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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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Police & Fire

Robber With Rifle Grabs Woman In Tysons — Pokémon Cards Vanish From BF’s Home Minutes Later: PD First, he grabbed a woman at gunpoint in a garage. Minutes later, rare Pokémon cards vanished from her boyfriend’s home. Now police say it might all be connected. A California man is facing charges after a wild back-to-back crime spree in Fairfax County — one that started with a rifle-point robbery in Tysons and ended with the theft of high-value Pokémon cards, police said. Mohammad Asif, 36, is accused of burglarizing a Fair Oaks home just minutes after a woman was robbed in a parking garage in Tysons, according to Fairfax County Police. It all started around 9:07 a.m. on July 23, …

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

Florida Man Hits Montgomery County With Tech Scam Targeting Elderly Woman, Police Say A Florida man drove all the way to Maryland — just to scam an elderly woman out of $20,000, police say. A 31-year-old Florida man is facing charges after allegedly scamming an elderly Montgomery County woman out of $20,000 in a bogus tech support refund scheme, police said. Charles Horlesen, of Kissimmee, FL, was arrested Wednesday, July 23, in Queen Anne’s County, according to Montgomery County Police. The investigation began on Monday, July 21, when Horlesen allegedly met with the woman, who believed she had a problem with her Norton antivirus software. Police said she was told she had …

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Teen Mows Down 67-Year-Old Beltsville Man After Gunfire In Wild Feud, Police Say A 67-year-old man fired a gun at a teen in Maryland. The teen hit him with his car. Now one of them is dead. The bizarre and deadly feud between a 67-year-old Beltsville man and a 16-year-old boy from Bowie ended with the older man dead in the street outside his home, Prince George’s County Police said. Officers were called around 10:40 p.m. Thursday, July 24, to the 11400 block of Rhode Island Avenue for a reported shooting. Robinson was found lying in the roadway with severe injuries, though they were not immediately diagnosed. At first, police thought Robinson had been shot, but detecti…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

Anne Arundel Pastor, Private School Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Children: Police A Maryland pastor and former private school teacher is facing disturbing allegations after being arrested for allegedly sexually abusing five children while working at a Christian academy, authorities say. William Auburn Jones, the pastor of Jessup Baptist Church and a former teacher at Elvaton Christian Academy in Millersville, was arrested on Friday, July 25, by Anne Arundel County Police, the department announced. On May 1, officers were called to the school for a report of inappropriate sexual behavior involving a student. While on the scene, another parent came forward with similar all…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Schools

Leesburg Teacher In Coma After Being Hit By Car On First Day Of Dream Vacation To Argentina It was the first night of a dream vacation she had planned for a year — but instead of exploring Argentina, Lia Marie Johnson is fighting for her life. Johnson, a preschool teacher at Little Tree Huggers in Leesburg, was struck by a vehicle last month while returning to her Airbnb, according to her family. The trip marked the start of a long-anticipated getaway to visit family, but it quickly turned into a nightmare. According to the organizers of a GoFundMe campaign set up for the family, Johnson suffered a traumatic brain injury, multiple fractures, and a perforated lung. Sh…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

Speeding Teen Thought He Got Away On I-95—Stafford Deputy Had Other Plans, Sheriff Says A 16-year-old Virginia teen who thought he got away after a high-speed chase on I-95 didn’t make it far — because the deputy he tried to ditch was already waiting at home, the sheriff’s office said. The teen, a repeat offender, is facing a long list of charges after allegedly taking a relative’s Toyota without permission and trying to outrun law enforcement during a reckless pursuit, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, July 25. A deputy was patrolling I-95 northbound near mile marker 142 around 6:55 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, when a Toyota blew past him going 86 mp…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

$1.5M Fire Erupts At Hagerstown Truck Shop After Gas Vapors Ignite: Officials A fast-moving two-alarm fire that caused $1.5 million in damage ripped through a Hagerstown towing and repair business after a mechanic siphoning gasoline accidentally sparked an explosion, state fire investigators said. The blaze broke out around 4:23 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, at Main Truck Towing & Repair Inc. on Label Lane, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Investigators said the fire started in a rear vehicle bay when flammable vapors ignited as the mechanic siphoned fuel from a diesel motor. The mechanic suffered serious burns to his lower body and was airlifted…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Man Sexually Abused 10-Year-Old Child In His Home, Jury Finds A Maryland jury has convicted a man of sexually abusing a child under 10 years old inside his home, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Logan Littleton, 29, of Seaford, Delaware, was found guilty of three counts of sexual abuse of a minor after a three-day trial in Wicomico County Circuit Court, officials said. The abuse happened between 2014 and 2015 and involved a minor who lived in the same household as Littleton, according to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office. Littleton will remain in custody while the court awaits a pre-sentence investigation and mental health assessment, aut…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Traffic

One Killed After Car Bursts Into Flames Off I-95/495 In PG County: Fire Officials One person was killed overnight when their car veered off I-95 and burst into flames in Maryland, officials said. Fire crews were called around 3:20 a.m. Friday, July 25, to a stretch of the southbound lanes of the interstate near the Capital Beltway (Exit 27), where they found a single vehicle in a ditch fully engulfed in flames, according to the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department. Firefighters were quickly able to knock down the flames, though first responders declared one occupant of the vehicle dead at the scene, officials said later on Friday morning. Maryland State Police is …

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

Police & Fire

July 4 Shooting Left 1 Dead, 7 Hurt — Now Maryland Man Faces Life In Prison A Maryland man could spend the rest of his life in prison after police say he opened fire on a Fourth of July crowd, killing one person and injuring several others. Antravon Harmon was found guilty of multiple charges connected to the chaotic shooting that broke out just after midnight on July 5, 2023, during a neighborhood party on Chippewa Boulevard in Salisbury. Prosecutors said Harmon and another man showed up armed with handguns and confronted a group that included Xavier Maddox. They opened fire into the crowd, sparking a shootout that left Maddox dead and seven others wounded.…

by Zak Failla

07/25/2025

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