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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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Man Who Lured, Raped Girls Nabbed At PA Mall In Undercover Sting: Police Man Who Lured, Raped Girls Nabbed At PA Mall In Undercover Sting: Police
Man Who Lured, Raped Girls Nabbed At PA Mall In Undercover Sting: Police An 18-year-old man who started online relationships with three girls under the age of 15 and raped at least one of them, was caught in a police sting at a Pennsylvania mall, according to a release by police. Lancaster City Bureau of police began investigating Robert Jesus Medina Jr., of Lancaster, after receiving a tip about "his sexual relationships with numerous young girls" in September 2021. Investigators found Medina had or attempted to engage in sexual relationships with three different girls between the ages of 12 and 14-years-old, Lancaster City police stated in the release. Detect…

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Firefighter Injured, PA Mall Closes After Massive Fire Causes $1Mil In Damages Firefighter Injured, PA Mall Closes After Massive Fire Causes $1Mil In Damages
Firefighter Injured, PA Mall Closes After Massive Fire Causes $1Mil In Damages A firefighter was injured and a Pennsylvania mall has closed to the public, at least temporarily, following a large fire on Monday evening. Fire officials and EMS were called to the structural fire at North Hanover Mall located at 1155 Carlisle Street, around 5 p.m. on Mar. 28, dispatchers say at the time. The fire started in the HVAC system on the roof of the JCPenney, spreading from the rubber roof to the metal deck, according to Hanover Area Fire & Rescue. Doobie717 “One volunteer firefighter suffered a muscle sprain, and was taken to the hospital for evaluation, but thankful…

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Taxi Cab Driver Shot Dead Outside PA Train Station In Targeted Killing: Police Taxi Cab Driver Shot Dead Outside PA Train Station In Targeted Killing: Police
Taxi Cab Driver Shot Dead Outside PA Train Station In Targeted Killing: Police A 59-year-old taxi cab driver was shot dead in what police are calling a targeted killing on Sunday. Kenneth Cobb, 59, died at an area hospital after he was shot and killed outside the Amtrak station in Harrisburg near 4th and Chestnut streets around 9:30 p.m. on Mar. 27, police say. "Whatever that the reason is, it doesn't cut mustard with us. It's uncalled for. It is senseless. You're taking somebody else's life, and we are not going to tolerate that," Harrisburg Police Commissioner Thomas Carter said at a press conference on Monday. Anyone with information is asked to contact police in …

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PA Man Running Basement Drug Lab Nabbed For Sharing Child Porn: Police PA Man Running Basement Drug Lab Nabbed For Sharing Child Porn: Police
PA Man Running Basement Drug Lab Nabbed For Sharing Child Porn: Police A 47-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on drug and child porn charges, according to police. The Lititz Borough police have been investigating Joshua L. Alexander of Lititz after receiving a tip in April 2021, they said. Alexander disseminated child porn in a Facebook group, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Lancaster Online. He shared three images of children under the age of 18 engaging in sexual activities with individuals over the age of 18, reports CBS 21 citing the same criminal complaint.  Alexander was charged with Crimes of Child Pornography, Criminal Us…

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Police & Fire
Three People Killed, Multiple Injuries Reported In Fiery 50+ Vehicle Crash On I-81 Three People Killed, Multiple Injuries Reported In Fiery 50+ Vehicle Crash On I-81
Three People Killed, Multiple Injuries Reported In Fiery 50+ Vehicle Crash On I-81 More than 50 vehicles were involved in a northbound crash that left three people dead on Interstate 81 on Monday, March 28 in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The three fatalities were reported by the Pottsville Republican-Herald and the Independent both citing Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Al Barnes. Several vehicles were on fire and closed the roadway, which remained shut as of 4 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Boehm said.  Multiple injuries were also reported. The crash stretched from Exit 116 to PA 901 Minersville and Exit 119 to Highridge Park Road on Monday, Mar. 28 aroun…

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PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police
PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police A 21-year-old, intoxicated Pennsylvania man has been charged with Attempted Manslaughter of a Law Enforcement Officer— among more than a dozen other charges— after two armed robberies and a foot chase, police say. York City police were called to an armed robbery in the 500 block East Philadelphia Street only to find the suspect in the 400 block of Walnut Street on Friday, Mar. 25 around 11:45 p.m., according to a release by the department. While fleeing, "the suspect fired a shot in the officer’s direction," and the man got away from police, the release states. But then a suspect with the…

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DUI Public Safety Director Fired For 'Reasons Beyond Crash': Report DUI Public Safety Director Fired For 'Reasons Beyond Crash': Report
DUI Public Safety Director Fired For 'Reasons Beyond Crash': Report A public safety director hired in a central Pennsylvania town less than a year ago has been fired following a DUI crash, PennLive reports. However, municipal officials say the crash wasn't the only thing that contributed to Bill Baldwin's termination. Baldwin, 51, of Hummelstown, was charged after a March 16 crash on West Chocolate Avenue in Derry Township, police previously announced. His car went off the north side of the highway and struck a tree. Baldwin, Middletown Borough's public safety director, had a blood alcohol level between .10 and .16— the state limit is .08, police said…

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PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report
PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report A Pennsylvania woman, with a history of assault, is facing charges again after a fight with her boyfriend escalated to her stabbing him in the chest on Wednesday, according to a report by PennLive and court records. Shakyra Ann Marie Clark, 34, of Harrisburg, had been arguing with her boyfriend in a car and when they got out, she stabbed him near 14th and Market streets on Mar. 24 around 12:36 a.m., the outlet says citing police. The knife was four or five inches deep in the man's body, just missing all of his vital organs, the outlet reports citing the affidavit of probable c…

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Snow Way! Polar Vortex Could Bring Snow Back To Pennsylvania, Maryland Snow Way! Polar Vortex Could Bring Snow Back To Pennsylvania, Maryland
Snow Way! Polar Vortex Could Bring Snow Back To Pennsylvania, Maryland It might have felt like spring all week with warmer weather and rains, but snow is predicted to come back to the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend. Temperature fluctuations will be bringing colder to mild days for the last week of March and the beginning of April, according to AccuWeather forecasters. “Thanks to a developing atmospheric traffic jam near Greenland, the jet stream is about to get some sizable buckles in it,” AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said. Although the jet stream often marks where colder air lies to its north with milder air to its south, a pola…

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Girl, 5, Dies In ATV Crash: PA State Police Girl, 5, Dies In ATV Crash: PA State Police
Girl, 5, Dies In ATV Crash: PA State Police A 5-year-old girl has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash at a private residence, Pennsylvania state police say. Troopers were called to an ATV accident involving a girl at the home in Beccaria Township just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 24 according to a release by the police. Police soon discovered that the girl had suffered life-threatening injuries and she was soon pronounced dead. It is unclear if she was taken to a hospital or if she died at the scene of the crash. The investigation into the crash is ongoing. Authorities have not released the identity of the child.

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