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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

Career Criminal Facing Life In Prison For Peddling Meth, Fentanyl In Fairfax County: Police A convicted felon in Fairfax County may spend the rest of his life in prison for conspiring to distribute hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Virginia, police say. Calvin Ray Brown, 50, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 1 to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, officials from the Fairfax County Police Department announced. According to court documents, in March and April last year, Brown and a co-conspirator sold counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl to one of the department’s confidential informants and a…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

News

Here's What We Know About Apparent Murder-Suicide Involving Elderly Couple In Fairfax County New details have been released by police officials in Fairfax County after an elderly couple was found dead in what is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide. Officers were called to the 8900 block of Walker Street in Fairfax late on Tuesday, Feb. 29 to conduct a death investigation when a man and woman were both found dead inside an area home. Upon arrival, officers found Janos John Gertler, 86, and Eva Anna Vas, 73, inside suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Officers are on scene of a death investigation in the 8900 blk of Walker S…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Human Skeletal Remains Found By Hunters In Cecil County Woods: State Police Maryland State Police detectives have launched an investigation after human skeletal remains were found in a wooded area in Cecil County. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, police say that troopers from the North East Barrack received a call from two hunters in a wooded area near Mountain Hill Road and Route 7 in Perryville regarding the remains. Officials say that the hunters found possible human remains along with a firearm, clothing, and jewelry. Responding troopers and crime scene technicians from the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division were called to the scene,…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Wanted Suspect Injures Self, Officer, Damages Police Vehicle During Arrest In PWC, Police Say A wanted suspect didn’t go down quietly in Prince William County as he wreaked havoc while resisting arrest as officers attempted to apprehend him, according to authorities. William Patrick Brown, 31, of Woodbridge, assaulted officers, injured himself, and damaged the inside of a police cruiser this week when he was served a warrant in Manassas from a different jurisdiction. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department responded to the 8000 block of Counselor Road earlier this week for a warrant service from a different jurisdiction, according to a spokesperson for the agency. …

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

News

District Man Gets 40 Years For Killing DC Teen Heading To Play Hoops After School: Officials The man who chased down a teenage boy in DC and shot him 16 times will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for murdering the 15-year-old in Southeast Washington. District resident Malik Holston, 21, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for first-degree murder while armed for his role in the grisly shooting Gerald Watson in 2018 as the teen was going to play basketball with friends after school. Holston was 16 years old at the time of the fatal shooting. At approximately 3:40 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2018, Holston and a second assailant, armed and wearing masks, chased Watson throu…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Father Charged With Child Neglect After 7-Year-Old Manassas Boy Shoots Self In Hand: Police Police say that a father in Maryland was arrested this week after his 7-year-old son accidentally shot himself while playing with an unsecured handgun in their Prince William County home. Erik Christopher Brown, 35, is facing charges following the investigation into a shooting involving a boy in the 11000 block of Stagestone Way in Manassas earlier this week, officials announced. Members of the Prince William County Police Department were called to the home shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, when a shooting was reported. The investigation determined that the 7-year-old found an un…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Cat-Throwing Man Caught After Assaulting Woman In Virginia, Police Say Police investigators in Prince William County have apprehended a man accused of assaulting a woman and abusing her cat who had been at large for weeks, authorities announced this week. Fredericksburg resident Tyler Alexander Sadoff, 20, is facing animal cruelty and other charges following an altercation in Prince WIlliam County with a 21-year-old woman in February. The violent incident played out shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 in the 1300 block of East Longview Drive in Woodbridge. According to police, Sadoff and the woman, who was described as an acquaintance, got into a verbal a…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

Schools

Blade Seized From 9-Year-Old Who Threatened Classmate At Waldorf Elementary School: Sheriff A potentially tragic situation at a Charles County elementary school was avoided when administrators were able to take a blade from a child who had threatened to harm a fellow student. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, students at Diggs Elementary School in Waldorf notified school staff members that a 9-year-old student was in possession of a knife after making threats toward another member of his class. Administrators were able to quickly step in, and the School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to the building was able to recover an X-Acto knife from the child, according to a spokesperson from the Charl…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

News

Elderly Couple Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Fairfax County, Police Say Authorities say an elderly couple is dead as they investigate a possible murder-suicide in Fairfax County overnight. Officers were called to the 8900 block of Walker Street in Fairfax late on Tuesday, Feb. 29 to conduct a death investigation when a man and woman were both found dead inside an area home. Officers are on scene of a death investigation in the 8900 blk of Walker St, Fairfax. An adult man & female found deceased in the home. Preliminarily, it appears all parties are accounted for & no apparent threat to public safety. Detectives responding to investigate. #FCPD pic.t…

by Zak Failla

03/01/2023

Police & Fire

Sisters, Children Displaced By Fast-Moving Harford County Fire Several children are among six who were displaced early on Tuesday morning when a fast moving fire tore through a Harford County home. A team of more than two dozen firefighters from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and neighboring agencies were called shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 to the 1100 block of Shady Drive in Edgewood when a fire broke out in an area bedroom. According to the Office of the Maryland Fire Marshal, the blaze started in a bedroom and was discovered by one of the occupants of the home who woke up and discovered the flames. She was able to get out…

by Zak Failla

02/28/2023

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