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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

Police & Fire

Man In Critical Condition Following Harrisburg Shooting: Police A man has been hospitalized following a shooting in Harrisburg, authorities announced on June 22, 2023. A report of "shots fired" in the area of Rolleston and Sycamore streets led police to the man around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning, according to the police release. The man suffered a single gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, the police explained. The shooting investigation is active and as far as we know no arrests have been made. A reward of an unknown amount is available for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with i…

by Jillian Pikora

06/22/2023

News

PA Dad Of 3 Who Killed Wife, Burned House Down Learns His Fate: DA "He lied since day one," Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Ponessa said of Carlos Montalvo-Rivera. The 55-year-old Lancaster liar who concocted a wild story "that intruders broke into the home, killed his wife, and set fire to it out of retaliation for the victim’s brother, who had cooperated with the DEA in an unrelated case," was sentenced on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Montalvo-Rivera has been sentenced to "life in prison – plus 20 years – for deliberately setting fire to his family’s home a…

by Jillian Pikora

06/21/2023

Police & Fire

Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege A Pennsylvania parole violator is accused of giving a man enough fentanyl to cause the deaths of 30 adults, police said. Tyler Michael Singer, 27 of North Locust Street, Palmyra has been arrested in connection with the July 2022 death of a 26-year-old Gregory "Greg" Ristenbatt, Palmrya police said. Ristenbatt was found dead from a drug overdose in the 200 block of College Street, Palmyra at 12:16 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Originally it was said that Greg "passed away unexpectedly after a long, brave battle with addiction," as stated in his obituary but it is now known that he had …

by Jillian Pikora

06/21/2023

Police & Fire

14-Year-Olds Missing On Rail Trail Found: PA State Police UPDATE: Akyra Cooke and Charlie Kitts were both "just located safely and are being returned home," Trooper James Groothey told Daily Voice in an email around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Additional information was not released. ORIGINAL: Two 14-year-olds have gone missing and they were last known to "utilize the Rail Trail while traveling about the area," Pennsylvania State Police announced on June 21, 2023. Akyra Cooke of Seven Valleys, and Charlie Kitts of New Freedom, are believed to have used the Heritage Rail Trail after leaving Akyra's hom…

by Jillian Pikora

06/21/2023

Police & Fire

Triple Fatal, 2 Airlifted From I-80 Crash In Central PA: State Police Three people were killed and two others were airlifted to nearby hospitals following multiple crashes just after midnight on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, authorities say. The multiple-vehicle crashes happened on Interstate 80 West by mile marker 156 near Milesburg in Boggs Township (Centre County), according to a release by Pennsylvania State Police. The crashes began with a collision between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle, according to state police. The tractor-trailer went down an embankment and the car came to rest on the right shoulder. At that time, only the tractor-trailer dr…

by Jillian Pikora

06/21/2023

Police & Fire

PA Dad Kills GF, Then Goes To Walmart To Confess: Affidavit After shooting and killing his girlfriend a Pennsylvania dad drove to a local Walmart to confess, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Michael Joseph Work, 33, shot his girlfriend 33-year-old Brandi Marie Genova three times, at their home at 13 Bestview Avenue in New Castle on Monday, and has confessed to the crime, Pennsylvania State Police explained in the affidavit. The couple had been with their 4-year-old son when Work and Genova got into a fight over her cellphone. Work had discovered messages from other men on her phone, he later told the police. The fight quic…

by Jillian Pikora

06/20/2023

Police & Fire

Cocaine, Shrooms, Guns Found At Infamous Ryder Motorcycle Club House In PA: Police A major drug bust with ties to the Infamous Ryders Motorcycle Club happened earlier this month, police in York County announced on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. The raid of a house with ties to the Infamous Ryders MC located at 4735 East Prospect Road in Lower Windsor Township happened in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 1, 2023, the area police explained in the release. Ten people who lived at the home and were arrested on the following charges, according to the police: Charles Lenhart, 43, possession of firearm prohibited, manufacture, deliver or possess with th…

by Jillian Pikora

06/20/2023

Traffic

Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT A overturned trailer has blocked all lanes on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, authorities said. The crash happened on I-81 southbound 1.4 miles south of Exit 37: PA 233 - Newville around 4 p.m., according to PennDOT. Crash on I-81 southbound at Mile Post: 36.0. There is a lane restriction. — 511PA Harrisburg (@511PAHarrisburg) June 20, 2023 "A truck towing a camper overturned, blocking southbound I-81 at Mile 36," Dave Thompson District Press Officer with PennDOT told Daily Voice, "as of 4:19 p.m. one lane is open to traffic." The traffic appears t…

by Jillian Pikora

06/20/2023

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Dies Hours After Crash By Cementry At PA/MD Stateline: Coroner A motorcyclist fatally crashed into a tree by a cemetery along the Pennsylvania and Maryland state line, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. The unidentified man died just under two hours after the crash in the 6700 block of Steltz Road in Codorus Township around 6 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2023, the York County Coroner's office detailed in the release. His death was certified by Deputy Coroner Michelle Kirchner at Wellspan York Hospital at 7:53 p.m., that same evening. His death was caused by "Multiple Blunt Force Injuries" and the manner was accidental, York County Coron…

by Jillian Pikora

06/20/2023

Obituaries

Teen Who Stuck Head Out Window In Deadly Drug-Fueled Crash ID'd: PA State Police A car full of teenagers supposedly on drugs and alcohol— one with his head out the window— crashed on Saturday, June 17, 2023, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release the following Tuesday. Dillon Andrew Paul Fuller of Duncannon has been identified as the 19-year-old passenger in the 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, who had with his head out of the window of the vehicle when it crashed, state police explained. Fuller was been driven by a 17-year-old Enola girl— and they were with another 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl, all also from Enola— during the c…

by Jillian Pikora

06/20/2023

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