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Jillian Pikora

Senior Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

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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Remains Matching Missing PA Woman Found After Brother's Suicide During Welfare Check: Reports Remains Matching Missing PA Woman Found After Brother's Suicide During Welfare Check: Reports
Remains Matching Missing PA Woman Found After Brother's Suicide During Welfare Check: Reports A woman who had been missing since August 3 has been found dead, multiple media outlets report citing authorities. Tammy Berkey, of Berlin, had left her home in a red transam that Wednesday and had not been heard from since, according to her family. She was first reported missing on August 7, according to social media posts by her family. When state police went to her home along Mason Dixon Highway in Brothersvalley Township for a welfare check on Aug. 11, her brother, James Foy Jr., went into another room and shot himself, WJAC reports citing the acting District Attorney Molly M…

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Business
5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police 5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police
5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police What started as a retail theft of perfume quickly escalated to a police pursuit on an interstate in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 7, authorities say.  Teona James, 25, Tymera James, 20, Destiny Thomas, 22, Joseph Wright, 31, and a 16-year-old teenage girl, were all involved in chase which began at the Ultra Beauty in Lower Paxton Township around 7 p.m., according to area police. The police were dispatched to a report that two women "had just stolen a large amount of fragrances and other merchandise" from the store located at 5112 Jonestown Road, police say. The women fled from …

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PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG
PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG Two "direct support counselors" beat a man under their care with a metal rod so badly that his testicle needed to be surgically removed, according to a release by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.  August Thorne Young of North Versailles and Eric Walker of Pittsburgh were working for Taylor Maleski Home, LLC, an organization that provides supportive home services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in Allegheny, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties, when they assaulted the man with a metal rod on Nov. 2, 2021, according to the…

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PA Man Caught Having Sex With Girl At Days Inn: Police PA Man Caught Having Sex With Girl At Days Inn: Police
PA Man Caught Having Sex With Girl At Days Inn: Police A man was caught having sex with a teenage girl at a Days Inn in central Pennsylvania, police say.  Raymond Lin, 21, of Jenkintown, was first caught with the 15-year-old at the Days Inn located at 2929 Hempland Road in Lancaster on January 6, 2022, police stated in a release on Sept. 8.  He was taken into custody by Abington Township police in Montogomery County at 3:35 p.m. on Sept. 1, and later turned over to the East Hempfield Township police in Lancaster County, according to the release.  He's been charged with five felonies for Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse of …

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Meth Chef Hides Under Boat As Explosion Chemically Burns Fire Fighter In Lebanon: Police Meth Chef Hides Under Boat As Explosion Chemically Burns Fire Fighter In Lebanon: Police
Meth Chef Hides Under Boat As Explosion Chemically Burns Fire Fighter In Lebanon: Police A Lebanon City accused meth cooker hid under a boat as his apartment exploded just after 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 4, city police said in a statement sent to Daily Voice on Thursday, Sept. 8.  Brian Scott Gingrich, 57, of 207 East Cumberland Street fled from his home as "components...to manufacture the drug (methamphetamine) within the apartment" exploded, city police say.  He "was not on scene at (the) arrival of the fire department," police state in the release.  A fireman was chemically burned, but it was reportedly minor and he was not hospitalized.  …

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PA Chemical Engineer Hurls Death Threats, Attacks Air Marshall During Racist Meltdown PA Chemical Engineer Hurls Death Threats, Attacks Air Marshall During Racist Meltdown
PA Chemical Engineer Hurls Death Threats, Attacks Air Marshall During Racist Meltdown A York County man used the N-word and threatened to slit someone's throat during a racist tirade on a flight from Philadelphia on August 30, according to court documents and a viral video obtained by TMZ. Zachary W. Easterly, 37, of Etters, was forcible removed from a flight from Philadelphia and then assaulted an air marshal while drunk, according to a criminal complaint filed by Federal Air Marshall Ryan McAndrew. Easterly, a now-former chemical engineer with the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline was heading to Dallas from Philadelphia International Airport when he got out of his sea…

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3,472 Fentanyl Pills, 7 Lbs.Of Marijuana Seized From Central PA Man: DA 3,472 Fentanyl Pills, 7 Lbs.Of Marijuana Seized From Central PA Man: DA
3,472 Fentanyl Pills, 7 Lbs.Of Marijuana Seized From Central PA Man: DA A tip lead police to two storage units and a home of an alleged central Pennsylvania drug dealer with large stockpiles of drugs,  guns and cash, authorities say. Chauncey Martin-Perry, 36, of the 2200 block of Coventry Road, Manheim Township, was arrested on September 1 after the Drug Task Force seized the items from the storage units and his home, the Lancaster County district attorney's office stated in a release on Wednesday, September 8. 3,472 fentanyl pills, seven pounds of marijuana, 1,128 grams of THC products, two handguns, an AR-15 rifle, and approximately $55,000 were confisc…

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Police & Fire
Hazmat Suits, Punch Dummy Stolen In Central Pennsylvania: State Police Hazmat Suits, Punch Dummy Stolen In Central Pennsylvania: State Police
Hazmat Suits, Punch Dummy Stolen In Central Pennsylvania: State Police A bizarre burglary of some unique items is under investigation in central Pennsylvania.  The thefts happened at 312 North High Street in  Duncannon between May 30 and June 4, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police on Wednesday, September 7. The items taken were two hazmat suits, a "Gas Boy" gas pump, and just the top section of a punching dummy Anyone with information is to contact Trooper Usman at 717-567-3110 or Perry County Crime Stoppers.

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Obituaries
Pennsylvania Duo Delivered Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl To Delaware Dad: Police Pennsylvania Duo Delivered Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl To Delaware Dad: Police
Pennsylvania Duo Delivered Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl To Delaware Dad: Police A Pennsylvania pair has been arrested in connection with the deadly overdose of a Delaware dad, police say.  Joshua Walter Barrick, 41, of Newport, was arrested on Tuesday, September 6 in connection with the deadly overdose of Marvin Lee Biggs, IV, 37, of Townsend, Delaware, Carlisle police stated in a release the following day. Brianna Nichole Billet, 24, also of Newport, was also arraigned in connection with the drug delivery resulting in Biggs' death, the previous Friday, according to an earlier release by the police and court documents.  Biggs had been found un…

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Police Sergeant's Son ID'd Days After Falling To Death Out Of Window In Pittsburgh Suburb Police Sergeant's Son ID'd Days After Falling To Death Out Of Window In Pittsburgh Suburb
Police Sergeant's Son ID'd Days After Falling To Death Out Of Window In Pittsburgh Suburb The infant son of a police sergeant who fell out of a window in a Pittsburgh suburb on Tuesday, August 30, has died, authorities say. Henry "Hank" Witucki, 1, fell out of a window of the second-story window of his family's home in the 100 block of Winchester Drive in Plum Borough around 6:30 p.m., Allegheny County police say.  The infant survived the fall and was rushed to UPMC's Children's Hospital in critical condition, according to Allegheny County police. He remained in the ICU for several days but succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, September 3, according to the Allegheny County Med…

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