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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Sterling, VA
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Stacks Of Cash Stuffed In Suitcases Seized At Dulles, Traveler Loses Global Entry: CBP Stacks Of Cash Stuffed In Suitcases Seized At Dulles, Traveler Loses Global Entry: CBP Stacks Of Cash Stuffed In Suitcases Seized At Dulles, Traveler Loses Global Entry: CBP
Stacks Of Cash Stuffed In Suitcases Seized At Dulles, Traveler Loses Global Entry: CBP Holiday travelers were reminded of federal cash reporting laws after more than $111,000 in unreported currency was seized at Dulles International Airport this month, officials said. During August, US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sterling airport stopped multiple travelers carrying undeclared stacks of cash that far exceeded the $10,000 federal reporting threshold, CBP announced Friday, Aug. 29. The biggest bust came on Saturday, Aug. 2, when officers seized $77,135 from a Global Entry trusted traveler headed to Lome, Togo.  In that instance, the traveler’s Global Entr…

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Catonsville, MD
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Three Found Dead In Catonsville Home After Police Welfare Check Three Found Dead In Catonsville Home After Police Welfare Check Three Found Dead In Catonsville Home After Police Welfare Check
Three Found Dead In Catonsville Home After Police Welfare Check Three people were found dead in Baltimore County when police received a "check on subject" call in Catonsville on Thursday, officials said. Officers were called at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, to the 700 block of Wilton Farm Drive, where there was a reported call for service, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. Upon arrival, first responders found three people inside the home, all dead, prompting a massive investigation into the fatal shooting. Details about their deaths have not been released as of Friday, Aug. 29. Police say that homicide detectives are proces…

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Lexington Park, MD
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11-Year-Old Killed As Flames Rip Through Maryland Home Overnight, Officials Say 11-Year-Old Killed As Flames Rip Through Maryland Home Overnight, Officials Say 11-Year-Old Killed As Flames Rip Through Maryland Home Overnight, Officials Say
11-Year-Old Killed As Flames Rip Through Maryland Home Overnight, Officials Say An early morning fire tore through a Maryland home, killing an 11-year-old child and leaving a family devastated, officials said. At around 4:20 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, fire crews from the Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding companies rushed to a house fire on the 31600 block of Zion Road, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. When firefighters arrived, the one-and-a-half-story home was engulfed in flames.  Three adults managed to escape, but told rescuers a child was still trapped inside. Despite rescue efforts, the boy was pronounced dead at the scene af…

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Towson, MD
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BWI Airport Bust: 800+ Pills — Including Xanax — Seized From Travelers’ Luggage BWI Airport Bust: 800+ Pills — Including Xanax — Seized From Travelers’ Luggage BWI Airport Bust: 800+ Pills — Including Xanax — Seized From Travelers’ Luggage
BWI Airport Bust: 800+ Pills — Including Xanax — Seized From Travelers’ Luggage A small cache of pills was seized from two travelers in Maryland, though no arrests were made, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials. Baggage inspectors at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) seized hundreds of potentially dangerous pills stashed in the luggage of two travelers returning from overseas this month, authorities announced on Friday. On Saturday, Aug. 23, CBP officers found 360 Zopiclone 7.5 mg tablets in blister packs inside the baggage of a local arriving from Bogota, Colombia. Just days earlier, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, of…

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Lexington Park, MD
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Maryland Woman Killed In North Carolina As Family Rallies To Send Body Home Maryland Woman Killed In North Carolina As Family Rallies To Send Body Home Maryland Woman Killed In North Carolina As Family Rallies To Send Body Home
Maryland Woman Killed In North Carolina As Family Rallies To Send Body Home A Maryland community is coming together to support the family of a 35-year-old woman that is looking to send her body back to her native Nicaragua after she was killed during a trip to North Carolina. First responders from the Greensboro Police Department and Guilford County EMS were called shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25 to what was a reported "cardiac call" in an area home. Upon arrival, they found Maryland native Meyling Mercedes Carrion-Ruiz, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of her death remains under investigation days later, but it is being treated …

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Lexington Park, MD
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Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say
Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say Police investigators in Maryland are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a group tied to a reported assault in Ocean City that may be connected to Pennsylvania. An alert was issued by the Ocean City Police Department on Thursday as they continue to probe an assault that was reported in the middle of the night shortly after the Fourth of July holiday. According to police, at around 3 a.m. on July 5, officers were called to the area of 14th Street and St. Louis Avenue, where there was a reported assault in the area. Now, investigators believe that the responsible group may live in…

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Towson, MD
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104 Pounds Of Psychedelic Powder Worth $80K Seized In Baltimore Bust, Officials Say 104 Pounds Of Psychedelic Powder Worth $80K Seized In Baltimore Bust, Officials Say 104 Pounds Of Psychedelic Powder Worth $80K Seized In Baltimore Bust, Officials Say
104 Pounds Of Psychedelic Powder Worth $80K Seized In Baltimore Bust, Officials Say Customs officers in Baltimore stopped more than 100 pounds of a powerful psychedelic drug that was on its way to Harford County, officials announced. On Monday, Aug. 25, US Customs and Border Protection officers seized 103 pounds and 10 ounces of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an LSD-like hallucinogen with a street value of about $80,000, according to CBP. "DMT, a Schedule I controlled substance, is used for its psychedelic and hallucinogenic effects and was a popular drug of abuse in the 1960s," officials said. "Today, DMT is still encountered on the illicit market with other tryptamine ha…

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Harrisburg, PA
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Record $188M NFL Contract: Harrisburg’s Micah Parsons Traded From Cowboys To Packers Record $188M NFL Contract: Harrisburg’s Micah Parsons Traded From Cowboys To Packers Record $188M NFL Contract: Harrisburg’s Micah Parsons Traded From Cowboys To Packers
Record $188M NFL Contract: Harrisburg’s Micah Parsons Traded From Cowboys To Packers Micah Parsons got paid. It just wasn't by the Dallas Cowboys. In a blockbuster trade, the Harrisburg native who starred at Penn State, then became one of the faces of football with the Cowboys, has reportedly been traded to the Green Bay Packers. The trade comes following months of contention between Parsons and owner/General Manager Jerry Jones over his contract. He had been holding out for a long-term deal throughout the offseason in a public standoff with the Cowboys. In exchange for Parsons, the Cowboys reportedly received Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark, and Green Bay's next tw…

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Manassas, VA
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Convicted Manassas Woman Freed After Shooting, Killing Ex-Boyfriend: Prosecutors Convicted Manassas Woman Freed After Shooting, Killing Ex-Boyfriend: Prosecutors Convicted Manassas Woman Freed After Shooting, Killing Ex-Boyfriend: Prosecutors
Convicted Manassas Woman Freed After Shooting, Killing Ex-Boyfriend: Prosecutors A Virginia woman who shot and killed her ex-boyfriend during an incident that was recorded inside her Manassas home has been convicted — and released — on manslaughter charges, authorities announced. Lisa Myers, 60, who originally faced a murder charge, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the November 2021 killing of Travis Deardorff, according to Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth. She was then released, despite prosecutors' objections. Investigators said police were called to Myers’ Manassas home on Nov. 27, 2021, after she dialed 911 and…

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Fredericksburg, VA
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Sex Offender Sent Illicit Texts To 16-Year-Old Virginia Boy, Begged Him To Delete Them: DOJ Sex Offender Sent Illicit Texts To 16-Year-Old Virginia Boy, Begged Him To Delete Them: DOJ Sex Offender Sent Illicit Texts To 16-Year-Old Virginia Boy, Begged Him To Delete Them: DOJ
Sex Offender Sent Illicit Texts To 16-Year-Old Virginia Boy, Begged Him To Delete Them: DOJ A registered sex offender in Virginia who befriended a teen boy — then tried to manipulate him to avoid being placed back behind bars — admitted to soliciting him, federal authorities announced. Lenny Baldwin, Jr., 30, of Roanoke, pleaded guilty this week to witness tampering after he engaged in a relationship with a 16-year-old boy after being released from federal prison. Prosecutors said Baldwin was on supervised release for a prior conviction involving minors when he began exchanging sexually charged messages with the teen he met while working at Dollar Tree in 2023. In October 2023, B…

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