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Jillian Pikora

Senior Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. For over a decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Before joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently assists in managing Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; as well as reporting stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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News

Ex-Con Cousin Arrested For Shooting At Officers While Fleeing From PA Armed Robbery: Police The second of two 30-year-old ex-convict cousins has been arrested for the attempted homicide of three members of law enforcement, authorities announced on Nov. 7, 2023. Rakeem Markel Jones was taken into custody in Georgia on Nov. 6, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers announced on Tuesday. His cousin, Shadarryl Jones had previously been arrested in connection with the same incident on Thursday, July 28, 2022, Pennsylvania State Poice explained. Jones and his cousin Rakeem Jones had been wanted since the pair shot at two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and an Erie police officer during a pu…

by Jillian Pikora

11/07/2023

Police & Fire

Car Burst Into Flames After Striking Deer Dead In Central PA (Photos) A car erupted in flames after striking a deer in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, fire officials announced. The sedan struck the deer dead in the 6800 block of Wertzville Road, Silver Spring Township around 4:20 a.m. on Nov. 7, fire officials said in multiple releases later in the day. Both the New Kingston Fire Company and the Silver Spring Fire Department responded to the scene. Upon arrival, crews found the car pulled off the road and fully engulfed in flames. Facebook/New Kingstown Fire Co. The New Kingston Fire Company worked to put out the fire and remained on the scene…

by Jillian Pikora

11/07/2023

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Carrying 500+ Pigs Overturns On Highway: PennDOT Hundreds of pigs are being rounded up on a Pennsylvania highway on Tuesday afternoon, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The tractor-trailer that was hauling over 500 pigs overturned along 641 near Ridge Road in North Newton Township, around 1 p.m. on Nov. 7, Schreffler explained. "Some little piggies have made a run for freedom, but are being rounded up. Sadly, several little piggies will not make it to market," Schreffler said. No humans were injured in the crash. The roadway reopened at 2:25 p.m., according to an upd…

by Jillian Pikora

11/07/2023

Sports

Federal Felon Assaults Sports Official During Pennsylvania Midget Football Game: Authorities A federally convicted felon has been charged following an argument with a sports official at a children's football game. Keinan Anthony Clayter, 42, of Reading, walked on the field at Cocalico High School, 810 South 4th Street, Lancaster, "during an injury timeout and began yelling and swearing at the opposing team's coaches," East Cocalico police stated in a release on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The incident happened at 7:43 p.m. on Oct. 14, according to the police release. The sports official attempted to de-escalate the situation, but Clayter "pushed and hit the official," the …

by Jillian Pikora

11/07/2023

News

Former PA Mayor's Home Shot More Than Half Dozen Times (Video) A former Pennsylvania mayor and current council candidate has shared a video of two men shooting into her home. Chardaé Jones, who is running for first ward council, was hosting a girls' night in with her friends from Carlow University on Sunday when they were all woken up by gunshots, she explained in a Facebook post on Monday. Jones later reviewed surveillance camera footage and saw two young men pull up around Corey Avenue, Braddock in an SUV at 5:54 a.m. on Nov. 5. They appeared to be trying to unlock cars, while "rummaging through a car across the street," they began yelling Jones …

by Jillian Pikora

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Women Called 304+ Times By Stalker Ex-BF, Police In Central PA Say A woman received hundreds of phone calls in under two hours from her stalking ex-boyfriend, police alleged in an announcement on Monday, Nov. 6. Omar Gaines, 45 of Carlisle, was arrested the day after the incident "near the victim's residence," the Carlisle police said. Officers were called to a reported break-in at Gaines' ex-girlfriend's home in the 300 block of North East Street, Carlisle at 11:39 on Oct. 30. During the police investigation, they learned that Gaines had arrived at her home at 5:07 a.m. "and remained for over (an) hour pacing back and forth near the sid…

by Jillian Pikora

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Teen Allegedly Raped GF's Best Friend, Pennsylvania State Police Affidavit An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a woman, Pennsylvania State Police Lykens announced on Monday, Nov. 6. Chad Michael Sonnon of Ashland, Schuylkill County was arrested on Nov. 2 in connection with the assault of the 20-year-old woman the previous day in Millersburg, Dauphin County, court records show. The woman told the police that Sonnon was her best friend's boyfriend, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Sonnon and the woman had been sitting on a futon at a home in the 500 block of Shiffers Mill Road when he made sexual …

by Jillian Pikora

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Illegal Immigrant Nabbed For Shooting Neighbor Dead In Central PA: Police A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in Steelton on Saturday, police announced Monday morning. Francisco Hernandez-Hernandez, most recently of Steelton, has been arrested for allegedly shooting his neighbor 39-year-old Josue Saez, according to multiple releases by the Swatara Township police. Officers were called to the reported shooting at the apartments in the 300 block of North Harrisburg Street around 10:24 p.m. on Nov. 4. Saez was found dead at the scene and a second man was also found with non-life-threatening injuries, he was then taken to a loc…

by Jillian Pikora

11/06/2023

Police & Fire

Drunk Central PA Man Who Struck Dead Woman In Crosswalk Turns Himself In, Police Say Over two months after Emily Compton was struck dead the man accused of hitting her has turned himself in, authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 2. Douglas Lee Gibb, 64, of Carlisle turned himself over to authorities at Magisterial District Judge Birbeck's office on Oct. 30. Emily C. Compton, 72, also of Carlisle, was two blocks from her home when Gibbs struck her in the crosswalk on Hanover Street at the intersection with East South Street at 12:36 p.m. on Aug. 29, police explained. Officers with the Carlisle Fire Department and Cumberland Goodwill EMS helped Emily at the scene. She h…

by Jillian Pikora

11/05/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Jumps From Moving Vehicle During Traffic Stop In Central PA, Police Say A 38-year-old woman jumped out of a moving vehicle during a traffic stop, police announced on Thursday, Nov. 2. Marybeth DeJesus of Enola was spotted making a traffic violation at Market Street and South Enola Drive around 11:50 p.m. on Oct. 26, the East Pennsboro Police detailed in a release. DeJesus fled from the police, jumping from her moving vehicle, and running between several houses on Myers Alley, the police explained. Her "vehicle continued down the street until it struck a parked car," police said. DeJesus has been charged with the following according …

by Jillian Pikora

11/05/2023

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