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Nicole Acosta

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Nicole is a 4-time New York Press Association award-winning writer from The Bronx, New York. She graduated in 2019, with a bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Journalism from Mercy College.

Her passion for community storytelling blossomed during her time as the Managing Editor of her college publication, The Impact, where she covered local news in Westchester County. She’s experienced in all verticals of media. She loves to create engaging and unique content whether it’s through social media, copywriting, digital marketing, or public relations projects.

Nicole was a reporter at Daily Voice and covered Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

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Police & Fire

5 People Injured In Nether Providence Twp. House Fire Five people are being treated for injuries sustained in a fire that broke out in a home in Nether Providence Thursday morning, authorities said. Officers responded to the 600 block of Markham Street in the South Media section of the township around 10:20 a.m. on reports of a structure fire with a person trapped, according to Nether Providence police Chief David M. Splain. Officers say three community members were injured trying to free a man trapped in the home, Splain confirmed. The three people were treated at the scene and released, while the man and one of the citizens were transp…

by Nicole Acosta

03/25/2021

Police & Fire

Man Accused Of Stabbing 17-Year-Old At Manor Elementary School Surrenders To Police A 21-year-old man wanted for stabbing a 17-year-old at Manor Elementary School last weekend surrendered to police Wednesday, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to the Penn Valley Road school on reports of a stabbing and found a 17-year-old boy on Timothy Lane in the Thornridge section of Falls Township around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Falls Township police said. The boy had suffered from multiple stab wounds and was sent to Saint Mary’s Medical Center, where he underwent surgery and is listed in critical condition, police said. An investigation ensued and found that the primary suspec…

by Nicole Acosta

03/25/2021

Police & Fire

Driver Injured After Crashing Into Pond In Limerick A Limerick driver is being treated for injuries he sustained after crashing into a pond Thursday morning, authorities said. Authorities arrived on the scene around 7:50 a.m. to find a red Kia sedan in a pond behind Alderfer Glass Company on West Ridge Pike, according to the Limerick Fire Department. The driver made it out of the car before rescue crews arrived and is being treated for their injuries, authorities said. No further information was available.

by Nicole Acosta

03/25/2021

Police & Fire

Croydon Man Escapes House Fire By Jumping From Second-Floor Balcony A Croydon man is being treated for his injuries after he escaped a grueling house fire by jumping out of a second-floor balcony early Thursday morning, authorities said. Fire crews responded just before 1 a.m. to a home in the 800 block of Main Avenue to find the 52-year-old man who had reportedly jumped out of a second-floor balcony and a woman trapped on the same floor, authorities said. The man was taken to a local hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and injuries from the fall, 6abc says. A woman managed to climb from a second-story window onto a first-story roof and was re…

by Nicole Acosta

03/25/2021

Police & Fire

Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate A former Lehigh University student will spend up to 20 years behind bars before he's sent back to China after admitting to poisoning his roommate with a heavy metal substance three years ago, according to several news reports. Yukai Yang, now 25, pleaded guilty to attempted murder last November, acknowledging that he bought thallium in March 2018 and began slipping it into Juwan Royal’s food and mouthwash, CBS Philly reports. Royal noted in court that he suffered weight loss, headaches, nausea, and heart palpitations, WFMZ reports. He was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning in April 2018,…

by Nicole Acosta

03/25/2021

Police & Fire

DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media A 19-year-old Chalfont man who reportedly made racist and threatening comments on a social media video posted in July was ordered to undergo racial sensitivity training, authorities announced. Andrew J. Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment and was also sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons to a year of probation, mental health assessments, and continued racial sensitivity training at The Peace Center in Langhorne and at Good Shepard Mediation in Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The racial sensitivity training was an arrange…

by Nicole Acosta

03/24/2021

Police & Fire

Skeletal Remains Found Near Lehigh Shopping Center ID As 36-Year-Old NY Man Skeletal remains found near a Lehigh County shopping center were identified as a 36-year-old New York man, PennLive reports. The remains of Bryan Geel Jr., 36, of Chatham, N.Y., was found March 8 in a wooded area in the 2100 block of Hoover Avenue in Hanover Township, the news outlet reports. The area where investigators found the body of Geel Jr. is also not far from a shopping center on Airport Road that houses a BJ's Wholesale Club, PennLive says. An autopsy was performed on March 9 by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, but the cause of death has yet to be determined, the outlet report…

by Nicole Acosta

03/24/2021

Police & Fire

'Reckless' Doylestown Physician Prescribed Deadly Oxy Cocktails To 14 Patients, AG Says A Doylestown physician is facing felony charges for prescribing 14 patients with deadly combinations of oxycodone for as long as 16 years per person, authorities announced. Richard Kondan, 58, prescribed highly addictive opioid medications to at least 14 patients between November 2017 and September 2019, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Kondan failed to prescribe controlled substances in accordance with accepted treatment principles, and failed to keep accurate medical records that support the high volume of opioids that he prescribe…

by Nicole Acosta

03/24/2021

Police & Fire

South Jersey Fugitive Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Captured In Chester, PA A New Jersey fugitive accused of sexually assaulting a minor was captured by law enforcement Monday in Chester, PA, authorities said. An arrest warrant out of Burlington County, NJ was issued for Brandon M. Pelzer, 38, for the sexual assault of a minor between 13 and 16 years old, Chester City police said. Pelzer was found on the 3100 block of West 3rd Street on Monday by a police officer and was taken into custody for processing, authorities said. He was arraigned by District Justice Lee C. Grimes, and his bail was set a $250,000 cash. He was committed to George W. Hill Correctional Faci…

by Nicole Acosta

03/24/2021

Police & Fire

Philadelphia Felon Sentenced To 14 Years Behind Bars For Gun Trafficking 3 Weeks After Sister A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms as part of his family’s gun trafficking "business," authorities announced. Mario Ramirez, 33, was sentenced on multiple gun trafficking charges three weeks after his sister, Elena Ramirez was sentenced to three years in prison for the same crime, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Ramirez was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms in January 2019 when authorities recovered four of his guns that he had stored in his mother’s Philadelp…

by Nicole Acosta

03/24/2021

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