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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Accokeek, MD
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Passenger Dies After Three-Vehicle Christmas Day Crash In Accokeek: Police Passenger Dies After Three-Vehicle Christmas Day Crash In Accokeek: Police Passenger Dies After Three-Vehicle Christmas Day Crash In Accokeek: Police
Passenger Dies After Three-Vehicle Christmas Day Crash In Accokeek: Police One of the passengers involved in a late-night three-vehicle crash on Christmas Day has died from her injuries, authorities announced on Friday, Jan. 9. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 25, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to investigate a reported collision involving multiple vehicles in the 14000 block of Indian Head Highway in Accokeek. A total of five people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, where Indian Head resident Linda Howell, 75, later succumbed to her injuries. Others involved in the crash underwent multiple surgeries and …

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Lexington Park, MD
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Rape Suspect Arrested Near Site Of Sexual Assaults In Maryland: Police Rape Suspect Arrested Near Site Of Sexual Assaults In Maryland: Police Rape Suspect Arrested Near Site Of Sexual Assaults In Maryland: Police
Rape Suspect Arrested Near Site Of Sexual Assaults In Maryland: Police Investigators in Maryland are seeking possible victims after a burglar allegedly sexually assaulted a woman late last year.  Stephen Holloway-Smith, 37, was taken into custody on Thursday, Jan. 8, in connection with an alleged abuse that was reported on Saturday, Dec. 27, in the 500 block of West Salisbury Parkway. During the investigation, Holloway-Smith was identified as a suspect, according to the Salisbury Police Department, and he was taken into custody without incident not far from where the sexual assault was reported. Holloway-Smith was charged with: First-degree assaul…

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Beltsville, MD
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Homicide Investigation Launched After Beltsville Man Found Shot To Death At Gas Station: Police Homicide Investigation Launched After Beltsville Man Found Shot To Death At Gas Station: Police Homicide Investigation Launched After Beltsville Man Found Shot To Death At Gas Station: Police
Homicide Investigation Launched After Beltsville Man Found Shot To Death At Gas Station: Police A 43-year-old man was shot to death outside a Maryland gas station and it's being investigated as a homicide, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Beltsville resident Gavin St. Aubyn Boothe, 43, has been identified by investigators as the person who was found suffering from a fatal gunshot wound outside of the Exxon gas station in Silver Spring. According to police, at around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services were dispatched to the 3000 block of Briggs Chaney Road for the report of a shooting.  Upon arrival,…

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Arlington, VA
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Deported Sex Offender Snuck Back Into US, Used Fake Name Before DC Arrest: Feds Deported Sex Offender Snuck Back Into US, Used Fake Name Before DC Arrest: Feds Deported Sex Offender Snuck Back Into US, Used Fake Name Before DC Arrest: Feds
Deported Sex Offender Snuck Back Into US, Used Fake Name Before DC Arrest: Feds A convicted sex offender who was deported after kidnapping and sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman in DC admitted he illegally slipped back into the US, used a fake name, and got arrested again just months later, federal prosecutors announced. Saul Castillo-Crespo, 28, a citizen of Mexico also known as “David Crespo,” pleaded guilty in US District Court in DC on Thursday, Jan. 8, to illegally re-entering the country after being deported. Castillo-Crespo was convicted in August 2017 in DC Superior Court and sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing a woman he…

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Adelphi-Langley Park, MD
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Stolen Car Smashes Seat Pleasant Cruiser On Christmas Eve, Later Injures State Trooper: Police Stolen Car Smashes Seat Pleasant Cruiser On Christmas Eve, Later Injures State Trooper: Police Stolen Car Smashes Seat Pleasant Cruiser On Christmas Eve, Later Injures State Trooper: Police
Stolen Car Smashes Seat Pleasant Cruiser On Christmas Eve, Later Injures State Trooper: Police A stolen car that smashed into an unoccupied police cruiser in Maryland on Christmas Eve was later used in a violent pursuit that ended with a Virginia State Trooper injured, authorities announced. What started as a routine traffic stop in Prince George’s County quickly spiraled into a dangerous, multi-day chase that crossed state lines. The ordeal began around 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24, when members of the Seat Pleasant Police Department spotted a stolen vehicle in the 5700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway. Naturi Hayes Seat Pleasant Police Department Officers attemp…

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Fairfax, VA
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Cold Case Cracked: Fairfax Woman Arrested In 1991 Baby Jane Doe Landfill Death, Police Say Cold Case Cracked: Fairfax Woman Arrested In 1991 Baby Jane Doe Landfill Death, Police Say Cold Case Cracked: Fairfax Woman Arrested In 1991 Baby Jane Doe Landfill Death, Police Say
Cold Case Cracked: Fairfax Woman Arrested In 1991 Baby Jane Doe Landfill Death, Police Say A Virginia woman has been arrested in connection with a decades-old Kentucky cold case involving the death of an infant after using technology to re-examine evidence, officials say. Jennifer Cummins, 55, of Fairfax, was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 6, by the Fairfax County Police Fugitive Tracking and Apprehension Team, in connection with a grisly 1991 infant death investigation in Madison County, according to Kentucky State Police. The arrest stems from the death of an unidentified female infant, known as Baby Jane Doe, who was discovered in 1991 at the former Richmond Landfill in Madison Cou…

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Arlington, VA
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'Do You Want To Die': Man Who Threatened, Stabbed Tourist In DC Learns Prison Fate: Feds 'Do You Want To Die': Man Who Threatened, Stabbed Tourist In DC Learns Prison Fate: Feds 'Do You Want To Die': Man Who Threatened, Stabbed Tourist In DC Learns Prison Fate: Feds
'Do You Want To Die': Man Who Threatened, Stabbed Tourist In DC Learns Prison Fate: Feds A man who threatened to kill tourists in the nation's capital will spend years in prison for a stabbing, US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced. District resident Maurice Felder, 54, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for stabbing a man who was visiting DC in November 2024. According to federal officials, at around 1 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2024, a group from Pennsylvania was walking near the intersection of 7th Street NW and T Street NW for the weekend. Felder followed the group down the sidewalk and began arguing with them, prosecutors said. The victim got in between Felder and other…

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College Park, MD
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Suspended PG County Officer Indicted By Grand Jury After Fatal Off-Duty Crash: Police Suspended PG County Officer Indicted By Grand Jury After Fatal Off-Duty Crash: Police Suspended PG County Officer Indicted By Grand Jury After Fatal Off-Duty Crash: Police
Suspended PG County Officer Indicted By Grand Jury After Fatal Off-Duty Crash: Police A high-ranking police officer in Maryland suspended last year has been indicted by a grand jury, authorities announced. Prince George's County Police Cpl. Anthony Coleman was indicted on six charges in connection with a fatal crash in July of 2025 in Brandywine, according to the department on Thursday, Jan. 8. At the time of the crash, Coleman was off duty and driving his personal vehicle. The second driver was killed in the crash. Police said that immediately following the collision, the eight-year veteran's police powers were suspended. Consistent with the Maryland Police Accou…

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McLean, VA
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McLean Man Trading Rolex, Gucci For Prison Suit After $1.2 Million Luxury Watch Scheme McLean Man Trading Rolex, Gucci For Prison Suit After $1.2 Million Luxury Watch Scheme McLean Man Trading Rolex, Gucci For Prison Suit After $1.2 Million Luxury Watch Scheme
McLean Man Trading Rolex, Gucci For Prison Suit After $1.2 Million Luxury Watch Scheme A Virginia man who lived large on luxury watches is heading to federal prison after scamming his way through more than $1.2 million in high-end timepieces, authorities announced. Jaivin Raj Karnani, 45, was sentenced to a year and nine months in prison on Thursday, Jan. 8, following a luxury watch fraud scheme that targeted a famous London department store and abused American Express protections, according to federal officials. From November 2022 through June 2024, the McLean man repeatedly used American Express accounts he controlled to order expensive watches and related products from Har…

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Gaithersburg, MD
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Teen Was Drunk, High, Driving Nearly 100 MPH In Deadly Germantown Rollover Crash: Police Teen Was Drunk, High, Driving Nearly 100 MPH In Deadly Germantown Rollover Crash: Police Teen Was Drunk, High, Driving Nearly 100 MPH In Deadly Germantown Rollover Crash: Police
Teen Was Drunk, High, Driving Nearly 100 MPH In Deadly Germantown Rollover Crash: Police A 19-year-old was allegedly drunk, high, and driving nearly 100 mph when he caused a deadly rollover crash in Maryland, police say. Boyds resident Brody Richardson is facing charges months after he got behind the wheel and crashed into Mary Elizabeth Moody last summer in Montgomery County. Moody's 2018 Subaru was struck and rolled at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Mateny Road around 10:35 p.m. on Monday, July 21, officials said. Detectives said Moody was making a left turn onto eastbound Mateny Road from southbound Great Seneca Highway when her vehicle was hit by a northbound…

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