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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Lower Makefield-Yardley, PA
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NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material
NJ Deputy Attorney General From Lower Makefield Arrested In PA For AI Child Sex Abuse Material A New Jersey deputy attorney general has been arrested in Pennsylvania after investigators said he used artificial intelligence to create and distribute child sexual abuse material and shared images depicting real children, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, of Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, was arrested at his home Thursday morning following an investigation by Bucks County Detectives and Lower Makefield Township police, according to District Attorney Joe Khan. Fitzgerald works as a deputy attorney general for the New Jersey Attorney General's O…

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Mercersburg, PA
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PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him' PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him' PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him'
PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him' A Pennsylvania woman choked her husband to death during a fight at their home, then repeatedly apologized as emergency crews tried to save him, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 15. Wendy L. Wolf, 49, of Salisbury Borough, Somerset County, is charged with strangulation, involuntary manslaughter, and aggravated assault in the death of her husband, Kenneth Wayne Wolf Jr., 60, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers were called to the couple's home at 158 Chestnut Street around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, for a domestic altercation involving a 60-year-old…

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Coatesville-Caln, PA
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Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case
Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case A Pennsylvania man who vanished after a night out nearly 50 years ago was found shot multiple times on an abandoned farm, and state police are renewing their search for answers with a $5,000 reward. Preston Frazier, a Coatesville resident and 1969 graduate of the Coatesville Area School District, was killed sometime between Thursday, April 7, and Sunday, April 10, 1977, according to a Pennsylvania State Police news release issued Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Frazier was last seen alive on the night of April 7 near the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Third Avenue in Coatesville, Chester Cou…

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Parkesburg-Cochranville, PA
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Amish Woman Targeted In Attempted Abduction In Pennsylvania: Parkesburg Police Amish Woman Targeted In Attempted Abduction In Pennsylvania: Parkesburg Police Amish Woman Targeted In Attempted Abduction In Pennsylvania: Parkesburg Police
Amish Woman Targeted In Attempted Abduction In Pennsylvania: Parkesburg Police An Amish woman was targeted in a reported attempted abduction near the Chester-Lancaster county line, and police are searching for a pickup truck that may have been involved, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15. The incident occurred Wednesday, Oct. 14, along Creek Road, southwest of Atglen Borough, according to the Parkesburg Borough Police Department, which is assisting Pennsylvania State Police at the Lancaster Barracks with the investigation. Investigators are seeking a dark-colored, possibly gray Chevrolet Silverado that may have New Jersey license plates. The truck also has uniden…

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Allentown, PA
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'He Dead': Allentown Killer Sentenced To Life As Missouri Teen's Family Seeks Justice 'He Dead': Allentown Killer Sentenced To Life As Missouri Teen's Family Seeks Justice 'He Dead': Allentown Killer Sentenced To Life As Missouri Teen's Family Seeks Justice
'He Dead': Allentown Killer Sentenced To Life As Missouri Teen's Family Seeks Justice A Pennsylvania man who texted "he dead" moments after a fatal shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, as authorities revealed he remains a suspect in the unsolved murder of a 16-year-old Missouri girl. Evander Thompson, 32, of Allentown, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 14, to life in prison without parole, plus an additional three to seven years for a firearms violation, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Thompson was convicted July 30 of first-degree murder and carrying a firearm without a license in the Sept. 23, 2023, killing of 58-year-old…

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Doylestown, PA
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5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA 5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA 5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA
5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired CA Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: Bucks DA Five Pennsylvania judges were threatened in two separate cases involving a retired California attorney who is no longer eligible to practice law and a state prison inmate with a lengthy history of threatening judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The Bucks County District Attorney's Office has charged Timothy Alexander Murphy, 70, of Oakland, California, and Joseph David Supik II, 35, who is incarcerated at SCI Forest, in unrelated cases involving threats against five Bucks County Court of Common Pleas judges, District Attorney Joe Kh…

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New Holland, PA
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Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police
Women Pepper-Spray Maryland Man Accused Of Stalking At New Holland Fair: Police Several women attending a Lancaster County fair pepper-sprayed an 18-year-old man after he repeatedly approached them for their phone numbers and Snapchat accounts, refused to leave them alone, and left them fearing for their safety, police said. The incident unfolded at the New Holland Fair near North Roberts Avenue and East Main Street around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, according to a release issued by the New Holland Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Officers working at the fair were alerted to a physical altercation and arrived to find a man lying on the ground after being spr…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Man Stabbed To Death In Pennsylvania Barricade Incident, Suspect In Custody (UPDATE) Man Stabbed To Death In Pennsylvania Barricade Incident, Suspect In Custody (UPDATE) Man Stabbed To Death In Pennsylvania Barricade Incident, Suspect In Custody (UPDATE)
Man Stabbed To Death In Pennsylvania Barricade Incident, Suspect In Custody (Update) A man was stabbed to death in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning, Oct. 15, triggering a barricade situation that ended with another man in police custody, authorities said. Philadelphia police responded to the unit block of North Edgewood Street around 9:03 a.m. for a report of a person with a weapon and a possible stabbing, according to Officer Tanya Little of the department's Office of Public Affairs. Officers found an adult man suffering from an apparent stab wound. He was pronounced dead at 9:19 a.m., police said. A barricade situation was declared during the incident, prompting a large …

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Mom Dies After 3-Year-Old Daughter Killed Days Before Birthday In PA Scooter Fire (UPDATE) Mom Dies After 3-Year-Old Daughter Killed Days Before Birthday In PA Scooter Fire (UPDATE) Mom Dies After 3-Year-Old Daughter Killed Days Before Birthday In PA Scooter Fire (UPDATE)
Mom Dies After 3-Year-Old Daughter Killed Days Before Birthday In PA Scooter Fire (Update) A 3-year-old girl died just three days before her fourth birthday when a lithium-ion scooter battery sparked a Pennsylvania rowhome fire that also claimed the life of her 22-year-old mother, a relative confirmed to Daily Voice. The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in the 3300 block of D Street in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood, where firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor, the Philadelphia Fire Department said. The little girl, identified by her family as Zhamira, died just days before she would have turned 4 on Wednesday, Oct.…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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NJ Man, 23, Killed In Pennsylvania Hit-Run; Driver Flees Scene NJ Man, 23, Killed In Pennsylvania Hit-Run; Driver Flees Scene NJ Man, 23, Killed In Pennsylvania Hit-Run; Driver Flees Scene
NJ Man, 23, Killed In Pennsylvania Hit-Run; Driver Flees Scene A 23-year-old New Jersey man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Philadelphia early Thursday morning, Oct. 15, police announced. The crash happened around 12:53 a.m. in the 4100 block of North Delaware Avenue, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Officers responding to the scene found the pedestrian lying in the roadway with severe head injuries, police said. Philadelphia Fire Department medics pronounced him dead at approximately 1 a.m. The victim was identified as Brendan Casuscelli, 23, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Investigators believe an unidentified vehicle struck Casus…

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