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Nicole Acosta

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nacosta@dailyvoice.com

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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

Seen HER? Warminster Girl, 16, Reported Missing Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help to locate a Warminster teen girl who was reported missing Wednesday. Adora Wilson,16, was last seen walking out of the Valley Youth House in Warminster on Sunday, according to the Warminster Township Police Department. Wilson is described as a black female, 5'5" tall, and 145 pounds with shoulder-length brown hair, police said. She was last seen wearing a brown winter coat with fur on the hood, a yellow headband, black pants, and a black backpack, police said. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is encouraged to contact th…

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

DelCo Father Facing Murder Charges For Shooting Death Of 20-Year-Old Son A Delaware County father is facing murder charges for the shooting death of his 20-year-old son in Chester City, authorities announced. Local police were dispatched to the 500 block of East 22nd Street for a report of shots fired in a rear alley in Chester City on Feb. 15, according to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Commissioner Steven Gretsky of the City of Chester Police Department. As officers arrived, they were informed that there was actually a person who was shot inside of a home on the same block, Stollsteimer and Gretsky said. When they went inside the…

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

News

Winner: Historic Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket Good For $4.68 Million Sold In Montgomery County A Pennsylvania lottery ticket good for $4.68 million was sold in Montgomery County. The ticket from the Tuesday, Feb. 23 Match 6 drawing was sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club, on Mill Road in Oaks. The winning numbers were 1-3-4-13-17-26. This Match 6 jackpot was the eighth largest jackpot in Pennsylvania Lottery history. The retailer will win a $10,000 bonus check for selling the winning ticket.

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

Wissahickon Middle and High School Goes Virtual For Day Following Unfounded Bomb Threat The Wissahickon School District's middle and high school went virtual on Wednesday after a bomb threat that was later deemed unfounded. The threat was emailed in early in the morning and was only for the high school, authorities said. School officials ordered the high school and nearby middle school to work remotely while police investigated the threat, according to Superintendent Jim Crisfield. Following an investigation, local police determined that the threat was a hoax, and a second email was sent out to parents and staff notifying them of the update. The first email reads as follows:…

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

DA: 15-Year-Old Charged In Deadly Shooting That Left Philadelphia Rapper, Friend Dead A 15-year-old is facing charges for his connection to a Delaware County shooting that left two men dead, 6abc Action News reports. Local police arrived on the scene to find a crowd of people around a silver Chevrolet Impala that appeared to have crashed into a building on the 1100 block of West Third Street in Chester around 7:20 p.m. on Feb. 1, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer told the news outlet. Officers found Rasheen Jones, 20, also known as aspiring rapper 'RunUp Rico' and Kwann Henderson, 19, both of Philadelphia, suffering from gunshot wounds inside…

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

West Chester Closed-Door Pharmacy To Pay $225K In Civil Penalties For Illegally Selling Drugs A West Chester closed-door pharmacy has been ordered to pay $225,000 in civil penalties for illegally selling drugs after receiving warnings from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), authorities announced. A civil lawsuit alleges that Source One Pharmacy Services LLC -- which operates as a pharmacy that is not open for business to the general public -- improperly documented and distributed drugs including opioids, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The complaint further alleges that Source One distributed some drugs to locations where the recipients …

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

Know Anything? Man Seen In Stolen Car Steals Second Car At DelCo Jones' Liberty Police in Delaware County are seeking the public's help to identify a man who was seen in a stolen Honda exiting the car and fleeing the scene of a local Jones' Liberty in a new car, authorities said. An employee told police that a white Honda pulled into the business with a flat front driver's side tire on Feb. 23 at the West MacDade Boulevard location in the Milmont Park section of Ridley, according to the Ridley Township Police Department. Surveillance footage shows a "white male with a dark mustache" inquiring about the cost of a replacement tire, police said. Unbeknowns…

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

Police: Bucks Driver, Accomplice Charged In Wawa Hit-Run That Injured 85-Year-Old Man A Bucks County driver and her accomplice were in police custody nearly a year after she collided with an 85-year-old Doylestown man and left him injured in a local Wawa parking lot where she quickly fled the scene, authorities said. A witness provided police with the car's registration after the April 24, 2020 crash at the Easton Road store in Pipersville, Plumstead police said. The registered owner, Alexandria Herrmann, 25 of Hellertown, fabricated a story to police saying she did not know who the operator of the car was, police said. After a nearly year-long investigation, detectives wer…

by Nicole Acosta

02/24/2021

Police & Fire

Hatfield PD: Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder After Stabbing His 2 Siblings A 15-year old Lansdale boy is facing charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault on accusations he stabbed his two siblings at a Montgomery County elementary school Monday evening, authorities said. Nathan Serrano apparently stabbed his 13-year-old brother and 9-year-old sister on the playground of Oak Park Elementary School around 5:20 p.m. Monday, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatfield Township Police Chief William Tierney said. The suspect's mother called the 9-1-1 shortly before local police arrived saying that two of her children had been stabbed b…

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

Police & Fire

DA: Gunman Named 'Backdoor Phat' Arrested In Deadly PA Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large One suspect was in custody while the other remained at large in connection with a Chester City shooting that killed a 19-year-old man last year, authorities said Tuesday. Anthony Jordan, 18, aka “Backdoor _Phat," was charged with murder of the first, second, and third-degree, as well as conspiracy, robbery, aggravated assault, and related firearms charges in the December 2020 murder of 19-year-old Zamir Abdullah, according to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer. He was additionally charged with attempted murder of the first degree, robbery, and aggravated assault i…

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

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