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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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Police & Fire
ARSON: Landlord Breaks Into Tenant's Home Starting Fire, Police In Central PA Say ARSON: Landlord Breaks Into Tenant's Home Starting Fire, Police In Central PA Say
Arson: Landlord Breaks Into Tenant's Home Starting Fire, Police In Central PA Say A Central Pennsylvania landlord broke into a tenant's home and minutes after police cleared the scene he returned to set the home on fire, authorities explained in a release on Sunday, March 24.  Ronald Frisbee III, 28 of Akron Borough, broke into the home he rents out at 312 S 10th Street around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, according to the West Earl Township Police Department. Officers with the department were called to the home for a "civil issue" at that time. Supposedly, Frisbee "was unhappy with his tenants after a washer and dryer machine was allegedly broken by the tenants,…

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News
New York Woman Found Dead In Duffle Bag, Teens Taken In For Questioning In PA: Officials New York Woman Found Dead In Duffle Bag, Teens Taken In For Questioning In PA: Officials
New York Woman Found Dead In Duffle Bag, Teens Taken In For Questioning In PA: Officials A 52-year-old woman was brutally killed in New York City apartment and two people who stole her car have been taken in for questioning in York, Pennsylvania, authorities explained on Friday afternoon, March 22.  Nadia Vitels had just returned from Spain and was going to her deceased mom's former home to clean it up for friends visiting New York City, the NYPD explained in a press conference. "We believe that some squatters took the apartment over, and this woman came home to get this apartment set up and walked in on the squatters that were there," NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny…

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Schools
Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say
Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say A 56-year-old school bus driver has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies related to child pornography, police announced late Thursday night. Philip Fry of the 1100 block of Oberlin Road, Middletown, Lower Swatara Township was arrested following a warranted search of his home. The search was conducted by the Derry Township Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Investigators, along with Detectives from the Dauphin County Criminal Investigation Division. The search was part of a larger investigation after receiving tips about Child Sexual Abuse Material.  During the …

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Police & Fire
Florida Man ID'd After Fatal Strike By Ambulance On Pennsylvania Highway: Coroner Florida Man ID'd After Fatal Strike By Ambulance On Pennsylvania Highway: Coroner
Florida Man ID'd After Fatal Strike By Ambulance On Pennsylvania Highway: Coroner A 62-year-old Florida man who died after being hit by an ambulance on a Pennsylvania highway has been identified, Dauphin County Officials announced on Friday, March 22.  Michael Csernik of Jacksonville, FL was struck at the intersection of South Silver Road/Route 147 and Inglenook Road just north of US 322 in Reed Township, as detailed in a release by investigating trooper Mark  Zearfaus with PSP Troop H - Newport. He died in an "accidentally struck by an EMS unit," the Dauphin County Coroner's office explained. The call to the fatal crash came into 911 system at …

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Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: PA State Police Chambersburg Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: PA State Police Chambersburg
Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: PA State Police Chambersburg A passenger has died in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday morning. State Troopers were called to the fatal crash along I-81 in Franklin County a minute before midnight on March 21. The crash involved an International Freight Liner Tractor Trailer and a passenger car, both traveling north on Interstate 81.  The tractor-trailer rear-ended the passenger car and "continued to travel straight north bound on 81, crossed both north lanes of travel and into the center grass median, striking the metal guide wire," police sta…

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Obituaries
Community Rallies For 2 Families After 5 Killed In PA House Fires Community Rallies For 2 Families After 5 Killed In PA House Fires
Community Rallies For 2 Families After 5 Killed In PA House Fires Friends, family, and neighbors have rallied to help a mom and her two surviving children after her fiance and four of her children were killed in a massive house fire in Western Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning. A 27-year-old dad, Tyler J. King; his children Kyson John, 7; Kinzleigh John, 6; Keagan John, 3; and 1-month-old Korbyn John were found dead in their home in the 400 block of Guy Street in Jeanette just after midnight on March 20, officials explained and Daily Voice previously reported.  The mom, Miranda John, and two other young children, Kaiden and Kash, we…

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Police & Fire
Dead Dog Found On Railroad Tracks In Shippensburg, Police Say Dead Dog Found On Railroad Tracks In Shippensburg, Police Say
Dead Dog Found On Railroad Tracks In Shippensburg, Police Say A dog wearing a pink collar was found dead in Shippensburg on Thursday, March 21, area police announced around 9 a.m.  The dog was described "as a small female Golden Retriever mix dog," the police stated in the release. It was found dead on the railroad tracks near the 300 block of South Washington Street around 8:48 a.m., police detailed. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cumberland Valley Animal. 

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Police & Fire
New Details About Infant Found Dead On Pennsylvania Street: Coroner New Details About Infant Found Dead On Pennsylvania Street: Coroner
New Details About Infant Found Dead On Pennsylvania Street: Coroner New information about an infant "suspiciously" found dead on a Pennsylvania street has been shared with Daily Voice by Fulton County Coroner Berley L. Souders on March 20.  The infant was found unresponsive at the intersection of Lincoln Way West/PA Route 16 and South Second Street in McConnellsburg at 8:45 a.m. on March 11, State Trooper Jacob Rhymestine detailed in the initial release.  The coroner's office was soon called and the infant was pronounced dead at the intersection at 8:55 a.m. on Monday. After no witnesses have come forward so details about the infant were released…

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Police & Fire
Charged Child Rapist Kidnaps Girl Then Kills Himself During PA Police Pursuit Charged Child Rapist Kidnaps Girl Then Kills Himself During PA Police Pursuit
Charged Child Rapist Kidnaps Girl Then Kills Himself During PA Police Pursuit A man out on bail for felony child rape kidnapped a girl at gunpoint but when police closed in, he turned the gun on himself, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday afternoon.  Former convict, James Lee Kopp Jr., 53 of Hanover and East Berlin (although most recently from McSherrystown) kidnapped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint from her yard in the 600 block of North Street in McSherrystown and fled the area, PSP detailed.  The McSherrystown Police Department was called "for a report of a child abduction involving a firearm" at the girl's home at 9:45 a.…

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Police & Fire
Family Killed In PA Fire ID'd: Dad, 4 Children — Including 1-Month-Old Infant, Authorities Say Family Killed In PA Fire ID'd: Dad, 4 Children — Including 1-Month-Old Infant, Authorities Say
Family Killed In PA Fire ID'd: Dad, 4 Children — Including 1-Month-Old Infant, Authorities Say A massive house fire killed four young children and their father in Western Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning, authorities announced later that day.  The Westmoreland County Coroner's office said the 27-year-old dad, Tyler J. King; his children Kyson John, 7; Kinzleigh John, 6; Keagan John, 3; and 1-month-old Korbyn John were found dead in the home. The fire broke out in the 400 block of Guy Street in Jeanette just after midnight on March 20, officials explained. The mother and two other young children were rescued from the home. The mom suffered burns and the children showed signs of s…

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