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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

Falls Township Police Seek ID For Duo Who Used Stolen Credit Cards At Local Home Depot, Target Police in Falls Township are seeking the public's help identifying a pair who they say used stolen credit cards for purchases at a local Home Depot and Target, authorities said. Three suspects are believed to have stolen the credit cards from a wallet in a car parked at the Planet Fitness in Morrisville between 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on Monday, according to the Falls Township Police Department. The credit cards were used at the Home Depot on Commerce Boulevard and the Target on Lincoln Highway in Langhorne, shortly after 12 p.m., police said. The duo was caught on surveillance…

by Nicole Acosta

03/02/2021

Police & Fire

DUI Driver Crashes Stolen Car In West Whiteland Hit-Run, Police Say A Chester County man was DUI when he rear-ended another vehicle in a stolen car Monday, authorities said. Carlos Sanchez, 46, fled the scene of the hit and run on East Lincoln Highway and Springdale Drive around 8:30 a.m., in a car believed to be stolen out of Lancaster County, West Whiteland Det. Scott Pezick said. Sanchez was taken into police custody and the stolen 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee was returned to the owner later that day, Pezick told Daily Voice. The other driver suffered no injuries, Pezick said. Sanchez was charged with receiving stolen property, DUI, drug paraphernalia, dri…

by Nicole Acosta

03/02/2021

Police & Fire

Woman Takes Fatal Leap From Burlington Bristol Bridge Into Delaware River A woman jumped to her death from the Burlington Bristol bridge Sunday, LevittownNow reports. The woman reportedly jumped from the bridge deck into the Delaware River around 10:30 a.m., authorities told the outlet. Search teams sent a boat into the river to recover the victim from the water, the outlet reports. The bridge, which connects Bucks County to New Jersey, was reopened around 11:10 a.m. authorities told the outlet. The America Hose, Hook and Ladder, Cornwells, Croydon, and Union fire companies responded along with the Bucks County Rescue Squad and New Jersey emergency c…

by Nicole Acosta

03/02/2021

Police & Fire

Officer Cleared In East Goshen Police Standoff That Left 34-Year-Old Chester Man Critical An officer has been cleared of any wrong-doing in connection to an East Goshen police standoff that left a 34-year-old Chester County man in critical condition last month, authorities announced. Westtown East Goshen police received a call about a suspect who was having a mental health crisis and had threatened to shoot his mother and sister at a home in the 900 block of Cornwallis Drive, around 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 11, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. During an attempt to communicate with the man, he fired approximately 15 rounds from a handgun at West Chester Region…

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

Police & Fire

2 Teens Arrested In Norristown Pizzeria Assault, Robbery; 1 Suspect Still At Large Police in Norristown have arrested two teen boys wanted in connection to the Feb. 19 robbery and assault of the owner of Mama Venezia's Pizzeria, 6abc Action News reports. Brothers Justin and Kevin Cassidy, both 19, of Aston, are in police custody, the news outlet reports. A third suspect, Justin Croson of Seven Valleys, remains at large. Surveillance footage shows a group of men looking through Mama Venezia's Pizzeria and later running into the establishment with masks, 6abc reports. The group is later seen running out of the pizzeria after owner Ying Ngov, a 56-year-old immigr…

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

Police & Fire

Philadelphia Man Charged With Kidnapping, Robbery Of Postal Workers Using Replica Handgun A Philadelphia man was arrested after he robbed and kidnapped postal workers with a replica handgun as they were delivering parcels in West Philadelphia, authorities announced. The indictment alleges that James Chandler, 54, forced the workers into their postal trucks and stole packages on Jan. 11 and Feb. 4, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Chandler is also accused to have forced a postal worker at gunpoint to drive him for several blocks in her postal truck before fleeing on foot during the Feb. 4 incident, Williams said. “Target…

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

Police & Fire

Reading Police Seek Help Locating 14-Year-Old Boy Missing Since November Police in Berks County are seeking the public's help locating a 14-year-old boy who has been reported missing since last November. Kennylias Rodriguez was last seen in Reading on Nov. 13, 2020, according to the City of Reading Police Department. Rodriguez is described as a Hispanic male, with black hair and brown eyes, around 5' 10", weighing 130 pounds, police said. He may be in the company of his mother, police said. Anyone with information is encouraged to call (610)-655-6116.

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

Police & Fire

West Philadelphia Lowe's Arsonist Indicted For Blaze Set During BLM Protests A man accused of torching West Philadelphia Lowe's during last May's widespread Black Lives Matter protests has been indicted on federal arson charges, authorities announced. The indictment alleges that Derrick Weatherbe, 29, of Philadelphia, damaged and destroyed the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on North 50th Street on May 31, 2020, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. The incident occurred following a series of nationwide protests in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Surveillance tapes showed a man with distin…

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

Police & Fire

Samurai Sword Wielding Man Shot Dead By Police 'Left House To Kill,' DA Says A police officer has been cleared of any wrong-doing in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Trey Bartholomew last month in Pennsburg. “The dispatch reports police received were that the man left his house to kill anybody he encountered, and when he encountered a police officer," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. "The evidence is that he tried to do just that." Bartholomew was found with a samurai sword by Upper Perk police at 8th Street and Long Alley, after one of his family members called 9-1-1 saying he was threatening to harm others around 7:40 p.m. …

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

Police & Fire

Upper Merion Police Searching For Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself Inside King Of Prussia Mall Police in Montgomery County are searching for a man who they say accidentally shot himself in the leg in the Victoria's Secret store inside King of Prussia mall, 6abc Action News reports. Upper Merion Township police were called to the lower level of the mall where witnesses said a man shot himself and ran out of the store with a woman around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the news outlet reports. Officers noticed a trail of blood from the mall leading to the parking lot, where the pair was believed to have fled in a silver Dodge minivan with a driver’s side front fender that was a different…

by Nicole Acosta

03/01/2021

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