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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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Police & Fire

Woman Goes Airborne During Motorcycle Crash At Rutters, PA State Police Say A 20-year-old woman is thought to have been seriously hurt after she went airborne during a motorcycle crash, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Monday, May 15, 2023. Amy E. Davis of Seven Valleys was driving a 2019 Moto Guzzi V7 west on Heidlersburg Road when 52-year-old Douglas G. Stephenson Jr. of Gettysburg drove a 2011 Honda Civic left from the eastbound lane of Heildersburg Road into the Rutters parking lot in York Springs around 6 a.m. on May 12, 2023, according to the PSP release. Stephenson's front bumper hit the left side of Davis' front wheel and exha…

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2023

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Avoiding Squirrel Dies 10 Days After Central PA Crash: Police A motorcyclist who crashed while making "an evasive maneuver to avoid striking a squirrel" died at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15, 2023, police announced the following morning. The Northern York County Regional Police Department was called to the crash involving 58-year-old Jeff Letcavage of Wellsville in the 600 block of Rohlers Church Road in Dover Township at 11:17 a.m. on May 6, 2023. Following an investigation, police found that Letcavage made the mauver then "traveled off the roadway and struck a utility pole," as stated in the release. He was taken to WellSpan York Hospital…

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2023

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Newville Man Told 14-Year-Old Boy He 'Loved Him' Before Sexual Assault: DA Disturbing details about repeated sexual assaults between a man and a child have been released by the Cumberland County District Attorney's office follow the conviction of a 60-year-old Newville man. Josiah "Ron" Christopher Becker was found guilty of the following on Friday, May 12, 2023 according to a release the following Monday: Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age (2 counts). Sexual Assault. Corruption of minors - defendant age 18 or above guilty (10 counts). "The jury's verdict came at the conclusion of a two day trial in front of the Honorab…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

Students Behaving Badly At Central PA HS: Police Five disorderly conduct reports involving students behaving badly over three days at a Central Pennsylvania high school, authorities announced on Monday, May 15, 2023. The first incident was a fight that appears to have involved two 15-year-old girls on May 9, according to separate releases. Both girls were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct/engaging in fighting, the police said. The following day a 15-year-old girl was arrested and charged with "disorderly conduct/possession of Vape Pen with THC," according to a third release. Another 15-year-old girl was arres…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

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Stalker Puts GPS On Victim's Car, Chambersburg Police Say A 34-year-old woman has been charged after she was caught using a GPS to stalk someone in Chambersburg, police announced the same morning she was arrested. Emily Sommerville was arrested in the first unit block of West Liberty Street in Chambersburg on Monday, May 15, 2023. She was charged with a misdemeanor for stalking after a GPS device was found on the victim's vehicle which police say she, "placed on a vehicle to follow the victim's movements." Additional information was unavailable at the time of publishing.

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

Three Shooters Sought In PA Dad's Homicide: Police A Pennsylvania dad of three was found shot to death on Dec. 9, 2022— and on May 15, 2023, police announced they are searching for three shooters and offering a reward. Westmoreland County The City of New Kensington Police and the Westmoreland County Detective Bureau found 31-year-old James Michael Hayes shot to death at the Kensington Arms Apartment Complex, located at 400 11th Street, New Kensington, Westmoreland County at 10:30 p.m., according to the police. Following an investigation, the police say, "evidence at the scene indicates that possibly, three shooters were involved in this i…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Stabs BF With Butcher Knife At PA Hotel, Police Say A woman who didn't want to leave the hotel room got "upset" and stabbed her boyfriend, Middlesex Township Police announced on Monday, May 15, 2023. Amanda Lynn Gutierrez was taken into custody without incident after her boyfriend called the police and informed them she stabbed him at the Rodeway Inn located at 1239 Harrisburg Pike, Carlisle on Saturday, May 13, 2023, as detailed in the release. The 42-year-old was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, and harassment, the police said and court records confirmed. She …

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Gets 'Suspicious' Delivery, PSP Says A package was delivered to a man in Straban Township, and he didn't order it, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The man received the package at his home in the 1900 block of York Road at 1:25 p.m. on April 24, 2023, according to the PSP release on May 15. The "suspicious package" was slightly opened when he received, so he brought it the State Police in Gettysburg . What's in the box? Classic scene from the movie "Seven"Samuel Helgabond Drugs, apparently the box or package was full of drugs of an unknown type and amount, PSP explained. An investigation into the obviously mi…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

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Teen Makes Most Wanted List In West Manchester Twp.: Police An 18-year-old accused of burglary has made the West Manchester Township's Most Wanted list as of Monday, May 15, 2023. Angel Jomar Rivera of the 1200 block of North George Street, York, is wanted on multiple charges, including four felonies for burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, theft by unlawful taking, and criminal conspiracy to commit theft by Unlawful taking, Township police explained in the release. The charges result from a police investigation into a burglary in the 1900 block of Niagara Lane on April 12, 2023. Anyone with information on Rivera's wh…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

Police & Fire

Homeowner Shoots Burglar In Central PA, Police Say A burglar was shot by the owner of the home they were breaking into on Sunday, May 14, 2023, police announced the following morning. The New Cumberland Borough of Police Department was called to the burglary in the 300 block of Second Street at 8:14 p.m. When officers arrived, they learned that the homeowner shot the suspect and they fled the scene. The officers located the suspect around 16th Street and Bridge Street and had them transported to an area hospital. "The investigation is ongoing however this does not appear to be a random situation," the police stated in the relea…

by Jillian Pikora

05/15/2023

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