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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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Third Passenger Dies Days After Fatal Crash Left Six Hospitalized In Virginia: Police Third Passenger Dies Days After Fatal Crash Left Six Hospitalized In Virginia: Police
Third Passenger Dies Days After Fatal Crash Left Six Hospitalized In Virginia: Police The death toll continues to mount following a deadly two-vehicle crash in Fairfax County over the weekend.  Yan Zhou, 68, of Burke, is the third person who has died from injuries related to the Annandale crash, which sent six people to Virginia hospitals, two of whom have already died, according to officials. At around 9:40 a.m. on Feb. 4, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called to the intersection of Braddock Road and Bradfield Drive in Annandale, where there was a reported crash that resulted in the death of Yun Hu, who was pronounced at the scene, according to…

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Second Person Arrested For Birthday Celebration Turned Deadly In DC: Police Second Person Arrested For Birthday Celebration Turned Deadly In DC: Police
Second Person Arrested For Birthday Celebration Turned Deadly In DC: Police A second Virginia man has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis last October in Southeast DC, authorities announced on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police Department reported on Feb. 7 that 20-year-old Na'eem Butler, of Herndon, has been extradited from State College in Pennsylvania to be taken back to DC, where he was charged with second-degree murder while armed. His arrest comes weeks after Alexandria resident Ashton Inabinet was arrested and charged, according to federal officials. The fatal incident happened in front of Nellie's Sports Bar…

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Reckless Hit-Run Driver Revved Engine Before Striking Good Samaritan In Virginia, Police Say Reckless Hit-Run Driver Revved Engine Before Striking Good Samaritan In Virginia, Police Say
Reckless Hit-Run Driver Revved Engine Before Striking Good Samaritan In Virginia, Police Say A road-raging man ran down a Good Samaritan checking on his well-being during a strange scene that started in Fredericksburg and ended in Stafford County. Nicholas Duran, 23, is behind bars after intentionally striking a pedestrian while driving on Tuesday morning in Fredericksburg, police say Officers were called at around 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 6 to the intersection of William Street and College Avenue to investigate a reported pedestrian strike with one person down near the Trinity Episcopal Church. Google Maps street view According to a spokesperson from the Fredericksburg Police Departm…

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Fugitive Set Seat Belt On Fire Inside Police Cruiser Following Arrest In Arlington: Officials Fugitive Set Seat Belt On Fire Inside Police Cruiser Following Arrest In Arlington: Officials
Fugitive Set Seat Belt On Fire Inside Police Cruiser Following Arrest In Arlington: Officials A firebug in Virginia wanted by federal authorities did not go down quietly when police officers in Arlington attempted to arrest him for shoplifting from several area businesses, according to officials. Derrick Giles, 30, a fugitive from justice, is back behind bars following an explosive incident with officers on Tuesday afternoon on South Hayes Street, police say. Officers from the Arlington County Police Department were called shortly before 11 a.m. on Feb. 6 to the 1200 block of South Hayes Street to investigate a reported larceny in progress.  It is alleged that Giles walked int…

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Navy Service Member From VA Staying In MD Hotel Sentenced For Sexual Contact With Minor: Feds Navy Service Member From VA Staying In MD Hotel Sentenced For Sexual Contact With Minor: Feds
Navy Service Member From VA Staying In MD Hotel Sentenced For Sexual Contact With Minor: Feds A US Navy service member from Virginia will spend years in prison and will register as a sex offender for targeting an underage girl through social media in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Virginia Beach resident Delvon Lashawn Redd, 30, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor, according to a judge on Wednesday, Feb. 7. According to his guilty plea, between April 17 and May 28, 2022, Redd, a serviceman staying at the Naval Lodge Hotel at the US Naval Air Station Patuxent Riv…

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Community Rallying Around Immigrant Family Whose American Dream Was Dashed By DC Explosion Community Rallying Around Immigrant Family Whose American Dream Was Dashed By DC Explosion
Community Rallying Around Immigrant Family Whose American Dream Was Dashed By DC Explosion An immigrant couple who came to the nation's capital looking to live the American Dream is reeling after the gas explosion in Anacostia that leveled their convenience store.  On Jan. 18, there was a gas explosion in the 1200 block of Marion Barry Avenue that led to the destruction of Ishaq Hussen's Danakil Convenience Store and left other nearby businesses with severe damage. Video from the dash-cam of the first engine on scene captures the moment when the second of two explosions takes place at a convenience store on Marion Barry Ave SE minutes after the initial daycare explosion #…

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District Man Admits To Choking Child Until He Blacked Out During Violent Assault In DC: Feds District Man Admits To Choking Child Until He Blacked Out During Violent Assault In DC: Feds
District Man Admits To Choking Child Until He Blacked Out During Violent Assault In DC: Feds A 42-year-old man who choked a child to the point of blacking out in Washington, DC has admitted to the crime, federal officials say. Keenan Smith pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to his role in violently assaulting a child in November last year, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Feb. 7. According to the government's evidence, on Nov. 17, 2023, Smith grabbed the child by his throat, using both of his hands, and slammed him to the floor, causing the child to hit the back of his head.  He also admitted to strangling the child by squeezing his throa…

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Man Posing As Rideshare Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman At Virginia Park, Police Say Man Posing As Rideshare Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman At Virginia Park, Police Say
Man Posing As Rideshare Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman At Virginia Park, Police Say A predator possibly posing as a rideshare driver gave a woman a trip from Hell when he allegedly sexually assaulted her on New Year's Day, according to a spokesperson from the Fairfax County Police Department. Mohannad Yousef Abura, 39, is facing serious criminal charges following an investigation into a reported assault of a woman he was driving from Washington, DC to Virginia. According to police, the woman was leaving a location in Dupont Circle after midnight on the holiday, when a man offered her a ride home and was possibly posing as a legitimate rideshare service.  Instead, it …

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Murder Suspect Who Stabbed Woman During Domestic Dispute Back In DC To Face Justice: Police Murder Suspect Who Stabbed Woman During Domestic Dispute Back In DC To Face Justice: Police
Murder Suspect Who Stabbed Woman During Domestic Dispute Back In DC To Face Justice: Police The man arrested states away in connection to the murder of a beloved woman late last year has returned in the nation's capital to face justice, authorities announced. Alberto Valle-Carranza is back on the East Coast following his arrest in Indiana one day after the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Reyna Garcia-Lopez in Northwest DC last December. Shortly after 2:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 1200 block of 11th Street NW to investigate a reported domestic disturbance.  Upon arrival, they found Garcia Lopez s…

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Gas Line Strike Leads To Road Closures In Fairfax County (DEVELOPING) Gas Line Strike Leads To Road Closures In Fairfax County (DEVELOPING)
Gas Line Strike Leads To Road Closures In Fairfax County (Developing) Traffic will be temporarily tied up in parts of Fairfax County as crews work to repair a gas leak in Chantilly.  Shortly after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, an alert was issued by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department when crews responded to the 14800 block of Willard Road, where there were reports of a two-inch gas line that was struck. HazMat units were called, and Washington Gas responded, where they found that it was, in fact, an eight-inch gas line that was struck. The incident led to Willard Road being closed between Lee Road and Stonecroft Boulevard, and officials say t…

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