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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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Road Rage: Driver Arrested For Murder On LIE, Police Say (UPDATE) Road Rage: Driver Arrested For Murder On LIE, Police Say (UPDATE)
Road Rage: Driver Arrested For Murder On LIE, Police Say (Update) A driver is accused of intentionally killing a motorcyclist during a road rage incident in North Hills, Nassau County police announced on Friday, April 25. Brian Noll, 64, of Scio, New York, was driving a 2022 Ford pickup truck eastbound on the South Service Road of the Long Island Expressway near New Hyde Park Road at 2:14 p.m. when he got into an altercation with a 29-year-old man riding a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle traveling in the same direction, according to Homicide Squad Detectives. During the course of the incident, Noll allegedly swerved into the motorcycle, pinning the victim agains…

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Bus Slams Into Sedan At Route 30 Intersection, Sending Two To Hospital In West Manchester: PD Bus Slams Into Sedan At Route 30 Intersection, Sending Two To Hospital In West Manchester: PD
Bus Slams Into Sedan At Route 30 Intersection, Sending Two To Hospital In West Manchester: PD A charter-style passenger bus slammed into a red Nissan sedan at the intersection of Route 30 and Kenneth Road in West Manchester Township, sending two people to the hospital, police announced on Friday, April 25. Emergency personnel from West Manchester Township Police, Fire, and EMS arrived at the scene around 8:39 a.m., according to a release. The two occupants of the Nissan were immediately extracted and transported to York Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation found that the bus, traveling west on Route 30, ran a solid red light at the intersectio…

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Felon Driving With Loaded 9MM Caught Speeding 55 MPH In Lebanon: DA Felon Driving With Loaded 9MM Caught Speeding 55 MPH In Lebanon: DA
Felon Driving With Loaded 9MM Caught Speeding 55 MPH In Lebanon: DA A Lebanon felon with a loaded handgun hidden inside his car was caught speeding more than double the limit, prosecutors announced on Friday, April 25. Junior Estevez was convicted of Felony Persons Not to Possess a Firearm, Felony Carrying a Firearm Without a License, and two Misdemeanor drug offenses after a Lebanon County jury trial, the District Attorney's Office said. The case started on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, when Patrolman Andrew Weaver of the Lebanon City Police stopped Estevez for driving 55 mph in a 25 mph zone, prosecutors said. Weaver smelled marijuana and saw a digi…

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PA Former Lowe's District Manager Caught In Human Trafficking Sting, District Attorney Says PA Former Lowe's District Manager Caught In Human Trafficking Sting, District Attorney Says
PA Former Lowe's District Manager Caught In Human Trafficking Sting, District Attorney Says A former Lowe’s district manager is among seven Pennsylvania men accused of fueling human trafficking by trying to buy sex at a Cumberland County hotel, District Attorney Seán M. McCormack announced on Friday, April 25. The arrests happened during "Operation Impact Demand (X)" at a Silver Spring Township hotel, according to the Cumberland County Human Trafficking Task Force. The operation was carried out alongside the Silver Spring Township Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. "The money these individuals spend on prostitution-related activit…

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1-Year-Old Dies Surrounded By Fentanyl Pills, Blood On Face: Murder Charge For Steelton Parents 1-Year-Old Dies Surrounded By Fentanyl Pills, Blood On Face: Murder Charge For Steelton Parents
1-Year-Old Dies Surrounded By Fentanyl Pills, Blood On Face: Murder Charge For Steelton Parents Zora Valentina Volcy, just 1 year old, was found cold and stiff in her Steelton bedroom — blood and mucus on her face, fentanyl pills scattered across the floor, police say. Now her parents, Debra Burnett, 28, and Fritz Volcy, 26, both of Harrisburg, are charged with third-degree murder and endangering the welfare of children. Shocking Discovery Inside Steelton Home Steelton police rushed to the family's home on the 500 block of St. Mary’s Drive around 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 7, for reports of a child in cardiac arrest. Officers found Zora unresponsive, her limbs stiff, and her face smeare…

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'Then We Heard Screaming': Gunfire Erupts At Hazleton Playground, Police Say 'Then We Heard Screaming': Gunfire Erupts At Hazleton Playground, Police Say
'Then We Heard Screaming': Gunfire Erupts At Hazleton Playground, Police Say Gunshots rang out at a Hazleton playground packed with children, followed by the unmistakable sound of people screaming, police said. Officers were dispatched to Beech Street Park after multiple 911 callers reported shots fired near the basketball courts and people yelling in panic around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, the Hazleton City Police Department said in a release. When officers arrived, they learned the victim had already been rushed to the hospital by private vehicle. That person was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released from the emergency room, police sai…

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Women Charged With Prostitution In Massage Parlor Raid In Huntington: Police Women Charged With Prostitution In Massage Parlor Raid In Huntington: Police
Women Charged With Prostitution In Massage Parlor Raid In Huntington: Police Two women were arrested at a Huntington Station spa following a prostitution investigation sparked by a community complaint, Suffolk County police announced on Thursday, April 24. Li Chen, 47, and Gui Feng Huang, 48, both of Flushing, were taken into custody during a raid at Awesome Spa located at 294 E. Jericho Turnpike, according to police. The Second Precinct Crime Section, working alongside the Town of Huntington Fire Marshal and Code Enforcement Inspectors, uncovered evidence of criminal activity during a compliance inspection. Both women were charged with Felony Unauthorized Practice …

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Sextortion Of 30+ Children Worldwide Gets Florida Man 30 Years: USDOJ Sextortion Of 30+ Children Worldwide Gets Florida Man 30 Years: USDOJ
Sextortion Of 30+ Children Worldwide Gets Florida Man 30 Years: Usdoj A Florida man who sextorted children across the globe, including six minors in Central Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus announced on Thursday, April 24. Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 35, an Ecuadorian national most recently residing in Miami, was handed the decades-long sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion after being convicted on two counts of "Production of Child Pornography", according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Sandoval exploited children in a calculat…

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Mannequin Used To Fake Carpool Rider On LIE: Bellport Man Ticketed, Police Say Mannequin Used To Fake Carpool Rider On LIE: Bellport Man Ticketed, Police Say
Mannequin Used To Fake Carpool Rider On LIE: Bellport Man Ticketed, Police Say A Long Island driver was busted with a mannequin in his front seat to fake a carpool passenger on the Long Island Expressway, Suffolk County Police announced on Thursday, April 24, 2025. The shocking discovery happened around 4:40 p.m. near Exit 50 in Melville, when a Highway Patrol officer noticed something off about the front-seat rider of a 1998 Honda cruising in the HOV lane. After pulling the vehicle over, the officer found the “passenger” wasn’t a person at all—but a lifeless mannequin placed to deceive. The driver, 33-year-old Arisme McGregor of Bellport, was ticketed for violating …

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More Victims Identified In US, Canada Child Exploitation Case: Feds (UPDATE) More Victims Identified In US, Canada Child Exploitation Case: Feds (UPDATE)
More Victims Identified In US, Canada Child Exploitation Case: Feds (Update) An accused online predator who victimized children across the United States and Canada has been arrested in West Virginia, authorities in Pennsylvania announced on Thursday, April 24, 2025.  Mark Wills, 60, of Hulmeville, was previously taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at the Meadowbrook Mall in Bridgeport, West Virginia at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, according to Robert Clark, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Wills is accused of manufacturing hundreds of videos of child sexual abuse material involv…

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