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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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Video Shows Teens Ransacking Jamaican Restaurant In Philadelphia Neighborhood Video Shows Teens Ransacking Jamaican Restaurant In Philadelphia Neighborhood
Video Shows Teens Ransacking Jamaican Restaurant In Philadelphia Neighborhood A mob of teenagers are on the loose after ransacking a Jamaican restaurant in a Philadelphia neighborhood, CBS3 reports. Video shows more than a dozen teens trashing Zion Cuisine on Chelten Avenue in the Germantown section, with one even throwing a chair through a glass panel at the front counter on Saturday, Aug. 6, the outlet says. No injuries were reported. Police are looking for the public's help in identifying the suspects. Click here for more from CBS3.

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Driver Who Gunned Down Berks Security Guard Portrayed In Newly-Released Composite Sketch Driver Who Gunned Down Berks Security Guard Portrayed In Newly-Released Composite Sketch
Driver Who Gunned Down Berks Security Guard Portrayed In Newly-Released Composite Sketch Authorities have released a composite sketch of a person of interest sought in the deadly shooting of a security guard and his colleague in Berks County, WFMZ reports. Troy A. Rickenbach, 37, of West Reading, and his 43-year-old co-worker were told to keep an eye on vehicles that were parked in the old quarry area on the 200 block of Quarry Road in New Morgan Borough, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troy A. RickenbachGoogle Maps (Satellite View) The pair were approaching a suspicious vehicle when the driver opened fire just after midnight, police said. Rickenbach died, while the other g…

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Former PA Sports Ref Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boy For Years: Report Former PA Sports Ref Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boy For Years: Report
Former PA Sports Ref Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boy For Years: Report A former sports official in the Philadelphia suburbs has been charged with sexually assaulting a child, authorities said. An investigation into William Brown, 57, of Drexel Hill, began after a 15-year-old boy told police that Brown's abuse began when he was 6 to 8 years old and went on until he was 12 years old, the DelCo times said. Brown, who worked as a referee for basketball and an umpire for baseball in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, would usually initiate the assaults by massaging the minor, and on some occasions take showers with the boy, according to the outl…

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PA Dad Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal PA Dad Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal
PA Dad Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal A Pennsylvania man was sentenced in Boston on Thursday, Aug. 11 to one year of probation for bribing a Georgetown University coach into recruiting his daughter, according to the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts. Robert Repella, 63, of Ambler, will serve the first 25 days of his sentence in home detention, as well as complete 220 hours of community service and pay a $220,000 fine, the office said. The former CEO of Harmony Biosciences pleaded guilty in May 2020 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Repella agreed to pay Gordon E…

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PA Dad Prosecuted In MA Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal PA Dad Prosecuted In MA Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal
PA Dad Prosecuted In MA Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal A Pennsylvania man was sentenced in Boston on Thursday, Aug. 11 to one year of probation for bribing a Georgetown University coach into recruiting his daughter, according to the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts. Robert Repella, 63, of Ambler, will serve the first 25 days of his sentence in home detention, as well as complete 220 hours of community service and pay a $220,000 fine, the office said. The former CEO of Harmony Biosciences pleaded guilty in May 2020 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Repella agreed to pay Gordon E…

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Support Surges For Family Of Teen Tree Worker Who Died After Lehigh Valley Woodchipper Incident Support Surges For Family Of Teen Tree Worker Who Died After Lehigh Valley Woodchipper Incident
Support Surges For Family Of Teen Tree Worker Who Died After Lehigh Valley Woodchipper Incident Support is surging for the family of a teenage tree worker who died after an accident involving a woodchipper. Isiah Bedocs, 17, was partially pulled into the machine while working a tree job on the 3700 block of Excelsior Road in North Whitehall Township around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, according to PA State Police and LehighValleyLive. The Coplay boy was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, police said.  Bedocs was an incoming senior at Whitehall High School, and "had his whole life ahead of him," reads a GoFundMe lau…

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Ex-Community College Professor In Philly Suburbs Found Guilty On Child Porn Charge: Report Ex-Community College Professor In Philly Suburbs Found Guilty On Child Porn Charge: Report
Ex-Community College Professor In Philly Suburbs Found Guilty On Child Porn Charge: Report A former Bucks County Community College professor was convicted Monday, Aug. 1 on a sole child pornography charge, LevittownNow reports. An investigation into Vincent Varra, 32, of New Britain Borough, began on Oct. 7, 2021, when investigators received tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the outlet said. The tip apparently detailed a Dropbox and Yahoo email account containing videos of children as young as five being sexually abused by adults. Despite Varra's efforts to convince authorities that he had nothing of the sort in his possession, a warranted se…

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'I Have A Gun': Suspect On Loose After WSFS Bank Robbery In Delco 'I Have A Gun': Suspect On Loose After WSFS Bank Robbery In Delco
'I Have A Gun': Suspect On Loose After Wsfs Bank Robbery In Delco A suspect is at large after a bank robbery in Delaware County, authorities said. The masked man walked into WSFS Bank on West Township Line Road in Havertown around 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Haverford Township police said. He apparently handed a teller a note that read, "This is a Robbery I have a Gun empty drawer No Cops No Bait!" The bank worker then gave the suspect around $1,500 in cash, police said. The man fled southbound on West Township Line Road in a black Chevrolet Impala, according to police. Authorities believe he is the same man who robbed the WSFS Ba…

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Trio Of Darby Teens Violating Curfew Had Loaded Ghost Gun, Marijuana, Police Say Trio Of Darby Teens Violating Curfew Had Loaded Ghost Gun, Marijuana, Police Say
Trio Of Darby Teens Violating Curfew Had Loaded Ghost Gun, Marijuana, Police Say A trio of Darby teenagers who were breaking curfew were nabbed with a loaded ghost gun and marijuana, authorities said. Three 17-year-old boys fled when they saw the officers trying to stop them in the area of Noblet Avenue and Tribbett Avenue around 12:35 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, Darby Township police said. The juveniles hid behind a shed on the 1100 block of Tribbett Avenue in an attempt to elude police, but they were eventually arrested, authorities said. Officers found small amounts of marijuana on the boys, they said. They also said they found a black semi-automatic 9mm ghost gun ne…

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US Marshals Nab 21-Year-Old Pottstown Gunman In California: DA US Marshals Nab 21-Year-Old Pottstown Gunman In California: DA
US Marshals Nab 21-Year-Old Pottstown Gunman In California: DA A 21-year-old fugitive in a Pottstown shooting was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service in California, authorities said. Tyshaun Harvey, of Pottstown, was nabbed this week at a motel in Susanville, CA, near the Nevada border, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said Wednesday, Aug. 10. He's awaiting extradition to Montgomery County on charges of first-degree murder, person not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses in the Sunday, May 29 killing of 22-year-old Nahmer Baird, Steele said alongside Pottstown Police C…

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