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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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Police & Fire
Accokeek Man Shoots Mother’s Boyfriend Dead Inside Shared Home: Police Accokeek Man Shoots Mother’s Boyfriend Dead Inside Shared Home: Police
Accokeek Man Shoots Mother’s Boyfriend Dead Inside Shared Home: Police A man was arrested after police say he shot and killed his mother’s boyfriend during an ongoing dispute inside their Maryland home. Clarence Green Jr., 24, is facing murder charges after allegedly opening fire on 38-year-old Gene Garrett Jr. just after midnight Friday, Aug. 8, in the 16000 block of Caribbean Way in Accokeek, according to Prince George’s County Police. When officers got to the scene around 12 a.m., they found Garrett suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead inside the home. Police say Green and Garrett knew each other and were co-habitants. Green was arrested a…

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Obituaries
Teen Beauty Entrepreneur Adrianna Alicka Killed In Clinton Crash Days Before 20th Birthday Teen Beauty Entrepreneur Adrianna Alicka Killed In Clinton Crash Days Before 20th Birthday
Teen Beauty Entrepreneur Adrianna Alicka Killed In Clinton Crash Days Before 20th Birthday Adrianna Alicka always had an eye toward the future — And that future was all about helping making others feel beautiful. The 19-year-old from Hughesville died on Wednesday, Aug. 6 in a single-vehicle crash on Tippett Road in Clinton, according to police. Investigators say that they were called late on Wednesday to a stretch of the roadway, where they found Alicka, who was a passenger in the vehicle, dead, after the vehicle struck a utility pole. It was just 10 days before her 20th birthday. "Adrianna was an extraordinary young woman with a kind heart and was so hopeful for her life," Rya…

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Police & Fire
Boy With Autism Rescued From Germantown Library Pond: 'This Could Have Ended Very Differently' Boy With Autism Rescued From Germantown Library Pond: 'This Could Have Ended Very Differently'
Boy With Autism Rescued From Germantown Library Pond: 'This Could Have Ended Very Differently' A missing 6-year-old autistic boy who can’t speak was found waist-deep in a pond behind a Maryland library. The child was located on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Germantown, after a family member flagged down officers in the 19800 block of Century Boulevard around 5:40 p.m. and said the non-verbal boy had been missing for 45 minutes. According to Montgomery County Police, the boy had wandered off before, but this time the family didn’t know which way he went. Officers from the department’s 5th District immediately began searching the area, when a community member told an officer they had just see…

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Police & Fire
Spotsy Man Stomps Stranger’s Car, Bolts Through Hospital In Wild Police Chase: Sheriff Spotsy Man Stomps Stranger’s Car, Bolts Through Hospital In Wild Police Chase: Sheriff
Spotsy Man Stomps Stranger’s Car, Bolts Through Hospital In Wild Police Chase: Sheriff He stomped on the roof of a car that wasn’t his, tried to break in, then took deputies on a wild ride through a hospital parking lot before ditching his car near I-95, the sheriff said. Moriano Lardge, 38, of Stafford, was arrested on Wednesday night, Aug. 6, after a chaotic series of events that began around 11 p.m. on Sun Bluff Way, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. A caller reported seeing a man “standing on top of a vehicle that did not belong to him, stomping on it, yelling, and attempting to break into it,” the sheriff’s office said on Friday, Aug. 8. When deputi…

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Schools
Teen’s Gun Photo On School Property Sparks Charges Months Later In Woodbridge Teen’s Gun Photo On School Property Sparks Charges Months Later In Woodbridge
Teen’s Gun Photo On School Property Sparks Charges Months Later In Woodbridge The Prince William Police Department did not "like" a photo of a teen that went viral online last year — now he is facing serious charges. A 16-year-old boy was charged after investigators say he posed with a gun on school property in Northern Virginia and posted the photo online. Police said the photo was taken on Sept. 29, 2024, at Rosa Parks Elementary School on Princedale Drive in Woodbridge.  The investigation began in June, when police were made aware of the image, which allegedly showed the teen holding a firearm near the back portion of the school’s property. The teen was not…

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Police & Fire
Man Jumps To Death From Alexandria High-Rise As FBI Tries To Arrest Him: Reports Man Jumps To Death From Alexandria High-Rise As FBI Tries To Arrest Him: Reports
Man Jumps To Death From Alexandria High-Rise As FBI Tries To Arrest Him: Reports A man died early on Friday morning after jumping from a high-rise balcony in Virginia as FBI agents reportedly attempted to serve him an arrest warrant, officials say. Before 7 a.m. on Aug. 8, officers from the Alexandria Police Department were called to the 4300 block of King Street to conduct a death investigation. There is a heavy police presence in the 4300 block of King Street. APD is conducting a death investigation. Eastbound King St is down to 1 lane & the sidewalk is closed Hampton to Park Center. Please avoid this area. pic.twitter.com/ibIVoFbk39 — Alexandria Police (@Alexa…

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News
Kidnapper Who Took Montgomery County Mom, Son On Taxi Ride From Hell Learns Prison Fate Kidnapper Who Took Montgomery County Mom, Son On Taxi Ride From Hell Learns Prison Fate
Kidnapper Who Took Montgomery County Mom, Son On Taxi Ride From Hell Learns Prison Fate A man with a violent criminal history will spend decades in prison for kidnapping and robbing a Maryland mother and terrorizing her 12-year-old son during a taxi ride she was lured into through a private call, prosecutors said. Luis Davila-Marerro, 42, who has no known address, was sentenced to 35 years in prison this week after being convicted earlier this year for kidnapping and robbing a driver while her son was inside, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. The charges stem from an incident that began around 9:00 p.m. on July 6, 2024, in Montgomery Village, when a…

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Politics
Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say
Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say The cavalry nobody in the region called for has arrived in DC amid President Donald Trump's ongoing calls to federalize the nation's capital. As promised, federal law enforcement agencies arrived in DC early on Friday morning as officials work to combat a recent rash of youth crime that has drawn the president's ire. The move comes after a 19-year-old former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) worker was brutalized during a carjacking earlier this week. “If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump warned thi…

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Police & Fire
100+ MPH Drunk Driver Spun Into Woods After PIT Maneuver In Virginia Chase (PHOTOS) 100+ MPH Drunk Driver Spun Into Woods After PIT Maneuver In Virginia Chase (PHOTOS)
100+ MPH Drunk Driver Spun Into Woods After PIT Maneuver In Virginia Chase (Photos) An intoxicated man in Virginia led deputies on a high-speed chase through North Stafford before crashing into the woods and trying to run—unsuccessfully, the sheriff’s office said. Edgard Martinez Martinez, 38, was arrested late Thursday night, Aug. 7, after what the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office described as a reckless and dangerous attempt to flee law enforcement. The chase began around 11:45 p.m., when a deputy spotted an Acura going 58 mph in a 35 mph zone near Stafford Marketplace on Garrisonville Road.  When the deputy tried to stop the car on Staffordboro Boulevard, the driv…

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News
Maryland Power Grid Terror Plot: Neo-Nazi Sentenced For Attempt To 'Destroy Baltimore' Maryland Power Grid Terror Plot: Neo-Nazi Sentenced For Attempt To 'Destroy Baltimore'
Maryland Power Grid Terror Plot: Neo-Nazi Sentenced For Attempt To 'Destroy Baltimore' A convicted neo-Nazi terrorist who founded one of the nation’s most violent extremist groups has been sentenced for plotting to destroy Maryland’s power grid — and attempting to “completely lay this city to waste,” federal prosecutors announced. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Orlando, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for conspiring to damage or destroy electrical facilities in Baltimore and across the Maryland region, according to federal officials. Russell is the founder of Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi organization established in …

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