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Nicole Acosta

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Nicole is a 4-time New York Press Association award-winning writer from The Bronx, New York. She graduated in 2019, with a bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Journalism from Mercy College.

Her passion for community storytelling blossomed during her time as the Managing Editor of her college publication, The Impact, where she covered local news in Westchester County. She’s experienced in all verticals of media. She loves to create engaging and unique content whether it’s through social media, copywriting, digital marketing, or public relations projects.

Nicole was a reporter at Daily Voice and covered Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

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Police & Fire

PA Man Used Apple Watch To Track Wife Before Shooting Her, Killing Man She Was With: Report A 38-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing murder charges after injuring his wife and killing another man in what police are calling a "domestic-related shooting" at a shopping center in Berks County on Saturday, March 19. Nehemias Santiago Montes, of York, tracked 30-year-old Jessica M. Cruz-Rodriguez using an Apple watch he'd hidden in her car, and waited for her in the parking lot of the Wyomissing Walmart store around 4 p.m., according to the York Daily Record and Borough Police Chief John G. Phillips. Montes noticed an SUV parked next to her car, driven by Alexi Omar Rodriguez …

by Nicole Acosta

03/21/2022

Police & Fire

Police Nab Pair Wanted In Armed Robbery Of Allentown Pedestrians Police have arrested two men who they say robbed pedestrians at gunpoint on Monday, March 21. Timothy Gordillo, 20, and Samuel Gordillo, 22, both of Allentown, held two civilians at gunpoint near 2nd and Gordon Streets around 1:40 a.m., Allentown police said. Police did not specify what had been stolen. The victims provided police with the suspects' descriptions, and officers captured them a short while later, they said. Samuel Gordillo was charged with the following: Robbery which Inflicts or Threatens Bodily Injury Firearms Not to Be Carried Without a Licen…

by Nicole Acosta

03/21/2022

Police & Fire

Search Launched For Warrington Burglar Who Smashed Gas Station Store Window, Police Say A search has been launched for a burglar in Warrington, authorities announced. The man was caught on surveillance breaking the front window of a Lukoil gas station store on Easton Road and stealing cigarettes and drinks around midnight on Friday, March 18, Warrington Township police said. He then ran south on Easton Road, carrying a plastic Ross bag. The suspect is a white male wearing dark pants, a gray shirt, a maroon hoodie, and a dark jacket with gray sneakers, police said. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Ofc Frank Peranteau at fperanteau@warringtonpd.org o…

by Nicole Acosta

03/21/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Fighting At Hookah Bar Shot Outside DelCo McDonald's: Report A woman believed to have been involved a hookah lounge fight was later shot outside a fast-food restaurant in Delaware County on Sunday, March 20, 6abc reports. Responding officers found the 22-year-old victim with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the McDonald's on West Chester Pike in Haverford around 2 a.m., the outlet says citing police. She is expected to survive, and no arrests have been made, according to the outlet. Click here for more from 6abc.

by Nicole Acosta

03/21/2022

Police & Fire

Authorities ID PA State Police Troopers Killed On I-95 Authorities have identified the two Pennsylvania State Police troopers who were struck and killed by a driver along I-95 in Philadelphia on Monday, March 21. Trooper Martin F. Mack III, 33, and Trooper Branden T. Sisca, 29, were trying to get a man, who was walking on the highway, into their patrol car when they were fatally struck near milepost 18 just before 1 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. All three were thrown into the northbound lanes. The offending driver remained at the scene, and it was unclear whether charges had been filed against her. The civilian has not yet been ident…

by Nicole Acosta

03/21/2022

News

PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say A 36-year-old man on probation for promoting child pornography in Maryland two years ago was arrested again on similar offenses in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Eric Albitz, of Upper Pottsgrove, PA, had 37 pictures and videos of child pornography on his cell phone of girls as young as 8 years old, they said. Detectives with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office found the content during a warranted search of his Snyder Road home in Jan. 2022 after they had linked his IP address to a Snapchat account that had uploaded a video of suspected child abuse in Sept. 2021. The investiga…

by Nicole Acosta

03/21/2022

Police & Fire

Discovery Of Human Remains Submerged In PA Waters Cracks 18-Year Cold Case The recent discovery of a missing vehicle submerged underwater containing human remains in a suburban Philadelphia town could help police crack a cold case dating back to 2003. Divers who found the vehicle and recovered the remains believe both belong to James Amiable, a Ridley Township man who left to pick his daughters up from a babysitter and never showed up on Dec. 4, 2003. The discovery was made Saturday, March 19, by Adventures with Purpose Underwater Dive and Recovery, a volunteer search and rescue organization that works directly with families. Amabile's vehicle and remai…

by Cecilia Levine

03/20/2022

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With SUV Along PA Route 113 A motorcyclist was killed in a crash along state route 113 on Friday, March 18, authorities said. The motorcycle collided with an SUV at the intersection of West Uwchlan Avenue (Route 113) and Whitford Hills Road just before 5 p.m., Uwchlan Township police said. Bystanders were performing life-saving measures on the motorcyclist before they were handed over to EMS, who pronounced them dead at the scene, police said. Police did not say if anyone riding in the SUV was injured. Route 113 was temporarily closed as authorities investigated the scene, they said. Anyone who witnessed the crash …

by Nicole Acosta

03/18/2022

Police & Fire

Child Riding Bike Crashes Into Ambulance In Montgomery County, Police Say A child riding a bike was injured after crashing into an ambulance in Montgomery County on Friday, March 18, authorities confirmed. An ambulance heading to a 911 call said the 12-year-old bicyclist "entered the road unsafely," and struck the passenger side of the vehicle in the 4000 block of West Skippack Pike in Skippack Township around 3:30 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police. The boy -- who was not wearing a helmet -- was taken by a nearby EMS company to a local hospital for treatment of suspected broken bones and head trauma, police said. No other injuries were reported. …

by Nicole Acosta

03/18/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks County Man Who Posted Bail Three Times Sentenced In Drug, Gun Cases: DA A 33-year-old Bucks County man was sentenced Tuesday, March 15, to 12 to 24 years in state prison for three arrests involving gun and drug offenses, two of which happened while he was out on bail, authorities said. Austin V. Carter, of Northampton Township, posted bail in each of the three cases, before ultimately being captured in Atlantic City, NJ, and extradited to Bucks County on March 13, 2021, authorities said. His bail was revoked shortly after. Carter pleaded guilty in January to two counts of prohibited possession of a firearm and one count each of receiving stolen proper…

by Nicole Acosta

03/18/2022

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