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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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Virginia Health Officials List Measles Exposure Sites After Teen Tests Positive Virginia Health Officials List Measles Exposure Sites After Teen Tests Positive
Virginia Health Officials List Measles Exposure Sites After Teen Tests Positive A teenager who recently traveled overseas has been diagnosed with measles, marking the second confirmed case in Virginia this year, state health officials announced Friday, May 23. The teen, who lives in the state’s Northwest Region, visited multiple public places in Charlottesville while potentially contagious, according to the Virginia Department of Health.  Officials are now working to notify anyone who may have been exposed. “To protect the family’s privacy, VDH will not provide any additional information about the patient,” the department said. Anyone who was at the following lo…

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Man Who Torched Car With ‘Napalm’ Outside US Capitol During Carter Memorial Dodges Prison Man Who Torched Car With ‘Napalm’ Outside US Capitol During Carter Memorial Dodges Prison
Man Who Torched Car With ‘Napalm’ Outside US Capitol During Carter Memorial Dodges Prison A Virginia man who torched his car with homemade “napalm” outside the US Capitol during President Jimmy Carter’s memorial will avoid prison time, federal officials said. Adrian J. Hinton, 36, of Lorton, was sentenced to one year of supervised release and 125 hours of community service for setting his vehicle on fire near the Capitol, according to the US Attorney’s Office in DC. Hinton pleaded guilty in January to one count of destruction of government property. The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. on Jan. 8, when Carter's body was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda.  …

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Police & Fire
Police ID 89-Year-Old North East Woman Killed In Newark Parking Lot Crash Police ID 89-Year-Old North East Woman Killed In Newark Parking Lot Crash
Police ID 89-Year-Old North East Woman Killed In Newark Parking Lot Crash An 89-year-old woman from Maryland has been identified as the victim in a deadly pedestrian crash in a Delaware shopping center parking lot, police confirmed. Jeanette Johnson, of North East, died from injuries she suffered after being hit by a pickup truck around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14, in the 200 block of East Main Street, Newark Police said in an updated release on Friday. Investigators say Johnson was walking toward the storefronts across the lot when a pickup struck her.  Officers with the Newark Police Department and EMS crews from Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder rushed to t…

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Lifestyle
Firefighters Bring Smiles To Olney Boy, 5, Recovering From Life-Altering Mower Accident Firefighters Bring Smiles To Olney Boy, 5, Recovering From Life-Altering Mower Accident
Firefighters Bring Smiles To Olney Boy, 5, Recovering From Life-Altering Mower Accident A brave boy in Maryland had some special visitors this week after losing his leg in a freak accident. Five-year-old Gibson Rivera Theimer, the Maryland boy critically injured in a devastating lawn mower accident, is facing a long road to recovery — but his family says he’s showing incredible strength as he begins the battle of his life. On Saturday, May 10, Theimer suffered life-altering trauma after a lawn mower accident at home.  Gibson Rivera Theimer GoFundMe He was flown by helicopter to a trauma center, where doctors were able to save his life. Early reports mentioned…

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Police & Fire
Human Remains Found In Brooklyn Park Alley; Homicide Investigation Underway: Police Human Remains Found In Brooklyn Park Alley; Homicide Investigation Underway: Police
Human Remains Found In Brooklyn Park Alley; Homicide Investigation Underway: Police A homicide investigation is underway after human remains were discovered in an alley in Maryland, police said. Anne Arundel County Police say officers found the body of an unidentified woman with “apparent trauma” in the Brooklyn Park neighborhood on Friday, May 23. At around 9:05 a.m., officers were called to the area of Disney Road and Alley 79 for a report of a body on the ground. Once on scene, they discovered human remains and confirmed the victim was dead. The body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for autopsy and identification. Homicide Unit …

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Feds: Maryland Man Sexually Assaulted Client During Spa Session At DC’s Salamander Hotel Feds: Maryland Man Sexually Assaulted Client During Spa Session At DC’s Salamander Hotel
Feds: Maryland Man Sexually Assaulted Client During Spa Session At DC’s Salamander Hotel A Maryland massage therapist is facing serious charges after police say he sexually abused a client during a spa session at a luxury hotel in DC. Andrew Ramirez, 42, of Jefferson in Frederick County, was arrested this week and later indicted on charges of first- and second-degree sexual abuse of a client, according to the Metropolitan Police Department and US Attorney’s Office . The incident happened in NJuly 2023, prosecutors said, at the Salamander Hotel on Maryland Avenue SW. According to prosecutors, the victim had arrived for spa services and was taken to the treatment room by Ramirez…

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Police & Fire
Teens Forced To ATM At Gunpoint In Brazen Bethesda Robbery, Police Say Teens Forced To ATM At Gunpoint In Brazen Bethesda Robbery, Police Say
Teens Forced To ATM At Gunpoint In Brazen Bethesda Robbery, Police Say A group of teens was marched to an ATM at gunpoint in a brazen Bethesda robbery — until their attackers bolted when a Montgomery County police cruiser pulled up, authorities said. Three suspects — including two young men from Chevy Chase — have been charged in connection with an armed robbery that unfolded in downtown Bethesda, authorities announced Friday, May 23. The robbery happened just before 10:50 p.m. on Monday, April 21, near Woodmont Avenue and Old Georgetown Road, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. That’s when three suspects approached four juvenile victims …

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US Marshals, Police Hunt Teen 'Junior' Marshall Wanted For Mall Murder Of MD High Schooler US Marshals, Police Hunt Teen 'Junior' Marshall Wanted For Mall Murder Of MD High Schooler
US Marshals, Police Hunt Teen 'Junior' Marshall Wanted For Mall Murder Of MD High Schooler Reinforcements are on the way as the US Marshals have joined the Howard County Police Department are they attempt to locate a fugitive who allegedly killed 17-year-old Angelo Little at the Mall in Columbia over the summer. Officers were called late in the afternoon on Saturday, July 27, where there was a reported shooting in the area of the food court with one person - later identified as Little - dead in the mall before the shooter fled the area. That shooter was identified by police on Wednesday, Aug. 28 as Columbia resident William Marshall III - who also goes by "Junior" - and…

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Man Gunned Down And Left On Riverdale Roadside: Two Arrested In Cold-Blooded Killing: Police Man Gunned Down And Left On Riverdale Roadside: Two Arrested In Cold-Blooded Killing: Police
Man Gunned Down And Left On Riverdale Roadside: Two Arrested In Cold-Blooded Killing: Police A man was shot and left for dead on the side of a Maryland road — now, months later, two suspects are in custody, police say. Prince George’s County Police say 33-year-old Jose Guardado-Orellana of Mount Rainier and 30-year-old Santiago De La O Lemus of Landover have been charged in the October 2024 killing of Hyattsville resident Jeiver Pozuelos Cervantes, 38. On Oct. 24, 2024, officers were flagged down near Veterans Parkway and Riverdale Road in Riverdale by a concerned Good Samaritan who spotted an unresponsive man on the side of the roadway, police said.  The man, later identifie…

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Virginia Man Who Shot Teen In Crowded Neighborhood Caught In Georgia: Police Virginia Man Who Shot Teen In Crowded Neighborhood Caught In Georgia: Police
Virginia Man Who Shot Teen In Crowded Neighborhood Caught In Georgia: Police A Virginia man who shot a teen in a crowded neighborhood before fleeing the state will be behind bars for the next several years, authorities said. Elmore Taylor Jr., 24, of Culpeper, was sentenced on Friday, May 9, 2025, to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection to a 2024 shooting, according to the Culpeper Police Department. Officers responded shortly after 9 p.m. on April 16, 2024, to multiple reports of gunfire in the area of Vantage Place and Highview Court in Culpeper, police said. …

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