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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

Accused ‘90 Day Fiance’ Barber Killer Extradited From Florida After Fentanyl Arrest: Police A former Pennsylvania barber who appeared in ”90 Day Fiance” and “90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?” has been extradited from Florida over six months after he was caught with fentanyl by US Marshals. Michael Anthony Baltimore, 44, of Carlisle, had been on the run for a year and a half after he allegedly shot and killed his former boss. The wild arrest involved a bar fight, a knife, a loaded gun, more than 800 ecstasy tablets, and fentanyl, according to US Marshals. Baltimore was wanted as the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of GQ Barber Shop owner Kendell Jerome Cook, 39, of Steel…

by Daily Voice

06/26/2023

Police & Fire

PA Daughter Helps Husband Kill Mom: Affidavit A daughter confessed over dinner with a friend that she helped her husband brutally torture and kill her mother, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Originally Daily Voice was told and reported that Lourdes Ramos Baez, 67, was found dead by her daughter, Johana Ramos, inside under a pile of clothes in her bedroom in the first block of South Main Street in Dover Borough around 2:19 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2023, according to the York County Coroner's office. It is now known that Ramos didn't just find her mother, but was possibly one of her two killers.&…

by Jillian Pikora

06/26/2023

Police & Fire

Drunk Man Crashes Into Central PA Diner: Police (Photo) A 34-year-old man drunkenly crashed into a diner on Sunday morning, police announced on June 26, 2023. Caeser Riley slammed his red sedan into the Sunny Side Diner located at 850 North Hanover Street at approximately 12:47 a.m., on June 25, 2023, Carlisle police detailed in a release on Monday. Officers who responded to the single-vehicle crash determined that Caesar "had operated the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol," the police said. Caesar was arrested at the scene and charged with driving under the influence, according to the police. The restaurant was open Monday morn…

by Jillian Pikora

06/26/2023

Lifestyle

Award-Winning Drag Queen, LGBTQ+ Advocate Joins Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registry A once popular Drag Queen and beloved LGBT activist is now behind bars for the next 22 to 44 months after pleading guilty to 10 counts of child pornography. A 28-year-old Brice Williams, also known as the drag queen Anastasia Diamond, was caught uploading child pornography to Dropbox, authorities explained at the time of his arrest. Williams was an esteemed LGBT+ advocate who previously worked with Franklin County Coalition for Progress, and United Way of Franklin County, according to social media. The LGBT Center of Central PA awarded Williams a Rising Star Award in 2020, acco…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

Schools

PA Charter School CEO Who Stole US Gov't Funds Won't Have Jail Time A charter school's CEO and President who pleaded guilty to stealing funds from a federal grant program that was meant for the school where he worked— won't go to jail, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Thursday, June 23, 2023. Leonard Hart of Mount Wolf, the former CEO and principal of Lincoln Charter School in York admitted to nearly 20 false and fraudulent reimbursement requests between 2018 and 2020, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, according to a previous release by the US Department of Justice. Hart "obtained by fraud and misapplied approximate…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

16-Year-Old Missing Boy Who Ran Away From Home Found, Central PA Police Say UPDATE: Noah Hoxie, 16, of Waynesboro has been found and is safe, police announced on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Additional information was not released. ORIGINAL: A 16-year-old boy is missing and police and his family are searching for him. Noah Hoxie, 16, of Waynesboro, was last seen by his guardians at their home on East Third Street between 8 and 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2023, according to a release by area police the following day. Noah is described as being 5’9” tall, weighing 120 lbs., and is Black with black hair and brown eyes, as detailed in the police release. Please he…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

Shelter-In-Place Lifted, SWAT Clears Scene With Barricaded Man In York County UPDATE: The SWAT situation involving a barricaded man in Fairview Township has ended and no injuries have been reported, according to area police. The active incident on Kellinger Road has been resolved safely with nobody injured. Additional information will be released shortly. Posted by Fairview Township Police Department on Friday, June 23, 2023 Follow Daily Voice for more details when additional information is released. ORIGINAL: A shelter-in-place order has been issued in part of York County on Friday, June 23, 2023. York County Emergency Management received a call to a do…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

Dog Attack Sends Victim To Hospital In Central PA: Police A person was hospitalized following a dog attack in a Central Pennsylvania park, authorities announced on Friday, June 23, 2023. An unleashed dog at Letort Park bit someone on June 7, 2023, according to Carlisle Police. The victim was bitten in the arm by a "brown dog that was not restrained by a leash near the softball fields," located at 260 East Pomfret Street, Carlisle, the police said. Following the attack, the dog and its owner "left the area without giving any information to the victim regarding the vaccination status of the dog or contact information for the owner," the…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

Police & Fire

York Co. Man Arrested By SWAT During Shelter-In-Place Incident ID'd: Police The police have released the identity of a man they say caused a shelter-in-place order to be issued on Friday. Daniel J. Holbrook, 47, has been arrested, with the help of a SWAT team, after he broke into a home and violated a protection from abuse order in Fairview Township on June 23, 2023. York County Emergency Management received a call to the domestic incident in the 500 block of Kellinger Road, Fairview Township at 7 a.m. and the area police arrived at the scene within five minutes, authorities explained. Around 5:30 p.m. police issued a release detailing the events they say led u…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

Traffic

I-81 Reopens After 3 Tractor-Trailer Crashes: PennDOT (Update) Multiple crashes involving tractor-trailers closed Interstate 81 in both directions on Friday, PennDOT officials told Daily Voice. At least seven vehicles were involved in three separate crashes on I-81. Residual delays continued into the afternoon between exit 72 to Paxtonia/Linglestown and exit 77 to Manada Hill/Hershey. The first crash happened on I-81 North between Exit 72B: Linglestown and 1 mile north of Exit 77: PA 39 - Manada Hill/Hershey, according to PennDOT. All northbound lanes were closed between Exit 72 to Paxtonia/Linglestown and Exit 77 to Manada Hill/Hershey, according t…

by Jillian Pikora

06/23/2023

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