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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Essex, MD
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Maryland Sex Offender May Have More Victims, Police Warn After Johns Hopkins Campus Assault Maryland Sex Offender May Have More Victims, Police Warn After Johns Hopkins Campus Assault Maryland Sex Offender May Have More Victims, Police Warn After Johns Hopkins Campus Assault
Maryland Sex Offender May Have More Victims, Police Warn After Johns Hopkins Campus Assault A convicted felon and registered sex offender arrested after an attempted rape on the Johns Hopkins University campus, may have targeted others, Baltimore Police are cautioning. Raymond Willis Lunn, 31, a registered sex offender in Maryland with a lengthy criminal history, is facing fresh charges following a days-long manhunt for a suspect accused of attempted rape on campus over the weekend, according to Baltimore Police Col. John Herzog. The incident was reported around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, in the 3100 block of Wyman Park Drive, when Lunn allegedly stopped a 19-year-old woman t…

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Frederick, MD
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Frederick Bomb Maker Who Built Explosives In Basement Learns Prison Fate: Prosecutors Frederick Bomb Maker Who Built Explosives In Basement Learns Prison Fate: Prosecutors Frederick Bomb Maker Who Built Explosives In Basement Learns Prison Fate: Prosecutors
Frederick Bomb Maker Who Built Explosives In Basement Learns Prison Fate: Prosecutors A 20-year-old Maryland man will spend time behind bars after he was caught making explosive devices in his basement apartment, authorities announced. John Timothy Lightfield has been sentenced to three years in the Division of Corrections after pleading guilty over the summer in Frederick County. In April, the Office of the State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad, state and local police executed a search warrant on a basement apartment occupied by Lightfield in Frederick. According to the state's attorney's office, the warrant stemmed from an investigation in which law enforcement received…

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Fredericksburg, VA
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‘No Time To Stop’: Virginia Mom, Four Kids Badly Hurt In Route 30 Crash As Town Rallies ‘No Time To Stop’: Virginia Mom, Four Kids Badly Hurt In Route 30 Crash As Town Rallies ‘No Time To Stop’: Virginia Mom, Four Kids Badly Hurt In Route 30 Crash As Town Rallies
‘No Time To Stop’: Virginia Mom, Four Kids Badly Hurt In Route 30 Crash As Town Rallies A Virginia family is facing a long road to recovery — and their community is stepping up to help them get there. Adrienne Left and her four children — Khloe, Kohen, Abra, and Atlas — were involved in a car crash on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 21, according to loved ones. A vehicle backed out onto Route 30, leaving Left with no time to stop or avoid the crash, which involved multiple vehicles. All of the children were in the car at the time and rushed to VCU, according to friends of the family. Their mother was airlifted to the hospital with critical injuries.  "All of them received …

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National Interest
'I’m Alive… But I’m Not Okay’: Baltimore County Business Owner Loses His Livelihood 'I’m Alive… But I’m Not Okay’: Baltimore County Business Owner Loses His Livelihood 'I’m Alive… But I’m Not Okay’: Baltimore County Business Owner Loses His Livelihood
'I’m Alive… But I’m Not Okay’: Baltimore County Business Owner Loses His Livelihood A small business owner is out of work and scrambling to stay afloat after his septic truck was critically damaged in a bridge collapse in Baltimore County. Friends and family are rallying around John Cossentino, a local Baltimore and Carroll County septic business owner who is now "in a state of emergency" after his only source of income was taken out in the collapse. Fire crews responded around 5:20 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, to the area of Carroll Road and Philpot Road in Phoenix, where a large septic truck was found sitting on a destroyed bridge, the Baltimore County Fire Department said. …

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Silver Spring, MD
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‘Armed And Dangerous’ Silver Spring Man Nabbed In Stolen BMW After Chase, Police Say ‘Armed And Dangerous’ Silver Spring Man Nabbed In Stolen BMW After Chase, Police Say ‘Armed And Dangerous’ Silver Spring Man Nabbed In Stolen BMW After Chase, Police Say
‘Armed And Dangerous’ Silver Spring Man Nabbed In Stolen BMW After Chase, Police Say A man wanted for attempted murder in Maryland who was described as "armed and dangerous" was arrested in a stolen BMW in Washington, DC, police say. Earlier this week, the Montgomery County Department of Police issued an alert as they sought to track down 33-year-old Deondray Darnell Osborne, leading to a massive search. On Thursday, Oct. 23, the agency announced that Osborne is now behind bars after leading police on a pursuit through the District. According to police, shortly before 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, an officer with a license plate reader detected the BMW near East West Highway and G…

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Woodbridge, VA
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Police Shooting Of Crossbow Suspect Near Potomac Mills In Virginia Justified Police Shooting Of Crossbow Suspect Near Potomac Mills In Virginia Justified Police Shooting Of Crossbow Suspect Near Potomac Mills In Virginia Justified
Police Shooting Of Crossbow Suspect Near Potomac Mills In Virginia Justified The Virginia officer who fatally shot a man armed with a crossbow near Potomac Mills earlier this year will not face criminal charges, officials announced following an independent review. The independent investigation into the July 17 shooting death of 52-year-old Harrison Charles Deppe of Woodbridge has been completed, according to a special report released Thursday, Oct. 22 by the Prince William County Police Department. Deppe was shot and killed by police in the area of Garza Way and Potomac Mills Circle after running toward the mall with a crossbow following an hours-long standoff, poli…

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Gaithersburg, MD
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‘Boom’ In The Car: Montgomery County Man Convicted In Gruesome Woods Murder ‘Boom’ In The Car: Montgomery County Man Convicted In Gruesome Woods Murder ‘Boom’ In The Car: Montgomery County Man Convicted In Gruesome Woods Murder
‘Boom’ In The Car: Montgomery County Man Convicted In Gruesome Woods Murder A Maryland jury has convicted a 27-year-old man of murdering and robbing a Gaithersburg victim who was found shot in the head and dumped in a wooded area off Game Preserve Road. DeAngelo McRoy, 27, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of his role in the murder of 35-year-old Delondre Sawyer, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 23.  According to investigators, Montgomery County Police responded to the 11200 block of Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg around 7 a.m. on Feb. 8, 2024, where Sawyer’s body was discovere…

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Woodbridge, VA
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Woman Sexually Assaulted, Robbed After Meeting Stranger At Woodbridge Commuter Lot: Police Woman Sexually Assaulted, Robbed After Meeting Stranger At Woodbridge Commuter Lot: Police Woman Sexually Assaulted, Robbed After Meeting Stranger At Woodbridge Commuter Lot: Police
Woman Sexually Assaulted, Robbed After Meeting Stranger At Woodbridge Commuter Lot: Police A terrifying early-morning meeting turned into a nightmare for a 21-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted and robbed at gunpoint after arranging to meet a man in Virginia, police said. Prince William County police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman in a Woodbridge commuter lot before abandoning her in another county. Officers were called just before 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, to investigate the incident, which police said happened shortly before 5 a.m. in the parking lot at 13255 Telegraph Road. According to investigators, the victim arranged to meet an u…

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Beltsville, MD
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Fake Cop Busted In Beltsville With Guns, Badges, Flashing Lights And Sirens, Police Say Fake Cop Busted In Beltsville With Guns, Badges, Flashing Lights And Sirens, Police Say Fake Cop Busted In Beltsville With Guns, Badges, Flashing Lights And Sirens, Police Say
Fake Cop Busted In Beltsville With Guns, Badges, Flashing Lights And Sirens, Police Say Jonathan Michael Davis had the lights, the guns, and the badges — but not the badge that counts. The 33-year-old Beltsville man decked out his SUV with flashing lights, sirens, and weapons, but landed himself behind bars after posing as a cop in Prince George's County, police announced. According to police, Davis was stopped around 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, in the area of Laurel Bowie Road and Montpelier Drive in Beltsville while posing as an officer in a black Chevy Tahoe outfitted with red and blue emergency lights and sirens. Prince George's County Police Inside his vehicle, off…

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Bel Air, MD
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Hot Wheels: Churchville Mustang Fire Torches Garage, Melts Neighbor’s House Siding Hot Wheels: Churchville Mustang Fire Torches Garage, Melts Neighbor’s House Siding Hot Wheels: Churchville Mustang Fire Torches Garage, Melts Neighbor’s House Siding
Hot Wheels: Churchville Mustang Fire Torches Garage, Melts Neighbor’s House Siding A roaring fire that started in a Harford County garage quickly turned into a fiery mess that melted siding off nearby homes, officials said. Fire crews raced to the 2900 block of Grafton Lane in Churchville around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, after the owner spotted smoke pouring from his detached garage, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. 10/22 4:01 PM 2900 block of Grafton Lane Churchville Garage Fire Posted by Harford County Md Fire & EMS PIO Media Page on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Investigators say the blaze began inside a 1990 Ford Mustang parked in the gara…

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