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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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

News

Deadly Shooting Of 33-Year-Old Dad 'Justified' Lebanon DA Says The Lebanon County District Attorney, Pier Hess Graf has announced that the resident who shot another man dead following a fight was "Justified," according to a release on Monday, Nov. 20. Thomas M. Vance in the first block of Jones Street around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. He was taken "to a Dauphin County Medical Facility where he died from his injuries," the Lebanon City police said at the time. More than a year later, we now know what motivated the shooting based on new information shared by the district attorney's office. On Tuesday, May 2, Vanc…

by Jillian Pikora

11/20/2023

Schools

Student Cited For Trying To Fight Adult In Lancaster County, Police Say A 14-year-old boy has been cited after an incident in the Warwick School District, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 20. Officers with the Lititz Borough Police Department were called to a disturbance on school district grounds in the 300 block of West Orange Street at 2:53 p.m. on Nov. 17. The young teen "had gotten physical with an adult male and challenged the adult male to a fight," the police said. He was cited for harassment and issued a summons to appear in District Court. Additional information was not released.

by Jillian Pikora

11/20/2023

Police & Fire

Teen's Computer Full Of Hundreds Of Child Porn Images, Police In PA Say A teenage boy has admitted to having hundreds of child pornography images in his possession, police announced on Monday, Nov. 20. The unidentified 18-year-old Mount Joy Borough resident has been accused of committing pornography-related crimes when he was 17 years old. After a lengthy investigation, detectives found "photos and videos stored on multiple devices" in the teen's home, the Mount Joy Borough Police Department stated in the release. When the police questioned him about the photos and videos found in his home, he "admitted to downloading, storing and viewing hundreds …

by Jillian Pikora

11/20/2023

Schools

Boy Injured, Students Cited For School Bus Assault: Pennsylvania State Police A boy was reportedly the victim of a "fight that happened on a school bus," Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Monday, Nov. 20. Pennsylvania State Police were called to a report of a fight on a school bus in Mount Holly Springs around 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1. Trooper Marc Cutaiar arrived to investigate at South Baltimore Avenue, Mount Holly Springs Borough, Cumberland County. He found an 11-year-old boy from Mount Holly Springs had suffered bodily injuries as a result of a fight on the school bus, as explained in the release. He cited ot…

by Jillian Pikora

11/20/2023

Traffic

Mercedes-Benz Driver ID'd After Ejection Crash In Central Pennsylvania: Police A driver has died after being ejected from their Mercedes-Benz on Saturday, police announced. Roger Morrison, 57 has been identified as the driver who died at the scene, according to Dauphin County officials. Officers were called to the crash on Union Deposit Road near Fairmont Drive, Lower Paxton Township around 4:10 a.m. on Nov, 18, as detailed in the police release. When they got there, they found a white Mercedes-Benz sedan crashed, off the side of the road, according to the release. "The driver, and sole occupant, was found deceased after having been ejected from th…

by Jillian Pikora

11/20/2023

Traffic

Drivers Fled From Back-To-Back Crashes On I-95, 1 Missing: PA State Police A driver is missing after one multi-car crash led to another on Interstate 95 on Monday morning, according to state police. It began when a 2014 Honda Pilot struck the rear of a PepsiCo. tractor-trailer while changing lanes without enough clearance on I-95 North in Chester City, Delaware County, just before 6 a.m. on Nov. 20, troopers detailed. When troopers arrived, they found the tractor-trailer on fire and the Honda Pilot abandoned. The PepsiCo. driver lost control of his vehicle due to the crash and slammed into the concrete barrier between the north and southbound lanes, PS…

by Jillian Pikora and Mac Bullock

11/20/2023

Police & Fire

Incest, Rape Of Child Among 50+ Charges Filed Against NY Man By PA Police After several children told police in Pennsylvania that a New York man had been sexually abusing them for years — this week an arrest was made, according to a release on Friday, Nov. 17. Dennis Martinez, 38 of Brooklyn, NY, was taken into custody in New York City on Monday, Nov. 14, 2023, Lancaster City Bureau of Police detailed in a release. The Lancaster police had been investigating Martinez since Oct. 2022, after being notified that three children in Lancaster City had suffered "abuse [that] occurred over an extended period of time, at least several years," th…

by Jillian Pikora

11/17/2023

Police & Fire

'Adopt Me' Sign On 7-Year-Old Leads PA Officers To Abandoned Toddlers: Police A 7-year-old girl's plea for help has landed her mother serious charges, police announced on Friday, Nov. 17. What should have been a quiet night on a culdesac, took a sudden turn when a young girl arrived at a neighbor's home with a sign asking them to "please adopt me," around 8:46 p.m. on Nov. 8, according to the Chambersburg police. The neighbor called the police to report the girl as a "found person," as stated in the police release. When an officer arrived, the young girl agreed to walk to her home in the 330 block of Lantern Lane. The officer got to the girl's…

by Jillian Pikora

11/17/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Out On Bail After Allegedly Stabbing Man 6 Times In The Neck, Back A week after a serious literal backstabbing, a 23-year-old man has been released on ten percent in cash of $25,000, court records show. Thomas Myles O’Byrne of Manheim is accused of stabbing 30-year-old Kenneth B. Yingst of Manheim six times 6 times to the back and neck area with a knife around 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 6. Northern Lancaster County Regional police officers responded to the "reported stabbing in progress" in the 1000 block of White Oak Road, Penn Township. They found Yingst lying on the ground bleeding from his multiple stab wounds, as detailed in numerous police releas…

by Jillian Pikora

11/17/2023

News

Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring The seventh and final member of a drug smuggling ring that ran from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania — has been convicted, according to a release by the US Department of Justice on Nov. 16. Moniqua Ramirez, 44, has been found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam. She was convicted at the end of a three-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Ramirez, along with six other Puerto Ricans conspired to smuggle kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico into Central Pennsylvania using the US Post…

by Jillian Pikora

11/17/2023

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