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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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Feds: Allentown Woman Gets 75 Years In Prison For Using Stolen IDs To File Taxes An Allentown woman was sentenced to 75 years behind bars, and must pay $857,000 to the federal government for allegedly stealing victims' identities and using them to obtain significant tax refunds, authorities said. Marien Torres-Acevedo, 38, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government between January 2015 to July 2016, according to Acting United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler. Torres-Acevedo and her co-conspirators secured fraudulent U.S. Treasury checks and cashed them at various check-cashing businesses, including several in Pennsylvania, Brandler said. Torres-Aceved…

by Nicole Acosta

03/12/2021

Police & Fire

Police: 20-Year-Old Chester City Man Facing Charges For Shooting Friend A 20-year-old Chester City man who had two warrants out for his arrest is facing charges for shooting his friend, and leaving him critically wounded last year, authorities said. Detectives responded to a report of a gunshot victim at Crozier Chester Medical Center on December 30, 2020, where they met a man who had sustained a gunshot wound to the back of the neck, according to the City of Chester Police Department. The man was able to identify the shooter as Wanyaa Powell, police said. The man told detectives that after being shot, Powell told him to turn around, and said “I gotta kill you…

by Nicole Acosta

03/12/2021

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Allentown Police Probe Shooting That Left Man Presumably Wounded Police in Lehigh County are investigating a shooting that left a man presumably wounded Wednesday evening in Allentown. Police confirm the shooting took place in the 100 Block of Sycamore Street, according to the Allentown Police Department. The man was taken by EMS to an area hospital where he is being treated, police said. His status is unknown. No further information was provided since the investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Allentown detectives at (610)-437-7721 ext. 1 or use their anonymous text tip app (Tip411).

by Nicole Acosta

03/12/2021

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Feds: Philadelphia Market CEO Stole $7.8M From Job To Pay For Pricy Jersey Shore House The former president and CEO of Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market is facing federal charges for stealing $7.8 million from his employer to pay for various personal expenses including $1.9 million in rent on his Jersey Shore house, authorities said. The Information alleges that Caesar DiCrecchio, 60, of Vorhees, NJ, had control over every aspect of the Market, including the expenditure of funds, and was required to report on the Market’s finances to its Board of Directors, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. DiCrecchio defrauded the mark…

by Nicole Acosta

03/11/2021

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DA: 20-Year-Old South Jersey Man Points Stolen Gun At PA Officer's Head, Pulls Trigger A 20-year-old South Jersey man is facing attempted murder charges after putting a gun to a local Pennsylvania police officer's head and pulled the trigger, authorities said. Police responding to Mulberry Lane in the Lafayette Hill section of Whitemarsh Township found Reynaldo Figueroa-Ardon, of Vineland, checking car door handles to see if they were unlocked around 8 a.m., Wednesday, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Dressed in an orange and green hoodie, Figueroa-Ardon walked away when he saw police, and ignored commands from the officers to stop, Steele …

by Nicole Acosta

03/11/2021

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Police ID Angry Berks Woman Who Spit On Another Driver In Route 61 Road Rage Incident Tilden police have identified a woman who they say was screaming profanities at a driver and spit in his face after cutting him off near State Route 61, authorities said. Tammy L. Ambrose, 49, of Cressona (Schuylkill County), was behind the wheel of a red Suzuki sedan when she cut in front of another driver, who was operating a tractor-trailer on the northbound side of the highway near Lowland Road, around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, according to the Tilden Township Police Department. Ambrose then jumped out of her sedan and walked towards the man's truck, where she climbed up onto the drive…

by Nicole Acosta

03/10/2021

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Winner: Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket Good For $300K Sold In Montgomery County A Pennsylvania lottery ticket good for $300,000 was sold in Montgomery County. The ticket from the Tuesday, March 9 Cash 5 drawing was sold at Top Star Express on North Lewis Road in Limerick Township, Royersford. The winning numbers were 9-22-27-38-42. The retailer will win a $500 bonus check for selling the winning ticket.

by Nicole Acosta

03/10/2021

Police & Fire

DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison A 29-year-old Hilltown man was sentenced Friday to up to four years in state prison on several firearms violations in an investigation that began when he pointed a gun at a woman in the parking lot of a Walmart in Hilltown Township, authorities said. A woman told police she was with her 10-year-old daughter when she pulled into an open parking spot and noticed a man in a car next to hers cursing at her around 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2020, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. When she and her daughter got out of the car, the man -- later identified as Willia…

by Nicole Acosta

03/10/2021

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Plumstead PD: 31-Year-Old Woman Faces Assault Charge In Violent, Drunk Domestic Dispute A Pipersville woman was arrested after brutally beating a man in a drunken domestic dispute last weekend, authorities said. Christina Bennett, 31, of Pipersville, was charged with simple assault and more following the March 6 incident in Plumstead, local police said. Officers responded to a home in the 5800 block of Bradshaw Road on reports of a domestic dispute when they found a man with scratches and fresh wounds, bleeding and alone, police said. Officers also found several broken items around the home, and a "highly intoxicated" woman -- later identified as Bennett, police said. A…

by Nicole Acosta

03/10/2021

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Remains Found In Bensalem In 1988 ID's As Missing Pregnant Teen Lisa Todd An ongoing investigation determined that skeletal remains found at the old Publicker Distillery in Bensalem in 1988 are those of a 17-year-old woman reported missing three years prior, authorities said. Philadelphia's Lisa Todd was reported missing in October 1985. Three years later, remains were found in a well that used to be the Publicker Distillery along State Road in Bensalem, police confirmed. The remains were unidentified up until two months ago, when investigators extracted DNA from them, linking Todd to her family tree. Bensalem Police Det. Chris McMullin said he was onl…

by Nicole Acosta

03/10/2021

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