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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

Six Arrested In Cocaine Trafficking Ring Operating Across Philly, MontCo Six people have been arrested as a result of the dismantling of a major cocaine trafficking ring operating in southeastern Pennsylvania, authorities announced Thursday. Javier Berrios, 50, of Souderton; Robert R. McMillion III, 44, of Quakertown; and Hannibal Harvey, 47; Odongo Harvey, 50; Sharon Jones, 51; and Glendel J. Young, 40, all of Philadelphia were charged with corrupt organization, possession with intent to deliver, dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activities, firearms offenses, and other related charges. “The investigation resulting in these six arrests shu…

by Nicole Acosta

10/14/2021

Police & Fire

Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says A 41-year-old man was charged Thursday with the abuse of a corpse for leaving an overdose victim's body behind a Bucks County dumpster last month instead of calling for help, authorities said. After 40-year-old Dean A. DeJesus overdosed in Maksim Stankevich's Bensalem apartment on Sept. 16, he wrapped the victim's body with a rope and blanket and left him behind a red dumpster of a nearby apartment complex, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Stankevich was also charged with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property after taking DeJesus' cel…

by Nicole Acosta

10/14/2021

Police & Fire

Teen Hurt In Pottstown Shooting Police are investigating after a teenager was shot in Pottstown Wednesday afternoon. Officers responding to the 100 block of North Evans Street around 3:15 p.m. found a 15-year-old boy who had been shot one time in the buttocks, according to Pottstown police. The unnamed teen was rushed to an area hospital, authorities said. His condition was not immediately clear. Investigators were told that two groups of teenage boys were involved in a fight at Beech Street and North Evans Street when one of the boys pulled out a handgun and fired two shots, according to police. One shot hit a p…

by Nicole Acosta

10/14/2021

Police & Fire

$1K Cash Rewards Offered In Three Unsolved Bucks County Killings The Bucks County District Attorney's Office is offering a $1,000 reward in each of the three unsolved Bristol Township killings. Investigators are still looking to solve the murders of Cashe Conover, 22, Shaquille Love, 21, and the hit-and-run killing of 53-year-old Daniel Santiago. Conover was found fatally shot on Oct. 27, 2019, in an alley in the 2400 block of Bloomsdale Road, not far from where she lived, the DA's office said. On Dec. 23, 2020, Love's body was discovered in a parked Chrysler 200 near Edgely Road and Marion Avenue, authorities said. The investigation found that he…

by Nicole Acosta

10/13/2021

Police & Fire

Philly Man Gets Decades In Prison For Killing Pregnant Bucks GF, Unborn Child A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 39 to 78 years in state prison after admitting this month to killing his 29-year-old pregnant Bucks County girlfriend and their unborn child three years ago, authorities said. Jaleel Lamar Loper, 30, admitted that in a fit of rage, he used a cellphone charging cord to strangle Anna Angok on Sept. 26, 2018, killing her and their unborn child in their apartment in the Glen Hollow Apartments in Bristol Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Loper also told investigators that after Angok was dead, he picked her up from the fl…

by Nicole Acosta

10/13/2021

News

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro Announces Bid For Governor Attorney General Josh Shapiro formally announced his bid for Pennsylvania governor on Wednesday. Shapiro, 48, is the first Democrat to enter the race, taking on the many Republican candidates who are already running for governor in the 2022 election. Among those are Lou Barletta, former U.S. representative, Charlie Gerow, conservative activist and vice-chair of the American Conservative Union, and William McSwain, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Shapiro said in a two-minute campaign video there are already Republican candidates who "want to lead us down a da…

by Nicole Acosta

10/13/2021

Police & Fire

NJ Road Rage Driver Accused Of Shooting Man Dead In PA A 25-year-old New Jersey man was arrested for fatally shooting another man in Pennsylvania after an apparent road rage incident on Tuesday, authorities and reports say. Justin “Nuk” Nevius, of Phillipsburg, is facing charges of homicide and prohibited possession of a firearm in connection with the killing of 42-year-old Kippy Henry, of South Whitehall Township, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and Allentown police chief Charles Roca. Officers were called to the intersection of 7th and Gordon Streets in Allentown around 7:40 p.m. for a report of shots fired. …

by Nicole Acosta

10/13/2021

Police & Fire

Alert Issued For Missing, Endangered Upper Southampton Man Bucks County police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing and endangered man. Ian Cole was last seen Wednesday morning wearing a green long sleeve shirt and gym shorts, according to Upper Southampton police. Police say he could have possibly change into jeans. Cole stands 6' tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has salt and pepper colored hair, police said. Anyone with any information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Upper Southampton police (P/O Monaghan) at 215.357.8900 and reference case # 2021012M0030.

by Nicole Acosta

10/13/2021

Police & Fire

1 Dead In Two-Vehicle Crash In East Norriton At least one person died in a two-vehicle crash in East Norriton on Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The crash involving a commercial motor vehicle and a pickup truck occurred around 2:30 p.m. on West Township Line Road between Photo Road and Whitehall Road, according to East Norriton police chief Brandon Pasquale. The driver of the pickup truck died in the crash, Pasquale said. The second driver is cooperating with the investigation, police said. Their injuries, if any, were unknown. "The identities of the drivers are being withheld at this time as the investigation contin…

by Nicole Acosta

10/12/2021

Obituaries

Pennsbury HS Grad Morgan Hughes Dies At 26 Bucks County native Morgan P. Hughes died unexpectedly on Oct. 1 at the age of 26. Born in Bristol and raised in Levittown, Hughes graduated from Pennsbury High School in 2013, according to her obituary. Her obit remembered her as someone who "helped many people in their journey to recovery." She is survived by her grandmother Florinda Rink, her twin sister Kelly Hughes, her sister Annalyce Kiessling (Keon), her nephew Keon, her earth parents, Colleen and Rex Kiessling, and other loved ones. She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and John Hughes, her grandfather, Richard Rink, her mater…

by Nicole Acosta

10/12/2021

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