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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

Teens Burn Porta-Potty At Park In Chester County, Police Chief Says A Chester County area police chief has reached out to Daily Voice after three teenagers were seen near a public park's porta-potty that later caught fire on Thursday. West Caln Township Police Department and Wagontown Volunteer Fire Company were called to a porta-pottery fire at Layton Park located at 100 Water Works Road, on Dec. 28, Police Chief Martinez told us. "It was reported that three teenage males were seen around a pavilion then going in and out of the Porta-Potty prior to the fire," he said. They were seen leaving the park in a bright blue small Chevrolet sedan…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

Obituaries

Reading Dad Dies Of Cancer On Christmas Day A father of six died on Christmas after a five-year-long battle against cancer, according to his family. Ricardo "Kiko" or "Ricky" Ralat Jr. "passed unexpectedly on Christmas morning from cancer," his wife's coworker Elijah Pokrop wrote on a GoFundMe campaign he launched to give Kiko a "proper burial in such unexpected times." The 39-year-old had been fighting stage four metastatic cancers of the colon, lymph nodes, and lungs since 2018, according to a previous GoFundMe his wife launched when he was newly diagnosed. He bravely underwent aggressive treatments, and at times t…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

Police & Fire

Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA A man wanted on charges in connection with a violent rape in Elizabethtown Borough was shot dead in what the Lancaster County District Attorney's office is calling "an officer-involved shooting" on Thursday afternoon. Shane Robert Kelec, 38 of the 1700 block of Stone Mill Road, Lancaster was wanted on rape and aggravated assault, among other changes for the terrifying incident that happened in the 900 block of Hedgewyck Lane, Elizabethtown, as detailed in the DA's original release. He had a firearm on him when members of the United States Marshals’ Eastern District Violent Crime…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

Police & Fire

Pair Escapes From Car Sinking Into Conodoguinet Creek In Carlisle: Police A pair escaped from a car sinking into Conodoguinet Creek on Tuesday night, police announced on Thursday, Dec. 28. The North Middleton Police Department received a call "for a report of multiple people trapped within a vehicle, sinking into the Conodoguinet Creek," at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Dec. 26, the department detailed in the release. Officers responded to the North Middleton Park boat launch at Park Avenue, Waggoners Gap Road in Carlisle. They found emergency services had arrived and were helping the pair who had already escaped the vehicle and made it back to the shore.…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

Police & Fire

Murder-Suicide: Estranged Dad Stabs 3 Family Members Killing Wife, Teen Son In Hanover Three days after a man's 50th birthday he stabbed three family members and then is believed to have stabbed himself, according to authorities. Rogelio Arvizu, who turned 50 on Christmas day, was charged with stabbing and killing his estranged 49-year-old wife Guadalupe Morales, their 17-year-old son Dylan Arvizu, and attempting to stab and kill their 27-year-old son, according to authorities in York County and court documents. The call to the first reported stabbing of multiple people at 950 East Walnut Street in Hanover Borough came into the York County Office of Emergency Management at 1…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

Traffic

Crash On I-81 Near Shippensburg Leads To Delays In Dense Fog: PennDOT Traffic on Interstate 81 was already moving a bit slow due to the fog when a crash led to an additional slowdown on Thursday morning, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The multiple-vehicle crash happened in the northbound lanes of I-81, approximately .8 miles from Exit 29: PA 174 - King Street, near Shippensburg, according to PennDOT's 511PA. It was reported at 10:06 a.m. on Dec. 28, 511PA shows. The crash involved three vehicles, including a passenger and a commercial vehicle, PennDOT spokesperson David Thompson told Daily Voice. "P…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

Police & Fire

West Grove 18-Year-Old Killed In Fiery Crash Into Concrete Wall, Utility Pole: PA State Police An 18-year-old Chester County man has died in a fiery car crash, Pennsylvania State Police. Jason "JJ" Ruszin of West Grove was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 10:46 p.m. on Dec. 27, Trooper Michael Carter details in the release. JJ had been traveling east on West Baltimore Pike when the rain picked up. In the deluge he lost control of his vehicle — "exiting the roadway striking a concrete wall and a utility pole. The motor vehicle also caught fire," Carter wrote. The West Grove Fire Company, Medic 94, EMS, and the Chester County Coroner's Officer also re…

by Jillian Pikora

12/28/2023

News

Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA A man who previously was reportedly "living in a bad place" and thought to be experiencing homelessness last winter was kindly taken in by a couple – whom he thanked by stabbing – now, he will have a home for several years in a state correctional institution, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday. Robert Lee Suders, 43, most recently of Harrisburg, confessed to the Jan. 27, 2023 stabbing at a hearing over the summer and was sentenced by the Honorable Jessica E. Brewbaker on Dec. 12, the DA said and court records confirmed. Both of the victims "r…

by Jillian Pikora

12/27/2023

Schools

Pregnant Glen Rock Special-Ed Teacher Sentenced For 'Inappropriate' Relationship With Student A pregnant former Pennsylvania Special Education teacher and soccer coach has been sentenced after admitting to an "inappropriate" relationship with a female student, updated court records showed on Tuesday, Dec. 26. The now former Susquehannock High School Special Education teacher, Emily Lehneis, now 31 of Hanover, was initially charged with the following: solicitation to production of child pornography, unlawful contact with a minor, obscenity, institutional sexual assault, and corruption of minors, according to the Southern York Regional Police Department. Her charges stemmed…

by Jillian Pikora

12/27/2023

News

US Marshals Kill Sex Offender Wanted For Violent Rape In Elizabethtown: DA A registered sexual offender with a history of abusing children and fighting — who was wanted in connection with a violent rape in Elizabethtown Borough — has been shot dead by US Marshals, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Shane Robert Kelec, 38 of the 1700 block of Stone Mill Road, Lancaster was wanted on rape and aggravated assault, among other changes for the terrifying incident that happened in the 900 block of Hedgewyck Lane, Elizabethtown, as detailed in the DA's intial release. The rape and brutal beating happened around 8:05 a.m. on Dec…

by Jillian Pikora

12/27/2023

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