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Jillian Pikora

Senior Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. For over a decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Before joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently assists in managing Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; as well as reporting stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire

Homeless 21-Year-Old Convict ID'd As Stabbing Suspect, Lancaster Police Say A 21-year-old man experiencing homelessness has been identified as the primary suspect of a stabbing in Lancaster, authorities announced on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Jerome Strive Jr. was identified through an investigation conducted by Detective Burgett, according to the updated release. He is wanted on a warrant for the felony charge of aggravated assault in connection with the man stabbed in the torso on Monday, April 17, 2023, the police explained. Strive is currently serving five years of probation for drug related offenses and endangering the welfare of children, court rec…

by Jillian Pikora

04/25/2023

Obituaries

HS Junior 'Big Mike' Mourned By Lebanon Community After Car Crash A 17-year-old high school football player was killed in a car crash on Saturday, April 22, 2023, according to his school and family. Michael Joseph Rivera was an eleventh-grade student at Cedar Crest High School. Superintendent Philip Domencic released the following statement on "Big Mike's" death over the weekend: "The Cornwall-Lebanon School District is saddened by the news today that one of our students in 11th grade, Michael Joseph Rivera, died last night as a result of car accident. On behalf of our entire school district community, we extend our deepest sympathy to Michael’s family…

by Jillian Pikora

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

$269K+ In Drugs Seized In Undercover Op. In Lancaster: DA The Lancaster County District Attorney's Office is calling Rashad T. Mateen a "drug dealer" after the drug task force seized approximately $374,000 in drugs, weapons, and US currency from his home, according to an announcement made on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The 34-year-old had been under investigation since February when the officers executed the search warrant on April 13, the DA's office explained. The police seized 155 grams of powder cocaine, 56.5 grams of crack cocaine, 71 pounds of marijuana— a cumulative street value of approximately $269,150, the DA detailed in the rel…

by Jillian Pikora

04/25/2023

Police & Fire

$30K Of Jewelry Pawned By Retirement Community Employee In Mechanicsburg: Police An 52-year-old employee at a retirement community broken into 12 homes, stole more than $30,000 worth of jewelry and pawned it, police announced on Monday, April 17, 2023. Gary Lee Troup Sr., told police he pawned the goods, when he was questioned and arrested on April 13— but the investigation the thefts began on Jan. 11 and the first theft was in late 2022, Lower Allen Township police explained in the release. The Mount Wolf resident was a maintenance worker at Bethany Village West when he broken into the homes, according to the police. Troup has been charged with 25 of…

by Jillian Pikora

04/21/2023

Politics

PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police PA State Rep. Torren C. Ecker was the only person involved in a crash into a guide rail on Route 94 on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, April 20, 2023. It is believed that alcohol was a factor in a crash in the 7900 block of Carlisle Pike in Huntington Township on April 18 around 11:45 p.m., state police said. The 37-year-old drifted off the road and hit a guide rail, disabling his vehicle. The New Oxford man submitted to a blood test, the results of which as pending—as is the charge of "driving on roadways laned for traffic," according to the release. Ecker r…

by Jillian Pikora

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

Lancaster Co. Man Shot Two People Before Suicide: Coroner (Update) The Columbia, PA man who died the day after a triple shooting in Lancaster is now known to have been the shooter, according to an updated release by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Anthony Hernandez died from his injuries from the shooting at Lancaster General on Thursday, April 20, 2023, according to an updated release by the police. The 22-year-old was one of three men taken to the hospital following a shooting in the 700 block of Fourth Street in Lancaster on Wednesday, April 19 around 11 p.m., the Lancaster Bureau of Police explained. Initially, the police believed t…

by Jillian Pikora

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

'Fecal Matter' Spread 'All Over' Police Department Bathroom In Lancaster, Authorities Say The police let a 28-year-old man use the restroom at the department and now they regret it, according to a release on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Malcolm Dreshon K. White, Sinking Spring, asked to use the bathroom in the lobby at the East Cocalico Township Police Department on March 16, 2023 around 5:15 p.m., according to the release. "Officers later discovered that White filled the toilet with paper towels and scattered paper towels and toilet paper covered in fecal matter all over the men's bathroom," the police state in the release. It's unclear who ended up clean up the stink…

by Jillian Pikora

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

NJ Man Broke 'Every Bone' In Unconscious Victim's Face Over Affair At PA Hotel: Police A 46-year-old New Jersey man beat a man he believed was having an affair with his wife unconscious at a Pennsylvania hotel, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Jeremy McCool of Marlton was laying in the mulch area outside of the Doubletree hotel at the Monroeville Convention Center, making "snoring respirations and (had) severe facial trauma" when Officer Gowans and Corporal Frisk with the Monroeville Police Department, found him around 11:34 p.m. on Friday, April 14, 2023, according to the affidavit. Vincent "Vince" Serzan, 46, also of Marlton was identifie…

by Jillian Pikora

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

Evacuation Ends After Gas Leak In Swatara Twp: Authorities (Update) An evacuation is over after a gas leak in Swatara Township, authorities told Daily Voice. People in the homes within a 300-foot radius of the 500 block of Highland Street had been evacuated due to the leak, emergency dispatchers told Daily Voice. A gas line was struck by a construction crew in the area shortly after 11 a.m., dispatchers said. No one was transported, according to emergency dispatchers. The power was turned off and UGI temporarily cut off the gas service to the area as they worked to contain the issue, a company spokesperson told Daily Voice at the t…

by Jillian Pikora

04/20/2023

Police & Fire

MD Man In Mobile Home Flees PA State Police: Affidavit A Maryland man driving an RV with a "blunt" of marijuana and an open can of beer, avoided numerous spike strips and road blocks setup by state and local police in Pennsylvania on Thursday, April 13, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Martin Luther Cudjo was spotted by PSP in a tan 1988 Ford Econoline Mobile Home with no registration and no working rear lights in the 6600 block of Molly Pitcher Highway/US-11 around 11:30 p.m., according to the affidavit. When he wouldn't stop, state troopers pulled up next to him with lights and their siren on— just as the 58-y…

by Jillian Pikora

04/19/2023

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