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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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Nazareth Dad Was On THC When He Left His 14-Month-Old Daughter In His Hot SUV To Die: Affidavit Nazareth Dad Was On THC When He Left His 14-Month-Old Daughter In His Hot SUV To Die: Affidavit
Nazareth Dad Was On THC When He Left His 14-Month-Old Daughter In His Hot SUV To Die: Affidavit A Pennsylvania father with active THC in his system has been charged with murder after police say he left his 14-month-old daughter in a hot SUV for hours while he worked, leading to her death, as authorities announced at a press conference on Thursday, July 2. Daniel Jeffrey Moist, 38, is charged with Third-Degree Murder, Involuntary Manslaughter, Endangering the Welfare of Children, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle, Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta announced following a Thursday, July 2, news conference. Moist was…

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'They All Have To Die' Granddaughter Finds Grandmother Fatally Stabbed In Swatara: Affidavit 'They All Have To Die' Granddaughter Finds Grandmother Fatally Stabbed In Swatara: Affidavit
'They All Have To Die' Granddaughter Finds Grandmother Fatally Stabbed In Swatara: Affidavit A 28-year-old Dauphin County man is accused of fatally stabbing his grandmother inside their Swatara Township apartment, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, July 1. Esteban Paulino Villegas has been charged with First-Degree Murder in the death of Connie Pineda following the attack at the Chestnut Pointe apartment complex on Chambers Hill Road on Tuesday, June 30, according to the criminal complaint. Swatara Township police responded to Apartment 1007 at 3655 Chambers Hill Road around 8:46 p.m. after receiving a 911 call reporting an elderly woman had been st…

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NJ Man Arrives In Bensalem With $300, Mountain Dew To Meet 'Trafficked' 13-Year-Old: DA NJ Man Arrives In Bensalem With $300, Mountain Dew To Meet 'Trafficked' 13-Year-Old: DA
NJ Man Arrives In Bensalem With $300, Mountain Dew To Meet 'Trafficked' 13-Year-Old: DA A New Jersey man is accused of traveling to Pennsylvania believing he was paying to sexually assault a 13-year-old girl being trafficked, prosecutors announced on Thursday, July 2. Christopher Martin Reynolds, 35, of Browns Mills, was arrested Wednesday in Bensalem Township following a proactive, multi-agency undercover operation targeting human trafficking and child exploitation, Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan said. The investigation began on Tuesday, June 30, during an online undercover operation conducted by a Montgomery County District Attorney's Office detective, according to …

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Mass Trucker Charged In Death Of PA Trooper On I-81 During NY Truck Inspection: Affidavit Mass Trucker Charged In Death Of PA Trooper On I-81 During NY Truck Inspection: Affidavit
Mass Trucker Charged In Death Of PA Trooper On I-81 During NY Truck Inspection: Affidavit The Massachusetts truck driver accused of killing Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Michael Pahira during a commercial vehicle inspection of a New York tractor trailer on Interstate 81 is now facing felony charges, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, July 2. Michael Bon, 33, of Brockton, Mass., has been charged with Felony Homicide by Vehicle, Felony Aggravated Assault by Vehicle, Misdemeanor Involuntary Manslaughter, two counts of Misdemeanor Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Summary Reckless Driving, Summary Careless Driving Resulting in Unintentional De…

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Bicyclist Dad Of 2 Killed In Whitehall; Hit-And-Run Driver Charged Months Later Bicyclist Dad Of 2 Killed In Whitehall; Hit-And-Run Driver Charged Months Later
Bicyclist Dad Of 2 Killed In Whitehall; Hit-And-Run Driver Charged Months Later A driver has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Pennsylvania late last year, prosecutors announced Thursday, July 2. Harrison Odere, 50, is charged with Felony Homicide by Vehicle, Felony Hit and Run Causing Death or Serious Bodily Injury, Misdemeanor Involuntary Manslaughter, and summary offenses including Reckless Driving, Careless Driving, Duty to Give Information and Render Aid, and Traffic Control Signals in connection with the Dec. 31, 2025, crash that claimed the life of 39-year-old Nickolas Andrew Siegfried of Nazareth, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavi…

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Maryland Man Who Shot Passenger 5 Times, Ditching Body On Rt 222 Sentenced: Lancaster County DA Maryland Man Who Shot Passenger 5 Times, Ditching Body On Rt 222 Sentenced: Lancaster County DA
Maryland Man Who Shot Passenger 5 Times, Ditching Body On Rt 222 Sentenced: Lancaster County DA The Maryland man convicted of shooting his passenger five times before stealing thousands of dollars and leaving his body along a highway in Pennsylvania has been sentenced, prosecutors announced Wednesday, July 1. Kevin Shareed Harmon, 38, of Gwynn Oak, Md., was sentenced by Lancaster County Judge Craig Stedman after a jury found him guilty in March of Third-Degree Murder, Theft By Unlawful Taking, and Firearms Not To Be Carried Without A License in the April 23, 2023, killing of 54-year-old Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Stedman sentence…

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Second Teen Surrenders After Arrest In Colorado For Killing Of Penn State Senior Billy Schmidt Second Teen Surrenders After Arrest In Colorado For Killing Of Penn State Senior Billy Schmidt
Second Teen Surrenders After Arrest In Colorado For Killing Of Penn State Senior Billy Schmidt Both teens wanted in the fatal shooting of Penn State senior Billy Schmidt have been arrested — one in Colorado and the other surrendered in Pennsylvania — while a Philadelphia man is accused of helping them flee, authorities announced on Thursday, July 2.  One of two teenagers wanted in the fatal shooting of a Penn State senior during an apparent robbery in South Philadelphia has been arrested in Colorado, authorities explained. The 16-year-old was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on Wednesday, July 1, according to Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore. …

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Pedestrian Struck On Jericho Turnpike Dies Week After Woodbury Crash Pedestrian Struck On Jericho Turnpike Dies Week After Woodbury Crash
Pedestrian Struck On Jericho Turnpike Dies Week After Woodbury Crash A man who was critically injured after being struck by a car on Long Island has died from his injuries, Nassau County police announced Wednesday, July 1. David Ramos Acosta, 34, of Queens, succumbed to his injuries after the crash and was pronounced dead by a hospital physician on Monday, June 15, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Authorities publicly identified him in an update released Wednesday, July 1. The crash happened on Monday, June 8, when Acosta was struck by a 2005 Honda traveling east on Jericho Turnpike near Village Lane in Woodbury at approximately 9:15 p.m., …

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ICE Officer Fires Weapon After Fugitive Rams Federal Vehicle In Harrisburg ICE Officer Fires Weapon After Fugitive Rams Federal Vehicle In Harrisburg
ICE Officer Fires Weapon After Fugitive Rams Federal Vehicle In Harrisburg ICE officials opened fire in Pennsylvania, but a federally wanted fugitive remains at-large following the incident in Pennsylvania's Capital early on Wednesday morning, July 1, authorities told Daily Voice. ICE officers were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Harrisburg to arrest Clemente Lara-Hernandez, whom the agency identified as a wanted Mexican national, around 6:15 a.m., when the encounter turned violent, an ICE spokesman explained.  Lara-Hernandez used his vehicle to ram an ICE law enforcement vehicle before fleeing, according to ICE. He then drove the wrong way on a on…

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Train Strikes, Kills Womelsdorf Woman In Heidelberg Township: Coroner Train Strikes, Kills Womelsdorf Woman In Heidelberg Township: Coroner
Train Strikes, Kills Womelsdorf Woman In Heidelberg Township: Coroner A woman died after she was struck by a train in Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning, July 1, authorities announced. The woman was struck near 41 Brick Plant Road at approximately 8:57 a.m., according to Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel. The coroner and deputy coroners responded to the scene and pronounced her dead at 9:32 a.m., the release states. Officials identified the victim only as a 62-year-old woman from the 00 block of East Jefferson Street in Womelsdorf Borough. The Berks County Coroner's Office ruled the manner of death suicide. The Berks County Coroner's Office was as…

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