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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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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: Suffolk County Police Women Charged With Prostitution In Massage Parlor Raid: Suffolk County Police
Women Charged With Prostitution In Massage Parlor Raid: Suffolk County 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, Police Say Mannequin Used To Fake Carpool Rider On LIE, Police Say
Mannequin Used To Fake Carpool Rider On LIE, 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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Dropbox Files Of Child Sex Abuse Lands Middletown Ex-Educational Aide Guilty Verdict: Bucks DA Dropbox Files Of Child Sex Abuse Lands Middletown Ex-Educational Aide Guilty Verdict: Bucks DA
Dropbox Files Of Child Sex Abuse Lands Middletown Ex-Educational Aide Guilty Verdict: Bucks DA A Middletown Township man was convicted of storing dozens of graphic child sex abuse videos in his Dropbox account, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, April 23. Mark Anthony McKay Jr., 23, of Trenton Road, was found guilty of Felony Possession of Child Pornography and Felony Criminal Use of a Communication Facility after a waiver trial before President Judge Raymond F. McHugh. His sentencing was scheduled for Wednesday, June 25. The disturbing investigation began in March 2022, when Bucks County Detectives received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. T…

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Red Lion Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Lancaster Girl: Officials Red Lion Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Lancaster Girl: Officials
Red Lion Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Lancaster Girl: Officials A Red Lion man has admitted to sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Lancaster County girl in 2019, York County officials announced on Thursday, April 24. Grayson Bishop Frey, now 25, pleaded guilty to Felony Statutory Sexual Assault and Felony Corruption of Minors, court records show​. He was 19 at the time of the assaults, which occurred while the girl was visiting her father in Red Lion, Pennsylvania State Police said. Victim Reported Rape To School Counselor The case began in April 2021 when the girl disclosed the abuse to a school counselor. She said she considered Frey a friend. During a …

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Shrewsbury Man Raped Girl, Filmed It, Paid Her $2K To Stay Quiet: FBI, DA Shrewsbury Man Raped Girl, Filmed It, Paid Her $2K To Stay Quiet: FBI, DA
Shrewsbury Man Raped Girl, Filmed It, Paid Her $2K To Stay Quiet: FBI, DA A York County man who raped a girl for years, recorded the abuse, and paid her $2,000 to stay silent now faces federal child pornography charges, authorities announced Thursday, April 24. Robert Angel Haley, 41, of Shrewsbury, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday, April 23, for producing and possessing child pornography, according to Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus. York County Regional Police say Haley began abusing the girl in 2020 when she was just 10. The now 15-year-old victim told police he showed her pornographic videos, forced her to mimic them, filmed the assault…

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Serial Flasher Strikes Again, Columbia Borough Police Say Serial Flasher Strikes Again, Columbia Borough Police Say
Serial Flasher Strikes Again, Columbia Borough Police Say A Columbia man with a disturbing history of indecent exposure is accused of trespassing onto private property and flashing himself in broad daylight, police announced on Wednesday, April 24. Quentin Everet Chambers, 29, allegedly entered a property in the 500 block of Cherry Street around 1:23 p.m. on Monday, April 15, and exposed himself, according to Columbia Borough Police. This is not Chambers’ first time facing such allegations. Records show Chambers has a pattern of indecent behavior in public spaces—he’s previously faced two separate Indecent Exposure charges in 2021 and 2022 in Lan…

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