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Zak Failla

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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
Carjacker Who Killed Man Fighting For His Lexus Convicted In Virginia: Commonwealth Attorney Carjacker Who Killed Man Fighting For His Lexus Convicted In Virginia: Commonwealth Attorney
Carjacker Who Killed Man Fighting For His Lexus Convicted In Virginia: Commonwealth Attorney For days, he was just a face in surveillance photos. Now, the man accused of stealing a Lexus, running over its owner, and leaving him to die in a Dumfries apartment complex parking lot has been found guilty, Virginia prosecutors announced. Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth announced on Wednesday, June 24, that a jury convicted 41-year-old Keith Anthony McBride in the July 2024 killing of Jose Vasquez Galvan. Jurors found McBride guilty on June 17 of: Felony murder; Felony hit-and-run; Grand larceny of an automobile. The case began shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturd…

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Politics
Maryland Man Who Overstayed Visa After Disney World Trip Faces Removal From US: ICE Maryland Man Who Overstayed Visa After Disney World Trip Faces Removal From US: ICE
Maryland Man Who Overstayed Visa After Disney World Trip Faces Removal From US: ICE "The Most Magical Place on Earth" was anything but for Alejandro Saul Rico, who was living in Maryland after overstaying his visa following a visit to Disney World, federal authorities announced. Rico, who has a criminal history that includes assault and sex offenses, was the subject of a targeted enforcement operation in Silver Spring, which resulted in the Argentinian national's arrest. According to investigators, Rico admitted that his family entered the United States on a tourist visa in Miami and traveled to Disney World. The family overstayed their visa, and Rico was later picke…

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Police & Fire
Sketch To Suspect: Virginia Trail Attack Suspect Was Released After Drug Case, ICE Says Sketch To Suspect: Virginia Trail Attack Suspect Was Released After Drug Case, ICE Says
Sketch To Suspect: Virginia Trail Attack Suspect Was Released After Drug Case, ICE Says The mystery man in the baseball cap didn't stay anonymous for long.  Now federal officials say he never should have been back on the streets in the first place. Fairfax County police identified the man accused of exposing himself and trying to drag a woman into the woods at Wakefield Park in Annandale as 31-year-old Moises Domingo Rico Rosales, a Nicaraguan national, on Wednesday, June 24. Just one day after Daily Voice reported his arrest, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it had lodged an immigration detainer asking Virginia officials not to release Rico Rosales if he…

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Police & Fire
Three Teslas Torched In Massive Maryland Dealership Blaze, Hazmat Called: Fire Officials Three Teslas Torched In Massive Maryland Dealership Blaze, Hazmat Called: Fire Officials
Three Teslas Torched In Massive Maryland Dealership Blaze, Hazmat Called: Fire Officials Three Teslas were reduced to burned-out shells and a fourth was damaged after flames tore through a Maryland dealership lot, prompting a hazmat response. Investigators are now working to determine what sparked the fire. firefighters were called late on Wednesday afternoon on June 24, to the Tesla dealership in the 9400 block of Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills, where four electric vehicles were found on fire, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. By the time the flames were under control, three vehicles had been destroyed and a fourth had sustained significant damage. Balt…

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Police & Fire
Teen Found Hiding Under Car After Stairwell Dice Game Leads To Maryland Ghost Gun Bust: Police Teen Found Hiding Under Car After Stairwell Dice Game Leads To Maryland Ghost Gun Bust: Police
Teen Found Hiding Under Car After Stairwell Dice Game Leads To Maryland Ghost Gun Bust: Police A Maryland dice game ended with a 17-year-old from DC allegedly ditching a loaded ghost gun and hiding under a car, police say. Montgomery County officers were in the area of Sligo Avenue and Fenton Street in Silver Spring shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday, June 19, when a resident flagged them down about a group inside a construction area at an apartment building in the 800 block of Sligo Avenue. The group was also reportedly gambling in a stairwell. When officers got there, they found several people throwing dice with cash on the ground, according to the Montgomery County Department of Pol…

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Obituaries
Hundreds Found Recovery Through His Courtroom: Maryland Judge Nelson Rupp Dies At 77 Hundreds Found Recovery Through His Courtroom: Maryland Judge Nelson Rupp Dies At 77
Hundreds Found Recovery Through His Courtroom: Maryland Judge Nelson Rupp Dies At 77 For hundreds of people battling addiction in Maryland, Judge Nelson Rupp wasn't just the person sitting behind the bench. He was the person who believed they could make it back. Rupp, a longtime Montgomery County judge whose work helped shape one of the county's most successful recovery-focused court programs, died peacefully at his Chevy Chase home on Sunday, June 21.  He was 77. While he spent more than a quarter-century on the bench, colleagues, law enforcement officials, attorneys, and community members this week pointed to another legacy: the lives changed through the Montgomery…

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News
Deputies Swarm Point Lookout State Park As Armed Person Report Sparks Evacuation (DEVELOPING) Deputies Swarm Point Lookout State Park As Armed Person Report Sparks Evacuation (DEVELOPING)
Deputies Swarm Point Lookout State Park As Armed Person Report Sparks Evacuation (Developing) Something serious is unfolding at one of Maryland's most popular waterfront destinations. Authorities evacuated and closed Point Lookout State Park on Wednesday afternoon, June 24, as deputies responded to a welfare check involving a person who may be armed with a handgun. The incident was reported shortly after 4:15 p.m. in St. Mary's County, where the Sheriff's Office said it was actively working the scene at the state park. As a precaution, visitors were asked to leave the park while deputies investigated. Additional law enforcement agencies and public safety partners have joined the r…

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News
Homeless, Vulnerable Virginians Among Victims Targeted In $55M Medicaid Scam: Feds Homeless, Vulnerable Virginians Among Victims Targeted In $55M Medicaid Scam: Feds
Homeless, Vulnerable Virginians Among Victims Targeted In $55M Medicaid Scam: Feds Money meant to help some of Virginia's most vulnerable residents instead fueled a web of alleged fraud schemes worth more than $55 million, federal prosecutors say. Three Virginians were charged this week in connection with separate Medicare and Medicaid fraud investigations, while federal authorities also highlighted a civil case involving a Virginia company accused of improperly collecting millions from the state's Medicaid program. The cases were announced by the US Attorney's Office in Alexandria as part of a nationwide health care fraud crackdown. The largest case centers on Mikia Nob…

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Weather
'Our Home Was Hit The Hardest': Virginia Family Forced From Townhouse After Violent Storm 'Our Home Was Hit The Hardest': Virginia Family Forced From Townhouse After Violent Storm
'Our Home Was Hit The Hardest': Virginia Family Forced From Townhouse After Violent Storm One violent storm. One ripped-off chimney. Now, a Northern Virginia family is suddenly looking for somewhere else to sleep. As Northern Virginia residents cleaned up Tuesday from the severe storms that tore through the region the night before, the Toledo family in Burke was facing a much bigger problem: their home was no longer safe to live in. Powerful winds that swept through Fairfax County on Monday, June 22, ripped the chimney and fireplace from the family's townhouse, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched to help with recovery costs. The damage left by the storm that rolled…

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Sports
Kyle Youmans Named New 'Voice Of The Ravens' Following Gerry Sandusky's Retirement Kyle Youmans Named New 'Voice Of The Ravens' Following Gerry Sandusky's Retirement
Kyle Youmans Named New 'Voice Of The Ravens' Following Gerry Sandusky's Retirement The voice behind Ravens touchdowns, heartbreaks, playoff runs, and Sunday afternoons is changing. The Baltimore Ravens announced on Wednesday, June 24, that Kyle Youmans has been hired as the franchise's new "Voice of the Ravens," stepping into one of the most recognizable jobs in Maryland sports following Gerry Sandusky's retirement earlier this year. Youmans becomes just the third radio play-by-play announcer in Ravens history, taking over after Sandusky's two-decade run from 2006 through 2025. Before Sandusky, the role belonged to Scott Garceau from 1996 to 2005. The team said Youmans w…

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