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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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Schools
Preschooler In Diapers Lost At Intersection In Central PA, Police Say Preschooler In Diapers Lost At Intersection In Central PA, Police Say
Preschooler In Diapers Lost At Intersection In Central PA, Police Say A three to five year old girl was found all alone wearing nothing but a pink t-shirt and diapers, Steelton Borough Police announced on Thursday, March 30, 2023 around 9:20 a.m. The police were searching for the parent(s) or guardian(s) of the girl who was found near the intersection of Swatara Street and South River Alley in the Borough that morning.  They believed she is possibly mixed race. The police also noted that her shirt read "Bestie," she had one hoop earring in her left ear, and was wearing blue hair ties.  With the public's help the girl's family was located just befor…

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News
Matthew Perry Gets 3K Years In PA Prison For Raping Children, DA Says Matthew Perry Gets 3K Years In PA Prison For Raping Children, DA Says
Matthew Perry Gets 3K Years In PA Prison For Raping Children, DA Says Could his sentence be any longer?  "Matthew Perry would have to live for 3000 years in order to pay his debt to society," Greene County District Attorney David Russo said.  A Western Pennsylvanian sharing the name of television's Friends star Matthew Perry, who portrayed Chandler Bing— has been sentenced in connection to 13,143 felony counts of sex crimes against children, DA Russo announced on Tuesday, March 29, 2023.  Russo noted that over 2,190 of those counts were of “Rape of a Child under the age of 13”. Perry, who is currently 44-years-old was found guilty after a…

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Police & Fire
Boy Goes Missing From York County Home: Police Boy Goes Missing From York County Home: Police
Boy Goes Missing From York County Home: Police A York County boy is missing and the public's help is needed, police say.  Jaden Landi, ran away from his Windsor Township home on Wednesday, according to York County Regional Police. He is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has blue eyes and sandy blonde hair. Jaden was last seen wearing dark bleached jeans, a gray sweatshirt, and a black beanie with a National Guard logo. He was riding a dark-colored mountain bike, police said. He is known to hangout in the area of the youth center and train station areas in Red Lion Borough, according to the police.…

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News
I-83 Closed For Cat Rescue By Pennsylvania State Police I-83 Closed For Cat Rescue By Pennsylvania State Police
I-83 Closed For Cat Rescue By Pennsylvania State Police A portion of Interstate 83 in Harrisburg was closed in both— for a cat rescue, PAWS of PA announced on March 26, 2023.  A concerned citizen "spotted a scared cat frozen in fear by the median on I83 near Union Deposit and called PSP," the organization says.  Troopers with PSP Harrisburg closed I-83 and rescued the cat, the organization has dubbed "Trooper." "The cat was not microchipped and did not have a collar ID. Amanda, a PSP employee, kindly took the kitty home overnight and reached out to FIND TOBY in PA to post the found cat," PAWS of PA stated in the post.  PSP Troop…

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Police & Fire
Three Crashes Causing Slow Down On PA 283 Three Crashes Causing Slow Down On PA 283
Three Crashes Causing Slow Down On PA 283 Three separate crashes caused a traffic jam along Pennsylvania Route 283 in Lancaster County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The first crash happened in the eastbound lanes at Rissermill Road in Mount Joy Township on March 29, 2023 around 10:20 a.m., according to PennDOT. The second crash, was a single-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes at the Salunga Exit, approximately 10 minutes later.  No one was harmed in the first two crashes, then a few minutes a third crash happened in the same location as the second location, in that situation on person was taken to…

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Schools
Statement On 'Computer Generated Swatting' After Schools Across PA Evacuated: State Police Statement On 'Computer Generated Swatting' After Schools Across PA Evacuated: State Police
Statement On 'Computer Generated Swatting' After Schools Across PA Evacuated: State Police Pennslyvania state police have released a statement after a large number of local and state police were called to schools—primarily Catholic schools, across Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.  At some schools students and staff were evacuated, and police surrounded the buildings with gun drawn, like at Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic high schools. Police were also called— although no guns were drawn— to schools in Bishop Carroll, Altoona Area, Forest Hills and Bellefonte. Forest Hills School officials released the following statement: "Due to suspicious activity throughout …

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Business
All Fun & Games? $18K+ Of Trading Cards Stolen From Chambersburg Store: PSP All Fun & Games? $18K+ Of Trading Cards Stolen From Chambersburg Store: PSP
All Fun & Games? $18K+ Of Trading Cards Stolen From Chambersburg Store: PSP Thieving is never "all fun and games," even when trading cards are the items stolen.  We're not playing around, and neither are the Pennsylvania State Police, as troopers are investigating after $18,930 worth of trading cards were stolen from a gaming store in Chambersburg, according to a release on March 29, 2023. The burglary involved a break-in at All Fun & Games on the 800 block of Lincoln Way West, Hamilton Township sometime between 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 30, 2023, the police detailed in the release. Police continue to investigate this incident.

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News
Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says
Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says Two elderly nurses have been held in the Dauphin County Prison after the Attorney General Michelle Henry filed charges against them for neglecting a resident in their care "who died after sustaining injuries," according to a release by the AG's office on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Deanna Lee Hamilton, 64, of Dauphin, and Margaret Susan Nies, 71, of Hummelstown, were nurses at a Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Harrisburg, in December 2019 when a male resident fell and was seriously injured—he was later hospitalized and died on Jan. 1, 2020, as detailed in the re…

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Police & Fire
Gotta Catch 'Em All! Rutters Pokémon Card Thief Wanted, Pennsylvania State Police Say Gotta Catch 'Em All! Rutters Pokémon Card Thief Wanted, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Gotta Catch 'Em All! Rutters Pokémon Card Thief Wanted, Pennsylvania State Police Say "Gotta Catch 'Em All" is more than the Pokémon theme song, it apparently is the Pennsylvania State Police's little known motto.  State police are trying to catch a thief "who has been stealing Pokémon Cards from Rutters," according PSP-Troop G in Lewistown.  Police officers and Pokémon.Pixabay/Alexas_Fotos "The individual walks into the gas station and then takes a handful of the cards and walks off," the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers say. An incident of one of the card thefts was reported at the convenience store located at 27335 Route 75 North in Mifflintown on Sunday, March 12, 2023 a…

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Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police
Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police A convicted drug dealer with a history of driving under the influence and giving alcohol to kids has been arrested for making threatening text messages, authorities say.  Jemel Mixell, 31, of Mechanicsburg  sent numerous threatening text messages to the victim; including graphic threats of death and bodily injury aimed at the victim and their family in Lower Allen Township, police announced on Friday, March 24, 2023. A warrant for Mixell's arrest was issued that morning at 8 a.m. following the investigation, which began on March 2, 2023 with the LATPD "took a report from a local r…

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