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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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Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Spotsylvania Field After Engine Issue: VSP (UPDATED) Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Spotsylvania Field After Engine Issue: VSP (UPDATED)
Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Spotsylvania Field After Engine Issue: VSP (Updated) First responders were called to a reported small plane crash in Virginia late on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to a plane crash in the area of Chancellor Road and Scarlet Oak Road shortly after 3 p.m. on April 9 to investigate the crash, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office confirmed. The initial call came in at approximately 3:08 p.m. after the plane took off from Leesburg en route to Hampton Roads, officials said. Virginia State Police investigators have been called in to probe the incident and motorists have been advised to avoid the area. According to state police…

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'Kick Axe' Shooting In DC Leaves NFL Prospect Paralyzed; Gunman Convicted: DOJ 'Kick Axe' Shooting In DC Leaves NFL Prospect Paralyzed; Gunman Convicted: DOJ
'Kick Axe' Shooting In DC Leaves NFL Prospect Paralyzed; Gunman Convicted: DOJ A District man will spend decades behind bars for shooting a former NFL prospect in the back outside a bar in DC, paralyzing him for life and derailing his career. Roger Lee Jones, 42, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on Monday, April 7, of assault with intent to kill while armed and several other offenses in connection to a January 2022 shooting in Northeast DC. Shortly after midnight on Jan. 22, 2022, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were called to Kick Axe Throw Social in Northeast, according to federal officials. Jones — who was out that night with his ex-girlf…

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Police & Fire
Tattooed Fugitive Barricades In Virginia Home, Surrenders After Standoff: Police Tattooed Fugitive Barricades In Virginia Home, Surrenders After Standoff: Police
Tattooed Fugitive Barricades In Virginia Home, Surrenders After Standoff: Police A wanted man in Virginia is behind bars after sparking a two-day manhunt in Front Royal that ended with a barricade situation and multi-agency response, authorities announced on Wednesday, April 9. Officers with the Front Royal Police Department said they first made contact with 34-year-old Richmond resident William Christopher Mosley Jr. on Monday, April 7, after receiving a report that he was sitting in a vehicle at a residence on the 1600 block of North Royal Avenue.  Mosley reportedly took off on foot as officers approached, kicking off a brief pursuit. A coordinated search was la…

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Maryland Man Barricaded In Motel, Set $750K Fire In California, Prosecutors Say Maryland Man Barricaded In Motel, Set $750K Fire In California, Prosecutors Say
Maryland Man Barricaded In Motel, Set $750K Fire In California, Prosecutors Say A violent motel room rampage that ended in flames and sent guests fleeing has landed a Maryland man behind bars — possibly for decades. Anthony Cleaver Mason, 65, was convicted of assault, arson, and reckless endangerment after a fire he started in a St. Mary's County motel tore through the building and caused hundreds of thousands in damage, officials announced. Deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Super Eight motel on Three Notch Road in California on June 3, 2024 to investigate multiple reports of a disturbance.  When they arrived, they found Mason …

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Illegal Immigrant Released After Sex Abuse Conviction Re-Arrested In Great Falls: ICE Illegal Immigrant Released After Sex Abuse Conviction Re-Arrested In Great Falls: ICE
Illegal Immigrant Released After Sex Abuse Conviction Re-Arrested In Great Falls: ICE A Guatemalan national convicted of having sex with a child was released by a Virginia jail despite an ICE detainer — but now he's back in federal custody after a major multi-agency takedown, authorities said. Ander Cortez-Mendez, 21, was arrested on Wednesday, April 2 in Falls Church, by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers working with ATF, the DEA, and the Diplomatic Security Service, ICE officials announced. Cortez-Mendez, who is in the country illegally, had previously been convicted in Fairfax County Circuit Court of consensual sexual intercourse with a child.  He was …

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Police & Fire
Fort Washington House Fire Injures Six Firefighters; Eighth Blaze In 24 Hours (DEVELOPING) Fort Washington House Fire Injures Six Firefighters; Eighth Blaze In 24 Hours (DEVELOPING)
Fort Washington House Fire Injures Six Firefighters; Eighth Blaze In 24 Hours (Developing) Six firefighters were hurt battling a fast-moving blaze that tore through a Fort Washington home Wednesday morning, Prince George’s County officials said. Crews responded around 10:19 a.m. on April 9 to the 9200 block of Fort Foote Road, where heavy flames were shooting from both floors of a two-story single-family house, according to the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department. The fire was knocked down, but not before six PGFD members were injured and taken to the hospital for evaluation.  The Prince George's County Fire Department has been busy in the past 24 hours. Prin…

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Politics
US Senators Demand Return Of Wrongfully Deported Maryland Dad From El Salvador Prison US Senators Demand Return Of Wrongfully Deported Maryland Dad From El Salvador Prison
US Senators Demand Return Of Wrongfully Deported Maryland Dad From El Salvador Prison A Maryland father wrongly deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador has become the focus of a growing political firestorm, with more than two dozen US senators now demanding that the Trump administration bring him home. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has lived in the US since 2011, was detained by ICE after being stopped in March 2025 while picking up his son from his grandmother's home, "inaccurately telling him that his protected status had changed," according to court documents. Federal officials later admitted their error after Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador's …

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Botched Gun Sale Sparked Spotsylvania Mass Shooting That Left 3 Dead: Sheriff Botched Gun Sale Sparked Spotsylvania Mass Shooting That Left 3 Dead: Sheriff
Botched Gun Sale Sparked Spotsylvania Mass Shooting That Left 3 Dead: Sheriff Four suspects — including three minors — have been charged in the deadly Spotsylvania County shooting that left three people dead and three others hospitalized, authorities announced. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in the area of Olde Greenwich Circle, according to Major Elizabeth Scott of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived to find multiple people shot. Three men — 18-year-olds Chase Feaster and Alonzo Goffney, both of Spotsylvania, and a 20-year-old man whose identity has not yet been confirmed — were pronounced dead at the scene. Three oth…

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, April 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With New Rules, $54M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, April 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With New Rules, $54M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, April 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With New Rules, $54M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing with a recently reset jackpot and some new rules. Tuesday's drawing is the first of what Lottery officials are calling "a new era" in Mega Millions with better odds to win the jackpot, bigger jackpots that grow quicker, and the Multiplier now included with every play, retiring the Megaplier. The estimated jackpot on April 8 is $54 million, with an estimated cash option of $25.7 million. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 10-16-50-60-61f with a Mega Ball of 17. MegaMillions…

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Three Dead, Three Injured In Spotsylvania Mass Shooting: Sheriff (DEVELOPING) Three Dead, Three Injured In Spotsylvania Mass Shooting: Sheriff (DEVELOPING)
Three Dead, Three Injured In Spotsylvania Mass Shooting: Sheriff (Developing) Gunshots rang out in a Virginia neighborhood on Tuesday evening when a mass shooting left three people dead and three others injured in Spotsylvania, officials confirmed. Deputies with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, in the area of Olde Greenwich Circle, according to a spokesperson for the agency. When deputies arrived, they found multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Three more were rushed to area hospitals with injuries, according to the s…

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