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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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Man With 'Large Amount Of Naroctics' Strikes Officer While Fleeing DUI Stop In PA: Police Man With 'Large Amount Of Naroctics' Strikes Officer While Fleeing DUI Stop In PA: Police
Man With 'Large Amount Of Naroctics' Strikes Officer While Fleeing DUI Stop In PA: Police A 56-year-old man suspected of driving under the influence hit a police officer with his vehicle while trying to flee on Friday, Nov. 3 around 3 a.m., Pittsburgh Public Safety Officer Cara Cruz told Daily Voice.  A Pittsburgh police officer from Zone 3 pulled over the man on suspicion of a DUI at the intersection of McKinley Street and Grogan Avenue in the Knoxville neighborhood. The officer got out of his vehicle and spoke with the suspect who identified himself as Charles Raymond Daniels, but could not provide a driver's license. Daniels then suddenly sped off, striking the officer …

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Dad Charged After Horse-Drawn Wagon Crushes 3-Year-Old Girl To Death In Central PA: Police Dad Charged After Horse-Drawn Wagon Crushes 3-Year-Old Girl To Death In Central PA: Police
Dad Charged After Horse-Drawn Wagon Crushes 3-Year-Old Girl To Death In Central PA: Police Details were released and charges have been filed on Friday, Nov. 4 for the farm equipment-related death of a 3-year-old girl, authorities say.  The girl was killed when she fell out of a horse-drawn wagon and the horse backed up, pushing the wagon wheels over the child's head, crushing it, and killing her on Aug. 26, according to court records and the initial police release. The driver of the cart was her father, 28-year-old Christopher Hoover Martin, who told police he was harvesting tobacco in the field and brought the girl with him. The 3-year-old sat in a seat near a pile of …

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Maryland Man Attacks Homeowner, State Troopers During Violent Pennsylvania Break-In: Police Maryland Man Attacks Homeowner, State Troopers During Violent Pennsylvania Break-In: Police
Maryland Man Attacks Homeowner, State Troopers During Violent Pennsylvania Break-In: Police A Maryland man violently attacked a homeowner, his neighbor, and three members of the Pennsylvania state police during a break-in at an Adams County home, according to court records.  29-year-old Eddie B. Thomas Jr., of Silver Spring, Maryland, crashed his car in the 400 block of Idaville York Springs Road in Huntington Township around 2 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, the criminal complaint filed by state police details.   Thomas allegedly was going to the home for help but when he knocked on the front door and the resident opened it a crack, he forced his way in and became "ext…

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Deer Wanders Into Mall In Central Pennsylvania Deer Wanders Into Mall In Central Pennsylvania
Deer Wanders Into Mall In Central Pennsylvania A buck wandered into the dress room at the JCPenney at Park City Center on Thursday, Nov. 3.  Daily Voice spoke with a shopper who witnessed the whole situation. Janelle Kiscaddin couldn't believe her eyes when she and her friend Brittany Kreiser were walking up to the mall and the deer was strolling up the sidewalk. "He definitely wasn't planning on going into the mall but he saw a man and it scared him,"  she said.  "He was banging his head on the glass trying to get in and then the door that's automatic opened." The deer entered the mall through a door near Qdoba, Lancaster Online rep…

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Son MedEvac'd After Stabbing By 75-Year-Old Dad, Pennsylvania State Police Say Son MedEvac'd After Stabbing By 75-Year-Old Dad, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Son MedEvac'd After Stabbing By 75-Year-Old Dad, Pennsylvania State Police Say 'I brought him into this world. I might as well take him out of it," 75-year-old, James Westley Suman Jr. told authorities when they asked if he wanted to kill his son when he stabbed him on Wednesday, Nov. 2, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Pennsylvania state police. State police in Kittanning were called to the reported stabbing in the 1100 block of Washington Street, Parks Township around 7:40 p.m., according to a release by the police.  Police arrived to find that the elder Suman had stabbed his son in the heat of an argument, the release details. His 53-year-old so…

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Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey
Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey A 35-year-old Johnstown man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. Krysten Harland Pretlor, had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3.  The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017 after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local in resident’s home, the office stated in a release at the time. He was arreste…

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Pennsylvania State Police Trooper On Leave After Deadly Shooting During 100MPH Chase On US 22 Pennsylvania State Police Trooper On Leave After Deadly Shooting During 100MPH Chase On US 22
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper On Leave After Deadly Shooting During 100MPH Chase On US 22 A multi-county police chase ended when a Pennsylvania state police trooper shot and killed a Johnstown man, on Thursday, Nov. 3, authorities say. When Richland Township police arrived to investigate a domestic disturbance 35-year-old Krysten Pretlor, took off from a woman's home in Cambria County in a white BMW at a high rate of speed around 2:30 p.m., according to Pennsylvania state police.  As he got on US Route 22 and headed into Indiana County, state police took over the pursuit, Trooper Steve Limani said in a statement to the media.  As Pretlor continued west into Derry Township, Wes…

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Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.  That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…

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VIDEO: 'Oh No, Stop!' Watch This Unstoppable Train Collision In Strasburg VIDEO: 'Oh No, Stop!' Watch This Unstoppable Train Collision In Strasburg
Video: 'Oh No, Stop!' Watch This Unstoppable Train Collision In Strasburg A locomotive near a train museum made some history of its own, smashing into an excavator on Wednesday, Nov. 2 around 11:30 a.m., authorities say.  The Norfolk & Western 475— a low-speed locomotive hit the excavator which had been left on the track at 301 Gap Road, Leaman Place Yard in Paradise, according to a spokesperson with the railroad. Daily Voice reached out to Lancaster County Wide Communications at the time of the incident and could not confirm details regarding the crash beyond "state police were directing traffic on the scene." The Pennsylvania state police did not return Dai…

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Pennsylvania State Police Shoot Man Dead During High-Speed Chase On US 22 Pennsylvania State Police Shoot Man Dead During High-Speed Chase On US 22
Pennsylvania State Police Shoot Man Dead During High-Speed Chase On US 22 A Pennsylvania state trooper shot and killed a man along US 22 leading to a five-mile closure of the roadway on Thursday, Nov. 3 around 3 p.m. authorities say.  The shooting followed a felony domestic incident involving a weapon in Richland Township, State Trooper Steve Limani told members of the media around 6 p.m. The man fled local police as they attempted to arrest him, leading them on a high-speed chase, "putting the community in danger," Limani said, adding that state troopers in the area observed the chase and jumped into action, taking over the pursuit. **New details, including …

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