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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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Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Thrown From Bike After Head-On Crash With Repeat DUI Driver In Virginia: Sheriff A Stafford County man with a history of drunk driving is behind bars again — this time for striking a motorcyclist head-on, then running. Investigators say 51-year-old Derrick Edwards had seven beers and two Long Island iced teas before getting behind the wheel on Thursday night, April 17 and nearly causing a deadly crash. Around 9 p.m., Edwards allegedly drove his red Hyundai straight toward a motorcyclist on Onville Road, clipping him with the driver’s side mirror and throwing him from his bike as he attempted to evade the vehicle, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office confirmed. When dep…

by Zak Failla

04/22/2025

Police & Fire

Manassas Man Sprayed Cop In Face With Chemical While Fleeing Stop: Police A traffic stop in Virginia turned hostile after a Manassas man allegedly sprayed a police officer in the face with a chemical irritant, authorities said. David Alex Parkhurst, 36, is behind bars after the encounter late Monday night, April 21, near Malta Street and Rapid Lane in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Officers say they attempted to stop Parkhurst’s vehicle around 11:20 p.m. for a traffic violation, but he jumped out and ran. As they moved to detain him, Parkhurst allegedly pulled out an eye irritant and sprayed an officer before being ta…

by Zak Failla

04/22/2025

Police & Fire

Pets Perish, Family Displaced By Basement Blaze In Montgomery County: Fire Officials A Montgomery County family returned home on Monday afternoon to find that a basement blaze gutted their home, officials confirmed. Crews were called at around 1:45 p.m. on April 21 to the 14200 block of Castaway Drive in Silver Spring on Monday afternoon, where a fire had broken out, sending smoke billowing throughout the home. The Montgomery County fire. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials, the homeowners were not home at the time, and while several pets were rescued, at least two cats died. The Montgomery County fire. Montgomer…

by Zak Failla

04/22/2025

News

Spotsy ‘Stowaway’ Wanted In Stafford Caught Hiding Inside RV Compartment: Sheriff Turns out hiding in an RV luggage compartment isn’t the best way to avoid the law. A wanted man from Spotsylvania tried — and failed — to elude deputies in Stafford County by stashing himself like a suitcase in the underbelly of a recreational vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened around 5:15 p.m. Monday, April 21, at Corbin’s RV on King’s Highway, where 39-year-old William Acors was reportedly spotted, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. Acors, wanted on a capias out of Stafford, had a history of fleeing law enforcement, so deputies quickly set up a p…

by Zak Failla

04/22/2025

Police & Fire

Teen Killed In Alexandria Parking Lot Shooting Identified By Police Police in Virginia have identified the 19-year-old shot and killed in a weekend parking lot attack outside an Alexandria apartment complex. Officers responded to the 2200 block of Canterbury Square around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, April 19, and found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the ground, according to the Alexandria Police Department. First responders rushed in and began life-saving efforts, but the victim — identified Monday as Deaundre Jack, of Alexandria — died at the scene. Detectives canvassed the complex and processed evidence overnight. Now, they’re re-canvassing the…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2025

Schools

Middle School Sub Caught In Sex Act Outside Stone Hill Middle School Campus, Sheriff Says A substitute teacher at a Loudoun County middle school is behind bars after he was allegedly caught performing a sexual act inside a parked car just feet from the school’s perimeter, authorities said. Wade Ponce De Leon, 31, was arrested Monday morning, April 21, after deputies responded to a suspicious activity call near Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. It happened around 10:45 a.m. in the 22000 block of Carter Meadow Terrace — just 30 feet from the school’s fence line and roughly 200 feet from a rear entrance. Deputies say Ponce De Le…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2025

Politics

Deported Maryland Dad Caught Up In MS-13 Gang Stop Years Before Removal: Hyattsville Police The Hyattsville Police Department confirmed they previously interacted with deported Maryland dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia, though at the time he was not identified as a member of any gang. Abrego Garcia has been at the center of a political firestorm after being mistakenly sent to a high-security, highly controversial prison in El Salvador. He has since been questioned about alleged ties to MS-13. On Monday, April 21, Hyattsville Police officials clarified that several years ago, they encountered Abrego Garcia as part of a suspicious group loitering outside a retailer in the 3300 block of East…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2025

Police & Fire

Falls Church Couple Killed In Fiery Lake Barcroft Tesla Crash Identified By Police A husband and wife from Falls Church were killed when their Tesla veered off the road and slammed into a tree in a quiet Northern Virginia neighborhood, police said. Officers responded around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 20, to the 6400 block of Lakeview Drive in Lake Barcroft, where they found a 2023 Tesla destroyed after a single-vehicle crash, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. The driver, 75-year-old Ashraf Bhagat, was pronounced dead at the scene. Nazir Bhagat, 81, who was riding in the passenger seat, was rushed to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, but later…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2025

Police & Fire

Virginia Family Loses Home, Dogs In Easter Sunday Fire While At Church A Virginia family is picking up the pieces after a devastating Easter Sunday fire destroyed their home — and claimed the lives of their two beloved dogs — while they were at church. Tom and Diana Rosner were at services on Sunday, April 20, with two of their three children — Reese and Eli — when a fire tore through their Woodbridge home, leaving behind nothing but charred remains, loved ones said. Their oldest son, Tommy Jr., was away at school when his mom called to deliver the heartbreaking news. While the family was unharmed, their pets, identified as Walter and Bernard, did not survive…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2025

Police & Fire

Man Hiding In Clothing Rack At Reston Target Sexually Assaulted Woman: Police A man is behind bars after allegedly hiding inside a clothing rack and sexually assaulting a shopper at a Target in Virginia, police said. Officers were called around 1:45 p.m. Monday, April 14, to the store in the 12100 block of Sunset Hills Road in Reston, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Detectives said the suspect, 24-year-old Jonathan David Bavon, who has no fixed address, was found hiding inside a clothing rack after he “inappropriately touched” a victim inside the store. Bavon was arrested at the scene and taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where h…

by Zak Failla

04/21/2025

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