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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Rockville, MD

Breaking News

$4.2M In Fake Oil Deals, Crypto Scam Lands Former Rockville Lawyer Behind Bars In Fraud Case A former lawyer in Maryland who went by many names while orchestrating a $4.2 million fraud scheme and betraying her “position of trust” is heading to prison. Sari Kurland, also known as Sari Bloch, 65, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to 80 years in prison, with all but 13 years suspended for her role in a years-long scheme during which she stole from nearly two dozen victims. According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, between May 2022 and September 2024, Kurland carried out three fraudulent schemes involving theft and the misappropriation of funds. The s…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

National Interest

'Swatting' Call Sends Fairfax Police To SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Virginia Home Officers rushed to the Virginia home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night after she was the target of a "swatting" call that was swiftly debunked. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were dispatched to the justice's home after a caller reported hearing "two or three gunshots" and an argument at her address, according to multiple reports. Dispatch audio from the response was first released by DC-based freelance photographer Andrew Leyden and later shared by Bloomberg Law. Police responded to a call for the…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Arlington, VA

Breaking News

He Posed As NJ Teen To Methodically Hunt Kids Online: Feds Just Exposed Him For years, children across the country believed they were talking to a like-minded teenager from New Jersey. In reality, they were actually chatting with Toronto native Ramanan Pathmanathan, who instructed them to do obscene things for his own sick pleasure as part of a years-long sextortion scheme, federal officials said. Now, the 40-year-old man has been sentenced in US District Court to 33 years in federal prison, which is on top of a 12-year term he is already serving in Canada for similar offenses. Authorities say Pathmanathan hid behind fake social media accounts and posed as a…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Lexington Park, MD

Breaking News

Maryland Man Who Sexually Abused Child Under 10 Gets 105 Years: ‘Heavy Price To Pay’ A Maryland man who repeatedly sexually abused a child under the age of 10 will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, authorities announced. Salisbury native Jacob Price, 38, has been sentenced to more than a century behind bars after admitting to preying on a minor for months last year, according to the Wicomico County State's Attorney's Office. Prosecutors say that between August 2025 and October 2025, Price repeatedly sexually abused a minor under his care before he was arrested and held in custody. “Children who are sexually abused suffer severe, and often lifelong consequen…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Arlington, VA

Obituaries

Funeral Set For Arlington Officer Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer After Pentagon Response A longtime police officer in Virginia who spent days working the Pentagon crash site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be laid to rest next week following his death from 9/11-related cancer. Arlington Police Cpl. Barry Foust, a veteran officer whose decades-long career stretched across some of the region’s darkest and most demanding moments, died Friday, May 22, after battling cancer linked to his response to American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon in 2001. Now, Arlington County officials have announced funeral arrangements for Foust, whose death has been classified a…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Towson, MD

Breaking News

Massive 3-Alarm Fire Tears Through Multiple Baltimore Rowhomes As Smoke Fills Sky (Developing) Heavy smoke poured across a Maryland neighborhood Thursday afternoon as firefighters battled a fast-moving three-alarm fire tearing through multiple rowhomes. The blaze broke out shortly before 12:30 p.m. on May 28 in the 2200 block of Guilford Avenue in Baltimore, where crews arrived to find flames already pushing through the upper floors of a middle-of-group rowhome, according to Baltimore Fire officials. Then it spread. Firefighters said the flames extended into neighboring homes and eventually tore through the roofline, forcing commanders to strike a third alarm as ladder crews flooded…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Manassas, VA

Breaking News

Grown Man Posing As Teen Targeted Young Girl On Social Media In Manassas: Police A 30-year-old man who posed as a teen on social media to prey on a young girl has been arrested following a months-long investigation in Virginia, authorities announced. Cristian Romario Saenz-Argueta was taken into custody this week following an investigation into a sexual assault reported in a parking lot along Croce Court in Manassas in November 2025, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say a girl under the age of 15 met and began communicating with a stranger, later identified as Saenz-Argueta, who posed as an 18-year-old. Police allege that Saenz-Ar…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Rockville, MD

Breaking News

Bank Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In Hours After Prince George’s Police Release Video It took police in Maryland less than 24 hours to apprehend a wanted bank robber. On Wednesday, May 27, the Prince George's County Police Department released photos and videos of a man wanted in connection with a bank robbery earlier this month. Upper Marlboro resident Kevin Hitch, 52, turned himself in hours later, authorities announced on Thursday. At around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, May 18, police say Hitch walked into a bank in the 3400 block of Donnell Drive in Forestville, where he passed a note to an employee demanding cash. In the video shared by police, he can be seen casually walking …

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Pasadena-Lake Shore, MD

Weather

Rotting Tree Splits Pasadena Home In Half In Dramatic Morning Collapse (Photos) It was a quiet morning in Anne Arundel County. Then, a massive tree came toppling through a mobile home in Pasadena, splitting it in two like a scene out of a disaster movie. At around 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 28, first responders were called to the 1400 block of Woodland Beach Road, where there were reports of a tree that had fallen through a house. Officials say that heavy rains may be to blame. "During the spring growth season and after heavy rains, homeowners should assess trees and tree limbs for safety," they advised. The Anne Arundel County Fire Department said crews were able to c…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

Arlington, VA

Breaking News

Arlington Cathedral Rector Removed Amid Child Sex Misconduct Allegations From 1990s A longtime Catholic priest serving as rector of one of Northern Virginia’s most prominent churches has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of sexual misconduct with minors dating back more than 30 years. The Very Rev. Patrick L. Posey, a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington and rector of the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, was removed from ministry pending an investigation into allegations tied to incidents that allegedly occurred between 1992 and 1993 outside the Diocese of Arlington, according to diocesan officials. Church leaders said Posey denie…

by Zak Failla

05/28/2026

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