Jillian Pikora

Deputy Managing Editor

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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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Harrisburg, PA
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Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG
Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG A former Pennsylvania district attorney who had emergency kits seized from active ambulances and locked in his office was convicted Friday, Oct. 16, authorities announced. Former Greene County District Attorney David Russo was found guilty of official oppression following three days of testimony, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. A Fayette County senior judge returned the verdict. Russo used his office to have “Stop the Bleed” kits designed for mass casualty events removed from county ambulances, taking them out of service, prosecutors said. He directed a detective working for the…

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Mercersburg, PA
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GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit
GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit A girlfriend discovered videos of an unconscious woman being raped on a Pennsylvania teen’s cellphone — and a tattoo helped identify the victim as his relative, investigators wrote. Tristan Gray Walker, 18, of Mount Union, is charged with rape and 13 related offenses following the discovery of the recordings in a hidden folder on his phone, according to court documents Daily Voice obtained on Thursday, Oct. 15. The investigation began Sunday, Oct. 11, when a relative went to the Pennsylvania State Police Huntingdon barracks after receiving a video through Snapchat from Walker’s girlfriend, …

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Harrisburg, PA
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Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG
Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG Thousands of cats and dogs were dumped in a landfill while grieving Pennsylvania families paid for private cremations and received ashes from unknown sources — and the operator is now expected to plead guilty, the Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Patrick Roy Vereb, of Pittsburgh, the former owner and operator of Eternity Pet Memorials, is expected to plead guilty to all criminal charges at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Courtroom 316 of the Allegheny County Courthouse, authorities said. His attorney notified the court of the planned plea. Sentencing will take place at a…

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Parkesburg-Cochranville, PA
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Suspect Caught In Amish Woman's Assault Near Chester-Lancaster Line (UPDATE) Suspect Caught In Amish Woman's Assault Near Chester-Lancaster Line (UPDATE) Suspect Caught In Amish Woman's Assault Near Chester-Lancaster Line (UPDATE)
Suspect Caught In Amish Woman's Assault Near Chester-Lancaster Line (Update) A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the assault of a 23-year-old Amish woman near the Lancaster-Chester county line in Pennsylvania, where police had been investigating a reported attempted abduction and searching for a pickup truck that may have New Jersey license plates, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 16. The suspect was apprehended Friday, according to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper James Grothey. Criminal charges are forthcoming, but authorities have not released the suspect's identity or details about the arrest. The assault occurred between 4:05 and 4:20 p.…

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Susquehanna Township, PA
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Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit
Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit A child suffered a fractured left arm and shoulder when an SUV driver failed to stop for a school bus’s flashing red lights in Dauphin County on Friday, Oct. 9, police wrote in court documents. William M. Hanna Sr., 82, of Harrisburg, is charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, along with summary counts of failing to stop for a school bus and reckless driving, according to the criminal complaint. Daily Voice obtained court documents on Friday, Oct. 16. Susquehanna Township police responded to Crooked Hill Road and Dogwood Drive at approximately 6:30 a.m., where Officer Jeremy Wey…

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Nazareth, PA
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Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files
Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison for possessing more than 100 photos and videos of child sexual abuse after a cybertip led investigators to his Northampton County home and workplace, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 16. Matthew John Kocher, 32, of Nazareth, was sentenced this week in Northampton County Court to 12 to 24 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to numerous felony counts of sexual abuse of children, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Kocher will also serve three years of probation and be subject to sex offender supervision conditions following…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police
3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police Three Philadelphia schools were placed on lockdown or evacuated after threats believed to have come from the same caller on Friday morning, Oct. 16, police said. The threats targeted Masterman School, the School of the Future, and Benjamin Franklin High School, prompting precautionary security measures and police responses at all three locations, according to Philadelphia Police Officer Tanya Little. At Masterman School, located at 1699 Spring Garden Street, a lockdown began around 8:30 a.m. The school was cleared by police at 9:31 a.m. Benjamin Franklin High School, at 550 North Broad Str…

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Allentown, PA
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Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted
Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted A Pennsylvania man who opened fire into a crowd near Muhlenberg College in Allentown, shooting four people after a fight over text messages, has been convicted of attempted homicide, prosecutors announced Friday, Oct. 16. Axel Suarez Vidal, 25, of Allentown, was found guilty Thursday, Oct. 15, of attempted homicide, three counts of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, and seven counts of recklessly endangering another person, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2024, outside a home at 1837 West Turner…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE) PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE) PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE)
PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (Update) The victim and accused killer in a fatal West Philadelphia stabbing that sparked a SWAT barricade standoff have been identified, police announced Friday, Oct. 16. Mark Burton, 53, was stabbed multiple times in the unit block of North Edgewood Street on Thursday morning, Oct. 15, according to Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Officer Tanya Little. Marvis Davis, 52, who lives on the same block, has been charged with murder and related offenses in Burton's killing, Little said. Officers from the 19th District responded to a report of a person with a weapon around 9:03 a.m. and found…

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West Babylon, NY
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Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash
Classic Chevy Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Seriously Injures Driver In West Babylon Crash A 68-year-old man was seriously injured when his classic Chevrolet crossed into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle on Long Island, leaving three people hospitalized, police said. The two-vehicle crash happened on Little East Neck Road in West Babylon at approximately 3:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, according to Suffolk County Police. The man was driving a 1966 Chevrolet southbound when he crossed into the opposite lane and struck a 2011 Chrysler, police said. The Chevrolet driver, a Babylon resident, suffered serious injuries, while the 62-year-old West Babylon woman driving the Chry…

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