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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

DC Man Who Gunned Down Father In Front Of Two Children Gets 13 Years In Prison The Washington, DC man who murdered a father in front of his two young children in broad daylight last year will spend years behind bars, federal authorities announced. Jarell Harris, 28, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after fatally shooting 42-year-old Sedrick Miller in the 2300 block of 18th Street in Northwest Washington last March. According to prosecutors, Harris waived his preliminary hearing and pleaded guilty in September last year to voluntary manslaughter while armed after gunning down Miller, who was walking with his two minor children and a second adult when he was killed.…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

Police & Fire

Spitting Mad Woman Assaults Officers After Outburst At Virginia Hospital: Police An irate woman who drew the police to the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center on Wednesday night is facing charges after kicking and spitting at officers in Prince William County. Alexis Simone Budd, 20, of Dumfries, found herself on the wrong side of the law after she got into altercations with hospital staff and ultimately wound up assaulting law enforcement officers attempting to subdue her, according to the Prince William County Police Department. At approximately 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, officers were called to investigate a fight-in-progress, and when they arrived at the …

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

News

Train Engineer Who Killed Star HS Football Player In Maryland To Face Charges: Reports A train operator in Maryland has been charged in connection to the fatal crash that killed a star high school football player in his prime last year, according to multiple reports. MTA Light Rail operator Tavon Smith will face multiple charges for his role in the fatal crash that took the life of highly-touted prospect Lamar Patterson in Anne Arundel County last year. Specifically, he was charged with: Negligent manslaughter; Criminal negligence; Reckless endangerment. A star at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Patterson had offers to play at Penn State and other prestigious schools be…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

Police & Fire

Home Invaders Posing As Police Walk Out Of Montgomery County Home Empty Handed Armed home invaders who broke into a Montgomery County home and posed as police came up empty after giving a Germantown family quite a scare in the middle of the night. The Montgomery County Department of Police issued an alert advising that earlier this week, three men broke into a home in the 21100 block of Archstone Way, shouting “Montgomery County Police, get on the ground!” The incident happened shortly before 3 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 23. According to investigators, the three men, armed with handguns, demanded cash and property, with one of the four victims getting struck in the back o…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

News

Drug Dealer Who Conspired With Wife To Sell Deadly Drugs In VA Gets Nine Years In Prison Federal officials announced that a man who flooded parts of Virginia with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine while conspiring with his wife and two others will spend nearly a decade behind bars. Fahid Rashid, 32, of Culpeper, was sentenced this week to nine years in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution ring that sold multiple kilograms of meth and thousands of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, according to officials. Prosecutors say that beginning in June 2020 and continuing through April 2021, Rashid and his cohorts used multiple addresses in Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Fai…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

Police & Fire

Mobile Home Razed By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal A mobile home was destroyed by a midday two-alarm fire in Maryland that took firefighters nearly an hour to get under control. The fire marshal says that the fire was reported in Dorchester County shortly after 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, on Partridge Lane in Reliance when there was an electrical failure underneath the mobile home that sparked the blaze in the living room of the residence. More than two dozen firefighters from the El Dorado Volunteer Fire Department took approximately 45 minutes to get the two-alarm fire under control, but not before it caused upwards of $70,000 in dam…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Wanted For Robbery Connected To Shooting In St. Mary's County, Sheriff Says Two teens were busted with multiple firearms in St. Mary’s County after being linked to a reported shooting earlier this month in Lexington Park, the sheriff’s office announced. Pernell NMN Maddox, 18, who was known to police, and a 14-year-old minor, both of Lexington Park, are facing multiple charges after being busted by members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division (CID). Deputies from the sheriff’s office reported hearing shots fired shortly before 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the area of Hancock Road in Lexington Park, which was confirmed by …

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

Schools

Police Called To Investigate Reports Of Bomb Being Brought To VA High School (Developing) There is going to be a heavy police presence at Unity Reed High School in Manassas on Thursday afternoon following a reported bomb threat. The Prince William County Police Department issued an alert shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26 after officers responded to the high school for reports of a person traveling to the building with a bomb. Police Incident: Bomb Threat | Manassas; #PWCPD is currently on scene of Unity Reed HS for REPORTS of an individual traveling to URHS with a bomb. Expect heavy police presence in the area as the investigation continues. Actions are precautio…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

News

Drug Kingpin Gets 20 Years For Running Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Distribution Ring In Maryland A drug kingpin responsible for running the operation that distributed fentanyl throughout Maryland, leading to at least one fatal overdose, will spend time behind bars after admitting to his role in the conspiracy, federal officials announced. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Thursday, Jan. 26 that Odenton resident Darvin Kevin McCoy, 36, has been sentenced to 20 years without parole after admitting to his role in running a fentanyl distribution ring operating out of Howard County. Earlier this week, McCoy pleaded guilty to: Drug kingpin; Supervision of a criminal org…

by Zak Failla

01/26/2023

Schools

Superintendent, Assistant Principal Depart After Student Shoots Teacher In VA: Reports Some school officials in Virginia are reportedly leaving their posts in the wake of an elementary school student shooting his teacher in front of classmates in Newport News earlier this month. Newport News Schools Superintendent George Parker III is reportedly out effective as of Feb. 1, according to reports, while Richneck Elementary Assistant Principal Ebony Parker will also be leaving her spot following the Jan. 6 shooting of Abigail Zwerner by a 6-year-old child. Dr. Michele Mitchell has reportedly been appointed as the interim superintendent while the district searches for a permanent …

by Zak Failla

01/25/2023

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