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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

Ex-Con Found Guilty In Two Delco Armed Robberies: Authorities A convicted felon was found guilty in two armed robberies that occurred the same day in Delaware County two years ago, authorities said. Haverford police officers responding to the Sunoco gas station on East Township Line Road just after midnight on April 28, 2019, on a report of an armed robbery were told by an employee that a black man wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt had entered the store and pointed a gun at him, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office. The employee was able to get out through the rear exit and immediately called 911. The employee added he…

by Nicole Acosta

09/20/2021

Police & Fire

Two Suspects In Pat's Steaks Deadly Beating In Philly Police Custody Two suspects in a deadly beating that broke out last week at Pat's Steaks in Philadelphia are in police custody, according to authorities and several news reports. The suspects, Omar Arce, 32, and Jose Alberto Flores, 33, are two of two other men accused of beating 28-year-old Isidro Cortes to death with a trash can lid during a fight in front of the East Passyunk Avenue establishment on Sept. 16, according to CBS3 and NJ Advance Media. The group is also accused of seriously injuring Cortes' 64-year-old father and 28-year-old friend, Philadelphia police said in a statement. Polic…

by Nicole Acosta

09/20/2021

Obituaries

Lehigh Man Dies Days After Wife In Route 873 Crash A Lehigh County man has died nine days after the State Route 873 crash that killed his wife, authorities said. Francis Andres, 50 of Slatington, died Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest due to multiple blunt force trauma, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Andres was heading south in a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 when he failed to negotiate a right-hand turn, crossed into the northbound lanes, and entered the eastern shoulder on Sept. 8 at the Grove Street intersection in Washington Township, PA State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said. The truck hit a utility pole wit…

by Nicole Acosta

09/20/2021

Police & Fire

Officer Dragged By Car Of DelCo Woman Trying To Flee Police, Authorities Say A Delaware County woman was arrested on multiple charges for dragging an officer with her car while attempting to flee from police Wednesday morning, authorities said. Officers responding to the 400 block of South 5th Street on a report of a disturbance found a vehicle reportedly involved in the incident leaving the scene and stopped the driver, Colwyn Borough police said. After an officer noticed a large container of marijuana and a large amount of cash in the car, the 22-year-old Chester City woman attempted to flee the scene, dragging the officer a short distance, police said. Another o…

by Nicole Acosta

09/20/2021

News

Woman Who Hit Fan In Viral Video During Steeler's Game Slapped With Citation: TMZ A woman was hit with a citation for disorderly conduct after initiating a fight at a Pittsburgh Steelers preseason game last month, TMZ reports citing police. The woman will likely have to pay a fine after video footage from a bystander captured her getting in the face of a man and slapping him sometime during the game at Heinz Field on Aug. 21, the outlet says. The man responded by swinging at both her and the man seated next to her, the outlet says. The altercation was broken up before it escalated. Click here for the full report by TMZ Sports.

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

News

Court Rules In Life Insurance Dispute Of Deadly PA Love Triangle The ex-husband of a Pennsylvania woman killed by her lover's wife in a murder-suicide must relinquish the proceeds he received from her individual life insurance policies -- but can keep the proceeds from her group plan, a Delaware judge has ruled. The issues in the case involving Meredith Sullivan, 33, and her ex-husband, Luke Chapman, had never been address by a Delaware court before. Sullivan, 33, was killed at her Radnor Township home in April 2018 by Jennair Gerardot, the wife of a man with whom she had been having an affair with. Gerardot then turned the gun on herself, and the two we…

by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine

09/17/2021

Police & Fire

DUI Driver Convicted In Crash That Killed Two, Hurt Two Others On I-95 A DUI driver was convicted Friday for his role in a crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others on I-95 nearly two years ago, authorities said. A jury found 38-year-old Kevin R. Peters guilty of two counts of third-degree murder, two counts each of involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of driving under the influence, and related charges, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Peters, of Bristol Township, was driving a Mazda CX-5 more than 100 miles per hour when he rear-ended a minivan around 1 a.m.…

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

Police & Fire

Teen Dies Days After Reading Shooting A teen who was critically injured after being shot in Reading earlier this week has died, a spokesperson for the Reading Police Department confirmed Friday. The 16-year-old boy -- whose identity was not released -- was hospitalized in critical condition since being shot while he was walking in the 1000 block of Spring Street Monday, Reading police said. A second boy was left with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the incident appears to be targeted at the boys and not a random incident. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information relative to the incident is asked t…

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

Police & Fire

Police Impersonator Possibly Armed Sought By Police In Bucks County Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help locating a man who they say was possibly armed while posing as a police officer in Middletown Township. A "white male" was caught on surveillance wearing a green, plate-carrying vest with "POLICE" plastered on it around 5:50 a.m. on Aug. 29, local police said. He was appeared to be carrying an AR-style rifle, police said. No further information was available. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Berry at dberry@mtpd.org or 215-750-3866.

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

Police & Fire

Police Seek Man Accused Of Exposing Himself To Customer At Doylestown Store Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help locating a man who they say exposed himself to a customer at a retail store in Doylestown. The man reportedly exposed himself to a woman at the Marshall's/HomeGoods on South Easton Road on July 31 around 9 p.m., according to local police. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Doylestown Township Police Department at (215) 348-4201.

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

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