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Jillian Pikora

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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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Pastors Accused Of Soliciting Explicit Videos From Children, More Victims Sought: Philly DA Pastors Accused Of Soliciting Explicit Videos From Children, More Victims Sought: Philly DA
Pastors Accused Of Soliciting Explicit Videos From Children, More Victims Sought: Philly DA Two Philadelphia pastors are accused of exploiting multiple minors through sexually explicit messages, images, and videos, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 23. Isaiah Banks, 30, and Bryan Jackson, 42, were charged following an investigation that prosecutors say uncovered a conspiracy to obtain, exchange, and solicit sexually explicit content involving children, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. The case began on April 8 when Philadelphia police received a report from the Department of Human Services involving a minor who allegedly had been solicited by Banks th…

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Grandmother Killed Sister, Granddaughter In Philly Murder-Suicide: Police (UPDATE) Grandmother Killed Sister, Granddaughter In Philly Murder-Suicide: Police (UPDATE)
Grandmother Killed Sister, Granddaughter In Philly Murder-Suicide: Police (Update) An 18-year-old granddaughter and a 55-year-old sister were fatally shot inside a Philadelphia home before the suspected gunwoman took her own life, police said. Officers from the 3rd District responded to a residence on the 2800 block of South 10th Street at approximately 5:32 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. When officers arrived, they found three women inside the home, each suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. Philadelphia Fire Department medics pronounced all three dead at 5:38 p.m., police said. The victims have been identified as 18-year-old Angelin…

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Dialysis Port Found Cut In Death Investigation In Chester County: PSP Dialysis Port Found Cut In Death Investigation In Chester County: PSP
Dialysis Port Found Cut In Death Investigation In Chester County: PSP A death investigation is underway after authorities determined a fatal hemorrhaging incident was caused by a cut dialysis port, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, June 23. Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Embreeville Station were called to the 400 block of Glen Run Drive in Atglen Borough on Monday, June 16, after EMS personnel responded to a hemorrhaging incident, according to state police. The victim was found to be beyond continued lifesaving measures when emergency crews arrived, police said. Investigators later determined the hemorrhaging was the result of a …

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Body Found Along Walking Path On Sand Island West In Lehigh County Body Found Along Walking Path On Sand Island West In Lehigh County
Body Found Along Walking Path On Sand Island West In Lehigh County A deceased man was found along a walking path in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 23. Emergency responders were called to the area in Sand Island West the Lehigh County Coroner's Office responded to the scene Tuesday afternoon, Coroner Daniel Buglio confirmed to Daily Voice. Details about the man's identity, age, cause of death, and the circumstances surrounding the discovery were not immediately available. Buglio said his office was called to the location but declined to release additional information as the investigation remains in its early stages. Daily Voice has reached out to auth…

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Hammer Attack Ends In Hours-Long Barricade Standoff At Saratoga Springs Home Hammer Attack Ends In Hours-Long Barricade Standoff At Saratoga Springs Home
Hammer Attack Ends In Hours-Long Barricade Standoff At Saratoga Springs Home A violent hammer attack led to a three-and-a-half-hour barricade standoff before a suspect was taken into custody in Saratoga Springs, police announced. Chance O. Barger was arrested after officers responded to a home on Thoroughbred Drive at approximately 5:35 p.m. on Friday, June 19, for a reported disturbance, according to the Saratoga Springs Police Department. The homeowner told officers an acquaintance had assaulted him with a hammer and remained inside the residence, police said. The victim suffered head injuries and was bleeding heavily from his face when officers arrived. He was t…

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Teeth Saved In Milk After Child, Grandma Struck In Hit-And-Run Crosswalk Crash In Allentown Teeth Saved In Milk After Child, Grandma Struck In Hit-And-Run Crosswalk Crash In Allentown
Teeth Saved In Milk After Child, Grandma Struck In Hit-And-Run Crosswalk Crash In Allentown A split-second decision by a police officer helped save a smile after a devastating crash that left a child seriously injured and her grandmother hurt, authorities announced Tuesday, June 23. Tyler Allan Monzietti, 24, of Tobyhanna, has been charged after investigators say he hit the child and her grandmother while they legally crossed West Hamilton Street, then drove away from the scene, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca. The crash happened around 5:40 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at North 6th and West Hamilton streets, authoritie…

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Handprint Bruises On Baby Lead To Conviction Of Mastic Man: Prosecutors Handprint Bruises On Baby Lead To Conviction Of Mastic Man: Prosecutors
Handprint Bruises On Baby Lead To Conviction Of Mastic Man: Prosecutors An 8-month-old baby was left with bruises resembling a handprint and injuries consistent with strangulation, leading to the conviction of a Long Island man, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 23. Amar Corbin, 25, was found guilty after a jury trial of strangulation and other charges for injuring the infant by applying pressure to the child's face and chest, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said. The case stemmed from events on May 13, 2025, when the child was left in Corbin's care overnight, according to trial evidence. Throughout the night, Corbin drank alcohol and …

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Fiery Head-On Crash Shuts Down Road Indefinitely In York County Fiery Head-On Crash Shuts Down Road Indefinitely In York County
Fiery Head-On Crash Shuts Down Road Indefinitely In York County A violent crash involving two vehicles sparked a fire and shut down a  Pennsylvania roadway late Monday night, fire officials said. Emergency crews from all four Southern Area Fire and Emergency Rescue responded to Cape Horn Road near Old Dutch Lane in Lower Windsor Township, York County, at 11:29 p.m. Monday, June 22, after reports of a crash with injuries and possible entrapment, according to fire officials. When firefighters arrived, both vehicles were heavily involved in fire, officials said. All occupants had managed to get out of the vehicles before crews arrived. Firefighters e…

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MD Worker ID'd After Forklift Tips, Concrete Block Traps Him At PA Plant (UPDATE) MD Worker ID'd After Forklift Tips, Concrete Block Traps Him At PA Plant (UPDATE)
MD Worker ID'd After Forklift Tips, Concrete Block Traps Him At PA Plant (Update) A routine workday turned deadly for a Maryland man who became trapped beneath a concrete block after a forklift tipped at a York County plant, according to the coroner. James Daniel Robinson, of Dallastown and a Maryland native with lifelong ties to the state, has been identified as the victim by the York County Coroner's Office on Monday, June 22. Robinson died while operating a forklift at Mid-Atlantic Precast on the first block of Amy Way in Heidelberg Township on Wednesday, June 10. The York County Coroner's Office was dispatched to the facility at 12:34 p.m. after Robinson became tra…

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Prison Inmate Convicted After Unprovoked Attack On Chester County Corrections Officer Prison Inmate Convicted After Unprovoked Attack On Chester County Corrections Officer
Prison Inmate Convicted After Unprovoked Attack On Chester County Corrections Officer A Pennsylvania prison inmate has been convicted of attacking a corrections officer in an unprovoked assault, prosecutors announced on Monday, June 22. Sincere Brown, 26, of Coatesville, was found guilty by a jury on June 5 of aggravated assault, assault by prisoner, and simple assault after punching a corrections officer in the face multiple times without provocation, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The two-day jury trial was held before Chester County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bret Binder. "Corrections Officers have a difficult job and should never be attacke…

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