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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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Missing Girl Found Safe In Central PA: Police Missing Girl Found Safe In Central PA: Police
Missing Girl Found Safe In Central PA: Police UPDATE: Jaylynn Smith "has been located and safely returned home without incident," police say.  The Susquehanna Township police thank the public for their help.  ORIGINAL:  A girl has gone missing from his central Pennsylvania home, police say.  Jaylynn Smith was first reported missing at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, according to a release by the Susquehanna Township police department. No description of the girl or additional information was released.  Anyone who sees her or knows of her whereabouts is asked to call the Susquehanna Township Police Department…

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Five PA Members Of Two Motorcycle Gangs Stopped With Illegal Weapons In NY: State Police Five PA Members Of Two Motorcycle Gangs Stopped With Illegal Weapons In NY: State Police
Five PA Members Of Two Motorcycle Gangs Stopped With Illegal Weapons In NY: State Police Half a dozen members of the Infamous Ryders and La Familia motorcycle gangs have been arrested after they were found with illegal weapons during routine traffic stops on Sunday, Jun 12, authorities say.  New York State Troopers stopped the first group on Upper Front Street in the town of Chenango after observing vehicle and traffic violations.  Some of the weapons and La Familia Motorcycle Gang jackets that were seized by the NY state police.New York state police During the trooper's investigation, they found two men from the La Familia Motorcycle Gang were in possession of several ille…

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Police & Fire
Group Assaulted, Stabbed Person At Popular Swimming Hole PA State Police Say Group Assaulted, Stabbed Person At Popular Swimming Hole PA State Police Say
Group Assaulted, Stabbed Person At Popular Swimming Hole PA State Police Say A cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of four people who assaulted and stabbed a person at a popular central Pennsylvania swimming hole, police say. Two victims were approached by a group of four, two White women and two Black men, while returning to their vehicles after swimming in the swimming hole that leads to an area where you can jump from cliffs into the Susquehanna River at Benton Hollow Road, Drumore Township, Lancaster County on May 3, according to the release by Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers citing PSP Troop J. As the victims approached a sm…

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Boy, 15, Goes Missing From Central PA Home: Police Boy, 15, Goes Missing From Central PA Home: Police
Boy, 15, Goes Missing From Central PA Home: Police A 15-year-old boy has gone missing from his central Pennsylvania home, police say.  Maurice Marshall has been reported missing from his home in the 100 block of East Penn Street, according to a release by the Carlisle police department. Marshall is described as being 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 180 lbs, police say. He was last seen wearing a black and gray jacket, black short-sleeved shirt, and navy blue running pants, according to the release. Anyone who knows his whereabouts is asked to call the Carlisle police at 717-243-5252.

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Police & Fire
‘Naked Man Call’ At Central PA Hotel Police Say ‘Naked Man Call’ At Central PA Hotel Police Say
‘Naked Man Call’ At Central PA Hotel Police Say A hotel manager called the police on an allegedly naked man in the lobby, but police found a different situation, authorities say. Northern Lancaster County Region police were called to “ reports of a male guest running around the lobby of the Hotel naked” at the Holiday Inn Express located at 101 Crosswinds Drive in Lititz, Warwick Township at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, June 13, according to a release by the department. When police officers arrived they found a man wearing underwear and a bathrobe. The man told them the toilet in the room he was staying in had overflowed— flooding the hotel r…

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Men Wanted For Multi-State Scam Involving Thousands In Jewelry, Cash Starting At PA Kohl's Men Wanted For Multi-State Scam Involving Thousands In Jewelry, Cash Starting At PA Kohl's
Men Wanted For Multi-State Scam Involving Thousands In Jewelry, Cash Starting At PA Kohl's Two men seem to be taking Kohl's cash literally rather than a department store coupon, as they to appear be a part of a multi-state scam involving thousands of dollars of jewelry and cash at Kohl’s, police say. The unidentified two men pictured purchased $2,180 of jewelry from the department store in Harrisburg on June, 3, according to a release by Lower Paxton Township police. “When paying the males performed a quick change scam by confusing the cashier and were able to leave the store with an additional $1,000 in cash,” the police state in the release. Since the time of the …

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Child Under 13-Years-Old Assaulted, Attacker Wanted By PA State Police Child Under 13-Years-Old Assaulted, Attacker Wanted By PA State Police
Child Under 13-Years-Old Assaulted, Attacker Wanted By PA State Police The not-so-young 45-year-old Terri Young is wanted for endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault of a child less than the age of 13, according to Pennsylvania state police. Young was notified of the felony warrant for his arrest but refused to turn himself in, police say. He has been spotted multiple times in Lancaster County— in Denver, Ephrata and Lititz— since June 5, and was last seen in Leola on Tuesday, June, 14, police say. Anyone who spots You or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call 717-865-2194.

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Dad-Son Duo Caught With 'Ghost Gun' As Warrant For Fugitive Son Served: PA State Police Dad-Son Duo Caught With 'Ghost Gun' As Warrant For Fugitive Son Served: PA State Police
Dad-Son Duo Caught With 'Ghost Gun' As Warrant For Fugitive Son Served: PA State Police Are "ghost guns" a family affair? Apparently they are for one father-son duo, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. A father-son duo has been arrested after they were found with a "ghost gun"— a gun made up of the parts of different guns with the serial number buffed off— while a warrant was being served police, Pennsylvania state police say. Police came to serve a warrant for the arrest of Andre Bernard Simmons Jr., 23— who was wanted for a parole violation— at his father's home near the corner of Ruby Road and Hale Avenue in Harrisburg at 5:19 p.m. on June 6, according to t…

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Obituaries
Recent HS Grad Dies Following Crash On I-83 In PA Recent HS Grad Dies Following Crash On I-83 In PA
Recent HS Grad Dies Following Crash On I-83 In PA An 18-year-old girl has died following a crash along Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania, authorities say. Adrianna Reith, of Chanceford Township—for an unknown reason—lost control of her 2016 Chevrolet Cobalt on I-83 near exit 21 westbound in Manchester Township, according to a release by the York County coroner’s office. Reith was found at 1:11 a.m. on Friday, June 10, suffering from critical injuries as she “was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt” and was ejected from her vehicle, the coroner’s office says. Despite life-saving measures, Reith died at Wellspan York Hospital at 6:50 p.m. that…

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Beloved Grandma Dies Following PA Home Invasion Beloved Grandma Dies Following PA Home Invasion
Beloved Grandma Dies Following PA Home Invasion A beloved 79-year-old grandma died on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, from injuries she sustained during a deadly home invasion on Dec. 22, 2021, according to a release by the York County coroner’s office. Adam Schaffer, 54, had broken into Barbara “Barb” J. (Staub) Laughman’s home that she share with her husband of 60 years, Robert “Bob” E. Laughman, Pennsylvania state police say. Schaffer assaulted the pair, but Mr. Laughman was able to shoot and kill Schaffer, police say. Mr. Laughman survived but his wife “sustained critical injuries and never recovered, dying at Encompass Health,” the cor…

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