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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

Police ID HS Student Gunned Down In Fredericksburg Over The Weekend New details have been released by the Fredericksburg Police Department following the fatal shooting of a teenager months away from graduating from high school on Sunday afternoon in broad daylight. Jasiah Smith, 18, has been identified by police as the victim who was shot and killed shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday March 26 in the 400 block of Chadwick Court, according to a spokesperson for the department. Officers arrived at the scene within minutes of the reported shooting and found Smith unresponsive, lying in a parking space with multiple gunshot wounds. They performed CPR and attempted …

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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Senator's Staffer Stabbed Repeatedly In DC; Known Criminal In Custody A member of Sen. Rand Paul’s staff was brutally stabbed and beaten in Northeast over the weekend, according to officials. According to police, shortly after 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, officers were called to the 1300 block of H Street in Northeast DC, where there was a reported stabbing, a spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police Department. The victim - later identified as a member of Paul’s team - was found with multiple stab wounds and was rushed to an area hospital with what were described on Monday, March 27 as life-threatening injuries. Police investigated the incident and ul…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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Patrol Officers Recover PCP, Replica Firearm From Erratic Woman In Charles County: Sheriff An erratic driver in Charles County has been released from custody after being busted with PCP and a replica weapon inside her vehicle during a traffic stop, the sheriff’s office announced. At approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 26, EMS personnel spotted a vehicle in the intersection of Route 210 and Lower Wharf Road in Bryans Road, investigators said. While checking on the welfare of the driver - later identified as Indian Head resident Mary Hare, 65 - she started to move her vehicle and wound up parked in the middle of Lower Wharf Road. While checking on her, officers from the Charles…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

Police & Fire

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal I-495 Pedestrian Crash Maryland State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a driver in Prince George’s County. Troopers from the College Park and Rockville barracks responded shortly after 2:35 a.m. on Sunday, March 26, to the outer loop of I-495 near Route 650, where there was a reported crash involving a pedestrian. According to investigators, the unnamed pedestrian was walking along the roadway when he was struck by a 2013 Toyota, whose driver remained at the scene to assist with the investigation. The pedestrian was pro…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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Jury Recommends Sentence For Mom Who Killed Kids In VA The mother who killed her two children in Virginia is expected to face decades in prison after being convicted of multiple felonies last week, Fairfax County State’s Attorney Steve Descano announced on Monday, March 27. Veronica Youngblood, 37, was sentenced to up to 78 years in prison by a jury for killer her two daughters in 2019, according to officials, after she was convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder and weapons charges. On Aug. 5, 2018, prosecutors said that Youngblood shot her daughters Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklyn Youngblood, 5, in their McLean apartment. Accord…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

Police & Fire

Alleged Teen Rapist Drove Underage Victim To School After Sexual Assault In PWC, Police Say A teenager was arrested on a rape charge for allegedly sexually abusing a victim under the age of 13 in Manassas, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Manassas resident Jose Bernaldino Aguilar-Abelares, 18, was arrested and charged with rape and object sexual penetration, following an alleged incident earlier this month involving a child, a spokesperson for the agency said on Monday, March 27. Officers were called to a residence in Manaassas to investigate a reported sexual assault that was reported early on Wednesday, March 22. It is alleged that the victim - who was …

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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Hospital Employee From MD Arrested For Alleged Sexual Contact With Patient In DC: MPD Police say that a 62-year-old employee at a Washington, DC hospital is in custody after allegedly having inappropriate contact with a patient. Cheverly, Maryland resident Titus Sunday Okechukwu has been arrested for allegedly engaging in unwanted sexual contact with an adult female patient, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Monday, March 27. The incidents were reported between Monday, Dec. 26 and Tuesday, Dec. 27 last year, according to police, at the Bridgepoint Hospital Capitol Hill in the 200 block of 7th Street in Northeast DC. Okechukwu has been charged with second-degr…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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Something In The Air? Here's Why DMV Residents Are Seeing, Smelling Smoke Some DC residents can rest assured as the smell of smoke and a smoky haze took over the city on Monday afternoon. Alarm bells sounded in the heads of some DC residents on Monday, March 27, where there was an odor of smoke emanating throughout the region for unknown reasons. For residents smelling smoke & seeing a smoky haze, our Fire Department hasn’t found any source in DC. Given that residents in DC region are smelling it, it’s possibly coming from North Carolina wildfire.@PoPville @WTOP @DCist https://t.co/SR06j29kfB — CA Kevin Donahue (@DC_OCA) March 27, 2023 According to offic…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

Police & Fire

Stumbling Sheetz Shoplifting Suspect Busted Drinking, Driving For Third Time: Stafford Sheriff The third time wasn’t the charm for an allegedly drunk driver who was busted once again in Stafford County. Culpepper resident Connie Scott, 64, is facing multiple charges after making quite an entrance at a Sheetz convenience store in Stafford during an early morning pitstop in front of members of the sheriff’s office. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, officials say that a sergeant and deputy were called to the Sheets parking lot on Washington Square Plaza, where there was a complaint for a separate incident. While investigating, officials say that Scott was oblivious to the po…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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Shooter Convicted Of Killing Man In Charles County Shoe Deal Gone Wrong: State's Attorney Officials in Charles County announced that a man has been found guilty of murdering a Maryland teenager in 2020 during a shoe deal that rapidly went awry. Keishon Javontae Thompson, 20, was convicted of murder and multiple weapons charges following a five-day trial tied to his role in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old J’Shaun Wallace. Prosecutors say that on Dec. 6, 2020, officers in Charles County were called to the 2900 block of Business Park Drive in Waldorf to investigate a reported shooting. Upon arrival, they found Wallace with a gunshot wound to his chest, and he was pronounced…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2023

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