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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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Obituaries

Josh Stephenson Dies In 'Tragic Accident' Months After Maryland Mom’s Death A Maryland family is mourning once again following the sudden and tragic death of Josh Stephenson — just months after the loss of his mother. The Newburg native died in a “tragic accident,” according to loved ones, though additional details about the circumstances were not immediately released. The grief is compounded by the fact that Stephenson’s death comes just months after his mother’s passing, leaving his family in shock as they work through another devastating loss. “This tragedy comes less than a year after the passing of my beloved aunt (Josh’s Mom), adding even more pain to an alr…

by Zak Failla

08/06/2025

Police & Fire

Ex-Boyfriend Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell: Police Nearly 30 years after DC police officer Denna Fredericka Campbell was fatally shot in her White Oak apartment, her former live-in boyfriend has been arrested for her murder — again. A Maryland man is behind bars for the second time decades after a cold case killing that shook the DC law enforcement community and resulted in him changing his name. Amir Jalil Ali, 62, of Laurel, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 5, by Montgomery County officers working with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, officials announced Wednesday at an afternoon press conference. Ali is charged in the 1995 murder of his t…

by Zak Failla

08/06/2025

Police & Fire

Virginia Man Rubs Genitals On Stranger’s BMW, Caught Dancing In Street: Sheriff A Virginia man’s early morning antics at a Royal Farms gas station landed him behind bars after deputies say he rubbed his genitals on a stranger’s BMW before fleeing and breaking into song in the back of a cruiser. Stafford County resident Wendell Rose, 45, is accused of turning a routine gas stop into an offbeat spectacle shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 5, according to the sheriff's office, leaving deputies shaking their heads. First responders were called to the Royal Farms on Royal Falls Drive after Rose allegedly approached a BMW in the parking lot and began rubbing his private…

by Zak Failla

08/06/2025

Police & Fire

Harley Slammed Into Parked Car, Killing Virginia Motorcyclist, Police Say A Virginia motorcyclist died overnight after losing control of his bike and slamming into a parked car in Prince William County, police said. Gary Virgil Teman was riding a 2016 Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide — without a proper license when he failed to make a turn and crashed off Dale Boulevard in Woodbridge, authorities said on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Officers responded to the area of Dale Blvd. and Greenwood Dr. around 1:41 a.m., according to Prince William County Police Department Public Information Officer Renee Carr. Teman had just passed through the intersection with Greenwood Dri…

by Zak Failla

08/06/2025

Traffic

Fiery Head-On Crash In DMV Kills 1, Seriously Injures Another (Photos) A fiery head-on crash on a dark stretch of Sandy Spring Road in Montgomery County left one man dead and another seriously injured early Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. The deadly wreck happened around 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 6 in the 4500 block of Sandy Spring Road in Burtonsville, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesperson David Pazos said. Upon arrival, crews found two heavily damaged vehicles — both with drivers trapped — after what appeared to be a high-speed, head-on crash. Firefighters and medics worked urgently to extricate both men, but one was pronounced dead at the scen…

by Zak Failla

08/06/2025

Lifestyle

929‑Pound Monster Marlin Puts Maryland Angler in Million‑Dollar Club A blue marlin weighing nearly half a ton netted a Maryland fisherman a nearly $5 million prize. Angler Drew Osmeyer, of Timonium, got the annual White Marlin Open — one of the largest billfish tournaments in the world — off to an exciting start in Ocean City, reeling in the massive marlin. Osmeyer, aboard the 63-foot Barbara B vessel, has been the talk of the event after stunning the crowd with a 929.50-pound fish, which earned an estimated prize of $4,481,364.57. The catch was reported on Monday, Aug. 4. It is reportedly among the top five largest fish ever caught at the event. Other not…

by Zak Failla

08/06/2025

Police & Fire

Man Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Cop Denna Campbell In Montgomery County: Police A decades-old mystery in Montgomery County may finally be getting answers. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of Denna Fredericka Campbell, a 24-year-old DC police officer who was found shot to death in her White Oak apartment nearly 30 years ago, officials confirmed Tuesday, August 5. According to Montgomery County Police, Amir Jalil Ali — also known as Kenneth Burnell Wonsom — found Campbell in their home in 1995. At the time, Campbell was a four-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department. Ali reportedly discovered Campbell’s body in the apartment they s…

by Zak Failla

08/05/2025

News

Convicted Virginia Felon Busted In DC With Gun Tucked In Knee Brace: DOJ An “aggressive panhandler” with dozens of arrests on his record—as well as prior convictions in Maryland and Virginia—is heading back to prison after DC police say they found a loaded gun tucked inside his knee brace. Lawrence Jordan, 44, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, according to federal officials. Jordan was caught on Nov. 23, 2023, when officers responded around 6:15 a.m. to the 1300 block of H Street NE for a report of aggressive panhandling, officials said. Police recognized J…

by Zak Failla

08/05/2025

Police & Fire

Virginia Councilman Set On Fire At Work Recovering From Burns: 'He's A Fighter' A Virginia city councilman is recovering after surviving a horrific attack in which he was doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire inside his workplace, according to police and his family. Lee Vogler, 38, was critically injured on Tuesday, July 30, when a man entered the offices of Showcase Magazine in Danville—where Vogler works as Director of Marketing—and allegedly carried out the unthinkable, police said. According to the Danville Police Department, the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, walked into the building with a five-gallon bucket, confronted Vogl…

by Zak Failla

08/05/2025

Politics

Trump Threatens To 'Take Federal Control' Of DC Over Teen Crime Surge President Donald Trump is calling for federal control of Washington, DC — threatening to “take over” the city himself if violent crime doesn’t stop. In a fiery Truth Social post shared Tuesday, Trump slammed the District’s handling of what he called “out of control” violence by “local ‘youths’ and gang members,” blaming city leaders for turning a blind eye to teen suspects, some “only 14, 15, and 16 years old.” “The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these ‘minors’ as adults,” Trump wrote, “and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14.” He attached a bloody photo of a young man…

by Zak Failla

08/05/2025

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