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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Annapolis, MD
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Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire
Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis Zips Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire What sounded like an explosion ended with a much better outcome in Maryland. Firefighters were called to ZIPS Cleaners in the 1900 block of West Street in Annapolis on Saturday, Aug. 29, for a reported explosion and commercial building fire, according to the fire department. By the time crews from the Annapolis Fire Department arrived, the danger had largely passed. Firefighters determined that a dry-cleaning machine malfunctioned, causing a sudden pressure release involving the machine and an adjacent dryer. An occupant inside the business quickly grabbed a portable fire extinguisher and…

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by Zak Failla
McLean, VA
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Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say
Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say Two children were allegedly assaulted by a 61-year-old daycare teacher in Northern Virginia, according to police. Alexandria resident Wafa Abdelhafiz Abdalla, an educator at the Faz Creative Education Learning Center in the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road in McLean, was arrested this week following an investigation into alleged assaults on children. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department determined that Abdalla forcefully pushed a 2-year-old boy to the floor and struck another 2-year-old boy in the head with an open hand while working as a teacher at the daycare. Abdalla was ar…

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Elkton, MD
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Firefighters Put Out Elkton Fire. Hours Later, The Same Home Was Engulfed Firefighters Put Out Elkton Fire. Hours Later, The Same Home Was Engulfed Firefighters Put Out Elkton Fire. Hours Later, The Same Home Was Engulfed
Firefighters Put Out Elkton Fire. Hours Later, The Same Home Was Engulfed They thought they had put the fire out. Hours later, a Maryland home was engulfed in flames. The strange sequence began shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, when a resident on Walnut Lane in Elkton reported smoke inside the attic, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Firefighters arrived at approximately 9:08 p.m. and found a small, smoldering fire involving the home's electrical system. Crews quickly extinguished it, secured power to the three-story home, and eventually cleared the scene. Then, less than eight hours later, came another 911 call. At 4:55 a.m. on Saturday, A…

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Arlington, VA
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'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say 'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say 'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say
'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say Melissa Farris apparently wasn't interested in keeping a low profile. Three days after livestreaming her own arrest near the National Mall, the 41-year-old Kentucky woman allegedly returned to federal property in DC with spray paint, turned the World War II Memorial into her canvas, filmed herself doing it, and later asked her social media followers to help spread the footage. Now she's been indicted. A federal grand jury returned charges against Farris, of Elizabethtown, accusing her of destruction of a veterans' memorial and destruction of government property in connection with the Aug. …

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Fredericksburg, VA
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TikTok Prank Ends With 10 Shots Fired, Spotsy Man Convicted Of Teen's Murder: Prosecutors TikTok Prank Ends With 10 Shots Fired, Spotsy Man Convicted Of Teen's Murder: Prosecutors TikTok Prank Ends With 10 Shots Fired, Spotsy Man Convicted Of Teen's Murder: Prosecutors
TikTok Prank Ends With 10 Shots Fired, Spotsy Man Convicted Of Teen's Murder: Prosecutors What was first described as a deadly home invasion in Virginia looked very different by the time a jury saw the video. Tyler Chase Butler was convicted in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr. in May last year. All over a TikTok prank. The verdict followed a three-day trial that filled in the chaotic moments before and after Butler fired 10 shots outside his home in the River Club subdivision. Bosworth and two friends had been out pulling a late-night prank, banging and kicking on a neighbor's garage door before running away, a…

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Purcellville, VA
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Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Purcelleville Woman, 81, Vanished Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Purcelleville Woman, 81, Vanished Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Purcelleville Woman, 81, Vanished
Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Purcelleville Woman, 81, Vanished Five days later, the search isn't letting up for an 81-year-old woman who vanished after going for a walk in Virginia. A large law enforcement presence remained in the Lincoln Road area of Purcellville on Friday, Aug. 28, as the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office continued searching for Carolyn Taylor, who hasn't been seen since Sunday morning. Taylor was last spotted at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Aug. 23 in the 18000 block of Foundry Road, according to the sheriff's office. The search in Loudoun County is intensifying. Loudoun County Sheriff She had left for a walk and never returne…

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Lexington Park, MD
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Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff
Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff A former educator in Maryland who preyed on a student is facing a host of charges following his arrest, authorities announced. Chance Michael Hogue was taken into custody following a weeks-long investigation into reports of sexual abuse involving a child in Wicomico County. According to the sheriff's office, detectives developed evidence that Hogue sexually abused and exploited the victim during the time he was employed by Wicomico County Public Schools. The victim was a student at Wicomico High School, where Hogue was employed as a teacher. Investigators determined that Hogue began …

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Sterling, VA
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Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports
Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports At this point, khat smugglers seem determined to keep DMV airport officers busy. Another 764 pounds of the leafy stimulant turned up in passenger luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 20, leading to two arrests and pushing a remarkable recent run of seizures at Dulles and BWI to nearly 2,400 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Protection. CBP officers assigned to Dulles International Airport discovered 764 pounds of khat, a controlled substance, in the suitcases of two men arriving from overseas. CBP This time, two men allegedly arrived separate…

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Lutherville-Timonium, MD
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Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Lutherville (DEVELOPING) Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Lutherville (DEVELOPING) Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Lutherville (DEVELOPING)
Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Lutherville (Developing) Something potentially hazardous sent multiple people to the hospital in Maryland on Friday afternoon. Baltimore County firefighters responded to the 8600 block of Tower Bridge Way in Lutherville for a reported hazardous materials incident involving a possible mercury spill on Aug. 28, according to the department. Multiple patients were transported from the scene for evaluation and decontamination, fire officials said. Exactly how many people were taken to the hospital and their conditions, were not immediately disclosed. Officials also have not said what led to the possible spill, how…

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Aberdeen, MD
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$80K Discovery Lands Aberdeen Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff $80K Discovery Lands Aberdeen Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff $80K Discovery Lands Aberdeen Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff
$80K Discovery Lands Aberdeen Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff More than $80,000 worth of drugs are off the streets, and a suspected dealer is behind bars following a months-long investigation in Maryland. Aberdeen resident Kevin G. Scott Jr., 35, is facing a host of charges following a probe into reports of illegal narcotics being distributed from an apartment complex in June, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Detectives identified Scott as the primary suspect during the investigation and developed probable cause to search him and his home, the sheriff's office said. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, members of the Harford County Task Force execut…

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