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Zak Failla

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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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Repeat DWI Driver Hit 100 MPH Before Arrest In Virginia, Police Say Repeat DWI Driver Hit 100 MPH Before Arrest In Virginia, Police Say
Repeat DWI Driver Hit 100 MPH Before Arrest In Virginia, Police Say A driver with the need for speed is facing his second DWI after being busted going 100 mph on Tuesday night in Loudoun County, according to police. Daniel Basurto Vargas, 35, is facing a host of charges after being stopped by members of the Leesburg Police Department on patrol late on July 30 near a busy intersection. According to a spokesperson from the department, shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, the officer spotted Vargas heading westbound on East Market Street near Battlefield Parkway traveling 100 mph in a 55 mph zone, prompting a traffic stop. During the subsequent stop, it w…

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Porsche-Driving Woman, 77, Killed Crashing Into Underpass Wall In Fairfax County, Police Say Porsche-Driving Woman, 77, Killed Crashing Into Underpass Wall In Fairfax County, Police Say
Porsche-Driving Woman, 77, Killed Crashing Into Underpass Wall In Fairfax County, Police Say A 77-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash after a Porsche 911 went head-on into an underpass wall in Fairfax County, police say. Reston resident Marjorie Fox has been identified by investigators as the person killed in a crash early on Monday morning near the intersection of Baron Cameron Avenue and Fairfax County Parkway. Police say that the driver of a 2015 Porsche 911 was taking the exit from northbound Fairfax County Parkway onto Baron Cameron Avenue when the vehicle travelled across multiple traffic lanes and struck the underpass wall. Google Maps street vie…

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Police & Fire
Cats, Dogs, Ducks Rescued From Burning Maryland Home: Fire Marshal Cats, Dogs, Ducks Rescued From Burning Maryland Home: Fire Marshal
Cats, Dogs, Ducks Rescued From Burning Maryland Home: Fire Marshal Firefighters came to the aid of several family pets that found themselves in a perilous position when a Carroll County home went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon. At around 4:30 p.m. on July 30, first responders from the Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department were called to a residence on Railroad Avenue, when a passerby reported seeing flames coming from the structure.  According to the Maryland Fire Marshal, firefighters rescued two dogs, two cats, and two ducks from the home, one of which had to be taken to a local vet facility by Carroll County Animal Control. At 4:28 p.…

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Husband Accused Of Stabbing Wife To Death In Fairfax County Home Husband Accused Of Stabbing Wife To Death In Fairfax County Home
Husband Accused Of Stabbing Wife To Death In Fairfax County Home A 77-year-old man has been charged with murder after his wife was found stabbed to death in their Fairfax County home, police say. Late on Monday afternoon, officers were called to the 3900 block of Highland Oaks Drive in Fair Oaks to investigate a reported stabbing, where they found Karen Dorbayan, 77, suffering from traumatic injuries to her upper body. She was rushed to an area hospital, where she later died, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. It was later determined that her husband, Behruze Dorbayan allegedly stabbed his wife, and he was arrested without incident. Dor…

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Schools
District Man, Maryland Teen Accused Of Armed Robbery, Carjacking Outside High School: Sheriff District Man, Maryland Teen Accused Of Armed Robbery, Carjacking Outside High School: Sheriff
District Man, Maryland Teen Accused Of Armed Robbery, Carjacking Outside High School: Sheriff Two teens have been arrested months after a pair students were assaulted during an armed robbery and carjacking outside a Charles County High School, the sheriff's office announced.  District resident Martino Marcus Young, 19, and a 17-year-old from Waldorf - who will be charged as an adult - were identified and apprehended following an incident in March in the parking lot of St. Charles High School. On March 6, two students were assaulted in the parking lot, when one of the two stole their car and fled, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Young and the teen were identif…

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Repeat Offender Who Escaped Custody Re-Arrested In Charles County, Sheriff Says Repeat Offender Who Escaped Custody Re-Arrested In Charles County, Sheriff Says
Repeat Offender Who Escaped Custody Re-Arrested In Charles County, Sheriff Says A 24-year-old suspect who is familiar to members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office after ditching his monitoring device from a previous arrest is facing fresh charges, authorities announced on Tuesday. Waldorf resident Kavon Brown, who violated the condition of his release earlier this summer for a previous robbery offense, is back in custody, and being held without bond this time, following an incident that played out last week. The incident began shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24 when officers spotted a Toyota Prius parked near Hamilton Place in Waldorf that had been rep…

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Maryland Man Hoping For Sex With Teen Instead Arrested By Undercover Officers: Police Maryland Man Hoping For Sex With Teen Instead Arrested By Undercover Officers: Police
Maryland Man Hoping For Sex With Teen Instead Arrested By Undercover Officers: Police An undercover investigation landed a 30-year-old Perryville man behind bars for soliciting a purported teen girl through social media, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced. Joshua John Brown was arrested days after interacting with detectives posing as a 13-year-old girl on a social media platform, while openly acknowledging the age difference and illegality of the conversations. According to the sheriff's office, Brown identified himself as a 30-year-old named "John," and despite expressing concerns about possible consequences, he "continued to make sexually suggestive remarks," a…

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Men Busted With Thousands Of Pills After Cross Country Train Ride Sentenced In Maryland Men Busted With Thousands Of Pills After Cross Country Train Ride Sentenced In Maryland
Men Busted With Thousands Of Pills After Cross Country Train Ride Sentenced In Maryland Two men who transported thousands of fentanyl pills across the country into Maryland will spend years in prison for bringing the poison into Montgomery County. Prince George's County residents Malik Marin, of Bowie, and Tuflah Davies, of Laurel, both 27, will spend years behind bars after admitting to possession of a large amount of fentanyl, the state's attorney's office announced. Both received the same sentence: 15 years in prison with all but five years to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation following their release. In December last year, the pair traveled from Los An…

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Lifestyle
Maryland Man Nearly Misplaced Lottery Ticket Worth More Than $1M Maryland Man Nearly Misplaced Lottery Ticket Worth More Than $1M
Maryland Man Nearly Misplaced Lottery Ticket Worth More Than $1M A newly minted millionaire in Maryland gave himself and his wife a scare after temporarily misplacing a winning Lottery ticket worth seven figures. A Baltimore County man who called an audible to appease his wife is feeling lucky after finally claiming a $1,045,588 FAST PLAY Extreme Green progressive jackpot prize after swapping out a $30 ticket in exchange a $20 ticket that was sold at Squires Restaurant on Holabird Avenue in Dundalk. “At first when I got it, I went crazy,” the winner, going by the monicker “Extreme Green Dream," told Lottery officials, unable to hide his excitement from h…

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Traffic
Traffic Backed Up For Miles On I-66 Due To Crash With Injury In Fairfax County Traffic Backed Up For Miles On I-66 Due To Crash With Injury In Fairfax County
Traffic Backed Up For Miles On I-66 Due To Crash With Injury In Fairfax County Traffic slowed to a crawl on I-66 in Fairfax County on Tuesday afternoon as police investigated a reported crash with injuries, officials say. Shortly after 3 p.m. on July 30, several eastbound lanes on the interstate were closed near VA-123 (exit 60/Chain Bridge Road) as first responders worked to clear the scene and evaluate the crash.  As of 3 p.m., according to the Virginia DOT, several lanes were closed with traffic only getting by the right lane, with delays of nearly two miles in the area. Multi-Vehicle Crash w/ Injury. I-66 EB past VA-123 (Exit 60/Chain Bridge Road). Fairfa…

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