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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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Obituaries

GOT HIM! Second Man Arrested In Kidnapping, Killing Of 25-Year-Old Woman: Police A second man has been arrested on homicide charges in connection with the death of a popular local poet, authorities announced just hours after sharing his wanted poster on Jan. 4.. Paige Nikole Kibe, 25, was found near River Road in Bratton Township on Friday, Dec. 16, according to an earlier release by state police. Michael Jason Kennedy, 44, of Yeagertown, was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and kidnapping, among 13 other offenses related to Kibe's disappearance and killing on Dec. 21, state police explain in the release and court documents confirm. …

by Jillian Pikora

01/04/2023

Police & Fire

Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Central PA The younger brother of a wanted man and son of a registered sex offender has been arrested following a standoff on Tuesday, Jan. 3, authorities say. Nofil Gulfam Swati, 26, had called 911 after a threat posted on social media was causing concern, according to a release around 6 p.m. by the Lower Paxton Township police. When they arrived at the home in the 2400 block of Kensington Way around 9:30 a.m. and approached the front door, an officer heard "what sounded like a gunshot inside the home," as stated in the police release. Officers surrounded the home and made contact with the only p…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

Ephrata Grocery Store Employee Helped Known Robber Steal Safe Full Of Cash, Police Say The same man who allegedly committed an armed robbery at an Ephrata Turkey Hill has been charged in connection with burglarizing Ebenezer Groceries with the help of an employee, area police announced on Jan. 3. Six months after the grocery store was burglarized, Colby Q. Mummaw and Kayla Marie Singley, both 27 years old parents from Ephrata, have been accused of conspiring in the theft. Singley, "an acquaintance" of Mummaw's worked at the store at the time and allegedly provide him with the information which helped in the theft. Mummaw broke into the store and stole …

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

TASER Device Used On NY Man Running With Over 1 lb Of Fentanyl On I-80 In PA: State Police A New York man led police on a foot chase on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania after a traffic stop led police to spot "indicators of criminal activity," Pennsylvania state police say. Edgar Meiendez-Rosario, 34, of Jamestown, New York, was pulled over for a traffic violation on I-80 in Clinton County on December 19 around 4:30 p.m., the police explain. After the "criminal activity" indicators were observed, Meiendez-Rosario "tried to flee the scene on foot with a backpack," as stated by the police. A TASER device was used on Meiendez-Rosario and he was taken into…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA A judge sentenced a man after confessing to committing sex crimes with a minor “as intentional, premeditated, and planned as you can get," Assistant Lancaster County District Attorney Fritz Haverstick says. Mirza Ahmed, a 30-year-old from Catonsville, Maryland, began an "online relationship" turn real-life sexual relationship with a 13-year-old East Lampeter Township girl in 2020, the DA's office announced in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Ahmed traveled to New York and then to Columbia, PA to pick up the girl and take her to a room at the Spruce Lane Lodge and Co…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

Police & Fire

Update Woman ID'd Following Deadly House Fire: Lancaster County Coroner A woman found died following a house fire in Lancaster County on Tuesday, Jan. 3, has been identified, authorities say. Anna Mason, 80, was found dead in the home at Millwood Road near Fannie Avenue in West Lampeter Township after the fire began around 8:40 a.m., according to the county coroner's office. An autopsy will be done to determine the cause and manner of death, the office says. The road was briefly closed as crews remained on the scene. The cause of the fire has not been released, nor has Mason's cause or manner of death. Follow Daily Voice for updates. …

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

Cumberland County Man Wanted For Raping, Choking 10-Year-Old 'Multiple Times': Police More than three years after a child reported being raped, choked, and abused, police have issued an arrest warrant for the man they believe is responsible. Roscoe N. Roy Jr., 41, of Harrisburg was named as the suspect in this abuse case "following a lengthy investigation," Lower Allen Township police say. The 10-year-old child first reported her abuse to authorities on May 3, 2019, according to the police release at the end of Dec. 2022. Roy has been charged with three felons for rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault, and strangulation, as well as two misdemeanors for indecent…

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

Police & Fire

Wild I-81 Chase Ends In Violent Crash, 2 Flown To Hospital: Police Interstate 81 has reopened following a high-speed police chase that ended in a rollover crash that sent two men to the hospital on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, Pennsylvania state police say. The state police were contacted after one vehicle was involved in multiple hit-and-run crashes in Chambersburg around 6 p.m., according to a release by Trooper Megan Frazer. The same vehicle was then spotted driving erratically on Route 30/Lincoln Highway East, according to the police. The state police located the vehicle driving at "a high rate of speed" on Interstate 81 Northbound at …

by Jillian Pikora

01/03/2023

News

PA Dad Overdoses 14-Month-Old Son With Fentanyl: Authorities A Pennsylvania dad appears to be spending the holidays behind bars after he was charged when his 14-month-old son was rushed to the emergency room for "overdose-related injuries," and found to have fentanyl in his system, authorities say. Dillon Edward Zack, 28, of the 500 block of Cleveland Street, Lilly Borough, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 22, by the Pennsylvania state police in Ebensburg after a drug screening showed fentanyl in his son's system, court records show. Zack was caring for his son when he suddenly became unresponsive and turned blue on Dec. 15. He call 9…

by Jillian Pikora

12/23/2022

Police & Fire

Watch Police Rescue Woman Trapped In Car Sinking Into Freezing Pond In Central PA (Video) While people were being advised to stay off the roads due to a snowstorm police officers in Lancaster County were jumping to a pond to rescue a woman trapped in a quickly submerging car— and you can watch the entire rescue which was captured on a bodycam. Manheim Township Emergency Services were called to a report of a vehicle that had gone into a pond near the intersection of Oregon Pike and Valleybrook Road on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. Manheim Township Police Officers Kyle Carner and Anthony DiClemente quickly arrived and jumped into the water to rescue the 59-year-old w…

by Jillian Pikora

12/23/2022

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