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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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Politics
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Purse Stolen With $3K, ID Inside: Report Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Purse Stolen With $3K, ID Inside: Report
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Purse Stolen With $3K, ID Inside: Report Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse — containing thousands in cash — was reportedly stolen on Easter Sunday. According to reports, Noem was eating dinner at a DC restaurant when an unknown thief stole her purse, which contained $3,000 in cash, an ID badge, passport, driver's license and other valuable items. The incident was first reported by CNN. "The Secret Service, which provides security for Noem, reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant and saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask steal her bag and leave the restaurant," a law enforcement source told the …

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Police & Fire
Police K-9 Struck By Officer Chasing Suspect In Virginia Dies, Officials Say Police K-9 Struck By Officer Chasing Suspect In Virginia Dies, Officials Say
Police K-9 Struck By Officer Chasing Suspect In Virginia Dies, Officials Say A Virginia police K-9 was killed in the line of duty while chasing a fleeing suspect who remains on the run, authorities said. K-9 Knox, a 3-year-old German Shepherd with the Roanoke Police Department, died early Friday morning, April 18, after being struck by a police vehicle during a foot pursuit on Vermont Avenue NW, officials said. The chaos began around 1:40 a.m., when officers spotted a stolen car at a gas station in the 3900 block of Melrose Avenue NW, according to Roanoke Police.  The driver refused to stop, sparking a brief pursuit that ended when the vehicle broke down in th…

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Police & Fire
Kidnapping Victim Jumps From Car Near I-270; Barricade Ends With Arrest In Bethesda: Police Kidnapping Victim Jumps From Car Near I-270; Barricade Ends With Arrest In Bethesda: Police
Kidnapping Victim Jumps From Car Near I-270; Barricade Ends With Arrest In Bethesda: Police A Maryland man is behind bars after a woman jumped from his moving car near I-270, telling police she had been kidnapped at gunpoint, officials said. Robert Deeter, 31, was arrested Friday, April 18, following a wild scene that stretched across Bethesda and ended in a barricade situation, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. It started around 2:30 p.m., when officers responded to the 10300 block of Old Georgetown Road for a reported kidnapping, police said. Officers soon spotted Deeter driving a red Toyota RAV4 with a woman in the passenger seat. As they followed the ca…

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Police & Fire
AG: Man Killed By Police After Violent Rampage, Fire In Oxon Hill Apartment Complex AG: Man Killed By Police After Violent Rampage, Fire In Oxon Hill Apartment Complex
AG: Man Killed By Police After Violent Rampage, Fire In Oxon Hill Apartment Complex New details have been released by the Atttorney General's Office after a knife-wielding man was fatally shot by police outside a Maryland apartment complex after allegedly stabbing a woman and lighting the unit on fire. Officers with the Prince George’s County Police Department were called to the 100 block of St. George Boulevard in Oxon Hill around 10:15 a.m. Sunday, April 20, for a report of a cutting or shooting, according to the AG's. Surveillance and dashcam video shows multiple officers confronting an armed man with a knife, prosecutors said.  Police say they gave verbal command…

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Police & Fire
Man Killed Changing Tire On I-695 In Hit-And-Run Identified By Maryland State Police Man Killed Changing Tire On I-695 In Hit-And-Run Identified By Maryland State Police
Man Killed Changing Tire On I-695 In Hit-And-Run Identified By Maryland State Police A Maryland man was struck and killed on the shoulder of I-695 while trying to change a flat tire — and now the hunt is on for the driver who hit him and drove off, authorities say. Junior Dunkley, 67, of Owings Mills, was identified as the victim in the deadly hit-and-run crash that happened in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 20, Maryland State Police announced Monday. Troopers from the Golden Ring Barrack were called to the inner loop of I-695 near Wilkens Avenue around 2:23 a.m. after getting reports of a crash involving two trucks. Investigators say Dunkley was outside his gray…

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Details Released In Fiery I-81 Crash, Trucker Seriously Injured: Cops Details Released In Fiery I-81 Crash, Trucker Seriously Injured: Cops
Details Released In Fiery I-81 Crash, Trucker Seriously Injured: Cops A tractor-trailer burst into flames after crashing on a stretch of I-81 in Virginia, backing up traffic for hours and sending a New Jersey driver to the hospital with serious injuries, police said. It happened at around 3:49 p.m. Saturday, April 19, near the 272-mile marker in Shenandoah County, according to Virginia State Police. That’s where the driver of a 2025 Peterbilt rig lost control after a tire blew out, slamming into the guardrail and jackknifing. The trailer then erupted into a towering inferno, sending black smoke billowing into the sky as stunned drivers looked on. The driver …

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Politics
Trump Ally Mocks Senator With Fake Plaque After Trip To See Mistakenly Deported Gang Suspect Trump Ally Mocks Senator With Fake Plaque After Trip To See Mistakenly Deported Gang Suspect
Trump Ally Mocks Senator With Fake Plaque After Trip To See Mistakenly Deported Gang Suspect Georgia Rep. Mike Collins took trolling to a new level following Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen's visit to El Salvador to check in on a mistakenly deported father. Collins, a Republican, took to social media to take a shot at Van Hollen, who took a trip to check on the well-being of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, a purported MS-13 gang member who has become the focus of national news.  "Hey @ChrisVanHollen, I went ahead and changed your office plaque for you," Collins posted on social media with a photo of a plaque implying that Van Hollen represents El Salvador, not Maryland. Hey …

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Police & Fire
Stabbing Suspect Set Apartment On Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting In Oxon Hill: Officials Stabbing Suspect Set Apartment On Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting In Oxon Hill: Officials
Stabbing Suspect Set Apartment On Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting In Oxon Hill: Officials A knife-wielding man stabbed two people and torched their apartment on Easter Sunday before being tracked down and killed in an officer-involved Maryland shooting, police say. Prince George's County Police Chief Malik Aziz confirmed that a suspect was shot and killed during a confrontation at National Harbor late on Sunday morning following a violent morning. The ordeal began shortly before 8:30 a.m. on April 20, when officers in Oxon Hill responded to a reported stabbing in the 8300 block of Indian Head Highway, where they found a man and woman critically injured by a person who fled the s…

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Reisterstown Man Crashes Into WMATA Bus During Virginia Police Chase: VSP Reisterstown Man Crashes Into WMATA Bus During Virginia Police Chase: VSP
Reisterstown Man Crashes Into Wmata Bus During Virginia Police Chase: VSP A high-speed pursuit in Northern Virginia ended with a Maryland man crashing into a WMATA bus and getting slapped with multiple felony charges, Virginia State Police announced. It happened late Saturday night, April 19, after troopers tried to stop an Infiniti driving recklessly on I-495 northbound at the Mixing Bowl, according to VSP spokesperson Matthew Demlein. Instead of pulling over, the driver — later identified as Cory Michael-Joseph Zufall, 21, of Reisterstown — kept going. Troopers attempted to stop the car on Gallows Road, but the maneuver failed.  Zufall jumped back on the …

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Tiny Gecko Becomes First Lizard Treated For Cancer With Chemo At DC’s National Zoo Tiny Gecko Becomes First Lizard Treated For Cancer With Chemo At DC’s National Zoo
Tiny Gecko Becomes First Lizard Treated For Cancer With Chemo At DC’s National Zoo He may only weigh 3 ounces, but this little lizard just helped make veterinary history. Veterinarians at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, say they successfully treated a leaf-tailed gecko for skin cancer using chemotherapy — a procedure believed to be the first of its kind for any lizard at the zoo. The unnamed 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko had developed lumps on its neck that turned out to be squamous cell carcinoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer, according to the Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center team. 🦎 It started, as many cancers do, with a lump. Ke…

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