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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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Hundreds Of Decoy Geese Stolen In Central PA: Police Hundreds Of Decoy Geese Stolen In Central PA: Police
Hundreds Of Decoy Geese Stolen In Central PA: Police Approximately 300 decoy geese were stolen from a field in central Pennsylvania, state police say. The Troopers announced on Thursday, May 12 that PSP in Jonestown Barracks is investigating the theft of decoys that occurred on February 19. The decoys were arranged in a field in Swatara Township, Lebanon County, according to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. They were an assortment of Hardcore and GHG brands and were labeled CRS, BD, and DD. Police are searching for whoever may have stolen the fake birds. Any person with information on this incident is asked to anonymously contact the Pennsylva…

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PA Farmer Shoots Neighbor’s Dogs Claiming They're Coyotes: State Police PA Farmer Shoots Neighbor’s Dogs Claiming They're Coyotes: State Police
PA Farmer Shoots Neighbor’s Dogs Claiming They're Coyotes: State Police A farmer shot his neighbor's dogs claiming he believed they were coyotes, Pennsylvania state police say. State police were called to a report of animal cruelty in the 2300 block of Baltimore Pike in Mount Joy Township just before 3 p.m. on Apr. 25, according to the release. Neighbors explained an incident that had happened around 8 a.m. two days prior to the police. A 43-year-old woman had violated state law by not leashing her two black dogs and letting them run free. Then her neighbor, the farmer, knows there are black coyotes in the area so he opened fire on the animals.  The farme…

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Schools
Student Injured In Elementary School Bus Crash Caught On Dashcam In Central PA: Police Student Injured In Elementary School Bus Crash Caught On Dashcam In Central PA: Police
Student Injured In Elementary School Bus Crash Caught On Dashcam In Central PA: Police Two people were injured— including a student— in a central Pennsylvania crash involving a school bus, police say. The school bus driver, Alison Kauffman, 74, of the 2300 block of the Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, “entered into the intersection without proper clearance while attempting to turn left from Hollow Drive onto Graystone Road,” police say. The unlawful turn of the bus— caused it to hit a 2018 Honda Civic, driven by John A. Eder, 64, of the 1600 block of Colonial Manor, Lancaster, who suffered a minor injury in the crash, according to the Northern Lancaster Regional police. Thir…

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Two Injured In RT 283 Crash In Central PA: Dispatch Two Injured In RT 283 Crash In Central PA: Dispatch
Two Injured In RT 283 Crash In Central PA: Dispatch Two people were injured in a crash that briefly halted all eastbound traffic along Route 283 in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, authorities say. The eastbound lanes were closed between the exit for Salunga and the exit for Route 722/Landisville around 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  The two-vehicle crash led to a major backed up near Spooky Nook Road as officials closed all lanes for over 30 minutes in the area, and rubbernecking appeared to cause some delays in the westbound lanes as well.   Two people …

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Man With Gun Kicks PA State Trooper In Face, Spits On Another During Traffic Stop: Authorities Man With Gun Kicks PA State Trooper In Face, Spits On Another During Traffic Stop: Authorities
Man With Gun Kicks PA State Trooper In Face, Spits On Another During Traffic Stop: Authorities A central Pennsylvania man assaulted two Pennsylvania state troopers during a routine traffic stop, police allege. Damien Daniel Boyles, 23, of Carlisle, was pulled over in his 2005 Toyota Sienna for speeding and failing to maintain his lane along Walnut Bottom Road near South College Street in Carlisle just before midnight on Sunday, May, 8, according to a release by state police. Instead of following police requests, Boyles was “instantly argumentative and refused to provide identifying information,” police say. It was at that point when troopers spotted a gun between Boyles’ legs and r…

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Man Attacked, Shot In Gettysburg: Police Man Attacked, Shot In Gettysburg: Police
Man Attacked, Shot In Gettysburg: Police A man was shot in the hip in an alley in Gettysburg just after midnight on Tuesday, May 10, area police say. The Gettysburg police were called to a report of gunshots in Racehorse Alley in the rear of the first block of York Street. An officer arrived to find a man with a "small caliber gunshot wound to his hip area" standing on the sidewalk in front of 29 York Street, police say. Officers on scene controlled the bleeding until EMS arrived, and the man was taken to a York Area Hospital. The man told police someone in a hoodie with the hood up approached him in the alley and argued with hi…

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PA Man Sends Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent: DA PA Man Sends Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent: DA
PA Man Sends Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent: DA Two undercover agents caught a central Pennsylvania man using the social media app Kik to make child pornography, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. The sting operation began after the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip from the FBI that Sean Deemer, 54, of the 500 block of Golden Street, Lititz,'s IP address was linked to child porn and grooming on the app on May 3. Between the dates of May 6 and 12, 2021, the FBI posed as an 11-year-old girl Kik and had a conversation with Deemer. A subpoena served to Kik by the FBI revealed the I…

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Police & Fire
PA Mom Murdered 'I Loved Her' Son Says After Police Chase In Her Car PA Mom Murdered 'I Loved Her' Son Says After Police Chase In Her Car
PA Mom Murdered 'I Loved Her' Son Says After Police Chase In Her Car Two days after Mother's Day, a Pennsylvania mom was found dead and now her adult son has been arrested for her murder following a police chase in his mom's car, according to state police. Cecelia Liposky, 65, of New Castle, was found murdered in her home on the 2800 block of Mercer Road around 10:33 a.m. Tuesday, May, 10, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Police issued an alert for her 2014 Nissan Sentra with the PA license plate JTC5995. Her son, Shane McDevitt, 36, was spotted driving the vehicle along Route 28— where he led state police on a pursuit before crashing an…

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PA Dad Murdered By Convicted Killer Cellmate After Less Than One Month In Prison: Police PA Dad Murdered By Convicted Killer Cellmate After Less Than One Month In Prison: Police
PA Dad Murdered By Convicted Killer Cellmate After Less Than One Month In Prison: Police A dad of three who was found dead in his prison cell on Wednesday, May 4— after being in prison for less than one month— is now known to have been murdered, and Pennsylvania state police have charged his convicted killer cellmate with his homicide. David Vaughn Grier, 26, was serving a life sentence for murdering Kierra Johnson in Philadelphia in 2017, court records show. Joel Vanderpool, 39, of Towanda, was found unresponsive in his cell during staff rounds at State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill on Wednesday, May, 4, according to Superintendent Laurel Harry. "Emergency personnel w…

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Police & Fire
Death Sentence For PA Man Who Killed Both Mothers Of His Children: Report Death Sentence For PA Man Who Killed Both Mothers Of His Children: Report
Death Sentence For PA Man Who Killed Both Mothers Of His Children: Report A Pennsylvania man who killed both of the mothers of his children learned his fate Tuesday, May 10: Death, PennLive reports. Davone Unique Anderson killed Sydney Parmelee, 23, and Kaylee Lyons, 23, who was pregnant, in the very same Carlisle apartment in July 2020, while his 13-month old son was home, the outlet said. Pennsylvania currently has a moratorium on the death penalty under Gov. Tom Wolf. Anderson last March was charged with attempted murder of a fellow inmate in the Cumberland County Prison. Anderson apparently punched the inmate several times, sending him over the rai…

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