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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
Virginia Teen Dies After Maryland Party Shooting; Woman Charged With Murder: Police Virginia Teen Dies After Maryland Party Shooting; Woman Charged With Murder: Police
Virginia Teen Dies After Maryland Party Shooting; Woman Charged With Murder: Police A Virginia teenager shot at a party in Maryland has died — and a woman already in custody is now facing murder charges. Keyri Escalante, 20, of Fort Washington, has been charged in connection to the death of 18-year-old Darlyn Florian-Granados, of Alexandria, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. The shooting happened around 3:20 a.m. on June 13, inside a home in the 5400 block of Broadwater Street in Temple Hills, police said. Officers responded to the scene and found Florian-Granados inside the home suffering from a gunshot wound.  Florian-Granados was rus…

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News
Virginia Man Worked With Georgia Inmate To Flood State With Meth, Feds Say Virginia Man Worked With Georgia Inmate To Flood State With Meth, Feds Say
Virginia Man Worked With Georgia Inmate To Flood State With Meth, Feds Say A Virginia man who helped a Georgia prison inmate flood the state with meth is headed to federal prison. Christopher M. Sullivan, 31, of Bristol, was sentenced to 96 months in prison after a federal jury convicted him of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, authorities announced on Thursday, July 17. Sullivan was found guilty in June following a three-day trial in US District Court in Abingdon. According to federal prosecutors, Sullivan worked directly with Christopher David Johnson, an inmate inside a Georgia state prison, who was running a large-scale meth trafficking operation from…

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Traffic
USPS Truck Hits, Kills Woman In DMV—Police Slam Leaked Video Online (UPDATED) USPS Truck Hits, Kills Woman In DMV—Police Slam Leaked Video Online (UPDATED)
USPS Truck Hits, Kills Woman In DMV—Police Slam Leaked Video Online (Updated) A woman died after she was hit by a United States Postal Service truck in Maryland — and now, police are calling out the unauthorized release of disturbing footage that showed the crash online before the victim’s family was even notified. The fatal collision happened around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Plyers Mill Road in Kensington, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Officers from the 2nd District were called to the scene for a report of a pedestrian-involved crash.  Investigators said 64-year-old Mairi Nicola M…

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Man Lit Up And Walked From Murder Scene Near VA Border: Who Is He, Police Ask Man Lit Up And Walked From Murder Scene Near VA Border: Who Is He, Police Ask
Man Lit Up And Walked From Murder Scene Near VA Border: Who Is He, Police Ask He lit a cigarette and walked away — now police want to know who he is. Detectives have released new surveillance images of the man wanted in connection with the July 12 shooting death of 31-year-old DC resident Deon Damien Thomas in Oxon Hill. “In the video, the suspect is seen walking away from the scene immediately after the murder,” the Prince George’s County Police Department said. The video can be seen here. It happened around 8:20 p.m. in the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway, where officers found Thomas outside, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the sc…

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Politics
Maryland Man Used Voice Of America Lines In DC To Threaten Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Feds Maryland Man Used Voice Of America Lines In DC To Threaten Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Feds
Maryland Man Used Voice Of America Lines In DC To Threaten Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Feds A longtime federal media employee from Maryland is facing charges for allegedly phoning in violent threats to a sitting Republican Congresswoman — from inside Voice of America’s studios in DC. Seth Jason, of Edgewater, was arrested on Thursday, July 17, after a federal grand jury indicted him on four charges for allegedly threatening to kill Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, her staff, and their families. Jason, who was taken into custody by US Capitol Police and the Anne Arundel County Police Department, made his first court appearance Thursday in US District Court in Washington, DC, officials …

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Police & Fire
Gun Pulled By 12-Year-Old? Seven Kids Under 16 Detained After Middle River Assault: Police Gun Pulled By 12-Year-Old? Seven Kids Under 16 Detained After Middle River Assault: Police
Gun Pulled By 12-Year-Old? Seven Kids Under 16 Detained After Middle River Assault: Police They’re barely teens — but police say a gun was used during a daytime disturbance. A group of kids as young as 12 is under investigation after shots were fired during a fight in Middle River, police said. Officers responded to the 100 block of Carroll Island Road around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, after getting calls about gunfire, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. “A firearm was discharged while being used to assault a person during a physical altercation that involved a group of juveniles,” police said. When officers got to the scene, they found two people with i…

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Obituaries
Virginia Teen Who Died Swimming In Potomac River Remembered As ‘Good Friend, Good Father' Virginia Teen Who Died Swimming In Potomac River Remembered As ‘Good Friend, Good Father'
Virginia Teen Who Died Swimming In Potomac River Remembered As ‘Good Friend, Good Father' An 18-year-old who went swimming with friends in the Potomac River was found dead over the weekend, authorities say. Now, his family is rallying community support to send his body back to Honduras. Late in the afternoon on Sunday, July 13, police say first responders were called to a stretch of the river, where they found Dumfries resident Manuel De Jesus Flores Bustillo. Officials believe that Bustillo was with two friends at the beach when they decided to go for a swim in the water near the pier. That's when Bustillo was reportedly swept away by the current, prompting a f…

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News
Deported Maryland Murder Accomplice Busted After Illegally Sneaking Back Into US: Feds Deported Maryland Murder Accomplice Busted After Illegally Sneaking Back Into US: Feds
Deported Maryland Murder Accomplice Busted After Illegally Sneaking Back Into US: Feds He got deported after a Maryland murder case — then came back. An El Salvadoran national who previously served time in Maryland after pleading guilty to accessory after the fact to murder is now facing federal prison after illegally re-entering the United States, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Edwin Armando Sanchez-Montiel, 33, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 17, to unlawfully re-entering the country without permission following his 2024 deportation, federal prosecutors said. “Sanchez-Montiel did not obtain consent at any time from the Attorney General of the United States, or fro…

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Traffic
Massive Dulles Airport Expansion Plan Moves Forward: Here's What Travelers Can Expect Massive Dulles Airport Expansion Plan Moves Forward: Here's What Travelers Can Expect
Massive Dulles Airport Expansion Plan Moves Forward: Here's What Travelers Can Expect Big changes are coming to Dulles. A massive update to Washington Dulles International Airport’s (IAD) Master Plan was approved this week by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) board, setting the stage for decades of airport development, officials said. The updated Master Plan lays out a long-term vision for expansion as passenger traffic climbs and airlines increase nonstop service from the airport, officials said.  With annual passenger activity projected to grow more than 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2024, the changes are designed to help Dulles keep pace with th…

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Police & Fire
Lightning Strike Destroys Barns, Shed In $200K DMV Blaze: Fire Marshal Lightning Strike Destroys Barns, Shed In $200K DMV Blaze: Fire Marshal
Lightning Strike Destroys Barns, Shed In $200K DMV Blaze: Fire Marshal Three buildings were leveled and a garage was damaged when a bolt of lightning set fire to a Conowingo property, officials say. The fire broke out shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at a private property on the 100 block of McCauley Road, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. It happened approximately an hour after Cecil County went under a Flood Warning due to severe weather conditions. Investigators said the owners heard a lightning strike, then discovered flames spreading through several buildings on their property. By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze had engulfe…

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