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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Easton, PA
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Driver Fatally Plunges Into Water At Poconos Casino Driver Fatally Plunges Into Water At Poconos Casino Driver Fatally Plunges Into Water At Poconos Casino
Driver Fatally Plunges Into Water At Poconos Casino An 89-year-old Pennsylvania woman has died after a vehicle left the roadway and became submerged in water at a Poconos casino resort, authorities announced on Saturday, Aug. 8. Jeanette Radzikowski, 89, of Dickson City, was a passenger in the vehicle when it went off the road at 312 Woodland Road in Paradise Township, the location of Mount Airy Casino Resort, at approximately 3:47 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio.  Emergency responders pulled Radzikowski from the passenger seat of the submerged vehicle, the coroner said.  Radzikowski…

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Greenlawn-Centerport, NY
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New Jersey Man Caught Stealing Power Tools From Vehicles On Greenlawn: Police New Jersey Man Caught Stealing Power Tools From Vehicles On Greenlawn: Police New Jersey Man Caught Stealing Power Tools From Vehicles On Greenlawn: Police
New Jersey Man Caught Stealing Power Tools From Vehicles On Greenlawn: Police A New Jersey man is accused of stealing power tools from vehicles parked outside several Long Island homes during an early-morning crime spree, police announced on Friday, Aug. 7. Bayron Velazco Parody, 30, of Norman Road in Montclair Township, was arrested after Suffolk County Police responded to a Lantern Street home in Greenlawn for a report of multiple people damaging vehicles at 4:16 a.m., according to the department. Norman Road is located in Montclair Township, according to township records. Officers arrived and spotted multiple people searching through a vehicle parked outside th…

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Baldwin, NY
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15-Year-Old Boy Missing For Days From Baldwin Home: Police 15-Year-Old Boy Missing For Days From Baldwin Home: Police 15-Year-Old Boy Missing For Days From Baldwin Home: Police
15-Year-Old Boy Missing For Days From Baldwin Home: Police A 15-year-old boy has been reported missing after leaving his Long Island home, police announced on Friday, Aug. 7. Mathew Valentin, 15, was last seen leaving his residence at 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, according to the Nassau County Missing Persons Squad. His disappearance was reported to police at 2:50 p.m. Friday.  Valentin is described as 5-foot-2 and approximately 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black pants, a black sweatshirt, and gray slides, detectives said. Police believe Valentin may be in the Lynbrook area.  Anyone with informa…

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Albany, NY
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Woman Trips, Falls To Death Under Moving CDTA Bus In Albany Crash: Police Woman Trips, Falls To Death Under Moving CDTA Bus In Albany Crash: Police Woman Trips, Falls To Death Under Moving CDTA Bus In Albany Crash: Police
Woman Trips, Falls To Death Under Moving Cdta Bus In Albany Crash: Police A 66-year-old woman has been identified after she was killed apparently tripping and falling beneath a moving bus in Albany on Friday, Aug. 7. Cynthia M. Riggins, of Albany, was identified Monday, Aug. 10 as the victim, the Albany Police Department said. The crash happened near New Scotland Avenue and Morris Street around 3:15 p.m., according to Albany police. Officers responding to reports of a crash involving a pedestrian and a Capital District Transportation Authority bus found the woman seriously injured in the roadway, police said. Riggins was treated at the scene by the Albany Fire …

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Setauket-Stony Brook, NY
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Retired NYPD Chief Drowns In Stony Brook Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police Retired NYPD Chief Drowns In Stony Brook Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police Retired NYPD Chief Drowns In Stony Brook Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police
Retired Nypd Chief Drowns In Stony Brook Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police A retired NYPD chief who spent decades protecting New Yorkers drowned in a backyard pool at his Long Island home, authorities said. Anthony J. Izzo, 75, of Stony Brook, was found by a family member in the pool at his Malverne Lane home at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Sixth Precinct officers and members of the Stony Brook Fire Department pulled Izzo from the pool and performed CPR, police said. Izzo was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detective…

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Seaford, NY
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Model Airplane Hunt Ends In Air Rescue For 70-Year-Old Man In Seaford Model Airplane Hunt Ends In Air Rescue For 70-Year-Old Man In Seaford Model Airplane Hunt Ends In Air Rescue For 70-Year-Old Man In Seaford
Model Airplane Hunt Ends In Air Rescue For 70-Year-Old Man In Seaford A trip into the woods to retrieve a model airplane ended with an air rescue for a 70-year-old man on Long Island, police said. The man entered a wooded area near the aerodrome field at Cedar Creek Park, 3340 Merrick Road in Seaford, but was unable to find his way out at 2:06 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, according to Nassau County Police.  Seventh Precinct officers responded along with the Nassau County Police Department Emergency Service Unit and Aviation Unit, police said. With assistance from the New York Police Department Aviation Unit, crews extricated the man from the woods, according…

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Quarryville, PA
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16-Year-Old Babysitter Sexually Assaulted In Quarryville Home While 2-Year-Old Slept: Affidavit 16-Year-Old Babysitter Sexually Assaulted In Quarryville Home While 2-Year-Old Slept: Affidavit 16-Year-Old Babysitter Sexually Assaulted In Quarryville Home While 2-Year-Old Slept: Affidavit
16-Year-Old Babysitter Sexually Assaulted In Quarryville Home While 2-Year-Old Slept: Affidavit A 16-year-old babysitter was sexually assaulted inside a Lancaster County home while a 2-year-old child slept nearby, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Angel Jesus Rivera, 32, of Quarryville, is accused of assaulting his teenage relative after she spent the night babysitting at his West State Street home, investigators detailed in the affidavit. The girl was watching three children at the home while Rivera and his wife went out on Saturday night, July 11, according to the affidavit. Rivera and his wife returned around 3 a.m. on Sunday, July 12, and …

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Glenolden-Norwood-Prospect Park, PA
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12-Year-Old Sexual Assaulted At Dollar Tree, Suspect Disguised At McDonald's: Prospect Park PD 12-Year-Old Sexual Assaulted At Dollar Tree, Suspect Disguised At McDonald's: Prospect Park PD 12-Year-Old Sexual Assaulted At Dollar Tree, Suspect Disguised At McDonald's: Prospect Park PD
12-Year-Old Sexual Assaulted At Dollar Tree, Suspect Disguised At McDonald's: Prospect Park PD A 12-year-old girl was indecently touched inside a Pennsylvania Dollar Tree before the suspect fled and changed his appearance at a nearby McDonald's, police said. The assault happened at the Dollar Tree in the 700 block of Chester Pike in Prospect Park, Delaware County on Monday, Aug. 3, according to the Prospect Park Police Department. After she was inappropriately touched, the girl immediately took her younger sister into a public restroom, locked the door, and called for help, police said in the initial release issued on Thursday, Aug. 6. The girl was safe and was not physically injure…

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Allentown, PA
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WATCH: Baseball Team’s Plane Struck By Lightning En Route To Lehigh Valley WATCH: Baseball Team’s Plane Struck By Lightning En Route To Lehigh Valley WATCH: Baseball Team’s Plane Struck By Lightning En Route To Lehigh Valley
Watch: Baseball Team’s Plane Struck By Lightning En Route To Lehigh Valley A plane carrying the Party Animals baseball team was struck by lightning while flying into the Lehigh Valley ahead of two games this weekend, officials said. The flight was traveling from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lehigh Valley International Airport when the lightning strike happened on the way down for landing on Friday, Aug. 7. The plane landed safely at LVIA, according to officials. Party Animals player Garett Delano had been documenting the team's travel troubles on social media before the lightning strike. “30 minute delay to start the trip to Lehigh Valley. Nothing …

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York, PA
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Mile-Long Hydraulic Oil Spill Shuts Down Route 30 In York County Mile-Long Hydraulic Oil Spill Shuts Down Route 30 In York County Mile-Long Hydraulic Oil Spill Shuts Down Route 30 In York County
Mile-Long Hydraulic Oil Spill Shuts Down Route 30 In York County A nearly mile-long hydraulic oil spill from a large piece of farm equipment has shut down part of Route 30, according to PennDOT. The spill was reported on Route 30 west near Roosevelt Avenue in York County, at 9:16 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, PennDOT Safety Press Officer Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The farm equipment had apparently been leaking hydraulic oil for nearly a mile as other vehicles drove through the spill, Schreffler said. There was no crash associated with the oil spill, according to PennDOT. All westbound lanes are closed at Roosevelt Avenue, along with an eastbound tur…

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