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Jillian Pikora

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. Over the past decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Prior to joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently manages and reports stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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2 Central PA Men Indicted For Gun, Drug Trafficking: USDOJ 2 Central PA Men Indicted For Gun, Drug Trafficking: USDOJ
2 Central PA Men Indicted For Gun, Drug Trafficking: Usdoj Two Cumberland County men have been indicted on drug and gun trafficking charges, the Middlesex Township Police Department on Tuesday, May 7.  William L. Nalley Jr., 27 of Boiling Springs; and Rafael Orihuela, 22 of Carlisle, were indicted by a federal grand jury "on charges related to the distribution of controlled substances and unlawful possession of firearms," the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday, May 1.  United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam explained the following about the case: "The indictment alleges tha…

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Traffic
Multi-Vehicle Crash Slows Traffic On I-83: PennDOT (DEVELOPING) Multi-Vehicle Crash Slows Traffic On I-83: PennDOT (DEVELOPING)
Multi-Vehicle Crash Slows Traffic On I-83: PennDOT (Developing) A multiple-vehicle crash is causing serious delays on Interstate 83 in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, according to the state's Department of Transportation. The collision occurred around 12:30 p.m. on May 7, according to PennDOT's 511PA.  It briefly closed all lanes of I-83 North between Exit 32: PA 382 - Newberrytown and Exit 33: PA 392 - Yocumtown, as shown on 511PA.  One lane reopened shortly after 1 p.m., PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told us. Emergency crews were called to the scene, according to York County Department of Emergency Services.  The crash…

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Police & Fire
2 ATM Robberies In Central PA: Police 2 ATM Robberies In Central PA: Police
2 ATM Robberies In Central PA: Police Two separate robberies at ATMs were announced by police on Tuesday, May 7.  The first robbery happened in York and the second occurred in Lancaster, it remains unclear if these incidents, which happened 3 days apart, are connected in any way.  The York Robbery began when a man offered another man a ride home in the area of the 100 block of Carlisle Street, Hanover Borough between 1 and 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, according to a release by area police.  Once the man entered the vehicle the man who offered him a ride "brandished a handgun," the police said. He was then forced …

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Texas Man Accused Of Rape Extradited To Pennsylvania: Chambersburg Police Texas Man Accused Of Rape Extradited To Pennsylvania: Chambersburg Police
Texas Man Accused Of Rape Extradited To Pennsylvania: Chambersburg Police A man accused of raping a girl in Pennsylvania who was arrested in Texas has finally been extradited for his trial, police announced on Monday, May 6.  Carlos Martinez-Franco was arrested on a warrant in Conroe, TX on March 4, 2024, according to the police release.  The charge stems from an alleged assault in the 200 block of East Liberty Street/US Route 11 in Chambersburg on July 12, 2016, court records show.  A warrant for the following charges was issued on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, the police said and court records confirmed: Felony Rape Forcible Compulsion. Felony …

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Police & Fire
4x Felon, Central PA Home Healthcare Worker Accused Of $2K+ Fraud: Police 4x Felon, Central PA Home Healthcare Worker Accused Of $2K+ Fraud: Police
4x Felon, Central PA Home Healthcare Worker Accused Of $2K+ Fraud: Police A home healthcare worker – who is also a convicted felon – is accused of defrauding a sick, elderly woman out of over $2,000, Mount Joy police announced on Monday. Akai Jesus Rosario, 38 of Mount Joy, was working as a caretaker for a woman who was completely dependent on his care when he allegedly committed fraud and neglectful abuse, according to the police release on May 6.  While working for the woman between Nov. 2023 and Jan. 2024, he gained "access [to] her online accounts and complete unauthorized transfers totaling over $2,000.00 to his own accounts," the police stated in the r…

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Police & Fire
Asphalt Trucker Killed In Fiery Crash: PA State Police Asphalt Trucker Killed In Fiery Crash: PA State Police
Asphalt Trucker Killed In Fiery Crash: PA State Police A 31-year-old asphalt tank truck driver died in a fiery crash into multiple objects along the side of the road on Sunday morning, the Pennsylvania State Police explained.  Josue Vasquez of Marietta was heading north in the 1900 block of Furnace Hills Pike in Elizabeth Township, Lititz when he swerved and left the roadway for an unknown reason, Trooper James Grothey with PSP Troop J explained in the release.  PSP troopers were called to the crash at 6:37 a.m. on May 5.  Their investigation determined that Josue "collided with a utility pole, a fence, an embankment, and a…

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Teen Struck Dead In Central PA Hit-Run: Police (UPDATE) Teen Struck Dead In Central PA Hit-Run: Police (UPDATE)
Teen Struck Dead In Central PA Hit-Run: Police (Update) New details have been released after a teenage boy was fatally struck by a vehicle that fled after the crash, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Monday afternoon.  It is now known that a 16-year-old boy believed to have been working along the side of the road was struck by a passing vehicle that fled the scene, the NLCRPD explained in the updated release. The NLCRPD was called to a report of a "person down" at 200 West Sun Hill Road in Penn Township, Maheim at 9:32 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, as detailed in the release.  "The suspected striking veh…

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Boy, 3, Drowns In Neighbor's Pool After Wandering Off In Central PA: Police Boy, 3, Drowns In Neighbor's Pool After Wandering Off In Central PA: Police
Boy, 3, Drowns In Neighbor's Pool After Wandering Off In Central PA: Police A 3-year-old boy has died from an apparent drowning after wandering into a neighbor's pool around noon on Sunday, East Hempfield Township announced the following day.  The unnamed boy is believed to have "walked away from his home on Wheatland Ave. unbeknownst to his family, and within a short amount of time had made his way onto a nearby residential property where the pool was located," investigators said.  He was found in a neighbor's backyard pool, also on Wheatland Avenue, at 12:08 p.m. on May 5, the police detailed in the release.  He had already been pulled from the po…

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Man ID'd After Deadly Shooting Inside Central PA Grocery Store (UPDATE) Man ID'd After Deadly Shooting Inside Central PA Grocery Store (UPDATE)
Man ID'd After Deadly Shooting Inside Central PA Grocery Store (Update) The man who was shot dead inside a popular grocery store in Harrisburg has been identified, officials told Daily Voice on Monday morning.  Christian Watts, 27 of Harrisburg, died at the scene of the shooting inside Antonio Grocery on the 2200 block of North Sixth Street at Woodbine Street came into Dauphin County Dispatch at 2:20 p.m. on May 3, according to the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. A deputy coroner was called to the scene and police had taped off the area as of 3:40 p.m., officials said.  His autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, county press secretary Diane McNaug…

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PA Hospital Staffer, Mom Of 3, Crushed To Death By Steel Drum: Police PA Hospital Staffer, Mom Of 3, Crushed To Death By Steel Drum: Police
PA Hospital Staffer, Mom Of 3, Crushed To Death By Steel Drum: Police A hospital worker and mom of three was struck dead by construction equipment on Friday morning, police announced over the weekend.  Aleia Carmelita Lopez, 51 of Pittsburgh Northside was struck and injured in the head while walking with co-workers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Western Psychiatric Hospital on May 3, 2024, according to the police.  Pittsburgh Police and EMS were called to the "construction accident" with a report of a "female with a head injury near the Petersen Events Center" in the 3700 block of Terrace Street in Oakland at 10:40 a.m.  Me…

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