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Zak Failla

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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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Business

Virginia Walmart Stalker Followed Employee 'For Hours,' Refused To Leave: Sheriff He should’ve been shopping. Instead, deputies say he was stalking. A Stafford man is facing charges after allegedly following an employee around Walmart for several hours — even after he was told to leave, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office announced. Rico Carter, 36, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 6, after deputies were called to the Walmart at 217 Garrisonville Road around 9:05 p.m. for a reported disturbance. Store staff told deputies that a woman reported Carter had been following her around the store for “several hours.” Another employee had already kicked him out of the pro…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

Police & Fire

Bike-Riding Gunman Hunted In ‘Senseless’ After-Work Murder Of William Askew In DMV (Video) Recognize him? The Prince William County Police Department released new video of a bike-riding suspect wanted in connection with the murder of 33-year-old William Denard Askew last month. Askew was heading home from work when a bullet ended his life in the middle of the street. Now, new details have been released about a person believed to be the gunman who was caught on camera riding through an area gas station. The wanted bicyclist out of Prince George's County. Prince George's County Police In the video — which is seen here — the hooded bicyclist can be seen circlin…

by Zak Failla

08/08/2025

Police & Fire

Predator Lured Kids Online, Had Shocking Stash Inside DMV Home: Sheriff An online predator in Maryland who was the subject of a CyberTip is behind bars after investigators raided his home and seized electronic devices, officials confirmed. Travis Peters, 27, of Thurmont, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 6, after a search warrant was executed at a home in the 100 block of Dogwood Avenue, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. What they found stunned detectives. The investigation was launched after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children generated a CyberTip related to the sexual solicitation of a minor, the sheriff’s…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Police & Fire

Wrong-Way Driver Slams Into SUV, Kills Maryland Man In Head-On Crash A 30-year-old man from Columbia was killed when a wrong-way driver slammed into his SUV in Maryland, authorities said. Jazz Andrew Taylor died at the scene of a head-on crash that happened just after 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the area of Sandy Spring Road and McKnew Road in Burtonsville, according to Montgomery County Police. Detectives say a gray 2024 Honda CR-V — with an unknown driver behind the wheel — was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Sandy Spring Road when it crashed into a red 2007 Honda CR-V that was heading west in the proper lane. Taylor, the driver of the red…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Police & Fire

Guns, Child Porn Seized In DMV Raid Of Man Accused Of Child Rape: Police A Mount Airy man is facing a long list of disturbing charges after detectives raided his home as part of an ongoing sex offense investigation, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office announced. Mark Brigham, 35, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 6, after deputies executed a search warrant at a home in the 7500 block of Woodville Road, officials said Thursday. During the search, detectives seized electronics, firearms, ammunition, and other related evidence, the sheriff’s office said. Brigham was taken into custody at the scene and booked at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center for multiple…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Police & Fire

Audi Driver On The Run After Fatal Hit-Run In Virginia: Deputies Seize SUV Authorities in Stafford County are hunting for the woman they say struck and killed a man with her white Audi SUV — and then sped away into the night. Gabriela Alejandra Bonilla Flores, 21, is wanted for hit and run resulting in death, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The fatal crash happened just before 2 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, on Richmond Highway near Foreston Woods Drive. Deputies say the victim, a 36-year-old man, was walking northbound along the right shoulder when he was hit by a vehicle that kept going. He was found dead at the scene. Her vehicle — a white Au…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Police & Fire

‘Game Of Chicken’: Driver Tries To Ram Man Off Road In Virginia, Police Say She was waiting for him when he got home — and didn’t stop there, police say. A Virginia woman is facing serious charges after allegedly chasing down a man and forcing him off the road during a heated domestic confrontation in Prince William County. Clarissa Wilson, 37, of Midlothian, was arrested after the man said he pulled up to his home on Lions Field Road in Triangle shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, and found her waiting there. When he tried to drive away, police say Wilson followed him in a second vehicle. At some point during the encounter, Wilson allegedly pulled …

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Police & Fire

‘Shrieking’ Virginia Woman Gunned Down As Cops Ambushed At Door During Standoff: Police A woman is dead, two cops were shot, and a man is in custody following an overnight standoff with police in Virginia. Shaun Boker, 39, is facing a host of charges after putting members of the Chesapeake Police Department through their paces during a late-night standoff that stretched into Thursday morning, officials say. Officers were first called shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6 to the 500 block of Willow Bridge Court to investigate a reported domestic assault involving a man and woman inside an apartment in the area. Upon arrival, officers were met by a woman shriekin…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Traffic

Hughesville Teen Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash With Pole In Clinton Identified By Police A teenager from Hughesville was killed in a violent crash that split a vehicle against a utility pole in Clinton, police said. Adrianna Alicka, 19, died Wednesday night, Aug. 6, following a single-vehicle crash on Tippett Road, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. First responders were called to the 11100 block of Tippett Road at approximately 10:45 p.m., where they found the vehicle wrecked and Alicka dead at the scene. A second passenger was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening. The driver was not hurt, investigators said. According to th…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

Police & Fire

Virginia Man Sexually Abused Child Under 10 For Several Years, Police Say A 52-year-old Virginia man is behind bars after being arrested in Fort Myer for allegedly sexually assaulting a young child over the course of more than two years, police said. Woodbridge resident Gabriel Benitez Vasquez was taken into custody after detectives with the Prince William County Police Department concluded an investigation into the reported assaults, authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 7. The investigation found that the victim, who was under the age of 10 at the time of the alleged assaults, was sexually abused on more than one occasion between January 2019 and March 2021 b…

by Zak Failla

08/07/2025

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