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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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Armed With Axe, Crowbar Cowboy Fails To Rob Chambersburg Store, Police Say Armed With Axe, Crowbar Cowboy Fails To Rob Chambersburg Store, Police Say
Armed With Axe, Crowbar Cowboy Fails To Rob Chambersburg Store, Police Say A masked man in cowboy boots who brought an axe and a crowbar to a burglary in Chambersburg – left with nothing Pennsylvania State Police told Daily Voice on Thursday.  The unidentified man broke into Countryside Coin Laundry located at 3200 Lincoln Way West, Hamilton Township 4 a.m. on Sept. 28, 2023, PSP Chambersburg details in a release on Jan. 23.  Troopers were called to the laundromat at 7:03 a.m. that morning and reviewed the security footage.  They witnessed the following in the footage as stated in the release: "Once inside the business the suspect attempted …

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Horse Striking Vehicle Causes Amish Buggy Crash In Quarryville: Authorities Horse Striking Vehicle Causes Amish Buggy Crash In Quarryville: Authorities
Horse Striking Vehicle Causes Amish Buggy Crash In Quarryville: Authorities A spooked horse caused a crash in Quarryville earlier this week, a local fire company said.  The horse was pulling an Amish family's buggy, when it was suddenly "spooked and hit another vehicle," the Quarryville Fire Company told Daily Voice.  The rollover horse-and-buggy crash happened in front of the Drumore Township Illustrious Americans historical marker on US Route 222/Robert Fulton Highway near Black Bear and Puseyville roads in East Drumore Township.  The fire company was called to the scene around 3:20 p.m. on Jan. 22.  "No injuries, the horse was ok," the fire…

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Florida Man Wanted For Murder Commits Suicide In PA Prison: Authorities Florida Man Wanted For Murder Commits Suicide In PA Prison: Authorities
Florida Man Wanted For Murder Commits Suicide In PA Prison: Authorities A 21-year-old man wanted on murder charges in Florida took his own life in a Pennsylvania prison, authorities announced on Wednesday. Isaiah Xavier Mesadieu formerly of Hollywood, FL most recently of Harrisburg and Middletown, PA, died of asphyxiation by hanging in the York County Prison and was pronounced dead at 4:47 p.m., Jan. 23, according to the county coroner's office. Mesadieu was first arrested in Pennsylvania for a summary offense of harassment in Dauphin County, on June 21, 2023, court records show.  After pleading guilty on July 5, he was released but was arrested agai…

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Infant Child Porn Among 2K+ Images Found On Manheim Man Also Charged In Cold Case: DA Infant Child Porn Among 2K+ Images Found On Manheim Man Also Charged In Cold Case: DA
Infant Child Porn Among 2K+ Images Found On Manheim Man Also Charged In Cold Case: DA A search warrant at the home of a man — charged in a cold case of sexual assault of two children — led the Pennsylvania State Police to over two thousand images of child pornography, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23.  Eric Dorwart, 54, of the 500 block of Pleasure Road in Manheim Township has been charged for the second time in three months for sexually assaulting children, the DA explained.  Dorwart was matched by DNA to the cold case assault of a boy and girl on West Newport Road, Gordonville, Leacock on April 4th, 1997, acc…

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Convict Constable's 'Disruptive Actions' At Polling Locations Leads To Dismissal: Cumberland DA Convict Constable's 'Disruptive Actions' At Polling Locations Leads To Dismissal: Cumberland DA
Convict Constable's 'Disruptive Actions' At Polling Locations Leads To Dismissal: Cumberland DA A federal convict, former CPA, and state auditor at the Pennsylvania Auditor General’s Office —  was also dubbed 'former' constable due to his "unfit" behavior, Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack announced on Tuesday.  Troy A. Beam, a 60-year-old Shippensburg native, was previously notorious for hidding out in an Amish encampment in Florida to escape from federal investigators after skirting tax laws for years and putting away millions in an account in the Cayman Islands, the US Department of Justice explained at the time of his sentencing in 2012 in court d…

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Lebanon Mom Allegedly Recorded Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl's Rape, DA Says Lebanon Mom Allegedly Recorded Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl's Rape, DA Says
Lebanon Mom Allegedly Recorded Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl's Rape, DA Says The mom who supposedly found a video of her 7-year-old daughter being sexually assaulted is now accused of making the recording herself, the Lebanon County District Attorney explained in a release on Tuesday.  In a joint release by Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf and Chief County Detective Jonathan Hess it was announced that the mother of the girl who was allegedly raped by Edward Lee Williams, Ariel Hiestand, has been charged in connection with the abuse.  The release stated that when she "became aware of the abuse at the hands of Edward Williams [... she] to…

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Cyber Attack 'Cripples' Bucks County 911 Dispatch, Officials Say Cyber Attack 'Cripples' Bucks County 911 Dispatch, Officials Say
Cyber Attack 'Cripples' Bucks County 911 Dispatch, Officials Say The entire digital 911 dispatch system for all of Bucks County is offline due to a cyber attack, county officials explained Tuesday morning. On Sunday afternoon, Bucks County officials contacted all area first responder organizations when the cyber attack "crippled" the computer-aided dispatch system, also know as CAD or WebCAD, according to a letter by the officials. The perpetrators of the attack are unknown; as is the timeline for restoring the county's WebCAD to full functionality. Radio and phone systems are continuing to function properly, according to officials. There have been no …

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Teens Fleeing From Police In Stolen Car Slam Into Popular Harrisburg Bakery Teens Fleeing From Police In Stolen Car Slam Into Popular Harrisburg Bakery
Teens Fleeing From Police In Stolen Car Slam Into Popular Harrisburg Bakery Two teenage boys stole a car, were chased by police, crashed into a bakery, and got away, Harrisburg officials explained on Monday, Jan. 22.  The boys stole the car from the 1300 block of Cloverly Terrace in Harrisburg on Friday, authorities explained. But it was spotted by police on 6th Street on Saturday, so the teens took off "at a high rate of speed" heading west in the 500 block of Peffer Street, according to authorities.  That's when they crashed into Alvaro Bread and Pastry Shoppe located at 236 Peffer Street — ending the car chase but not the police pursui…

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RV Fire Kills Repeat Drunk Driver In Conoy Township: Authorities RV Fire Kills Repeat Drunk Driver In Conoy Township: Authorities
RV Fire Kills Repeat Drunk Driver In Conoy Township: Authorities A fire at a mobile home park has left one man dead, authorities in Lancaster County announced on Monday, Jan. 22.  George Schabelnik, 74, died an accidental death at the scene of the fire caused by smoke inhalation and thermal burns at 12:55 p.m., the coroner details in a release.  The fire broke out in his RV parked at 2379 River Road in Conoy Township around 11:59 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 21, according to the coroner's office. Schabelnik was serving five years of probation for trespass by motor vehicle, restrictions on alcoholic beverages, and his second guilty plea for driving under the inf…

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East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (UPDATE) East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (UPDATE)
East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (Update) The cause of death has been released for a man found dead after a "domestic incident" turned standoff ending with a house fire, the Lancaster County Coroner explained. Mark D. Hackman, 53, of 6294 High Street in East Petersburg Borough, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, and the manner was suicide, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber. He "had been drinking, was armed with a firearm, and was threatening to burn the house down," when the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department were called to a "domestic-in-progress" at his home around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday…

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