said. At 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, an alert was issued advising that an armed person had been reported near base housing, prompting officials to initiate the base’s lockdown procedures. The suspect was described as a White man who was wearing a purple sweatshirt, black shorts, and was carrying the rifle. If you see any people out moving, call 9-1-1 and that will connect you with Base Law Enforcement. Se…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

Police & Fire

Killer On The Loose After Latest Homicide In DC: MPD Police have identified the latest victim of gun violence in Washington, DC following a brazen midday shooting on Wednesday afternoon. Antonio Burnette, 34, of Southeast DC, was shot and killed on Wednesday, March 29, and a second person hospitalized in a double shooting in the 3000 block of 30th Street, officials announced the following day. According to Metropolitan Police Commander LaShay Makal, officers were called to the scene on Wednesday afternoon, and inside an apartment they found Burnette and a second victim both suffering from gunshot wounds. Burnette was treated by first respond…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

Police & Fire

SWAT Team Seizes Stafford Robbery Suspect, Sheriff Says The Stafford County Sheriff had to deploy a SWAT team to detain a wanted armed robbery suspect who has been causing trouble for law enforcement across the town. Petersburg resident Michael Scott, Jr., 37, is facing multiple charges following three different incidents in Stafford County over the past four months, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office. Scott’s downfall came following an investigation into a reported robbery at approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at the Exxon-Tiger Mart on Garrisonville Road, when a suspect brandished a handgun inside the store and dem…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

Sports

Root, Root, Root For Virginia's Zack Kelly This Season On Boston Red Sox It’s been a long road for Virginia-native Zack Kelly, but the hometown hero has caught on with the Boston Red Sox after bouncing around the league and is ready for Opening Day. Kelly, 28, who was born in Roanoke, surprised some this Spring Training and will kick off the new season on a Major League squad for the first time after making his debut in Boston last season. This spring, Kelly earned his spot on the Opening Day roster after showing he can throw strikes with just four walks, and he was able to keep the ball in the park, allowing only one homer over 10 relief innings to earn his spo…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

Schools

Drug Paraphernalia, Faux Weapon Recovered From 12-Year-Old Charles County MS Student: Sheriff A 12-year-old middle school student in Charles County was caught with drugs, an apparently replica weapon, and ammunition, according to a spokesperson from the sheriff’s office. Early on Wednesday, March 29, administrators at the Matthew Henson Middle School were alerted to the smell of marijuana coming from one of the bathrooms, prompting further investigation. School officials responded to the bathroom, where they found a student who was in possession of a replica handgun, several rounds of ammunition, and drug paraphernalia that included a grinder with cannabis inside and a lighter, all …

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

Sports

Virginia's Jake Cave Makes Phillies Opening Day Lineup, Earns Starting Nod The Philadelphia Phillies will be leaning on a Virginia native on Opening Day as “The Caveman” gets ready to lace up and man left field to start the season. Hampton native Jake Cave will make his debut with the “Phightin’ Phils” on Thursday afternoon after the veteran outfielder was brought in from the Baltimore Orioles on a waiver claim in December. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jake Cave (@jakecave8) Picked in the sixth round in the 2011 draft by the New York Yankees, the former Kecoughtan High School star spent years in the…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

News

Massive Great White Shark Tracked Near Virginia, Maryland Coasts Officials are tracking a huge Great White shark that has been making its way up and down the East Coast for years and recently was spotted not far off the Virginia coast. “Breton” a 13-foot-3 shark that weighs in at nearly 1,500 pounds, was recently tracked by Ocearch to the Outer Banks, not far from the southern Virginia coast, where he has been known to frequent. Ocearch - which described itself as a “global non-profit organization conducting unprecedented research on our ocean’s giants in order to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean - has been tracking Bret…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

News

Manhunt For Former Top Hogan Aide In MD Hits Week Three; $20K Reward Offered By Feds Weeks after he skipped out on a scheduled fraud trial, federal officials are offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of Gov. Larry Hogan's former Chief of Staff Roy McGrath. A manhunt is underway by the US Marshals Services and other law enforcement agencies as they attempt to locate McGrath, 53, the former governor’s top aide, after he failed to make a scheduled court appearance on Monday, March 13. @USMSBaltimore has initiated an interstate fugitive investigation. It is now seeking to apprehend the former Maryland governor’s top aide after he failed to appe…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

Police & Fire

Mushroom Farm Damaged By Fast-Moving $500K Cecil County Fire Hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages were reported when a massive fire broke out at a large mushroom farm in Cecil county overnight. An employee at the West Coast Mushroom Farm on Ebenezer Church Road reported a fire that broke out at approximately 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, prompting a heavy response from first responders. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, it took a team of more than three dozen firefighters from the Community Fire Company of Rising Sun and nearby agencies approximately a half hour to get the flames under control, though the damage was already do…

by Zak Failla

03/30/2023

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