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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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Ex-Con Caught On Camera Shooting Man Dead At PA Nightclub Arrested: Police Ex-Con Caught On Camera Shooting Man Dead At PA Nightclub Arrested: Police
Ex-Con Caught On Camera Shooting Man Dead At PA Nightclub Arrested: Police A previously convicted felony who killed a 25-year-old outside a central Pennsylvania nightclub has been arrested, according to an updated release by police. Tyler Jamel Wilson, 28, of Columbia, was wanted for the shooting death of Jatavis D. Scott at Club23 in Manheim  Saturday, Mar. 19 around 1:23 a.m., area police say. Officers were first called to the club for a reported fight but arrived to find “spent shell casings” and fresh blood spatter on the parking lot, according to the release. Police soon learned that one person had been taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds and later…

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Teenager Killed At PA Gas Station Over Unpaid Phone Bill: DA Teenager Killed At PA Gas Station Over Unpaid Phone Bill: DA
Teenager Killed At PA Gas Station Over Unpaid Phone Bill: DA New details have emerged in the killing of a 19-year-old at a central Pennsylvania gas station— including that the fight was over a phone bill, authorities say. Carlos Almanzar-Torres, 21, had argued with Damian Santiago, 19, before and chasing Santiago around the gas station located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, Lancaster City bureau police said multiple releases in the days that followed. New details about that deadly encounter have emerged partially thanks to five minutes of footage from surveillance footage taken at the Sunoco/A-Plus which was released du…

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Two Stabbed PA Boys In Critical Condition Police Say Two Stabbed PA Boys In Critical Condition Police Say
Two Stabbed PA Boys In Critical Condition Police Say A Pennsylvania dad showed up at a police station with his stabbed “young son” and returned to a home to find another boy stabbed Friday morning, police say.The father arrived with his son at the Pittsburgh police’s Zone 2 station on Centre Avenue before 7 a.m. Apr. 1, police say. “EMS transported the child to the hospital,” according to a release by city police. The dad and police returned to a home in the 200 block of Dinwiddie Street to find a second boy had been stabbed, according to the release. This boy was also was taken to an area hospital. Both boys are in critical but stable condi…

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Lebanon Police Officers Shot ID'd By Mayor Lebanon Police Officers Shot ID'd By Mayor
Lebanon Police Officers Shot ID'd By Mayor Three Lebanon City police officers were shot and one died while responding to a domestic disturbance— which turned out to be an armed burglary— on Thursday, Mar. 31, according to Mayor Sherry Capello. Lt. William Lebo, 63, was shot dead responding to the call after 40 years of service and just a month away from retirement, Mayor Capello said. The shooting happened at a home in the 1100 block of Forest Street in Lebanon shortly before 4:30 p.m., county officials say. Travis Shaud, 34, had broken into the home and was armed with multiple weapons, Capello says. Two other officers w…

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PA Middle School Students Poisoned By Edibles, Officials Say PA Middle School Students Poisoned By Edibles, Officials Say
PA Middle School Students Poisoned By Edibles, Officials Say Half a dozen students were sickened by drug-laced food at a Pennsylvania middle school, briefly leading to a shelter-in-place order at the school on Thursday, school officials say. The students ingested the drugs, in the morning and the "staff recognized the situation, and immediately put our emergency plan into place. Our local EMS and police departments arrived at the school shortly thereafter," South Allegheny School District Superintendent Lisa Duval said in a statement.  During the shelter-in-place order, "trained drug detection dogs from the McKeesport Police Department searche…

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Police Officers Shot, One Killed, Two Others Hospitalized In Central PA Police Officers Shot, One Killed, Two Others Hospitalized In Central PA
Police Officers Shot, One Killed, Two Others Hospitalized In Central PA Four people were shot— killing two people, including a police officer— during a domestic incident at a central Pennsylvania home, according to Mayor Sherry Capello. The shooting happened at a home in the 1100 block of Forest Street in Lebanon shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 31, emergency dispatchers told Daily Voice. Police had been called to the home for a domestic incident around 3:36 p.m., Capello said at a press conference on Thursday night. The 34-year-old white man— who was the suspected shooter—and one officer have died, Capello says. Two other officers who were shot rem…

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PA Man Bludgeoned With 27 Inch Steel Pipe Until He Had Seizures: Police PA Man Bludgeoned With 27 Inch Steel Pipe Until He Had Seizures: Police
PA Man Bludgeoned With 27 Inch Steel Pipe Until He Had Seizures: Police A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man beat a 20-year-old man with a 27 and a half inch long steel pipe until he appeared to have a seizure on Friday, Mar. 25, a witness told police. The Lower Windsor Township police were called to the reported aggravated assault in the 400 block of Pleasant Hill Road, the department stated in a release. The victim and the suspect had fled the scene, but police found a 27 and a half inch long, 1 inch thick, and 2.5 pound steel pipe, which they collected as evidence. They soon located both men, first finding the victim with "a large laceration to his left temple a…

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Multi-Vehicle Crash Slows Traffic To Crawl On US 222: PennDOT Multi-Vehicle Crash Slows Traffic To Crawl On US 222: PennDOT
Multi-Vehicle Crash Slows Traffic To Crawl On US 222: PennDOT A multi-vehicle crash on US 222 led to lane restrictions, causing a length backup on Thursday evening, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash happened near the northbound exit for US 322: Blue Ball shortly before 5 p.m. on Mar. 31, according to PennDOT. The roadway fully reopened shortly after 5:30 p.m., PennDOT tweeted. CLEARED: Incident cleared on US 222 southbound at Exit: US 322 - BLUE BALL. — 511PA Harrisburg (@511PAHarrisburg) March 31, 2022 The number of vehicles and persons involved remains unknown.

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Maryland Native, Oscar-Nominated Actor William H. Macy Spotted At Pennsylvania Restaurant Maryland Native, Oscar-Nominated Actor William H. Macy Spotted At Pennsylvania Restaurant
Maryland Native, Oscar-Nominated Actor William H. Macy Spotted At Pennsylvania Restaurant A month after Justin Bieber made Pennsylvania Diner goers Beliebers, actor William H. Macy has been dining in the same county.  Macy, a 72-year-old Cumberland, Maryland native, was seen at 3 Sisters Park, which is a Khmer and Thai restaurant in Ephrata Borough, on Wednesday, Mar. 30, according to the restaurant's Facebook page. Last night our staff had the pleasure of serving William H. Macy! We admire your work and are very appreciative of your kindness! Thank you for your patronage in the Ephrata area. Hope to see you again😊 Posted by 3 Sisters - Ephrata on Thursday, March 31, 2022…

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$250K Worth Of Counterfeit Watches Seized From PA Traveler At Dulles Airport: CBP $250K Worth Of Counterfeit Watches Seized From PA Traveler At Dulles Airport: CBP
$250K Worth Of Counterfeit Watches Seized From PA Traveler At Dulles Airport: CBP A Pennsylvania traveler unfortunately cannot turn back the clock on his counterfeit watch being seized at the Dulles Airport, according to a release by Customs and Border Protection. The unidentified Harrisburg traveler was found with a plastic bag full of watches during a bag examination of luggage on a flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Mar. 20, CBP says. The bag contained 10 designer watches including Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, and Rolex, as well as a Louis Vuitton handbag, and two pairs of Ray Ban sunglasses, a release by CBP says. The items were suspected to be …

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