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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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Fugitive Apprehended Getting Into Rideshare Vehicle Outside Stafford Hotel, Sheriff Says Fugitive Apprehended Getting Into Rideshare Vehicle Outside Stafford Hotel, Sheriff Says
Fugitive Apprehended Getting Into Rideshare Vehicle Outside Stafford Hotel, Sheriff Says A man who has racked up an infamous list of criminal charges this month was taken into police custody at a Virginia hotel, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Early on Friday morning, deputies responded to the Excel Inn and Suites on Warrenton Road to execute an arrest warrant on 33-year-old Stafford resident Markus Collins, who has been on a rampage for weeks since the weather began warming up. Collins was wanted for:  Possession of a firearm by a felon; Possession of ammunition by a felon; Two counts of possession of controlled substances while in possession of a fir…

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Suspect Arrested For 2021 Maryland Murder, Police Say Suspect Arrested For 2021 Maryland Murder, Police Say
Suspect Arrested For 2021 Maryland Murder, Police Say Nearly three years after a 22-year-old Fort Washington man was gunned down in Marlow Heights, the Prince George's County Police Department announced that a suspect has been taken into custody. Temple Hills resident Andre Moore, 32, has been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Sejon Reed in September 2021.  Police say that at around 9;30 p.m on Sept. 17, 2021, officers were called to the 4700 block of St. Barnabas Road to investigate a reported shooting, where they found Reed outside a building suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Reed was rushed to an area h…

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Attempted Burglary Stopped By Bear Spray Ends With Carjacking At Maryland Apartment: Police Attempted Burglary Stopped By Bear Spray Ends With Carjacking At Maryland Apartment: Police
Attempted Burglary Stopped By Bear Spray Ends With Carjacking At Maryland Apartment: Police A potential home invader who was staved off by bear spray before carjacking a driver outside an apartment complex has been apprehended in Montgomery County, police say. On Monday, authorities announced that 30-year-old Samuel Robert Bajard, who has no known address, has been apprehended following a weeks-long investigation into an attempted burglary and carjacking earlier this month. The incident was reported shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 9 in the 14100 block of Castle Boulevard. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, on the morning of the attempted burglary, B…

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Knife-Wielding Woman With BAC 4X Legal Limit Charged For Third DUI In Stafford: Sheriff Knife-Wielding Woman With BAC 4X Legal Limit Charged For Third DUI In Stafford: Sheriff
Knife-Wielding Woman With BAC 4X Legal Limit Charged For Third DUI In Stafford: Sheriff A strange scene played out in the parking lot of a Virginia apartment complex over the weekend when an allegedly intoxicated woman chased another around with a knife threatening to kill her, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Miranda Baardsen, 26, had a blood alcohol concentration upwards of four times the legal limit after being tested at an area hospital following an incident involving her and two others who were met by an unexpected sight when they returned home from a friend's residence in Fredericksburg early on Saturday morning. According to a spokesperson from the she…

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Escapee Re-Arrested After Ditching Ankle Monitor In Maryland, Sheriff Says Escapee Re-Arrested After Ditching Ankle Monitor In Maryland, Sheriff Says
Escapee Re-Arrested After Ditching Ankle Monitor In Maryland, Sheriff Says Bond. James Perry Bond. A man who is no stranger to law enforcement was spotted on Sunday by a St. Mary's County Sheriff's deputy and taken back into custody after removing his ankle monitor last month, authorities announced on Monday. Bond, 33, was re-arrested on June 23 in the 2200 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park after going rogue in May and ditching his device, officials say. According to the sheriff's office, Bond was in custody at the County Detention and Rehabilitation Center for a January 2023 conviction for possession with intent to distribute, and on Friday, May 25, wh…

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Virginia Woman Killed In Three-Vehicle Maryland Crash Identified By Police Virginia Woman Killed In Three-Vehicle Maryland Crash Identified By Police
Virginia Woman Killed In Three-Vehicle Maryland Crash Identified By Police A Virginia woman has been identified as the person killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Prince George's County that left another person with serious injuries. Springfield resident Tamecka Allen, 41, was killed in a midday three-vehilce crash in Beltsville on Friday that required a second person to be extricated from their vehicle, authorities said on Monday. Shortly before 2:40 p.m. on June 21, officers were called to the area of Old Gunpowder Road and Sinope Way in Beltsville, where there was a reported crash that left Allen dead and a second person trapped. Police say that one person was a…

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District Man Accused Of Fatal Metro Bus Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Maryland: Police District Man Accused Of Fatal Metro Bus Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Maryland: Police
District Man Accused Of Fatal Metro Bus Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Maryland: Police More than a year after 19-year-old Justice T'Ziyan Elliott was shot and killed on a Metro Bus in Montgomery County, police say that they have apprehended a suspect. District resident Trevon Hatcherson-Ross, 22, has been arrested and charged in connection to the February 2023 shooting of Elliott on a metro bus on Lockwood Drive in White Oak, according to authorities. Late on Feb. 17, 2023, members of the Montgomery County Department of Police on patrol in the Vista at White Oak apartments spotted a WMATA Metro Bus pulled over on Lockwood Drive, prompting further investigation, which led to t…

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Minor Busted With Handgun In Maryland Walmart Parking Lot Charged As Adult, Sheriff Says Minor Busted With Handgun In Maryland Walmart Parking Lot Charged As Adult, Sheriff Says
Minor Busted With Handgun In Maryland Walmart Parking Lot Charged As Adult, Sheriff Says A teenage driver will be charged as an adult after being busted over the weekend with a Smith and Wesson handgun during a stop outside a St. Mary's County Walmart, officials say. According to officials, on Friday, June 21, detectives from the sheriff's office executed a traffic stop on a wanted teen suspect in the parking lot of Walmart in California. Investigators say that during the stop, the minor was detained, and a search of the vehicle by a police K9 led to the recovery of a loaded Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 9mm handgun located under the driver's seat, leading to his arrest. T…

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15-Year-Old Charged For Role In Robbery That Left Accomplice Dead In Woodbridge: Police 15-Year-Old Charged For Role In Robbery That Left Accomplice Dead In Woodbridge: Police
15-Year-Old Charged For Role In Robbery That Left Accomplice Dead In Woodbridge: Police A teenager who crossed state lines has been charged with murder in connection to a reported shooting in a Virginia apartment complex, authorities announced on Sunday night. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the Misty Ridge Apartments in the 15000 block of Lost Canyon Court early in the morning on Tuesday, June 18 in Woodbridge, where they found a 17-year-old from Spartanburg, South Carolina suffering from gunshot wounds in an outdoor stairwell.  He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. According to the department,…

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Ex-Husband Charged In Maryland Assault That Ended In Victim Being Flown, Sheriff Says Ex-Husband Charged In Maryland Assault That Ended In Victim Being Flown, Sheriff Says
Ex-Husband Charged In Maryland Assault That Ended In Victim Being Flown, Sheriff Says A man who allegedly pistol-whipped and assaulted his ex-wife in St. Mary's County is behind bars after a planned meet turned ugly and she had to be airlifted to the hospital.  Mechanicsville resident John William Alvarado, 47, is facing multiple attempted murder charges following an incident late on Saturday night that resulted in his ex hospitalized and him in handcuffs, according to the sheriff's office. On June 22, deputies were called to a reported assault in the 45000 block of Nicholas Court in Lexington Park, where they spoke with Alvarado's ex, who said she was supposed to meet …

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