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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Lexington Park, MD
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'Gotta Catch ’Em All’ Backfires For Pokémon Card Thief Caught On Camera At Maryland Target 'Gotta Catch ’Em All’ Backfires For Pokémon Card Thief Caught On Camera At Maryland Target 'Gotta Catch ’Em All’ Backfires For Pokémon Card Thief Caught On Camera At Maryland Target
'Gotta Catch ’Em All’ Backfires For Pokémon Card Thief Caught On Camera At Maryland Target “Gotta catch ’em all” isn’t a legal defense — and deputies say a Pokémon-obsessed thief learned that the hard way at a Maryland Target. A man dubbed the “Pokémon Thief” is accused of repeatedly trying to evolve his collection the illegal way at the Target in Stevensville, according to the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff. Investigators say the suspect first struck on Dec. 22, when he entered the Stevensville Target, using the self-checkout before allegedly walking out without paying for nearly $1,000 worth of Pokémon cards, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies say the same man retur…

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Stafford, VA
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Virginia Teen Locked Up After Stolen Gun Turns Argument Into Bloodshed, Stafford Sheriff Says Virginia Teen Locked Up After Stolen Gun Turns Argument Into Bloodshed, Stafford Sheriff Says Virginia Teen Locked Up After Stolen Gun Turns Argument Into Bloodshed, Stafford Sheriff Says
Virginia Teen Locked Up After Stolen Gun Turns Argument Into Bloodshed, Stafford Sheriff Says A teen who shot two men with a stolen gun is behind bars in Virginia after an argument rapidly escalated, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, where there was a reported shooting in the 1300 block of Providence Street involving two men who were down. Upon arrival, a 25-year-old man and 38-year-old man were found suffering from gunshot wounds to the leg, officials said. They were treated by deputies until Stafford Fire & Rescue paramedics responded to rush them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injur…

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Hyattsville, MD
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Illegal Car Rallies Shut Down, Gun Arrests Made In Late-Night Police Sweeps In Hyattsville: MSP Illegal Car Rallies Shut Down, Gun Arrests Made In Late-Night Police Sweeps In Hyattsville: MSP Illegal Car Rallies Shut Down, Gun Arrests Made In Late-Night Police Sweeps In Hyattsville: MSP
Illegal Car Rallies Shut Down, Gun Arrests Made In Late-Night Police Sweeps In Hyattsville: MSP A regional crackdown shut down multiple illegal car rallies across Maryland, with state police making four arrests — including armed suspects from Virginia — during a late-night enforcement operation, officials said. Multiple large-scale street takeovers were dismantled by the Maryland Car Rally Task Force and police agencies in Howard, Prince George’s, and Montgomery counties over the weekend, according to Maryland State Police. Police carried out high-visibility patrols on public roads, industrial areas, and parking lots, authorities said, preventing crowds of up to 300 people from engagi…

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Sterling, VA
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Gas Leak Shuts Down Roads, Evacuates Businesses In Sterling-Ashburn Area (DEVELOPING) Gas Leak Shuts Down Roads, Evacuates Businesses In Sterling-Ashburn Area (DEVELOPING) Gas Leak Shuts Down Roads, Evacuates Businesses In Sterling-Ashburn Area (DEVELOPING)
Gas Leak Shuts Down Roads, Evacuates Businesses In Sterling-Ashburn Area (Developing) A gas leak forced evacuations and widespread road closures in the Sterling-Ashburn area on Monday morning, prompting an extended emergency response and major traffic disruptions, officials said. Fire and rescue crews were called to an outside gas leak near Waxpool Road and Pacific Boulevard in Sterling on Monday, Jan. 5, around 11 a.m., according to Loudoun County officials.  The gas company responded to the scene to assess the scope of the leak, and a precautionary evacuation of several nearby businesses was ordered. Authorities shut down multiple roadways in the immediate area, incl…

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Gaithersburg, MD
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Teen Found Dead In Parking Lot As Murder Investigation Launched In Gaithersburg: Police Teen Found Dead In Parking Lot As Murder Investigation Launched In Gaithersburg: Police Teen Found Dead In Parking Lot As Murder Investigation Launched In Gaithersburg: Police
Teen Found Dead In Parking Lot As Murder Investigation Launched In Gaithersburg: Police A death investigation is underway in Maryland after an 18-year-old was found suffering from fatal gunshot wounds in a parking lot over the weekend, police say. The body of a man was discovered in a parking lot in the 23600 block of Rolling Fork Way in Gaithersburg on Friday, Jan. 2, at approximately 7:21 p.m., according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services were dispatched to the scene for a report of a person down and located the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and Fire Re…

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Alexandria, VA
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Virginia Trooper Hurt After Police Chase Ends In Rollover Crash On I-495 In Alexandria: VSP Virginia Trooper Hurt After Police Chase Ends In Rollover Crash On I-495 In Alexandria: VSP Virginia Trooper Hurt After Police Chase Ends In Rollover Crash On I-495 In Alexandria: VSP
Virginia Trooper Hurt After Police Chase Ends In Rollover Crash On I-495 In Alexandria: VSP A Virginia State Police trooper was hospitalized with minor injuries after a pursuit ended in a rollover crash along the Capital Beltway in Alexandria on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The crash happened shortly after 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4, on I-495 near Eisenhower Avenue, when a trooper attempted to stop a vehicle for reckless driving, according to Virginia State Police. Police said the driver of a Honda Accord refused to stop, prompting a pursuit along the Beltway. During the chase, the suspect vehicle moved from the second lane toward the Van Dorn Street exit, police said…

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Sterling, VA
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WATCH: BWI Airport Staff’s Viral Mariah Carey Performance Has Millions Watching WATCH: BWI Airport Staff’s Viral Mariah Carey Performance Has Millions Watching WATCH: BWI Airport Staff’s Viral Mariah Carey Performance Has Millions Watching
Watch: BWI Airport Staff’s Viral Mariah Carey Performance Has Millions Watching Move over, Mariah Carey. There are some new showstoppers in the DMV. Christmas has come and gone, but the holiday spirit remains strong in the region, as a video of BWI Airport employees taking on the singer's classic Christmas carol "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has gone viral.  The performance from the BWI worker has been liked more than 1.6 million times on TikTok, with nearly 25,000 comments and hundreds of thousands of people favoriting the post, which garnered a wildly positive response from social media hounds. @jazsmin30 The best welcome home greeting #baltimore #chr…

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Alexandria, VA
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Drake, Influencer Adin Ross Used Online Casino For ‘Phony’ Streams, Virginia Lawsuit Alleges Drake, Influencer Adin Ross Used Online Casino For ‘Phony’ Streams, Virginia Lawsuit Alleges Drake, Influencer Adin Ross Used Online Casino For ‘Phony’ Streams, Virginia Lawsuit Alleges
Drake, Influencer Adin Ross Used Online Casino For ‘Phony’ Streams, Virginia Lawsuit Alleges Some high-profile stars are now at the center of a sweeping Virginia-based federal lawsuit that claims an online “social casino” is actually illegal gambling — and that it was promoted to consumers through deceptive means. A class-action RICO lawsuit filed in Alexandria names rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham, streamer Adin Ross, and promoter George Nguyen as defendants alongside Sweepstakes Ltd., which operates Stake.us, according to court records. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by plaintiffs LaShawnna Ridley and Tiffany Hines, who are identi…

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Arlington, VA
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‘No Crime In DC,’ Trump Touts — As Police Investigate Multiple Recent Homicides ‘No Crime In DC,’ Trump Touts — As Police Investigate Multiple Recent Homicides ‘No Crime In DC,’ Trump Touts — As Police Investigate Multiple Recent Homicides
‘No Crime In DC,’ Trump Touts — As Police Investigate Multiple Recent Homicides President Donald Trump again boasted about there being "no crime in DC," despite police investigating multiple homicides — in the past week alone. During his press conference on Saturday, Jan. 3, announcing the arrest of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Trump took a moment to pat himself on the back after deploying the National Guard in the nation's capital last year. “There is no crime in Washington, DC,” Trump said, while speaking on Saturday. “We haven't had a killing in a long period of time… six, seven months… we used to average one or two a week… restaurants are opening… everyone is …

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Arlington, VA
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WATCH: Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped Beneath I-66 Bridge Over Potomac River WATCH: Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped Beneath I-66 Bridge Over Potomac River WATCH: Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped Beneath I-66 Bridge Over Potomac River
Watch: Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped Beneath I-66 Bridge Over Potomac River A dangerous rescue unfolded beneath one of the region’s busiest bridges Saturday morning when firefighters worked to save a man trapped below the I-66 span over the Potomac River. DC Fire and EMS crews were dispatched just before 7 a.m. on Jan. 3, after a man was found stuck inside construction scaffolding beneath the I-66 bridge, also known as the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, officials said. Because of the man’s location below-grade and underneath the bridge, firefighters launched a rope rescue operation, officials said, deploying special operations crews alongside land units and fireboats. …

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