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Nicole Acosta

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Nicole is a 4-time New York Press Association award-winning writer from The Bronx, New York. She graduated in 2019, with a bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Journalism from Mercy College.

Her passion for community storytelling blossomed during her time as the Managing Editor of her college publication, The Impact, where she covered local news in Westchester County. She’s experienced in all verticals of media. She loves to create engaging and unique content whether it’s through social media, copywriting, digital marketing, or public relations projects.

Nicole was a reporter at Daily Voice and covered Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

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Police & Fire

'Gingerbread Building' Destroyed By Fire A fire "significantly damaged" a historic building in central Pennsylvania Thursday night, PennLive reports. The blaze spread through the third floor and out the windows of the "Gingerbread Building' on West Main Street in Mechanicsburg around 10:25 p.m. the outlet says. Firefighters knocked the fire down and began overhauling at around midnight. There were no injures reported and over a dozen people were being assisted by the Red Cross, the outlet reports. Shoutout to Mechanicsburg Fire Department and Upper Allen Fire Department for doing/continuing to do a great job. It’s... Posted …

by Nicole Acosta

12/17/2021

Police & Fire

'This Is A Robbery': Bensalem Bank Robber Nabbed By Police UPDATE: Police arrested Maurice E. Ray on Friday in Philadelphia. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $500,000 bail. ** Orginal story below *** Police in Bucks County are asking for the public's help in locating a man who they say handed a bank teller a note announcing a robbery and then fled. Maurice E. Ray, 31, entered a Bank of America on Street Road in Bensalem on Thursday and handed a teller a piece of paper with the words "This is a robbery" written on it, according to police. The teller handed over the money, and Ray fled the scene on a bicycle, …

by Nicole Acosta

12/17/2021

Police & Fire

1 Hurt In DC Shooting, Gunmen Sought: Police Police are looking for two men accused of shooting another man in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, authorities said. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's seventh district were called around 10:15 a.m. to the 1300 block of Good Hope Road, Southeast, where they found a man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said. The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said. The suspects were captured by surveillance cameras, according to police. The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides informatio…

by Nicole Acosta

12/17/2021

Police & Fire

Ex-Paramedic, President Of CPR Training Company Pulls Handgun In PA Road Rage Incident: Police The president of a Pennsylvania-based CPR training company was charged with pulling a handgun during a road rage incident in suburban Philadelphia, authorities said. The incident began on Dec. 7 at the Route 611 bypass and ended in the parking lot of B&B Beverage in Doylestown, where Rodney Millspaugh, 53, and another man got into an argument, Plumstead Township police said. That's when Millspaugh pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the other driver, and threatened his life, according to police. Millspaugh has been the president of CMR CPR Pennsylvania since 2013, according t…

by Nicole Acosta

12/17/2021

Police & Fire

$5,000 Reward Offered In Hit-Run Of DelCo Man A Delaware County family is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification of the driver who struck their loved one and fled the scene on Sunday, 6abc reports. Richard Flick was doing front-yard work on South Elmwood Avenue in Glenolden around 5:40 p.m. when he was hit by a car, sending him several feet down the road, family told the news outlet. He is in a drug-induced coma. Anyone with information is asked to contact Glenolden police at 610-583-1312. Click here for the full story from 6abc.

by Nicole Acosta

12/17/2021

Police & Fire

$118,000 Reward Offered In Ambush Shooting Of Baltimore Police Officer Maryland authorities are offering a $118,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the "ambush-style" shooting of a Baltimore police officer. Keona Holley, a two-year veteran of the force, was shot while sitting in her patrol car early Thursday on the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue, Baltimore police said. Officers were called to the scene around 1:35 a.m., after receiving a report of a patrol car that crashed. Officers found Holley, who had been assigned to the Southern District, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said. They rendered first aid and worked to get her …

by Nicole Acosta

12/16/2021

Police & Fire

Couple Seen Stomping Helpless Driver On Pavement Sought By Police In Suburban Philly (Video) Police in Montgomery County are asking for the public's help in identifying a pair of suspects seen on video violently assaulting a woman during an apparent road rage incident. Officers were called to the scene at York Road and Rydal Road in Jenkintown around 10:10 a.m. Thursday, police said. Video shows a woman getting out of a Ford pickup truck and attacking the female sedan driver as a man watches idly. The man then appears to help the woman drag the victim out of the driver's seat, and they both stomp on her as she lays helplessly on the pavement. SEE BELOW: (Warning: Graphic content…

by Nicole Acosta

12/16/2021

Police & Fire

Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police A woman from Florida was charged with arson in the fire that destroyed a historic mansion and former psychiatric hospital in New Jersey, authorities said. Evelyn V. Alvino, 20, of Pinellas Park, FL, was charged with aggravated arson, burglary, criminal trespassing, and criminal mischief after an 18-month investigation into the fire, NJ State Police said. On May 30, 2020, detectives began investigating a fire at the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center. The former psychiatric hospital was closed in 2005 due to complaints about the conditions there, and it has since been abandoned, accord…

by Nicole Acosta

12/16/2021

Obituaries

Death Toll Rises To 5 In I-78 Crashes, Victims Identified A fifth person has died after two separate crashes Tuesday on I-78 eastbound in Berks County, authorities said. Joshua D. Del Toro, 21, of Reading was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m. Wednesday at Reading Hospital, the Berks County Coroner's Office said Thursday. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday evening at Reading Hospital. Del Toro was a front seat passenger in a sedan involved in a chain reaction crash caused by a tractor-trailer that did not slow down for stopped traffic around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at mile marker 18.1 in Upper Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania State Police said.…

by Nicole Acosta

12/16/2021

News

Covid-19: Two Omicron Cases Detected In Lehigh Valley Two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant have been detected in the Lehigh Valley, health officials announced. St. Luke's University Health Network confirmed two cases on Thursday and is investigating at least 30 other suspicious cases, according to a news release. The network says those cases likely account for a portion of recent breakthrough cases. “This is another reason to strongly consider getting a booster shot, or to be immunized if you haven’t already,” said Jeffrey Jahre, MD, St. Luke’s Senior Vice President of Medical & Academic Affairs and Section Chief Emeritus of Infectio…

by Nicole Acosta

12/16/2021

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