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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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Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire Support is surging for a Bucks County family who lost everything in a "devastating" house fire. The Wednesday, April 20 blaze destroyed the Mandic family house, garage, workshop, and large outbuilding in Springfield Township; and left Mickey, his wife, daughter, and son-in-law without a home, according to a GoFundMe. Mickey Mandic is the sole provider for his family, but his health has forced him to step down. "I unfortunately had to have two major surgeries on my feet due to infections and diabetes. While being treated for these it was also discovered that I am in kidney failure, and am …

by Nicole Acosta

04/26/2022

Police & Fire

Missing 5-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Found Safe: Update UPDATE: A 5-year-old Pennsylvania girl who went missing Monday, April 25 has been found safe, state police said Tuesday afternoon. Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE: Inez Foulk has been located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for the RT's. — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) April 26, 2022 *** Original story below **** Pennsylvania State Police are seeking the public's help in locating a 5-year-old girl "at special risk of harm or injury." Inez Foulk was last seen with her mother, 37-year-old Courtney Foulk, in the area of the ShopRite in Chestnuthill Township (…

by Nicole Acosta

04/26/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times In Allentown, Police Say A woman was arrested after stabbing a man over the weekend in Allentown, authorities said. Eddydania Ortiz, 25, was charged with aggravated assault, simple possession, harassment, Allentown police said. Officers responding to a local hospital around 9:35 a.m. Sunday, April 24, learned a man was stabbed multiple times, and is expected to recover, police said. Police did not specify the circumstances surrounding the stabbing. Ortiz was released on bond Monday, April 25, records show. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, May 2.

by Nicole Acosta

04/26/2022

Police & Fire

Driver Wanted In Deadly Christmas Eve Hit-Run Crash In Bucks County Surrenders: DA A driver wanted in a deadly Christmas Eve hit-run crash in Bucks County has surrendered to police, authorities said. Kevin Michael Baker Jr., 20, of Bensalem, turned himself in Monday, April 25, to be arraigned on charges of accidents involving death or personal injury, tampering with physical evidence, and failure to stop and give information or render aid, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Baker was allegedly behind the wheel of a truck that struck and killed 65-year-old John Dugan, as he crossed State Road in Bristol Township to go to a Christmas party on the afterno…

by Nicole Acosta

04/25/2022

Police & Fire

Murder Suicide Leaves Philly Area Parents, 12-Year-Old Child Dead, Authorities Say Philadelphia area parents and their 12-year-old child were found dead in what appeared to be a murder-suicide on Monday, April 25, authorities said. A 55-year-old man, a 50-year-old woman, and their 12-year-old child were found dead by East Marlborough Township police performing a welfare check at a home on Federal Walk in Kennett Square on Monday, April 25, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said Monday afternoon. A semi-automatic handgun on the floor near the man, and multiple cartridge casings were found at the scene, Ryan said. Detectives say there was a history of dom…

by Nicole Acosta

04/25/2022

Police & Fire

PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA A Pennsylvania gunman who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy during a botched home invasion robbery in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison, authorities in Chester County said. Ricardo Rivera, 28, of Reading, was found guilty of second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, conspiracy, and related offenses, for the shooting death of 17-year-old David Doyle III (AKA Davy Mike) at a Pottstown home, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan announced Monday, April 25. North Coventry officers responding to a report of a shooting at a home on Worth Boulevard on Sept. 24, found Doyle with a gunsho…

by Nicole Acosta

04/25/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-Township Supervisor In Philly Suburbs Sexually Abused Young Girl For Years, DA Says A 60-year-old former township supervisor in the Philadelphia suburbs sexually abused a young girl over the course of four years, authorities said. Warren Reynolds, of Avondale, was charged with multiple counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and other related offenses, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Reynolds, a former New Garden Township supervisor, assaulted the girl from the age of eight in 1999 until she was thirteen in 2003, the DA said. He abused the girl several times a week while she was in h…

by Nicole Acosta

04/25/2022

Police & Fire

2 Killed In Weekend Falls Township Crash: PD Two people were killed in a one-car crash Sunday, April 24 in Falls Township, authorities said. A 2004 gold Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling down Tyburn Road near Cedar Lane when its driver went off the road, hit a "tree-line," and flipped around 7:30 p.m., Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said. The driver and passenger died of their injuries, the chief said. Their identities were not made public as of Monday morning.

by Nicole Acosta

04/25/2022

Police & Fire

4 Teens Kidnapped, Robbed Man At Gunpoint In Philly Area: PD Four teenagers have been charged with the kidnapping and gunpoint robbery of a man in the Philadelphia region, authorities said. The victim traveled to Sellersville to meet a friend, who was accompanied by another woman and two men on Saturday, April 2 around 9:25 a.m., Perkasie police said. The victim's arms were bound with duct tape and he was then driven in his own vehicle against his will to areas that included Philadelphia and New Jersey, according to police. He told police the suspects had a knife and a handgun. When they arrived to the King of Prussia area, the victim was able …

by Nicole Acosta

04/23/2022

Police & Fire

Convicted PA Murderer Who Was Supposed To Get Death Sentence Ran Drug Ring In Jail: DA A convicted murderer in Pennsylvania who was supposed to get the death sentence was sentenced to nearly 10 to 40 years in state prison for running a drug ring inside a Bucks County jail, authorities announced Friday, April 22. Alfonso Sanchez, 40, was in the county correctional facility awaiting a retrial in a 2007 double homicide when he conspired with at least 10 others to smuggle suboxone from May 2020 to December 2020, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. An investigation by BCCF investigators and the Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force discovered that Sanchez was buy…

by Nicole Acosta

04/22/2022

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