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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

Virginia Man’s '16-Point Turn' Ends With Third DUI Arrest, Stafford Sheriff Says Frank Taylor Jr. didn’t just miss his turn—he made 16 of them. The Virginia man is back behind bars after deputies say his bizarre driving drew attention in a Stafford County neighborhood, leading to his third DUI arrest in 10 years. Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said the 64-year-old was spotted just before 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, in the Grafton Village subdivision, recklessly speeding and blaring music. Witnesses told dispatchers Taylor nearly crashed into a parked car while trying to pull off a "16-point turn" in the middle of the street. Deputies caught up with Taylor a short…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Obituaries

Clifton Eagle Scout Killed Weeks Before Graduation Leaves Behind Engineering Legacy Alex Richmond was almost home. But in the final stretch of his drive back from school, something went terribly wrong. The 18-year-old Robinson Secondary School student died after crashing his Toyota Highlander into a tree on Chapel Road in Clifton on May 8, police said. Officers responded shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, and found the SUV had veered off the road. Richmond was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators do not believe alcohol was a factor, but the cause of the crash remains under investigation. Richmond was just weeks away from graduating. His future was bright, and hi…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Politics

RFK Jr. Posts Pics Of Family In Rock Creek, Where Swimming Is Banned For Health Risks Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a questionable swim with his family to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday. Kennedy shared photos of himself and his grandchildren on Sunday afternoon, posing and playing in the water in Rock Creek. "Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek," he wrote on X. Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek. pic…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Police & Fire

Child Under 13 Sexually Assaulted At Woodbridge Home, Police Say A Northern Virginia man is behind bars, accused of sexually assaulting a child at a Woodbridge home, police announced. Detectives with the Prince William County Police Department arrested 54-year-old Corey Jevon Cox, of John Diskin Circle in Woodbridge following an investigation into a reported sexual assault. Police said the abuse happened on April 16 at a home in the 15600 block of John Diskin Circle, where the child — who was under 13 years old — was allegedly assaulted by Cox, who was described as an acquaintance. Detectives launched their investigation after the incident was reported,…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

News

'Burn That Sh—!' DC Protester Who Torched American Flag Learns Fate In Court He doused it in lighter fluid. He set it on fire. He yelled for a better lighter. Now, he’s learning his fate. A North Carolina man who sparked outrage by burning an American flag during a demonstration outside Union Station in Washington, DC has been sentenced, federal prosecutors announced. Michael Snow Jr., 25, of Durham, was sentenced to four months of probation, 40 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $525 in restitution after pleading guilty to destruction of government property. The incident happened on July 24, 2024, when protesters gathered in Columbus Circle in front o…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Police & Fire

Maryland Teen Shot, Killed By Friend 'Playing With Gun' Inside Beltsville Home: Police A 16-year-old Maryland boy was shot and killed by his friend while "playing with a gun," police said. Officers with the Prince George’s County Police Department were called to a home on Heartwood Drive in Beltsville around 4:25 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, where they found Derrick Palmer suffering from a gunshot wound. Palmer, of Beltsville, died shortly after at a hospital, police said. The suspected shooter, identified as 18-year-old Kimaury Kamara of Mt. Holly Spring in Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and related offenses. According to the preliminary investigatio…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Police & Fire

Heroic Neighbor Uses Ladder To Rescue Maryland Man Trapped On Roof In House Fire A man was pulled off a roof by a neighbor with a ladder as fire tore through a Maryland duplex, sending him to the hospital and displacing two families, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, May 10 on Mill Street in Greensboro, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. When crews from the Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company arrived, flames were already ripping through the exterior of the two-story home, officials said. Investigators said the only occupant of unit 113-A was forced onto the roof to escape the smoke and flames. A neighbor then grabbed a l…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Politics

Tattooed MS-13 Gang Member Wanted For Gun Crimes In El Salvador Nabbed In Maryland: ICE He was deported once — now he's back behind bars. A violent MS-13 gang member wanted in his home country of El Salvador has been arrested in Maryland, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Joel Armando Mejia-Benitez, 38, was taken into custody in Silver Spring last week, ICE officials confirmed. Mejia-Benitez, a known member of the transnational MS-13 gang, is wanted in El Salvador on firearms-related charges. ICE said Mejia-Benitez first entered the US illegally in 2004, when he was caught by Border Patrol near Sullivan City in Texas. A judge ordered him deported i…

by Zak Failla

05/12/2025

Traffic

Woodbridge Motorcyclist Dies After Running Red Light, Crashing Into Car: Police A Virginia motorcyclist is dead after police say he blew through a red light and crashed into a car turning in front of him. Christian Alexis Zayas, 28, of Woodbridge, died at the scene after slamming into a Kia Soul while riding his 2019 Indian FTR 1200 motorcycle on Minnieville Road in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. It happened around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, near Prince William Parkway, police said. Investigators said Zayas was speeding eastbound when he disregarded a red signal. That’s when the driver of the westbound Kia Soul, a 61-year-ol…

by Zak Failla

05/11/2025

Police & Fire

Watch: BMW Driver Ignores Police, Plows Through Street Festival Crowd Before Arrest A Maryland woman who HAD to get to work in Virginia did not make it there after driving through a crowded street fair and ignoring an officer's demands to stop. On a day that started with an explosion in Laurel, local resident Kai Deberry-Bostick, 28, provided the fireworks after making a scene and plowing through an officer, then through a busy crowd filled with children and families during the annual Main Street Festival. Quick Action by Laurel Police! During today's Main Street Festival, officers swiftly intervened when a driver... Posted by Laurel Police Department on&n…

by Zak Failla

05/11/2025

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