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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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Obituaries

11-Year-Old Boy ID'd After PA Fire Is Donating Organs, Family Says An 11-year-old boy who "would give the shirt off his back" to anyone in need has been identified after a fire at a home his parents were renovating, according to his family. David Wayne Becker of Greensburg was pulled from the house fire on Route 819 near Mayo Road just before 9 p.m. on Feb. 10, authorities say. A thermal imaging camera was used to find David Wayne in the home, then first responders gave him CPR before he was flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital, according to multiple fire departments statements at press conferences on Friday. "We had a neighbor lady that came across …

by Jillian Pikora

02/13/2023

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Woman Cuts Clerk During Robbing At Turkey Hill In Central PA, Police Say A robber is at-large after cutting a clerk at a Turkey Hill convenience store in central Pennsylvania on Sunday, February 12, 2023, police say. Lower Paxton Township police are searching for the woman pictured "entered the store, asked for a pack of cigarettes and then repeatedly demanded all of the cash from the register," at the Turkey Hill located in the 4800 block of Union Deposit Road at 5:35 a.m., the department wrote in a release the following day. The woman never showed a weapon and kept her hands in her pockets, "as if she did have a weapon," the police state in the release. …

by Jillian Pikora

02/13/2023

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12-Year-Old Raped, Strangled, Hid In Freezer ID'd As PA Girl Who Would 'Light Up The Room' A girl who was raped, strangled, and hidden in a basement freezer by her mom's ex-boyfriend has been identified by the Lancaster Coroner as of Monday, February 13, 2023. Elaina Smith, 12, of Columbia Borough, has been identified as the girl who died in this horrific way, according to the coroner's office. Her death was ruled a homicide as a result of strangulation, the coroner’s office says. Her mom's ex-boyfriend 39-year-old Jason Jerod Shackelford, of Columbia, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 10. He is accused of raping Elaina at his ex-girlfriend Tiffany Smith's home in the…

by Jillian Pikora

02/13/2023

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Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police A felon who attempted to set his home on fire has been arrested following a stand-off in Lower Paxton Township, area police announced on Sunday, February 12, 2023. The police had been called to a report of a man destroying his home in the 4200 block of Jonestown Road on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, around 1 p.m., the department explains in the release. Upon arrival the police found 34-year-old Michael Wayne Benson "had attempted to set the residence on fire earlier in the day and was now to be barricaded himself in his room, holding a shard of glass in his hands," the police s…

by Jillian Pikora

02/13/2023

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Drunk Mom With Infant In Car Slams Into PA Church On Christmas Day, Police Say A 10-month-old infant was in the backseat when their mom drunkenly slammed into the Harrisburg Korean Presbyterian Church on Christmas Day 2022, police announced on Feb. 9, 2023. Kayla C. Kellam "had been traveling on Route 15 South when she lost control of the vehicle, went through the grass median for the off ramp at Slate Hill Road, through a chain link fence and struck the Harrisburg Korean Presbyterian Church," on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, the Lower Allen Township police announced the after her arrest. When police arrived at the church located at 1127 Slate Hill Road, they foun…

by Jillian Pikora

02/11/2023

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Drunk Man With Car Full Of Cocaine Crashes Into Patrol Cars In Carlisle, Police Say A drunk man driving around five marked patrol cars and an ambulance with emergency lighting activated at the scene of an accident was found with illegal drugs and firearms in his fire vehicle authorities say. Jimmie L. Phillips struck at least one of the police cars in the 300 block of Kingsley Road Lower Allen Township on Jan. 27 at 1:20 a.m., according to a release on Feb. 10 by area police. The 39-year-old's Mitsubishi Outlander was stopped and "he was found to be intoxicated by alcohol and controlled substances. He was then placed under arrest," the pol…

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

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12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says A 39-year-old kidnapped a mother and a child separately and raped them at a local hotel— then killed the daughter and tried to hide her in the mother's freezer, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 10 just a few hours after the girl's body was found in the home. Jason Shackelford, of Columbia, "raped and killed his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter on the night of Feb. 8 into the morning of Feb. 9 at a home in the 500 block of Avenue H in Columbia. He stated he attempted to conceal the victim’s body in a freezer in the basement," the Lancaster County District Attorney says. …

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

Business

Osha Fines Mars Wrigley After Pair Pulled From Chocolate Tank At M&Ms Factory The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Mars Wrigley after two contractors fell into a vat of chocolate at the M&M/Mars factory, authorities say. The settlement of a $15,000 fine was due for payment on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, according to OSHA. Through an investigation, OSHA found that Mars Wrigley failed train the workers, including explaining the temperature of the tank and the flow of the chocolate it contained, as explained in the final report. “The employer did not ensure that the employee had the knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy for the t…

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

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Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— Again, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender who has a pending charge for injuring a police officer turned himself in for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, on Friday, February 10, 2023, authorities say. Derek Alan Manz already had two active cases against him in Lititz after he supposedly choked a woman in a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street and assaulted an officer while fleeing back in November 2022, as Daily Voice previously reported. While out on surety bonds totaling $30,000 for those charges sometime between Nov. 3 and Feb. 5 he "had unlawful contact with a …

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

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18-Year-Old York Woman Who Mysteriously Disappeared From Work In York County Found Safe: Police UPDATE: Aniya Bailey, 18, of West Manchester Township, was found safe on the evening of Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, authorities say. Additional details were not released. ORIGINAL: A woman is missing after she took a Lyft from work in the middle of her shift, authorities say. Aniya Bailey, 18, was last seen at her job at Crumble Cookie, 415 Town Center Dr. York, PA around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8., Northern York County Regional police say. Her shift was scheduled to go until 930 p.m., but when her dad showed up to get her he learned she had gotten into a red Lyft vehicle goin…

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

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