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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.

Nicole Acosta's Contributions

Police & Fire

2 Middletown Township Teen Girls Found Safe Two teen girls were found safe after they were reported missing from Middletown Township Tuesday. Brielle Perry, 16, and Sierra Perry, 16, were safely located on Wednesday according to the Middletown Township Police Department.

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

Police & Fire

Ex-Marine Who Killed Wife Shot Dead By PA State Police While Fatally Beating Transgender Woman A former U.S. Marine who was convicted in 2014 for fatally shooting his wife, was shot by state police as they witnessed him beat a woman to death, PennLive reports. New Wilmington police were called to a home on South New Castle Street where they found 33-year-old Juan Carter Hernandez beating 24-year-old Chyna Carrillo with a blunt object around 11 a.m. Friday, the news outlet reports. Officers apparently told Hernandez to stop, but he ignored them and continued beating her, Pennsylvania State Police told the news outlet. In response, an officer shot and killed Hernandez, the news outle…

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

Police & Fire

Man Facing 8 Years In Prison For Traveling To PA For Sex Agent Posing As Girl, 14 A Wilmington, Delaware man is facing eight years behind bars for crossing state lines to Pennsylvania to have sex with whom he believed was a 14-year-old girl but was actually an undercover agent, authorities said. Thomas Traumann, 53, began an online chat relationship through a social media website with the "girl" on Nov. 3, 2018, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Traumann repeatedly acknowledged that the “girl” was 14-years-old and made his intentions quite clear that he wanted to have a sexual encounter with her days later, Williams said. He al…

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

Police & Fire

Bucks 'Contractor' Scammed Victim of $4,500 For Incomplete Job, Police Say An unlicensed Bucks County contractor turned himself in for scamming an alleged victim of $4,575 for an incomplete home improvement job, authorities said. A Newtown resident told local police that they hired Patrick Niles, 58, of Yardley under the business name of PFN Home Improvement to complete work on their home in September 2020, Newtown Township police said. Niles was subsequently paid installments for the project, totaling $4,575, but never completed the work on the victim's house, nor did he return any of the payments, police said. An investigation determined that Niles is not a lic…

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

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 by her…

by Nicole Acosta

02/23/2021

Police & Fire

Homicide: 1-Year-Old Chester Girl Beaten To Death, Authorities Say The death of a 1-year-old Chester girl has been ruled a homicide, CBSN Philly reports. Local police were called to the 900 block of Pine Lane for a report of a 1-year-old in cardiac arrest, Fox29 reports. When police arrived on the scene, they found Li'Aziah Thomas' mother performing CPR on the girl, the news outlet reports. Paramedics from Crozer Chester Medical Center treated the child who later died at the scene. The Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office found that that the manner of death was blunt-force trauma and severe blood loss, and ruled the case a homicide, according t…

by Nicole Acosta

02/22/2021

Police & Fire

Developing: Two Kids Stabbed At Oak Park Elementary School Playground Two kids were injured in a stabbing at a Montgomery County elementary school Monday evening, according to initial police and media reports. Officers arrived at Oak Park Elementary School on Squirrel Lane in Lansdale where two kids, originally reported as ages 13 and 15, had been stabbed on the playground around 5:30 p.m., according to initial and unconfirmed reports. The kids were later confirmed by local law enforcement to be a 13-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl. The suspect reportedly fled the scene. The teens' conditions were unknown and further information was not immedi…

by Nicole Acosta

02/22/2021

Police & Fire

Boy In Custody For Double Lansdale Elementary School Stabbing 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 by her…

by Nicole Acosta

02/22/2021

Police & Fire

Chester Police Probe Early Morning Shooting, Car Theft In Kennett Square Police in Chester County are currently investigating after shots were fired at someone's home and a car was stolen in the Kennett Square area early Monday morning, authorities said. Shots were fired at a local resident's home around 3:15 a.m. in the area of West South Street and Lafayette Street according to the Kennett Square Police Department. A few hours later, around 6:15 a.m., officers responded to the 600 block of Worrall Avenue on a report of a stolen car, police said. Officers later determined that a car was stolen, two victims were identified as having items stolen from their…

by Nicole Acosta

02/22/2021

News

MontCo Family Matriarch With MS Rescued, Airlifted In Devastating House Fire Support is surging for a Montgomery County family whose matriarch was airlifted and house destroyed in a devastating weekend fire. More than $49,800 had been raised as of Monday morning for the the Bannerman-Martins on a GoFundMe page following Sunday's blaze. Perkiomen firefighters arrived at the family's two-story home near King Road and Cranberry Boulevard around 2:20 p.m. Tracy was rescued from the second floor of the home and airlifted to Leigh Valley Ceder Crest Hospital. Two other family members, Will and Willie, escaped unharmed, GoFundMe founder Kelly Bot…

by Nicole Acosta

02/22/2021

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