64°

Tuesday, may 6

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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

News

Child Less Than 6 Years Old Assaulted In Harrisburg By LanCo. Abuser, Authorities Say A 6-year-old child was assaulted and a 41-year-old man with a record of abuse is wanted in connection with the assault, authorities announced on Friday, March 17, 2023. The Pennsylvania State Police Troop H - Harrisburg Station is searching for 41-year-old James Azevedo Lewis Jr. in connection with the 2022 assault. A warrant for his arrest on charges of aggravated assault- victim less than 6 and defendant 18 or older, endangering the welfare of children- parent/guardian/other commits offense, simple assault, and harassment- subject other to physical contact, according to his la…

by Jillian Pikora

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

Lebanon Co. Thrift Store Thief Takes Off In Woman's Car After Taking Keys From Her Hand: Police A man is wanted by police after he was seen snatching keys out of a woman's hand at a thrift store and hopping in her car in the parking lot and speeding off, authorities announced on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The 20 to 30 year old man pictured is the man Palmyra Police believe committed these crimes at Jubilee Ministries, 232 West Main Street, Palmyra, on Thursday, at 2:51 p.m., according to the release. The woman did not report any injuries but both of her arms were grabbed during the incident. He fled the scene in her silver Honda Accord— PA license plate JKR7904, which has…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Police & Fire

Boy Tries To Kill Parents With Pairing Knife In Central PA, Police Say "I'll cut them. I'll kill them," a boy said while holding his parents at knife point in a Newville street, authorities announced on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The Newville police were called to the "domestic incident involving a weapon" in the first block of South High Street on Feb. 18, 2023 at 3:44 p.m., according to the release. Upon arrival, they discovered the boy "wielding a 4-5 inch pairing knife and pointing it in the direction of his parents and others present," as stated in the release. The boy "followed commands to drop the knife and to lay on the ground where h…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Police & Fire

New Oxford Woman Slashed In Face By Man During Argument, State Police Say A 38-year-old New Oxford woman was cut in the face with a knife wielded by a New Oxford man, Pennsylvania State Police explained in a release on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Daniel Steve Shelton, 45, was arrested when police arrived at the scene of the argument where the slashing happened on Carlisle Pike, Reading Township, on March 14, at 10:41 p.m., according to the release. He was charged with two counts of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment, according to his court docket. Shelton was released on a $10,000 surety bond on March 15 and his preli…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Accused Of Kidnapping Caught In NYC By US Marshals A Chambersburg man wanted for kidnapping was arrested by US Marshals and NYPD in New York City on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 10:10 a.m., authorities announced the following day. Jarell Stanley Cherry, 40, was wanted on an active arrest warrant for "acts involving Kidnapping and Aggravated Assault with a firearm," Chambersburg police stated in the original release on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Cherry has been charged with felony kidnapping to facilitate a felony, felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony strangulation, felony possession of a firearm prohibited, misdeme…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Schools

Western PA Officers Shooting Suspect ID'd, Arrested By US Marshals: Authorities The man accused of shooting act law enforcement officers in western Pennsylvania on Feb. 27, 2023— which sent multiple schools into lockdowns— has been identified and arrested authorities announced on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Eric Nathaniel Durah Jr., 25, was arrested at his Penn Hills home on March 16, according to the release. No law enforcement officers were hurt when he allegedly opened fire at "agents and task force officers with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (PAOAG) Narcotics Task Force were following a narcotic suspect’s vehicle in unmarked vehicles," around 1:45 p.…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

News

PA Man Shot By Law Enforcement After Using Flamethrower Says 'I Was Doing Drugs. I Apologize.' A Reading man who survived a law enforcement-involved shooting that previously left him in critical condition has pleaded to all charges in the Lancaster County Courthouse on Thursday, March 16, 2023, according to the district attorney's office. Zachary Robert Gilbaugh, 39, of the 1100 block of New Holland Road, pleaded guilty before Lancaster County Judge Thomas Sponaugle who accepted the plea and sentenced him to 8 to 20 years in prison. “I regret what I did,” Gilbaugh said during the proceeding. “I was doing drugs. I apologize.” Gilbaugh was wanted on multiple warrants …

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Business

Osha Investigation After HazMat Called To Second Ammonia Leak At Kunzler Meats A shelter-in-place was ordered in Lancaster due to an ammonia leak on Sunday morning and was lifted around 2:30 p.m., but now the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation. UPDATE as of 2:30pm: The shelter in place has been lifted. Shelter in Place Order for a hazardous materials incident in... Posted by HazMat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue Company on Sunday, March 12, 2023 Residents in the area were asked to shelter who lived within a half-mile radius around Kunzler Meats on Manor Street on March 12, 2023. UPDATE as of 2:30pm: the shelter in plac…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Police & Fire

Shelter-in-place Lifted: Driver With Handgun Arrested, Police Say (Update) UPDATE: Alrick Delroy Manning Jr., 28, of State College, was taken into Pennsylvania State Police custody according to a tweet by Troopers Christopher Fox and Jacob Rhymestine at 6:17 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023. ORIGINAL: Pennsylvania State Police have made a shelter-in-place order in Lewistown for the 100 block of Main Street in Menno Township. The incident began with "a crash where a black non-Hispanic male brandished a handgun prior to fleeing the scene in an unknown direction," Troopers Christopher Fox and Jacob Rhymestine said in a tweet. That man has since been ide…

by Jillian Pikora

03/16/2023

Police & Fire

Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police A man punched an emergency roadside crew worker in the face multiple times, authorities announced on March 15, 2023. The worker's emergency vehicle was supposedly blocking the roadway when the man was trying to pass near the 600 block of South Plum Street in Lancaster on July 22, 2022, Lancaster County Crime Stoppers explained in the release. But instead of waiting, he got out of his silver 1997 or 1998 Toytota RAV4 and punched the worker multiple times causing injuries, and then took the worker's phone and damaged it, presumably so they could not call for help, although that wa…

by Jillian Pikora

03/15/2023

Prev Page 397 of 740 395 396 397 398 399 Next

3,961 - 3,970 of 7,395 articles