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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Police & Fire

Longtime Acupuncturist Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Woman During Treatment In VA Police say that a 64-year-old acupuncturist working at the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM) has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a client. McLean resident Dr. Chang Hee Kim turned himself in at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center this week following an investigation into reports from a woman who alleged he inappropriately touched her during two treatments in July that she later reported, according to the police department. The investigation into the allegation “determined Dr. Kim’s examination was beyond the scope of a medical examination,” officia…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

News

Hitman Nicknamed 'Glock' Gets 35 Years In Maryland Murder-For-Hire Plot: Feds A Baltimore criminal with a fitting nickname will spend decades behind bars for his role in a murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of a man believed to be working with law enforcement. Daquante “Glock" Thomas, 20, of Baltimore, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death in connection with a murder-for-hire conspiracy involving 23-year-old Juan Ross in October 2020. Prosecutors said that on Oct. 4, 2020, Howard County Police responded to a reported shooting in the area of…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

Police & Fire

Gun-Toting Home Invader Picked Up By Police Day After Armed Robbery In Maryland: Sheriff One of two home invaders who brandished a weapon during an armed robbery in Great Mills has been apprehended hours after the reported burglary, officials announced. Wade Joshua Braithwaite, 29, of Lexington Park, was tracked down and arrested by members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office’s Criminal Investigations Division on Wednesday, Jan. 11 following a home invasion the previous morning. Shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, it is alleged that Braithwaite and a second man entered a home in the 45900 block of Fox Chase Drive armed with a weapon. It is alleged that the pair…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

News

Amtrak Riders Stuck Heading From DC To Florida Told They Were Not Being Held Hostage: Report It was not a quick commute for some travelers in the DMV region who found themselves stuck on an Amtrak train for more than 24 hours during a trip from the Washington, DC area down to Florida. Passengers traveling on an Amtrak Auto Train from DC to the Orlando area expected to finish their 17-hour trek early on Tuesday, Jan. 10, but a freight derailment states away led to unspeakable delays that forced more than 550 passengers to stay onboard through Wednesday due to a nearly 20-hour delay. The train was detoured off its normal route due to the derailment of a CSX freighter shortly before …

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

Police & Fire

Booze On Board: Driver With Baby Seat Full Of Unopened Alcohol Busted For DUI In Stafford Investigators say that a wrong-way driver from Prince William County was drunk with a baby seat full of booze when he was arrested in Stafford County making a questionable U-turn along a sidewalk near an area middle school. Woodbridge resident Alejandro Tranquilino Hernandez, 40, was held overnight in Stafford County after being arrested for alleged intoxicated driving near the Rodney Thompson Middle School on Walpole Road, according to officials. Shortly before 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office are called to Walpole Road, where there was a ca…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

Police & Fire

Minors Dead, Teen Critically Injured In Fatal Fairfax County Rollover Crash: Police Two minors are dead and a third teen was seriously injured in the first fatal non-pedestrian crash reported in Fairfax County in 2023. Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, dispatchers from the Fairfax County Police Department received an emergency crash notification in the 7400 block of Lee Chapel Road in Fairfax Station involving a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. Upon arrival, officers found a 2019 Lexus IS350 off of the road. First responders were able to extract one teen, who was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two others were declared dea…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

Schools

Racist Writing Reported On School Bathroom Walls In VA The Leesburg Police Department has been called to investigate racist writing that was found in three bathrooms at an area high school. Officials say that officials at Heritage High School found three instances of racist writing on the walls of bathrooms inside the building, and are now working with the Loudoun County Public Schools to investigate the incidents. The nature of the graffiti has not been disclosed by investigators. According to police, school officials have since searched all bathrooms and locker rooms at Heritage High School and are in the process of removing the racist messa…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

News

Mother Calls Cops On Son Who Killed Father In Fairfax County, Police Say Police say that a man is in custody after allegedly stabbing his father to death and injuring his mother during a domestic incident overnight in Fairfax County. Fairfax County Police Second Lt. James Curry said that officers were called shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to the 1200 block of Colonial Road in McLean when a woman reported that her son had stabbed her husband. Officers are on scene of a fatal stabbing at a home in the 1200 blk of Colonial Rd, McLean. Adult man declared deceased on scene & an adult man is in custody. Preliminarily, believed to be domestic-related…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

Police & Fire

Father Accused Of Attempting To Murder Mother Of Child During Custody Exchange In Stafford Shots were fired during a curious child custody exchange gone sideways in Stafford County over the weekend, leading to an attempted murder charge for a Maryland man wanted all over Virginia, the sheriff's office announced. Prince George's County resident Almon Wheeler, 28, of Fort Washington, is facing attempted murder and other charges following a quarrelsome child custody exchange that happened on Sunday, Jan. 8. The incident began shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday night. It is alleged that Wheeler was at the Dixon Street 7-Eleven to conduct a child custody exchange of his 1-year-old chil…

by Zak Failla

01/11/2023

Police & Fire

Sheriff's Corporal Facing Misconduct Allegations For Incident With Woman in Calvert County The Maryland State Prosecutor announced that a Calvert County Sheriff's Deputy has been charged with misconduct for allegedly having sex with a woman who called for police assistance. Calvert County Sheriff Cpl. James Wahlgren, 53, of Port Republic has been charged by criminal information with both misconduct in office and engaging in sexual intercourse with a person requesting police assistance, State Prosecutor Charlton Howard III announced this week. According to the charging document, in March 2022, Wahlgren responded to the home of a woman who requested police assistance. He then trans…

by Zak Failla

01/10/2023

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