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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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Lancaster Parents Captured After Kidnapping Kids From Reading Foster Home A mom and dad from Pennsylvania were arrested in Delaware after they were accused of kidnapping their children from a foster home, according to authorities and a Reading Eagle report. Darrick and Kayla Seachrist's biological 8-year-old and 8-month-old children were presumed missing after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday morning, claiming they were abducted from the 300 block of Arlington Street, Reading police said. Darrick, 30, and Kayla, 28, both of Lancaster convinced the 8-year-old child to leave the home with the 8-month-old baby, then fled the area with both children, authorities sa…

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

Police & Fire

PA State Police Seek DelCo Gunman In I-95 Road Rage Shooting Pennsylvania State Police are seeking the public's help locating the suspect of a road rage shooting on I-95 in Delaware County last weekend. Zion I. Blyden, 21, shot at a driver's vehicle in the area of Highland Avenue at I-95 northbound in Chester around 8:40 p.m. Sunday, PA State Police said. Blyden continued to pursue and ram the driver with his 2006 Mercury Mountaineer on I-95 until Exit 17, Broad Street where he once again shot at the victim’s car and struck the front passenger, authorities said. He followed the victims until the Ikea on Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia and then fl…

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

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Young Girl Shot Near DelCo Convenience Store A child was hospitalized after they were struck by gunfire near a convenience store parking lot in Chester Thursday, authorities said. Officers responding to the area of 9th and Tilghman Streets in Chester around 8:45 p.m. were told shots were fired in the parking lot of the nearby Chester Shop & Save, Chester police captain James Chubb said. Officers found multiple spent shell casings at the scene. They also found a home and numerous vehicles were struck by bullets. Officers at the scene were then told there was a walk-in shooting victim at Crozer Chester Medical Center. There, …

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

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Reading Police Arrest Gunman 3 Months After Deadly Shooting Police in Berks County have apprehended a man they believe is responsible for the murder of a Reading man three months ago. Magnum Morrison, 25, was accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Orlando Rodriguez in the 600 block of North 10th Street on June 17, according to Reading police. Morrison was taken into custody on Sept. 16 on charges of 1st-degree murder, aggravated assault, robbery, and related charges. He was sent to Berks County Jail with bail denied, court records show. His preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 1.

by Nicole Acosta

09/17/2021

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'I Killed My Partner,' Upper Darby Man Tells Detectives After Killing Ex-GF, Authorities Say An Upper Darby man violated a protection of abuse order and stabbed his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found earlier this week near the Schuylkill River Trail, authorities announced Friday. The investigation began on Thursday, when Freddy Remingio Mendieta Pando, 23, walked into Upper Darby police headquarters and told detectives through his cellphone translation application that he killed his partner -- Karina Torres, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Mendieta Pando showed the detectives on a map where Torres' body could be found: Adjacent to…

by Nicole Acosta

09/16/2021

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Support Surges For Family Of 8 After Fire Destroys Upper Gwynedd Home Support is pouring in for a family of eight who lost all of their belongings after a two-alarm fire destroyed their Upper Gwynedd home Wednesday morning. A GoFundMe campaign for the George-Reichley family which consists of two parents and six children ranging in age from 13 to three months, had raised over $800 as of Thursday. Crews arriving just before 10:30 a.m. found heavy flames coming from the second floor of a home in the 400 Block of Carmichael Drive, according to the Upper Gwynedd Fire Department. Multiple area fire and rescue companies responded to the scene. The money raised wil…

by Nicole Acosta

09/16/2021

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Cocaine, Meth, Rifle Seized In Raid Of Allentown Home, Police Say A man was arrested Wednesday after a raid of an Allentown home found an extensive amount of drugs, a rifle, and cash, authorities said. Detectives served a search warrant for a home in the 800 block of North Sherman Street at approximately 6:10 a.m., according to Allentown police. The search of 50-year-old Israel Maldonado's home seized cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy, marijuana, a rifle, cash, assorted packaging material, and a digital scale, authorities said. He was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled …

by Nicole Acosta

09/16/2021

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Lehigh County Man Charged With Raping Bethlehem Child A Lehigh County man was arraigned Thursday on charges that he raped a child in Bethlehem, according to news reports and court records. Eldis Javier Rivera-Rodriguez, 40, of Fountain Hill, was arrested after the child, whom he knew, told a camp counselor about the sexual assaults which began in 2019, LehighValleyLive reports. The child also told investigating officers of a May 2020 rape at Rivera-Rodriguez's then Bethlehem basement apartment, the outlet says. He was charged with rape, statutory sexual assault (11 years older), involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assa…

by Nicole Acosta

09/16/2021

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Winner: Pennsylvania Lottery Scratch-Off Good For $3 Million Sold In Chester County A Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off worth $3 million was sold in Chester County. The $3 million Payout scratch-off was sold at Rainbow Grocery on West Lincoln Highway in Coatesville. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Scratch-Off prizes expire one year from the game's end-sale date posted at palottery.com. Winners should immediately sign the back of their ticket and call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481.

by Nicole Acosta

09/16/2021

Police & Fire

Man Beaten To Death At Same Philly Cheesesteak Spot Where NJ Victim Was Shot Dead 2 Months Ago A man was beaten to death Thursday at the same Philadelphia cheesesteak spot where a New Jersey man was shot dead two months ago, reports say. Soccer game spectators may be to blame for beating the 28-year-old man with a trash can lid during a fight in front of Pat's King of Steaks on East Passyunk Ave, NJ Advance Media reports. Over $6,700 had been raised on a GoFundMe in Isidro Cortes' name as of Friday. Camden's David Padro, 23, was killed outside the establishment on July 22 after an argument over football made a Pennsylvania man shoot him, Daily Voice previously reported. Paul C. Bur…

by Nicole Acosta

09/16/2021

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