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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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

News

Toddler Taking Drugs In Social Media Post Has Police In PA Searching For Two Women Two women are wanted by police in central Pennsylvania after authorities spotted a social media post of them giving a toddler or preschool-age child drugs. The Harrisburg police are attempting to identify the two women pictured after they supposedly shared the "images on social media of themselves providing illegal drugs to a toddler/pre-school aged child," according to the release by the department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police, at 717-558-6900.

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2022

News

Wanted Sex Offender Jumped In The Susquehanna River While Fleeing From Police The man rescued from the Susquehanna River was a sex offender fleeing from the police on Saturday, May 14, authorities say. Norman Thomas Senior, 47, of Harrisburg, first led the police on a bicycle chase when they attempted to arrest him on a warrant for violating Megan's Law by failing to register his address with state police near the intersection of North Front and Verbeke streets. Then he jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge around 12:15 a.m., authorities say. Firefighters were required to send mutual aid boats to rescue him, the Harrisburg Fir…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

05/16/2022

News

MD Teen Felon Under House Arrest Runs Out Of Gas In PA Driving Stolen Car: Police A 16-year-old boy with a felony record has been arrested in Pennsylvania after running out of gas while driving a car he was accused of stealing in Baltimore, police say. The 2013 Ford Fusion the teen was driving was spotted partially parked in the roadway at Auction and Graystone Roads in PennTownship around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 14, by Northern Lancaster County Regional police. He told police that he had pulled over because he ran out of gas and then gave the police a license that belonged to someone else, according to the police. Police soon learned the car was stolen and were able…

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2022

Schools

Fire Breaks Out At Central PA High School: Authorities A high school in central Pennsylvania was briefly evacuated due to a fire on Monday, May 16, authorities say. The fire happened inside Boiling Springs High School located at 21 Academy Street around 12:30 p.m., according to Cumberland County Wide Communications dispatch supervisor. The school was evacuated as Mount Holly Springs firefighters knocked down the fire and made sure it was safe for students to return to class, the supervisor explained to Daily Voice. By 1:30 p.m. school resumed as usual, according to dispatch. Daily Voice has reached out to the school and…

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2022

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Ex-Con Dad Wanted On Warrants In Two PA Counties Nabbed For Fleeing From Police A former convict from central Pennsylvania who chased a woman with a knife after abandoning his children in a car, has been arrested a year after a police pursuit, authorities say. Dashan Omar Andino, 32, of York, was wanted on multiple charges, in both Dauphin and York counties when he was arrested on Thursday, May 12, according to police and court records. Andino was arrested on a warrant issued for fleeing from the police in June 2021, according to a release by West Manchester Township police. He has been held in the Dauphin County Prison on charges related to drug man…

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2022

News

Unlicensed Driver Caught On Camera Hitting Person In Wheelchair, Fleeing In PA: Police An unlicensed Pennsylvania driver was caught on camera hitting a woman crossing the street in a wheelchair and fleeing the crash scene, police say. Chambersburg police were called to the pedestrian accident at the intersection of South Fourth and East Queen streets on Friday, May 13, according to a release by the department. The woman crossing the street had been “struck by a woman operating a yellow SUV, which then fled the scene heading eastbound on East Queen Street, the person that reported the crash to 911 said, as quoted in the release. The woman in the wheelchair was injured and ta…

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2022

News

PA 6-Year-Old Shoots Himself In The Head: Authorities A 6-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head on Sunday, May 15, authorities say. Police and EMS were called to reports of a child suffering from "a gunshot wound to the head" in the 400 block of Johnston Avenue, Pittsburgh just before 8:25 p.m., according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The boy was transported to the hospital in critical condition by medics, officials say. This shooting is being called a "tragic accident," according to Public Information Officer Cara Cruz. It is unknown how the child got access to the gun. Major Crimes detectives are investigating.

by Jillian Pikora

05/16/2022

News

PA Lt. Governor John Fetterman Suffers Stroke Amid Campaign For Senate Pennsylvania Lt. Governor John Fetterman suffered a stroke over the weekend, he said in an announcement. Following a series of campaign events, the Democratic Senate candidate was admitted to Lancaster General Hospital at his wife's urging, he said in a statement. "On Friday it finally caught up with me," he said. "I had a stroke that was caused by a clot from my heart being in an A-fib rhythm for too long. Fortunately, Gisele spotted the symptoms and got me to the hospital within minutes. On Friday, I wasn’t feeling well, so I went to the hospital to get checked out. I didn’t want t…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

05/15/2022

News

Man Accused Of Throwing Poop At Prison Guards Wanted By PA State Police A man who allegedly threw his feces at prison guards is wanted on a warrant for assault filed by the Pennsylvania state police out of Carlisle. William Lloyd Aumuller, 53, "assaulted multiple guards with feces from his toilet and then resisted arrest while they attempted to restrain him," a release by Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers stated on Friday, May 13, 2022. The guards suffered injuries but they were only minor, according to the release. The incident happened back on June 12, 2019, and Aumuller was released from prison prior to the warrant being issued on Friday, Oct. 9,…

by Jillian Pikora

05/13/2022

News

'Most Wanted' Maryland Man Who Robbed Girl At Gunpoint In PA Arrested On Warrant: Police A Maryland man accused of robbing a girl at gunpoint in Pennsylvania has been arrested on a warrant in Maryland, police say. The girl had arranged to meet "an acquaintance to exchange personal property" in the 900 block of Lititz Pike on April 14, at 7:20 p.m., Northern Lancaster County Regional police say. The girl got into their car and "another passenger brandished a handgun and (forcibly) stole the victim's cell phone," police say. She was able to escape unharmed; the driver and suspect fled the scene, but on Monday, May 4, the NLCRPD released the name of the suspect. Jakobi William F…

by Jillian Pikora

05/13/2022

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