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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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Heroin Ring Leader Held Woman Hostage Before Stand-Off Threatening PSP: Affidavit A convicted heroin dealer who has a pending federal case— held a woman over night and beat her, and after she escaped a multi-hour standoff took place, Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg explained in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Rashawn Nathaniel Spriggs, a.k.a. “Shizz”, a 35, of Hershey, was convicted for selling over 1,000 grams of heroin as the leader of drug ring operating out of Chambersburg in 2016. He ended up serving five years in prison, federal court records show. On April 1, 2023 he stormed into a woman's home in the 500 block of Park Circle West an…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

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Dad's Throat Slit By Son Who Burned Down Grandma's House, PA State Police Say A man convicted on charges filed in connection to burning his grandmother's house down is facing troubles with the law again, this time after slitting his father's throat with a kitchen knife, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Christopher Thomas Rhone, 43, took a kitchen knife to his 69-year-old dad's throat while he was asleep on the couch in the home they share in the 6500 block of Mountain Drive at 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 2, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in the affidavit. The police arrived to find the dad holding a towel to his throat, w…

by Jillian Pikora

04/04/2023

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Roller Derby Star Killed In UTV Crash In PA: State Police A 38-year-old roller derby star died in a utility task vehicle rollover crash in Leidy Township, on April 1, 2023 Pennsylvania State Police announced the following day. Rachel S. Gaddis— known by her derby name Blackout Betty or just Betty by her friends— of Spring Mills was ejected from the 2023 Yamaha Wolverine RMAX2 1000 on Stewart Hill Road just south of Old Township road around 4 a.m. on Saturday, according to PSP. Preston C. Gaddis, also 38 of Spring Mills was driving the UTV south with Betty "straddling the center console" and Samuel G. Hoy III, 42, of Mill Hall in the passenger seat…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

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NJ Tesla Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into AT&T Cell Tower In PA: State Police A 46-year-old New Jersey man driving a Tesla was airlifted to York Hospital after crashing into an AT&T cellular tower along Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania, according to State Police in Newville. Ashish Sonawane, of Livingston, was heading east through Blue Mountain Tunnel in Lurgan Township when he left his lane for an unknown reason while exiting the tunnel at 9:39 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023, as detailed in the release. He "struck a portable traffic trailer on the right shoulder" then rolled into the AT&T tower where his 2018 Y3 Tesla came to a stop, the police explained.…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

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Church Security Guard Brings Loaded Gun To PA Airport: TSA A Mechanicsburg church security guard was stopped with a loaded gun at an airport security checkpoint on Friday, March 31, 2023, according to the TSA the following Monday. An unnamed Mechanicsburg man "told officials that he carries the gun with him when he goes to church because he serves on the church security detail and forgot that he had it with him when he headed to the airport for his flight," as stated in the release. The 9mm gun was loaded with 10 bullets, as detailed int he release. The gun was found by officers at the x-ray machine. The X-ray unit alerted the TSA offic…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

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Burning Pile Of Trash Found At Target In Central PA A burning pile of trash was dumped from a trash truck at the Target parking lot in Swatara Township on Monday, April 3, 2023. Swatara 91 was called to the reported trash truck fire at 4600 High Pointe Commons at 4:39 a.m., according to the department. Responding crews found the truck had dumped the load after it ignited inside of the truck. "Units arrived with a pile of trash on fire in the lot and extinguished with no extension to the vehicle," the department said. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was not released.

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

Obituaries

12-Year-Old Boy Shot At Sleepover In Red Lion ID'd A 12-year-old boy has been identified after he was shot during a sleepover in Red Lion. Kain Heiland was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. on Saturday,April 1, 2023 by York County Deputy Coroner Scott Pennewell, according to a release by the office the following day. Kain was later identified by a family friend, which has been verified by Daily Voice. The coroner's office was called to a "reported fatality of a juvenile after a shooting incident" in the first block of First Avenue in Red Lion Borough at 8:55 p.m., as stated in the release. The cause of death was "a gunshot wound to the che…

by Jillian Pikora

04/03/2023

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Double Pantyhose Raid In Quarryville, Police Say A 36-year-old Pequea man has been caught stealing pantyhose— not once, but twice on the same day, police say. Quarryville police officers where called to a reported retail theft at Good's Store, located at 333 W. 4th St. in the Borough on March 23, 2023, the department detailed in a release later that week. When officers arrived they learned Anthony Charles Lentini "stole a pair of pantyhose from the establishment" and later the same day "Lentini returned to Good's Store... and stole a second pair of pantyhose," the police stated in the release. Lentini was charged w…

by Jillian Pikora

04/02/2023

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Four Dogs In Van On Fire Driven To Fire Station In New Cumberland, Police Say Fire department typically goes to a fire, but this time the fire came to the station, according to New Cumberland police. A vehicle ablaze barreled towards the station on Friday, March 31, 2023, around 12:11 p.m., the police explained in the release. The driver reported noticed their van smoking with their four dogs were inside so the driver drove to help, and thankfully they reached the New Cumberland Fire Department safely and no humans or dogs were harmed. The police department called the situation a "fire dash," jokingly making the following comment: "There…

by Jillian Pikora

03/31/2023

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Mom Raped During Seizure In Central PA: Police Say A 28-year-old Puerto Rican man repeatedly broke into a home and raped a woman— included during epileptic seizures, and assaulted her 13-year-old daughter, police in Central Pennsylvania detailed in court dockets obtained by Daily Voice. Yeury Antonio Jimenez-Santiago was arrested for simple assaults and terroristic threats after a domestic abuse incident was reported at a home in the 400 block of South 15th Street in Harrisburg on Aug. 7 2022— but police had just begun to uncover what was really going on in the home, according to the affidavit of probable cause. **The following …

by Jillian Pikora

03/31/2023

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