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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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High-Speed Wrong-Way Driver Arrested After Route 15 Crash That Injured 6: Upper Allen Police High-Speed Wrong-Way Driver Arrested After Route 15 Crash That Injured 6: Upper Allen Police
High-Speed Wrong-Way Driver Arrested After Route 15 Crash That Injured 6: Upper Allen Police A 29-year-old Mechanicsburg man accused of driving the wrong way on Route 15 at over 100 mph, slamming into multiple vehicles, injuring six people including two children, and punching an EMT, has been arrested, Upper Allen Township Police announced late on Friday, April 11. Fernando Luis Colon-Torres, of the 600 block of Geneva Drive, faces 38 charges stemming from the violent crash on Friday, Jan. 17, according to court documents. The chaos began around 4:37 p.m. when Colon-Torres allegedly struck the back of a 2011 Nissan Rogue occupied by a 37-year-old and two young children (ages 4 an…

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Trump Targeted In Assassination Threats By PA Man From Same County As 2024 Shooting: DOJ Trump Targeted In Assassination Threats By PA Man From Same County As 2024 Shooting: DOJ
Trump Targeted In Assassination Threats By PA Man From Same County As 2024 Shooting: DOJ A Pennsylvania man is accused of threatening to assassinate President Donald J. Trump and other U.S. officials, the Department of Justice announced on Friday, April 11. Shawn Monper, 32, of Butler, was arrested after the FBI and Butler Township Police investigated a series of alarming online posts made under the username "Mr Satan," according to federal authorities. The threats, made between January 15 and April 5, included specific violent plans. In one February comment, Monper allegedly wrote: “Nah, we just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon, all the heads of agencies Trump appoint…

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Dentist Who Fondled Patient During Emergency Visit Pleads Guilty: Chester County DA Dentist Who Fondled Patient During Emergency Visit Pleads Guilty: Chester County DA
Dentist Who Fondled Patient During Emergency Visit Pleads Guilty: Chester County DA A dentist accused of fondling a patient during an emergency dental visit has pleaded guilty, Chester County authorities announced on Friday, April 11. James Godorecci, 56, of Wayne, entered a guilty plea to Simple Assault by Physical Menace and was sentenced to two years' probation, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. The charges stem from an emergency appointment on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at Main Line Dental Aesthetics in Paoli, where Godorecci had been treating the woman for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ), officials said. The treatment involved "massage thera…

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K9 Captures Escaped Prisoner Kylaha Seman After Manhunt In Chambersburg K9 Captures Escaped Prisoner Kylaha Seman After Manhunt In Chambersburg
K9 Captures Escaped Prisoner Kylaha Seman After Manhunt In Chambersburg A police K9 captured an escaped prisoner after a frantic hour-long manhunt near Chambersburg Area Senior High School on Friday, April 11, authorities announced. Kylaha Seman, a white woman standing about 5 feet 1 inch tall, fled from Chambersburg Hospital at 112 S. Second Street around 3:31 p.m. while being treated under Franklin County Jail custody, police said. Seman was last seen wearing black-and-white striped prison clothing marked “FCJ” across the back. Multiple agencies flooded the area searching for her, including the Chambersburg Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, Frank…

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Brutal Attack: Student Repeatedly Punches Classmate In Face At Warwick Middle School, Police Brutal Attack: Student Repeatedly Punches Classmate In Face At Warwick Middle School, Police
Brutal Attack: Student Repeatedly Punches Classmate In Face At Warwick Middle School, Police A 14-year-old Warwick Middle School student brutally attacked a classmate by repeatedly punching them in the face, causing injuries, Lititz Borough police announced on Friday, April 11. The violent assault happened on Maple Street in Lititz around 3:05 p.m., according to the release. The Lititz boy was charged with summary harassment. He has been summoned to respond to District Court.

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Lebanon Murder-Suicide Sparks Fire Hours Before Eviction: DA Lebanon Murder-Suicide Sparks Fire Hours Before Eviction: DA
Lebanon Murder-Suicide Sparks Fire Hours Before Eviction: DA A Lebanon man shot a neighbor, set his apartment on fire, and killed himself before an eviction on Friday, April 11, police and prosecutors said. Duane A. Ulmer, 62, opened fire around 4 a.m. in the 500 block of South 9th Street, Lebanon City police announced. Officers found a 55-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building at 544 S. 9th Street. He was rushed to a local hospital, but despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the Hershey Medical Center, police said. While at the scene, officers noticed smoke and flames coming from a nearby unit. Firef…

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Driver Killed After Car Falls From Overpass Onto I-78 In Upper Saucon: Coroner Driver Killed After Car Falls From Overpass Onto I-78 In Upper Saucon: Coroner
Driver Killed After Car Falls From Overpass Onto I-78 In Upper Saucon: Coroner A driver was killed after his car plunged from an overpass onto Interstate 78, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office announced on Friday, April 11, 2025. Edwin Noel Diaz, 21, of Allentown, was operating a vehicle that veered off the roadway overpass and fell onto the interstate below, authorities said. The crash happened around 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in the eastbound lanes of I-78 at mile marker 60.5 in Upper Saucon Township, according to the coroner. Diaz was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest where he was pronounced dead at 1:13 a.m., officials said. His cause of …

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Dark Web Dealer ‘MamaKnowsBrown,’ Bloods Gang, Family Tied To 21 Suffolk Drug Arrests: DA Dark Web Dealer ‘MamaKnowsBrown,’ Bloods Gang, Family Tied To 21 Suffolk Drug Arrests: DA
Dark Web Dealer ‘MamaKnowsBrown,’ Bloods Gang, Family Tied To 21 Suffolk Drug Arrests: DA A Long Island woman accused of running a dark web drug storefront called "MamaKnowsBrown" is among 21 people indicted in a massive Suffolk County narcotics trafficking case involving Bloods gang members and a family-run network, District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced on Friday, April 11, 2025. Carolyn Tolin, 46, of Centereach, allegedly shipped heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine, and powder cocaine to customers across 40 states, operating her dark web storefront from the garage of her home and accepting cryptocurrency payments, prosecutors said. Tolin was one of several alleged trafficker…

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Pepper-Spraying, Robbery Of PA Inmate By NJ Prison Guard Ends In Conviction: DOJ Pepper-Spraying, Robbery Of PA Inmate By NJ Prison Guard Ends In Conviction: DOJ
Pepper-Spraying, Robbery Of PA Inmate By NJ Prison Guard Ends In Conviction: DOJ A New Jersey prison guard pepper-sprayed an injured Pennsylvania inmate, helped steal his belongings, and lied to cover it up — and now she's been convicted at trial, federal authorities announced on Thursday, April 10. Ivory S. Cousins, 35, of Glassboro, NJ, was found guilty of three counts of depriving the inmate of his constitutional rights under color of law and one count of filing a false report, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said. The case stems from Cousins’ conduct while employed at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia in August 2019. Trial evidence showed Cousins…

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Man Shot Dead, House Set Ablaze In Lower Paxton Murder-Suicide, Fundraiser Launched Man Shot Dead, House Set Ablaze In Lower Paxton Murder-Suicide, Fundraiser Launched
Man Shot Dead, House Set Ablaze In Lower Paxton Murder-Suicide, Fundraiser Launched A fundraiser has been launched for Gary Gibson, who was fatally shot by his girlfriend Alysse Saucedo in a murder-suicide that ended with their house set on fire in Lower Paxton Township. Officers and firefighters were called to 6524 Fairfax Drive around 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, March 30 for a house fire with possible entrapment, according to a release by the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police the following day. Inside the smoke-filled home, first responders found Saucedo, 33, unresponsive in a second-floor hallway. She was pulled from the home but never regained consciousness, authorities…

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