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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New Cumberland-Lemoyne, PA
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Lemoyne Standoff Contained, Police Say; Neighbors Previously Told To Stay Inside (UPDATE) Lemoyne Standoff Contained, Police Say; Neighbors Previously Told To Stay Inside (UPDATE) Lemoyne Standoff Contained, Police Say; Neighbors Previously Told To Stay Inside (UPDATE)
Lemoyne Standoff Contained, Police Say; Neighbors Previously Told To Stay Inside (Update) A standoff that shut down a Pennsylvania street remained active but contained Monday evening, Nov. 2, police said in an update. “For safety reasons we are not releasing any additional information at this time,” West Shore Regional Police wrote in the update posted at 7:59 p.m. “The situation is currently contained.” Officers were working in the 400 block of Hummel Avenue in Lemoyne, Cumberland County, as of 6:20 p.m., according to the department’s initial alert. The roadway was closed, and neighbors were asked to remain inside, police said at that time. The latest update did not announce t…

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Haverford-Havertown, PA
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Havertown Trooper Pleads Guilty To AI Porn, State Databases, Secret Recordings (UPDATE) Havertown Trooper Pleads Guilty To AI Porn, State Databases, Secret Recordings (UPDATE) Havertown Trooper Pleads Guilty To AI Porn, State Databases, Secret Recordings (UPDATE)
Havertown Trooper Pleads Guilty To AI Porn, State Databases, Secret Recordings (Update) A Pennsylvania State Police corporal who used government computers to create AI-generated pornography, secretly recorded women, and possessed child sexual abuse material has been sentenced to prison and designated a sexually violent predator, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Stephen M. Kamnik, 40, of Havertown, was sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison, followed by seven years of probation, by a Montgomery County judge, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced. The judge also designated Kamnik a sexually violent predator, requiring him to register as a sex offende…

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Waynesboro, PA
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PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee
PA ‘Wallet Dr.’ Who Promoted Scam Awareness Admits Posing As Federal Employee A Pennsylvania financial advisor who promoted himself as “Wallet Dr.” and appeared on a podcast about exposing scams admitted to impersonating a federal employee to steer businesses’ retirement plans into his control, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Lazaven Mitchell, 38, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to one count of false impersonation of a federal officer or employee before Senior U.S. District Judge David Stewart Cercone, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Mitchell repeatedly presented himself as working for the U.S. Department of La…

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Newberrytown-Lewisberry, PA
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Vehicles Hit By Nuts, Bolts On I-83 In Newberrytown; Suspected Driver Wanted: PSP Vehicles Hit By Nuts, Bolts On I-83 In Newberrytown; Suspected Driver Wanted: PSP Vehicles Hit By Nuts, Bolts On I-83 In Newberrytown; Suspected Driver Wanted: PSP
Vehicles Hit By Nuts, Bolts On I-83 In Newberrytown; Suspected Driver Wanted: PSP A driver who hurled industrial nuts and bolts at oncoming vehicles on a Pennsylvania interstate is wanted by state police, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Multiple vehicles traveling northbound on Interstate 83 in York County were struck by metal objects throughout October, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The suspect was traveling in the southbound lanes when he threw the objects at northbound vehicles, police said. All reported incidents happened between Exit 19 for Market Street and Exit 32 for Newberrytown, between 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., according to the release. Troop…

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Reading, PA
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WATCH: Rockslide Halts Poconos Scenic Train Rides, Closes Route 209 In Jim Thorpe (VIDEO) WATCH: Rockslide Halts Poconos Scenic Train Rides, Closes Route 209 In Jim Thorpe (VIDEO) WATCH: Rockslide Halts Poconos Scenic Train Rides, Closes Route 209 In Jim Thorpe (VIDEO)
Watch: Rockslide Halts Poconos Scenic Train Rides, Closes Route 209 In Jim Thorpe (Video) A Halloween rockslide halted scenic train rides in the Poconos and shut down a Pennsylvania highway — leaving crews facing weeks of emergency repairs. The shoulder of Route 209 collapsed in Nesquehoning, Carbon County, on Saturday, Oct. 31, sending rocks down a hillside onto railroad tracks below and closing the highway between Route 903 and Route 93 near Jim Thorpe. Watch a video of the rockslide in the player below: The collapse disrupted Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway excursions during its Autumn Leaf season, forcing the cancellation of Saturday’s trips. But passengers still have a way…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Woman Killed By SEPTA Trolley While Jogging In Philadelphia Identified Woman Killed By SEPTA Trolley While Jogging In Philadelphia Identified Woman Killed By SEPTA Trolley While Jogging In Philadelphia Identified
Woman Killed By SEPTA Trolley While Jogging In Philadelphia Identified A woman struck and killed by a SEPTA trolley while jogging in Pennsylvania has been identified, police announced Monday, Nov. 2. Samuber Shikhverdieva, 64, was jogging south on 45th Street when an eastbound trolley traveling along Chester Avenue struck her at the intersection near Clark Park in Southwest Philadelphia at approximately 9:10 a.m., Philadelphia police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:28 a.m., according to police. Police initially reported that her identity was unknown before identifying her in an update Monday afternoon. SEPTA issued a T3 service alert requesti…

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Pottstown, PA
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Pottstown Teen ID’d After Fatal Delaware Pedestrian Crash Pottstown Teen ID’d After Fatal Delaware Pedestrian Crash Pottstown Teen ID’d After Fatal Delaware Pedestrian Crash
Pottstown Teen ID’d After Fatal Delaware Pedestrian Crash A Pennsylvania teen was killed in a pedestrian crash in Delaware, state police announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Seth Schloendorn, 19, of Pottstown, was identified as the pedestrian killed in the crash in Wilmington on Thursday night, Oct. 29, Delaware State Police said. Schloendorn’s Facebook profile listed him as originally from Pottstown and living in Stroudsburg. It also listed Owen J. Roberts High School under his education. The Delaware State Police Troop 2 Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate. Anyone who witnessed the collision or has related video is asked to contact …

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Bethlehem, PA
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21-Year-Old Killed In Bethlehem Shooting, Juvenile In Custody As Homicide Charge Planned 21-Year-Old Killed In Bethlehem Shooting, Juvenile In Custody As Homicide Charge Planned 21-Year-Old Killed In Bethlehem Shooting, Juvenile In Custody As Homicide Charge Planned
21-Year-Old Killed In Bethlehem Shooting, Juvenile In Custody As Homicide Charge Planned A Pennsylvania shooting has turned deadly, and investigators are working to add a homicide charge against a juvenile already in custody, police announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Jose Yapur De Los-Santos, 21, of Bethlehem, was shot in the 1100 block of Maple Street in the Northampton County portion of Bethlehem at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, authorities said. He was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, where he was pronounced dead at 1:09 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. His death resulted from a gunshot injury and was ruled a …

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Allentown, PA
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Woman Killed In Halloween Morning Allentown Crash ID’d By Coroner Woman Killed In Halloween Morning Allentown Crash ID’d By Coroner Woman Killed In Halloween Morning Allentown Crash ID’d By Coroner
Woman Killed In Halloween Morning Allentown Crash ID’d By Coroner A Pennsylvania woman was struck and killed on Halloween morning, and her identity has now been released, the coroner announced on Monday, Nov. 2. Alronica Canada, 53, of Northampton, was struck by a motor vehicle in the 300 block of West Hamilton Street in Allentown at approximately 5:05 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Canada was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital–Sacred Heart Campus in Allentown, where she was pronounced dead in the emergency department at 5:27 a.m., according to the coroner’s office. An autopsy completed Monday at the Lehigh County Coron…

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Lebanon, PA
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Lebanon Bell Customer Sent Explicit Image To Juvenile Worker, Doused Manager In Soda: PD Lebanon Bell Customer Sent Explicit Image To Juvenile Worker, Doused Manager In Soda: PD Lebanon Bell Customer Sent Explicit Image To Juvenile Worker, Doused Manager In Soda: PD
Lebanon Bell Customer Sent Explicit Image To Juvenile Worker, Doused Manager In Soda: PD A Taco Bell customer sent a sexually explicit image to a juvenile worker after being warned employees were minors, doused a manager with soda, and threatened staff at a Pennsylvania restaurant, police said. Nicholas Jerome Wennik, 33, of Womelsdorf, was being held in Lebanon County Prison after failing to post $40,000 monetary bail, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Nov. 2. Wennik was a customer who repeatedly visited the drive-through at the Taco Bell at 2100 W. Cumberland Street in North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County, according to the affidavit. He repea…

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