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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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Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police
Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police A 24-year-old man shooting at a squirrel fired his gun into a nursery where a baby was sleeping in its crib, authorities announced in a release on Monday, March 6, 2023.  Dakota Leonel Johnson-Ortiz of 6 Windwood Place, Lititz later admitted to shooting a squirrel in the area at the same time the shot was heard, according to the release.  A neighbor heard a gunshot and told a parent living in the 100 block of Guilder Place in Warwick Township who called the police after they entered their sleeping baby's nursery and found debris on the floor as well as "dust and debris f…

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Man With Dementia Wanders Away From Salvation Army In Carlisle, Police Say Man With Dementia Wanders Away From Salvation Army In Carlisle, Police Say
Man With Dementia Wanders Away From Salvation Army In Carlisle, Police Say A 69-year-old Cumberland County man with dementia is missing and he could be in danger, authorities say.  Walter “Buzz” Phillips, 69, wandered off from a senior skills program at the Salvation Army on the first block of East Pomfret Street in Carlisle just before noon Monday, March 6, Carlisle Borough police later that day.  He was later spotted exiting the facility on the surveillance camera, dress as pictured from the recording, in a tan flannel shirt with a gray undershirt, blue jeans, and sneakers, according to the police.  Phillips was last seen walking north by No…

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Maryland Man Dies In Crash Involving 7-Month-Old In York County: Authorities Maryland Man Dies In Crash Involving 7-Month-Old In York County: Authorities
Maryland Man Dies In Crash Involving 7-Month-Old In York County: Authorities The person who died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash in York County on Monday, March 6, 2023, has been identified, authorities say.  Donald Taylor, 56, from Havre De Grace, Maryland, was driving a Nissan Rogue south on Woodbine Road, just north of McCall Road— when he swerved for an unknown reason— crossing over the double solid lines, into the northbound lane and striking a Dodge Caravan head-on, according to the York County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania State Police.  State police troopers were called to the crash in the 6000 block of Woodbine Road, Peach B…

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Sheetz Reacts To Alleged Rape Of Unconscious 14-Year-Old By Store Employee In Pennsylvania Sheetz Reacts To Alleged Rape Of Unconscious 14-Year-Old By Store Employee In Pennsylvania
Sheetz Reacts To Alleged Rape Of Unconscious 14-Year-Old By Store Employee In Pennsylvania Sheetz PR Management has responded to Daily Voice's request for comment on the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl who passed out in her own vomit in a Sheetz restroom by a store employee.  The incident happened between Sheetz employee, 22-year-old Demarcus Shamir Johnson, and the girl, at 529 East King Street in Shippensburg on Oct. 30, 2022, the stated by area police officer Eric Varner in the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice.  "At Sheetz, the safety of our customers is our highest priority -- and we take any allegations of employee misconduct very se…

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Police Incident At LanCo. Giant Catches Wanted Teen Who Stole Grandma's Loaded Gun: Authorities Police Incident At LanCo. Giant Catches Wanted Teen Who Stole Grandma's Loaded Gun: Authorities
Police Incident At LanCo. Giant Catches Wanted Teen Who Stole Grandma's Loaded Gun: Authorities A runaway juvenile offender who stole his grandmother's loaded handgun has been captured, authorities say.  Ryan Clore Jr., 15, broke into his grandmother's home on Broad Street in East Petersburg Borough, crack her safe, and took her loaded Ruger LCP .380 handgun on March 3, around 5:15 p.m., according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department on Monday, March 6, 2023.  Clore is a repeat offender who has not only committed a previous offense but also failed to comply with previous sentencing requirements, according to the NLCRPD.  He was also …

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Burglar Doesn't Make 'Best' Employee Stealing $14K In Merch From PA Nordstrom: Police Burglar Doesn't Make 'Best' Employee Stealing $14K In Merch From PA Nordstrom: Police
Burglar Doesn't Make 'Best' Employee Stealing $14K In Merch From PA Nordstrom: Police A convicted burglar with a history of driving under the influence and drug use was working at Nordstrom North East Fulfillment Center— that is until he stole $14,000 in merchandise, authorities say and court records detail. The person at Nordstrom who took a chance and hired the 46-year-old former convict, Anthony Best, probably wasn't having the "best" day when he was caught stealing the merchandise from the warehouse located at 30 Distribution Drive in Lancaster, as detailed in the police release.  Certain not the center's "best" employee, Best was arrested on Feb. 24 at 11…

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Maryland Man Wanted In Georgia Found In Pennsylvania, Police Say Maryland Man Wanted In Georgia Found In Pennsylvania, Police Say
Maryland Man Wanted In Georgia Found In Pennsylvania, Police Say A 78-year-old fugitive wanted in Georgia was arrested in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on March 4, 2023, authorities say.  Gerald Lee Spessard, originally from Hagerstown, Maryland was found in "a suspicious vehicle parked at 1415 Orchard Drive," around 12:25 a.m., Chambersburg police said.  Upon investigation, he was found to have an active felony warrant from Georgia.  Spessard was then arrested and held in the Franklin County Jail, awaiting extradition back to Georgia. He has also been charged with being an alleged fugitive from justice within Pennsylvania. No additional d…

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Mom Gives Girls 'Marijuana Edibles' Pennsylvania State Police Say Mom Gives Girls 'Marijuana Edibles' Pennsylvania State Police Say
Mom Gives Girls 'Marijuana Edibles' Pennsylvania State Police Say Three 15-year-olds were given "marijuana edibles" by a mom in Western Pennsylvania, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.  The unnamed 42-year-old Blairsville mom gave the drugs to her daughter and two friends from Latrobe, PSP explains in a release on Feb. 27, 2023. The incident allegedly happened at a home on Tryon Drive in Derry Township on Feb. 4 around 6 p.m., according to the release. The case is under investigation by state police. No charges have been filed at the time of publishing. 

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Two Rooms Burned In Arsonist's Blaze At Carlisle Motel: Police Two Rooms Burned In Arsonist's Blaze At Carlisle Motel: Police
Two Rooms Burned In Arsonist's Blaze At Carlisle Motel: Police A Carlisle motel was set on fire on Thursday, March 2, 2023, Middlesex Township police stated in a release the following day.  Roy Sampson, 57, of Carlise, was in a vacant room trying to start a fire when the police were called to the Diamond Carlisle Motel located at 1245 Harrisburg Pike, according to the release.  Upon arrival, officers found two vacant rooms "actively on fire." "Officers would speak to a witness and soon after would locate the suspect, Roy Sampson walking through the parking lot of the motel," as stated in the release.  Sampson was arrested at 12:48 p.m…

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Missing 17-Year-Old York County Girl Found Safe: PSP Missing 17-Year-Old York County Girl Found Safe: PSP
Missing 17-Year-Old York County Girl Found Safe: PSP UPDATE:  Emily Sweatt, 17, of Stewartstown was found safe on the evening of March 3, 2023, and has been taken back home, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police on Monday, March 6. ORIGINAL: A 17-year-old York County girl has gone missing from her home, Pennsylvania State Police say.  Emily Sweatt, of the 3000 block of Stewartstown Road, Hopewell Township, left home sometime between 2 and 6 a.m. on March 2, 2023, PSP Troop J announced the following afternoon.  "She has been known to travel to the York City area," police say. Additional informatio…

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