Jillian Pikora

Deputy Managing Editor

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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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Albany, NY
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Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Troy Man, Watervliet Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Troy Man, Watervliet Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Troy Man, Watervliet Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police
Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Troy Man, Watervliet Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Troy Man, Watervliet Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police A Troy man and a 15-year-old Watervliet boy were caught with a loaded handgun and a BB gun while trespassing on private property in Albany, police announced on Monday, Oct. 12. The arrests happened around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, when Albany police officers patrolling near Western Avenue and Quail Street spotted two males trespassing on private property, according to the Albany Police Department. While investigating the trespassing, officers found Niyell J. Pope, 22, of Troy, carrying a loaded 9mm h…

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Watervliet, NY
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Driver Blows Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit After Crashing Into Watervliet Home, Fleeing: Police Driver Blows Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit After Crashing Into Watervliet Home, Fleeing: Police Driver Blows Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit After Crashing Into Watervliet Home, Fleeing: Police
Driver Blows Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit After Crashing Into Watervliet Home, Fleeing: Police A New York man with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit crashed into an occupied vehicle before slamming into a home and walking away from the scene, police said. Ryan Deveaux, 46, of Green Island, was arrested following the crash near 4th Street and 3rd Avenue in Watervliet shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, according to a release issued by Watervliet police on Monday, Oct. 12. Deveaux first struck an occupied parked vehicle before leaving the roadway and crashing into the side of a residence, investigators said. A witness called 911 and reported seeing the drive…

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Elmont, NY
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Elmont Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates Elmont Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates Elmont Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates
Elmont Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates A 19-year-old Brooklyn man has been arrested in connection with two vehicle thefts on Long Island, including one in which a stolen car was recovered with license plates taken from another vehicle, Nassau County police announced Monday, Oct. 12. The suspect, Sebastian Bedoya, of East Rockefeller Street in Brooklyn, was arrested Sunday, Oct. 11, following an investigation into the September thefts in Elmont, according to Nassau County Police Department Fifth Squad detectives. The first theft was reported Thursday, Sept. 10, when officers responded to an Elmont home after a victim discovered a…

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Mount Joy, PA
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Naked, Drunk Mount Joy Man Exposed Himself As Children Got Off School Bus: Police Naked, Drunk Mount Joy Man Exposed Himself As Children Got Off School Bus: Police Naked, Drunk Mount Joy Man Exposed Himself As Children Got Off School Bus: Police
Naked, Drunk Mount Joy Man Exposed Himself As Children Got Off School Bus: Police A 62-year-old Pennsylvania man was naked, intoxicated, and sweating profusely outside his home as children got off a school bus and neighbors watched, police said. Thomas M. Hale, of Mount Joy, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 9, following reports of a completely naked man walking outside in the 100 block of Farmington Way, according to Mount Joy Borough Police in a release issued Monday, Oct. 12. Hale was outside his residence without any clothing while multiple neighbors were in the area and children were exiting their school bus, officers said. Hale was intoxicated and sweating profusely wh…

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Reading, PA
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Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP
Man Threatened To Harm Victim, Barricaded Himself In Home Until Police Deployed Gas: PSP A Pennsylvania man who threatened to physically harm someone barricaded himself inside a Williamsport home, leading to an hourslong standoff that ended when a State Police tactical team deployed gas canisters and entered the residence, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12. Dominic Reynolds was taken into custody following the standoff in the 2200 block of Newberry Street in Williamsport, Lycoming County, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release issued at 3:30 p.m. Monday. The incident began around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, when Pennsylvania State Police were notified that Reynold…

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Harrisburg, PA
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Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self
Harrisburg Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend, held her and her four children hostage, then shot himself in the head following a multi-county police chase has died, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12. Tobias John-Allen Click, of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, was pronounced dead at approximately 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, by the Cumberland County Coroner's Office, according to an update from East Lampeter Township Police. Click died from injuries sustained from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said. His death came one d…

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Lancaster, PA
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Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases
Sixth Measles Death Reported In PA As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases A 39-year-old woman with a recent measles diagnosis has become the US's sixth measles-associated death as the outbreak climbed past 1,100 cases in Pennsylvania. The woman died Saturday, Oct. 10, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office announced Monday, Oct. 12. She had several underlying conditions, including a past diagnosis of measles that had been treated, the coroner said. Her death meets the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s definition of a measles-associated death, according to the advisory. The coroner’s office did not release her name or further details that could identify…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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WATCH: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff WATCH: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff WATCH: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff
Watch: 'Sadie Didn't Need To Die,' PA Man Says In Final Video Before Fatal SEPTA Standoff WARNING: The video accompanying this article contains profanity and disturbing statements about a double homicide. Viewer discretion is advised. A Philadelphia man who died following an approximately 11-hour armed standoff aboard a SEPTA bus recorded a disturbing Facebook story in which he said his adoptive mother "didn't need to die" after she and his biological sister were found shot inside their burning home on Monday, Oct. 12. Lonnie Turner, identified by family members on social media, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the standoff in the city's Fox Chase section, Phila…

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Ambler-Blue Bell, PA
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Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider
Blue Bell Amtrak Worker Pocketed $181K In Massive Fraud Scheme, Threatened To Kill Provider At least 119 Amtrak employees across seven states and Washington, D.C., were implicated in a $12 million health care fraud scheme — the largest employee criminal conspiracy in the railroad's history, federal investigators said. Three men connected to the scheme, including a Pennsylvania Amtrak employee and two New York medical providers, were sentenced in federal court in New Jersey on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Thursday, Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The defendants were Devon Burt, 53, of Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Michael DeNicola, 64, a former New York pod…

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Lykens Valley, PA
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PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days
PA Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days A family preparing to welcome a baby boy in just five days was nearly wiped out in a mass shooting that killed three generations of relatives, including a pregnant mother, her two young children, her parents, and her two brothers, according to family accounts. Angelina Stone, 24, also known online as Dej Shanti, was eight months pregnant with a son she planned to name Kyrie when she was killed alongside her 5-year-old son, Isiah Hodges, and her 22-month-old daughter, Amari'anna, in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Oct. 9. Her mother, Michelle Stone, 44, and brothers Matthew Stone II, 19, and …

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