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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

2 Troopers Assaulted During 'Disturbance': PA State Police Two Pennsylvania State Troopers were hurt and at least one was disarmed while responding to a "disturbance" in Chambersburg, according to a release by state police on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The incident happened at 1252 Apple Tree Lane in Greene Township around 6:25 p.m. on June 4, 2023, as detailed in the release. Makaela Reiner, 24, of Chambersburg, assaulted Troopers Christopher Alleman and Catherine Miller while being arrested for aggravated assault, according to the release. Reiner has been charged with the following according to her court docket: Two felony counts of aggrava…

by Jillian Pikora

06/08/2023

Police & Fire

Man ID'd Following York County Fire: Coroner (Update) An 88-year-old man was found dead in his home during a fire in York County on Thursday, June 8, 2023, authorities say. Raymond Leber was found dead in his home during a fire in the 700 block of Glen Rock Road/ Route 216 around 12:30 a.m. in Springfield Township, authorities say. Deputy Coroner Karen Frank was called to the scene and certified the death at 12:52 a.m., according to a release by the coroner's office. There is no scheduled autopsy, the coroner’s office said, but the cause of death will be released pending a toxicology report. The fire appears to have started in the…

by Jillian Pikora

06/08/2023

News

'Zombie Hunter' Who Beheaded PA Woman Sentenced To Death: DA An Amazon delivery driver by day and self-described "zombie hunter" at night has been sentenced to death. Bryan Patrick Miller a 49-year-old Arizonan pleaded insanity with a lawyer who used a "Jekyll and Hyde" defense during a trial over the brutal stabbing and beheading deaths of two young women— including a 21-year-old from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, according to Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell. Miller, also dubbed the "Canal Killer", was "found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, dangerous class one felonies, two counts of kidnapping, class two dangero…

by Jillian Pikora

06/08/2023

Police & Fire

Prisoner Poops On Holding Cell Floor At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities A 35-year-old York man has been charged for pooping on the floor in a police station holding cell. While being held on a simple assault charge Dristan L. Elliott pooped on his holding cell floor at the Columbia Borough Police Station on May 26, according to a release on June 7, 2023. It appears officers might not have realized what happened as he was moved to the Lancaster County Prison where he was held for the simple assault charge until June 6 when he posted 10 % of a $5,000 bail in surety bonds. He was only charged with institutional vandalism on June 4, although court …

by Jillian Pikora

06/07/2023

Police & Fire

Security Officer Assaulted In Fourth Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say A security officer was hurt in the fourth assault incident at the same Central Pennsylvania hospital involving a patient. Marie Annette Flemister, 58, of Steelton was arrested following an investigation into an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, according to a release issued by East Pennsboro Police on June 7, 2023. The police were called to the hospital and spoke with the injured security officer about the altercation around 3:50 p.m. on June 1, 2023, according to the release. Flemister was identified as the woman who attacked the officer durin…

by Jillian Pikora

06/07/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Stabs BF In Back: Newville Police A 24-year-old Carlisle woman stabbed her boyfriend in the back and committed a burglary, police alleged on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Alexandria Brooke/Brook Kulick was wanted for aggravated assault when she was arrested following a burglary on June 6, 2023, court records show. A warrant had been issued for her arrest after she stabbed her boyfriend in the back with a knife during an aggravated assault incident on June 2, according to Newville police and confirmed by court records. Her boyfriend was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center, the police explained. Kul…

by Jillian Pikora

06/07/2023

Police & Fire

Officer Assaulted In Third Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say A police officer was hurt in the third assault incident at the same Central Pennsylvania hospital involving a patient. Brian James Estright, 47, of Enola was arrested following a disturbance in the 600 block of North Enola Road at 7:42 p.m. on May 18, 2023, East Pennsboro Township police announced on June 7, 2023. "Estright was intoxicated and appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance," the police explained. He "was taken to the ground" after he resisted arrest so an ambulance was called to the scene, according to the release. While at Penn …

by Jillian Pikora

06/07/2023

Police & Fire

Mother-In-Law Tortured To Death, Officer Assaulted: York County Authorities (Update) A woman was brutally killed and an officer was assaulted in York County on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Lourdes Ramos Baez, 67, was found dead by her daughter inside her home in the first block of South Main Street in Dover Borough around 2:19 p.m., according to the York County Coroner's office. Ramos Baez was "the victim of traumatic injuries" and scissors were found stabbed into her back, authorities in York County said. Ramos Baez's official cause of death was "blunt force head and neck injuries with strangulation" and the manner was "homicide" per the results of the autopsy…

by Jillian Pikora

06/07/2023

Police & Fire

Third Accused Killer Of Kids Playing With Kittens, GF Arrested: Lebanon DA Two more people have been arrested following a quadruple shooting and triple homicide that killed two elementary school-age brothers playing with kittens in the 400 block of North 5th Street around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Ivan Claudio Rosero, 27, was caught in Philadelphia on June 6, 2023, according to the Lebanon District Attorney's office. He confessed to detectives that he was involved in the shootings that killed 8-year-old Jesus Perez-Salome, 9-year-old Sebastian Perez- Salome, and 19-year-old Joshua Lugo-Perez, "he drove himself and the other shooters to and from the murd…

by Jillian Pikora

06/07/2023

Obituaries

NJ Native ID'd After Deadly Multi-Vehicle Crash On Route 30 In PA: Coroner A 45-year-old New Jersey native has been identified as the man killed in a three-vehicle crash on US Route 30 in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Hassan Burgess Folkes originally from Camden, NJ but most recently from Lancaster, PA died at the scene of the York County crash near the Wrightsville exit at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2023, according to the York County Coroner. Hassan was driving west on Rt. 30 when he lost control for an unknown reason, crossing the median, slamming into two other vehicles, and his vehicle landed on its roof in the e…

by Jillian Pikora

06/06/2023

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