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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
Serial Flasher Busted In Fairfax County After 10-Year Indecent Exposure Spree, Police Say Serial Flasher Busted In Fairfax County After 10-Year Indecent Exposure Spree, Police Say
Serial Flasher Busted In Fairfax County After 10-Year Indecent Exposure Spree, Police Say A 57-year-old man who couldn't keep it to himself was apprehended after multiple indecent exposure incidents in Virginia dating back a decade, officials say. Last month, the Fairfax County Police Department issued an alert as they sought a man connected to at least four separate incidents between 2015 and 2025. The incidents were reported in the 9500 block of Courthouse Road in Vienna and the 4600 block of Stonecroft Boulevard in Chantilly. The indecent exposure suspect. Fairfax County Police On Wednesday, May 24, authorities announced that Fairfax resident Arthur Mobley has b…

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Police & Fire
‘Snip And Slip’: St. Mary's County Assault Suspect Cuts Off Ankle Monitor, Flees: Sheriff ‘Snip And Slip’: St. Mary's County Assault Suspect Cuts Off Ankle Monitor, Flees: Sheriff
‘Snip And Slip’: St. Mary's County Assault Suspect Cuts Off Ankle Monitor, Flees: Sheriff Andrew Nelson snipped off his ankle monitor—then slipped away before police could catch him, officials said in Maryland. Nelson, 29, of Hollywood, is on the run after cutting off his GPS monitor while awaiting trial on assault charges, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to Saint Johns Road in Hollywood after a tampering alarm went off on Nelson’s court-ordered tracking device, investigators said. When they arrived, they found the monitor—but no sign of Nelson. A witness told police they watched Nelson use bolt cutters to slice it off, according to…

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Traffic
I-495 Chaos: Wanted Driver Crashes, Flips Car In Virginia Beltway Pursuit, Police Say I-495 Chaos: Wanted Driver Crashes, Flips Car In Virginia Beltway Pursuit, Police Say
I-495 Chaos: Wanted Driver Crashes, Flips Car In Virginia Beltway Pursuit, Police Say A wanted driver fled from police on the Beltway—then ran on foot after flipping his car during a crash involving multiple vehicles, authorities in Virginia announced. A high-speed pursuit on I-495 ended in a multi-car crash and foot pursuit on Wednesday morning, May 14, according to Virginia State Police. It all started shortly before 9 a.m., when a Virginia State Trooper tried to stop a driver on I-495 northbound near Braddock Road for violating cell phone laws, police say. A records check revealed the driver was wanted on outstanding warrants in Fairfax and Prince William Counties, offic…

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Police & Fire
House Fire Kills Two As Flames Tear Through Harford County Home, Officials Say House Fire Kills Two As Flames Tear Through Harford County Home, Officials Say
House Fire Kills Two As Flames Tear Through Harford County Home, Officials Say Flames tore through a Harford County home on Wednesday morning, claiming the lives of two people, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Deputy state fire marshals are investigating a double-fatal fire in Joppa, after two people were found dead inside a burning home, officials announced on May 14. Update on the Gunpowder Drive house fire:Volunteer Firefighters have rescued 2 civilians from the burning home, they are being treated by 2!HarfordCoDES EMS units. @MarylandOSFM is responding. — Harford Co., MD Fire & EMS (@HarforCoFireEMS) May 14, 2025 Crews from the…

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Police & Fire
Uncle ID’d In Baltimore I-695 Triple Fatal Crash That Killed Two Young Girls: State Police Uncle ID’d In Baltimore I-695 Triple Fatal Crash That Killed Two Young Girls: State Police
Uncle ID’d In Baltimore I-695 Triple Fatal Crash That Killed Two Young Girls: State Police Maryland State Police have identified the man behind the wheel of a Jeep that crashed and killed two third-graders in a fiery wreck off I-695. Devin Frink, 36, of Baltimore, was officially identified on Wednesday, May 14, as the driver killed alongside his two young passengers in a triple-fatal crash last month in Baltimore County, according to state police. Police confirmed that Frink was the uncle of one of the girls, but did not release their names in accordance with state law. The girls have since been identified by the community as Bailee Brooks and Serenity Gross, both 9-year-old thi…

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Police & Fire
Serial Thief In Maryland Hit With Wave Of New Charges In St. Mary's County, Sheriff Says Serial Thief In Maryland Hit With Wave Of New Charges In St. Mary's County, Sheriff Says
Serial Thief In Maryland Hit With Wave Of New Charges In St. Mary's County, Sheriff Says He had no home, but plenty to steal. Donell Davonne Rothwell, 54, who has no fixed address, is accused of breaking into multiple vehicles in St. Mary's County, stealing credit cards and valuables, and using them to shop at local stores, according to the sheriff's office. Now, he faces a total 46 criminal charges. Deputies took Rothwell into custody last month following a rash of reports of thefts from unattended vehicles, officials said. During a canvas of local businesses and neighborhoods in Lexington Park and California, investigators say they found evidence linking Rothwell to the veh…

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Weather
Virginia Boy, 12, Swept Away By Floodwaters, Found Dead The Next Morning, Officials Say Virginia Boy, 12, Swept Away By Floodwaters, Found Dead The Next Morning, Officials Say
Virginia Boy, 12, Swept Away By Floodwaters, Found Dead The Next Morning, Officials Say The search for a 12-year-old boy swept away by raging floodwaters in Virginia ended in heartbreak on Wednesday morning, officials announced. The body of Jordan Sims was found around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14, following an overnight search effort, according to Albemarle County Fire Rescue investigators. Sims had been missing since 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, when a 911 caller reported that he was swept away by floodwaters while walking near Newtown Road and Valley Green Drive, officials said. Crews from Albemarle County Fire Rescue, the Albemarle County Police Department, and other agencies in …

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Sports
Holy Curveball: Orioles Fan Scores Signed Baseball From Pope Leo XIV After Curious Question Holy Curveball: Orioles Fan Scores Signed Baseball From Pope Leo XIV After Curious Question
Holy Curveball: Orioles Fan Scores Signed Baseball From Pope Leo XIV After Curious Question A Baltimore Orioles fan from Colorado was gifted a precious signed baseball by the new American pope—but not before being subjected to a slightly awkward question. Pope Leo XIV, a known baseball fan who was at a World Series game in 2005 sporting White Sox gear, offered up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an avid collector, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Well, would you look at that... Congratulations to Chicago's own Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/U5DJ7TOyDr — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 8, 2025 Jason Perash, who visited the Vatican this week with the intention of ge…

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Police & Fire
She Was Warned—Then Caught Again: Naked Laurel Woman Busted Twice At Same Hotel, Police Say She Was Warned—Then Caught Again: Naked Laurel Woman Busted Twice At Same Hotel, Police Say
She Was Warned—Then Caught Again: Naked Laurel Woman Busted Twice At Same Hotel, Police Say She was warned once—but officers say a nude woman at a Maryland hotel just couldn’t keep her clothes—or her hands—to herself. Charnella Scarlett Rosenthal, 54, of Laurel was placed behind bars after twice causing a naked disturbance at an area hotel, according to the Cumberland Police Department. Officers were first called on Monday, May 12, to the Hampton Inn on Welton Drive to check on a nude woman wandering the hallways and causing a disturbance, police said. Officers say they escorted her back to her room and warned her to stay quiet. About two hours later, police say they were called…

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News
Unholy Hustle: Pasadena Pastor Stole $347K From Church, Dodged Taxes, Officials Say Unholy Hustle: Pasadena Pastor Stole $347K From Church, Dodged Taxes, Officials Say
Unholy Hustle: Pasadena Pastor Stole $347K From Church, Dodged Taxes, Officials Say There was no miracle here. Just an elaborate fraud scheme involving a purported man of God in Maryland. A former Anne Arundel County pastor who stole nearly $350,000 from his church and failed to report it on his taxes will avoid prison time after being sentenced to probation, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Tuesday, May 13. Jerome Isaac Hurley, 44, of Pasadena, was sentenced in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court after being convicted of willfully filing a false Maryland tax return, officials said. Hurley served as pastor of Miracle Temple Church in Lothian from 2017 to…

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