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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.

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Politics
Maryland AG Brown Fights Trump Over Elimination Of Key AmeriCorps Services Maryland AG Brown Fights Trump Over Elimination Of Key AmeriCorps Services
Maryland AG Brown Fights Trump Over Elimination Of Key AmeriCorps Services Thousands of Marylanders could lose access to education, housing, environmental programs, and senior services after the Trump administration abruptly gutted AmeriCorps, Attorney General Anthony Brown said Tuesday. On Tuesday, April 29, Brown announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to dismantle AmeriCorps — a move that wiped out more than $12 million in Maryland-based programs overnight. “This is a direct attack on the communities that rely on national service to survive and thrive,” Brown said in a statement. “In Maryland alone, programs that educate children,…

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Obituaries
Virginia Woman Killed In Crash Remembered For Love Of Animals, Art, Nature Virginia Woman Killed In Crash Remembered For Love Of Animals, Art, Nature
Virginia Woman Killed In Crash Remembered For Love Of Animals, Art, Nature A community is mourning a young woman known for her creativity, love of animals, and bright spirit after she was tragically killed in a Virginia crash. Alysia Marie Coffelt, 28, of Edinburg, died Friday, April 25, from injuries she sustained in a three-vehicle crash along John Marshall Highway, Virginia State Police said. The crash happened at 8:35 a.m. just east of Back Road when a Ford F-250 crossed the double solid yellow centerline, sideswiping a Subaru Outback and then colliding head-on with the Toyota Camry Coffelt was driving.  Coffelt, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died at t…

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Schools
Woodbridge Teen Secretly Filmed Girls, Inappropriately Touched Classmate At School: Police Woodbridge Teen Secretly Filmed Girls, Inappropriately Touched Classmate At School: Police
Woodbridge Teen Secretly Filmed Girls, Inappropriately Touched Classmate At School: Police A Virginia high school student is facing serious charges after authorities say he secretly recorded female classmates and inappropriately touched one during the school day. On Tuesday, April 29, a 17-year-old from Woodbridge was arrested after a School Resource Officer’s investigation at C.D. Hylton High School in Prince William County, police announced. The officer was first notified on April 22 that a student had been filming others without their consent inside the school, located on Spriggs Road in Woodbridge. According to the Prince William County Police Department, the probe found tha…

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News
Sex Trafficker Instructed Victim To Abuse 4-Year-Old From Behind Bars In Frederick Sex Trafficker Instructed Victim To Abuse 4-Year-Old From Behind Bars In Frederick
Sex Trafficker Instructed Victim To Abuse 4-Year-Old From Behind Bars In Frederick A Maryland man will spend decades behind bars after grooming and sex trafficking a woman, then advising his victim to sexually abuse a child from jail, authorities announced. Arcelius Dunbar Lyle, 57, of Hagerstown, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex abuse of a minor and sex trafficking in Frederick. According to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, an investigation into sex trafficking determined that Lyle met his victim at work and began grooming her shortly after that. Prosecutors said that he trafficked her for approximately seven months&n…

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Lifestyle
Virginia Woman Critically Injured In Golf Cart Crash During Bachelorette Trip To Mexico Virginia Woman Critically Injured In Golf Cart Crash During Bachelorette Trip To Mexico
Virginia Woman Critically Injured In Golf Cart Crash During Bachelorette Trip To Mexico An Alexandria woman is fighting for her life after a golf cart flipped during a trip to Mexico — and now her family is racing to bring her home for treatment. Shalini Patel Stewart was critically injured on Friday, April 25, while heading to a morning yoga class during a bachelorette trip in Sayulita, Mexico, according to a family friend. Stewart and three close friends were riding in a golf cart when it crashed, they said. All four were rushed to the hospital, where three were treated, released, and returned home, but Stewart remains in intensive care. On Friday night, doctors performed a…

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Police & Fire
Teen Fires Gun, Steals Glocks From Lothian Sporting Goods Store, Police Say Teen Fires Gun, Steals Glocks From Lothian Sporting Goods Store, Police Say
Teen Fires Gun, Steals Glocks From Lothian Sporting Goods Store, Police Say A 19-year-old is facing felony charges after police say he pulled a gun inside a Maryland sporting goods store, stole multiple handguns. Aaron Delonte Whitley, of Lothian, was arrested on Monday, April 28, after a bold armed robbery at South County Sportsmen on Southern Maryland Boulevard, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Police say Whitley entered the store in Lothian around 11:40 a.m., browsed for a bit, then pulled out a handgun and demanded the clerk open a display case containing firearms.  While the clerk was retrieving the weapons, Whitley allegedly fired a round into t…

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News
Sentencing Set For Rachel Morin’s Killer In Maryland Murder, Rape Case Sentencing Set For Rachel Morin’s Killer In Maryland Murder, Rape Case
Sentencing Set For Rachel Morin’s Killer In Maryland Murder, Rape Case A sentencing date has been set for the man convicted of raping and murdering 37-year-old Rachel Morin along a popular Maryland trail, prosecutors announced. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, Aug. 11, at 9:30 a.m. at Harford County Circuit Court in Bel Air, according to the Maryland Judiciary case search. The sentencing will take place before Judge Yolanda Curtin, according to Randolph Rice, an attorney for the Morin family. Earlier this month, a jury found Martinez-Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sex offense, …

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Police & Fire
Waldorf Man Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park Waldorf Man Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park
Waldorf Man Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park A Maryland man who claimed his girlfriend went missing earlier this month has been indicted for murder after her body was discovered buried in a plastic bin in a wooded area near Cedarville State Park, authorities announced. A grand jury returned an indictment charging 24-year-old Keycy Barrera-Rosa with multiple counts of murder, and making a false report in the death of his girlfriend, Lesbia Ramirez Guerra, according to Charles County State’s Attorney Tony Covington. Investigators say Barrera-Rosa contacted the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on April 2 to report that Guerra was mis…

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Traffic
Clarksburg Man Shot Before Crashing Into Townhouse, Police Say Clarksburg Man Shot Before Crashing Into Townhouse, Police Say
Clarksburg Man Shot Before Crashing Into Townhouse, Police Say A young Maryland man was found fatally shot inside a car that crashed into a Montgomery Village townhouse, police said. Henry Krishawn Gilbert, 20, of Clarksburg, was behind the wheel when his vehicle struck a home on the 9800 block of Brookridge Court on Saturday, April 26, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. It was just before noon when officers were dispatched to the scene and found Gilbert in the driver’s seat suffering from a gunshot wound, officials said. Despite emergency efforts, Gilbert was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy confirmed Gilbert died from …

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Police & Fire
Port Deposit Man Busted With 10 Guns, Cocaine, Meth In Major Maryland Drug Raid: State Police Port Deposit Man Busted With 10 Guns, Cocaine, Meth In Major Maryland Drug Raid: State Police
Port Deposit Man Busted With 10 Guns, Cocaine, Meth In Major Maryland Drug Raid: State Police A major drug trafficking bust in Maryland ended with two men behind bars and enough firepower and narcotics seized to stock a small arsenal, police say. Alishawaine Monk, 34, of Port Deposit and 45-year-old Ronald Dugger of North East were arrested following a multi-agency investigation that stretched across Cecil County and into southern Pennsylvania, state police announced on Tuesday, April 29. Ronald Dugger and Alishawaine Monk Maryland State Police The two were apprehended after investigators executed search warrants on their homes and related storage units on Thursday, April 17…

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