Zak Failla

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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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Arlington, VA
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Man Charged With Murder Weeks After Teen Found Shot To Death In Northwest DC Alley: MPD Man Charged With Murder Weeks After Teen Found Shot To Death In Northwest DC Alley: MPD Man Charged With Murder Weeks After Teen Found Shot To Death In Northwest DC Alley: MPD
Man Charged With Murder Weeks After Teen Found Shot To Death In Northwest DC Alley: MPD Members of the Metropolitan Police Department have arrested a 42-year-old man following a weeks-long investigation into the fatal shooting of a teen whose body was found in a Northwest DC alley. Southeast resident Rico Antjuan Parker has been charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jabari Malloy in late February, authorities announced. Police say that shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, officers were called to investigate reported gunshots in the 700 block of Morton Street NW, and when they arrived to investigate, found Mallow …

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Mechanicsville, MD
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Fast-Moving Blaze At Maryland Farm Destroys Equipment, Causes $1M In Damage: Fire Marshal Fast-Moving Blaze At Maryland Farm Destroys Equipment, Causes $1M In Damage: Fire Marshal Fast-Moving Blaze At Maryland Farm Destroys Equipment, Causes $1M In Damage: Fire Marshal
Fast-Moving Blaze At Maryland Farm Destroys Equipment, Causes $1M In Damage: Fire Marshal An electrical issue with a tractor parked inside a storage unit at a Maryland farm sparked a blaze that caused an estimated million dollars in damage, according to the state fire marshal. Late on Friday night, first responders from the Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Department were called to a Stewart Neck Road in Somerset County, where farm employees and neighbors reported flames coming from the property. A second alarm was called as the fire continued to spread from the tractor to the building, and it took a team of nearly five dozen firefighters upwards of three hours to get the flames und…

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Fairfax, VA
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Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say
Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say The Maryland man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend during a domestic incident near her workplace has been taken into county in Prince George's County, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.  Tylen Jennings, 30, has been charged with murder and other offenses for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of Anesha Isaacs in Annandale, who died at the hospital after being found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers were called at around 4:45 p.m. to the 3200 block of Woodburn Road near the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus when Isaacs called to report that Jennings was…

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Arlington, VA
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Two Dead, Five Hospitalized In Mass Northwest DC Shooting, Police Say Two Dead, Five Hospitalized In Mass Northwest DC Shooting, Police Say Two Dead, Five Hospitalized In Mass Northwest DC Shooting, Police Say
Two Dead, Five Hospitalized In Mass Northwest DC Shooting, Police Say Two people were killed and five others sent to area hospitals with various injuries following a mass shooting in Northwest DC, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed. At approximately 3 a.m. on Sunday night, gunshots rang out in the 700 block of P Street NW near 7th Street, leaving seven people with injuries, according to a spokesperson for the agency. All of the victims were adults. #Update Shooting Investigation: Executive Assistant Chief Jeffrey Carroll provides an update on the seven people shot early Sunday morning near the intersection of 7th and P St, NW. Have info? Call 20…

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Arlington, VA
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Controlling Man Convicted Of Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC Controlling Man Convicted Of Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC Controlling Man Convicted Of Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC
Controlling Man Convicted Of Beating Ex, Threatening Her From Behind Bars In DC A District man who couldn't last a week after his ex-girlfriend gave him a second chance is facing prison time after violently attempting to control her. Barrington Hart, 36, was convicted on a host of charges in DC after he was in a romantic relationship with a woman, broke up, then reunited for four days, during which he terrorized her last summer, according to authorities. Prosecutors say that Hart and the woman got into an argument on July 27, 2023, when he accused her of cheating on him and demanded to look through her phone, which she refused. "He became angry, retrieved a black…

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by Zak Failla
Bel Air, MD
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Alleged Arsonist Who Burned Initials Into Tree May Have Set More Fires, Officials Say Alleged Arsonist Who Burned Initials Into Tree May Have Set More Fires, Officials Say Alleged Arsonist Who Burned Initials Into Tree May Have Set More Fires, Officials Say
Alleged Arsonist Who Burned Initials Into Tree May Have Set More Fires, Officials Say An alleged arsonist who possibly burned his initials on things is facing charges following a lengthy investigation in Harford County, the Maryland Fire Marshal's Office announced on Saturday afternoon. Aberdeen resident Bryan Keith Gilley, 45, was arrested overnight after it was determined that he was responsible for at least one fire, and potentially several others, dating back to May last year, officials say. In June 2023, the fire marshal and ATF launched an investigation into fires involving woods, trees, and train tracks in the area of 200 South Post Road in Aberdeen.  Inves…

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Fredericksburg, VA
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Elderly Woman Killed By Driver While Checking Mail Outside Virginia Home, Sheriff Says Elderly Woman Killed By Driver While Checking Mail Outside Virginia Home, Sheriff Says Elderly Woman Killed By Driver While Checking Mail Outside Virginia Home, Sheriff Says
Elderly Woman Killed By Driver While Checking Mail Outside Virginia Home, Sheriff Says The Stafford County Sheriff's Office has identified the 72-year-old woman who was killed after being struck by a vehicle as she checked her mail on Friday afternoon. Stafford resident Shelley Moncure went outside to check her mailbox shortly after 12:45 p.m. on March 15 in the 800 block of Widewater Road when she was struck by a driver who was traveling east down the roadway. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials made note that the driver was uninjured and remained at the scene to assist deputies. No other details were released by investigators. The crash remains under investigat…

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Mechanicsville, MD
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Child Killed, Two Hospitalized With Critical Injuries In Rollover Crash In Maryland: Sheriff Child Killed, Two Hospitalized With Critical Injuries In Rollover Crash In Maryland: Sheriff Child Killed, Two Hospitalized With Critical Injuries In Rollover Crash In Maryland: Sheriff
Child Killed, Two Hospitalized With Critical Injuries In Rollover Crash In Maryland: Sheriff Speed and alcohol are considered to be factors in a rollover crash that left one child dead and two others hospitalized with serious injuries in St. Mary's County. Multiple children were ejected from an SUV early on Saturday morning when Leonardtown resident Ashley Nicole Nolan, 27, failed to negotiate a turn near the intersection of Point Lookout Road and Chingville Road, according to officials. Shortly before 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, officers from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office responded to investigate a reported crash that left a Honda Odyssey upside down on Chingville Ro…

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by Zak Failla
Frederick, MD
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Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter
Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter A Maryland State Police helicopter was required on Friday to rescue a hiker who got hurt and needed a save in Frederick County. On March 15, a 23-year-old needed aerial rescue after becoming injured while climbing at Chimney Rock, officials said.  First responders from Thurmont and other nearby agencies responded to the area to help the hiker until the helicopter arrived to the area.  A paramedic was lowered to the area, secured the hiker on a board, the two were hoisted to the helicopter and flown to Meritus Medical Center for treatment and evaluation of undisclosed injurie…

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Gaithersburg, MD
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Trained Boxer Admits To Beating Smaller Victim To Death During Fight Outside Maryland Eatery Trained Boxer Admits To Beating Smaller Victim To Death During Fight Outside Maryland Eatery Trained Boxer Admits To Beating Smaller Victim To Death During Fight Outside Maryland Eatery
Trained Boxer Admits To Beating Smaller Victim To Death During Fight Outside Maryland Eatery A Wheaton man has pleaded guilty to murder after an argument led to a deadly bar fight outside a Montgomery County restaurant in 2021, the State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday afternoon. Nickolis Williams, 33, admitted to his role in a dispute that rapidly escalated at the Odalis Restaurant on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring that resulted in the death of 29-year-old Darcel Cole, who was hospitalized for months and later died from his injuries. According to prosecutors, on Dec. 18, 2021, Cole and friends were at the eatery when Williams arrived and the two got into an argument, with…

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