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Jillian Pikora

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. Over the past decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Prior to joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently manages and reports stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say
Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say A Warrington Township mom turned herself in after police discovered her overdosing with fentanyl near her children and a home in severe disarray, authorities announced Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Alexandre Diana Sharpe, 35, was arrested at the Warrington Township Police Department after an investigation stemming from a medical emergency at her Chalfont home on Teresa Circle on Nov. 23, 2024, police said. Officers arrived to find Sharpe actively overdosing alongside another adult, identified as Anderson-Ley, who also appeared under the influence of controlled substances, police detailed. Th…

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Trooper Thrown From Horse After Truck Crash Near Live! Casino, Driver Charged: PA State Police Trooper Thrown From Horse After Truck Crash Near Live! Casino, Driver Charged: PA State Police
Trooper Thrown From Horse After Truck Crash Near Live! Casino, Driver Charged: PA State Police A Pennsylvania State Trooper suffered a broken leg after being struck by a pickup truck while patrolling near Live! Casino in South Philadelphia on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, state police said. The trooper, part of the Pennsylvania State Police Mounted Patrol Unit, was assisting in crowd control near the casino around 3:54 p.m. when the incident occurred. Before the mounted unit's arrival, the scene was brought under control, and the unit resumed patrol, traveling south on Darien Street near Pattison Avenue, according to the release. As the mounted unit proceeded down the street, a white pickup…

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Infant Assault Found In 2K+ Images On NJ Music Teacher Sentenced In PA: DA Infant Assault Found In 2K+ Images On NJ Music Teacher Sentenced In PA: DA
Infant Assault Found In 2K+ Images On NJ Music Teacher Sentenced In PA: DA A former Pennsbury School District music instructor who admitted to having thousands of child pornography images and videos has been sentenced to three years of probation, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Christopher Bygott, 47, of Hamilton, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to felony charges of possession of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility. Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley also ordered Bygott to undergo sex offender treatment, barred him from having unsupervised contact with minors, and mandated hi…

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York Man Pleads Guilty To Harrisburg Garden Murder, Faces Additional Assault Charges York Man Pleads Guilty To Harrisburg Garden Murder, Faces Additional Assault Charges
York Man Pleads Guilty To Harrisburg Garden Murder, Faces Additional Assault Charges A York felon admitted to killing a woman whose body was found in Harrisburg's Sunken Garden, marking another grim chapter in his violent history. Brandon Martinez, 35, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the December 2022 death of 53-year-old Stacey Shannon. He was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, to 20 to 40 years in state prison by President Judge Scott Arthur Evans in Dauphin County. The sentence will run consecutively to a prior 3-to-6-year sentence for forgery, totaling up to 46 years of incarceration. Shannon’s body was discovered on Dec. 22, 2022, in Riverfront Park’s Su…

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PA Dad Used Pen Camera To Record Victims In Bathroom, Sexually Abused Boys: Affidavit PA Dad Used Pen Camera To Record Victims In Bathroom, Sexually Abused Boys: Affidavit
PA Dad Used Pen Camera To Record Victims In Bathroom, Sexually Abused Boys: Affidavit A Harrisburg dad is accused of sexually abusing two boys and secretly recording videos of them and another family member using a hidden pen camera, the Berks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Kemish A. Soto-Munet, 29, was charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, sexual abuse of children, invasion of privacy, and corruption of minors, according to investigators. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** The investigation began on Sunday, July 28, 2024, with a Childline referral alle…

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Trooper Among 3 Seriously Hurt After Driver Fails To Yield On Route 283: PA State Police Trooper Among 3 Seriously Hurt After Driver Fails To Yield On Route 283: PA State Police
Trooper Among 3 Seriously Hurt After Driver Fails To Yield On Route 283: PA State Police Three people, including a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, were seriously injured when a Volkswagen Passat crashed into a marked police cruiser on Route 283 in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, police announced on Sunday, Jan. 26. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. near mile marker 5.9 on Route 283 East, according to a release by Pennsylvania State Police. A trooper was investigating a prior crash involving a disabled vehicle in the left lane and had positioned their Ford Explorer partially in the left lane and shoulder with emergency lights activated. Passing drivers were slowing …

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$29K Counterfeit Check In Kennett Square Borough's Account Leads To Arrest Years Later: Police $29K Counterfeit Check In Kennett Square Borough's Account Leads To Arrest Years Later: Police
$29K Counterfeit Check In Kennett Square Borough's Account Leads To Arrest Years Later: Police A Kennett Square man accused of attempting to deposit a $29,950 counterfeit check "against Kennett Square Borough's internal financial accounts" has been arrested, police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Nathaniel Tyree Curtis, 30, was taken into custody by the Kennett Square Police Department on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, after being transported from Philadelphia to Chester County Prison. The arrest followed an investigation into an attempted fraudulent deposit that targeted Kennett Square Borough’s financial accounts, police said. Curtis allegedly deposited an altered check worth $29,950…

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NJ 25-Year-Old Woman Killed In Icy Crash On I-295, PA State Police Say NJ 25-Year-Old Woman Killed In Icy Crash On I-295, PA State Police Say
NJ 25-Year-Old Woman Killed In Icy Crash On I-295, PA State Police Say A 25-year-old woman was killed and a man was seriously injured after a crash on Interstate 295 Eastbound in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The crash happened around 8:52 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, at mile marker 5.7 of I-295 Eastbound, according to state police. Samantha Kaitlin Cote, of High Bridge, New Jersey, was driving a 2007 Toyota Matrix on the ramp from US-1 Southbound to I-295 Eastbound when she lost control of her car after hitting a patch of ice, investigators said. Cote's vehicle swerved right, then left, hitting a metal guide ra…

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Pedestrian Killed In Hit-And-Run On Broadway In Valley Stream: Police Pedestrian Killed In Hit-And-Run On Broadway In Valley Stream: Police
Pedestrian Killed In Hit-And-Run On Broadway In Valley Stream: Police A man in his forties was struck and killed by a vehicle that fled the scene in Valley Stream on Monday night, Jan. 27, Nassau County police said. Officers responded to Broadway near Ash Street at 7:57 p.m. after receiving reports of a man lying in the roadway bleeding, detectives said in a release. The victim had suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene by a police medic. The vehicle involved in the incident fled before officers arrived, and no description of the car or driver has been released at this time. Detectives with the Nassau County Police Department’s Hom…

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$33K Laundered, Vehicles Sold To Drug Traffickers By PA Car Dealership: USDOJ $33K Laundered, Vehicles Sold To Drug Traffickers By PA Car Dealership: USDOJ
$33K Laundered, Vehicles Sold To Drug Traffickers By PA Car Dealership: Usdoj A Lancaster car dealership laundered more than $33,000 in drug money through vehicle sales, leading to federal prison sentences for two men, prosecutors announced on Monday, Jan. 27. Christopher Lopez, 41, and Michael Torres, 43, both of Lancaster, were sentenced after being convicted of conspiring to launder cash proceeds represented as cocaine sales, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Lopez, the owner of C&D Motorsports, received one year and one day in prison, while Torres, a salesperson, was sentenced to six months. Both were also orde…

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