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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

Support Surges For MontCo Firefighter, EMT After Heavy Fire Destroys Apartment Support is surging for a volunteer firefighter and EMT who lost all of their belongings in a grueling apartment fire last weekend. As of July 13, over $3,600 had been raised on a GoFundMe campaign to help newlyweds Daniel and Michelle Infusino get back on their feet. While at their firehouse, they received a call around 3 p.m. on July 11 from their Upper Gwynedd neighborhood, according to organizer Cindy To. They responded to the call and were the first truck to arrive on scene, not knowing it was their home on fire until they arrived, To wrote. Despite quickly arriving on scene…

by Nicole Acosta

07/13/2021

Police & Fire

Search For Bucks Woman Who Disappeared From Philadelphia Intensifies The family of a Bucks County woman who went missing after a trip to Philadelphia earlier this month has hired a private investigator, CBSN Philly reports. The Johnson family has been searching for Cassandra "Casey" Johnston, 26, since July 10, near 12th and Vine streets around 5:30 p.m. Her family has since hired search parties and are urging others to come forward, CBSN says. Johnston, of Feasterville, was driving a silver 2016 Ford Focus sedan with the PA license plate KSA8807 just before she went missing, Lower Southampton police said. A GoFundMe page was launched in an effort to put u…

by Nicole Acosta

07/13/2021

Police & Fire

MontCo Athletic Trainer Charged For Giving Alcohol To DUI Teen Who Killed 18-Year-Old In Crash A Pottstown woman was charged with furnishing liquor to a minor after the teen she provided it to killed an 18-year-old boy in a crash last year in Chester County, authorities said. An investigation following the one-car crash that killed 18-year-old Louis Carbajal and led to Homicide by Vehicle-DUI charges against the 18-year-old driver, Connor Quinn, found that the men along with two others were drinking at 35-year-old Kelsey Martin's house prior to the Aug. 10, 2020 crash in North Coventry Township (Chester County) and that she provided beer to them, according to the Montgomery …

by Nicole Acosta

07/13/2021

Police & Fire

Update: Child Who Fell From Window Sill Landed Inside Home A child who fell from a window sill Monday evening landed on the floor of a home and did not fall outside, local police confirmed Tuesday. A previous version of this story said a baby fell from a second-story window according to Emergency Dispatch Services, however, Hatfield police chief William Tierney later confirmed there was no major fall involved. EMS was dispatched to a home at Chestnut Street & Maple Avenue in Hatfield around 6:30 p.m. to find the child-conscious, emergency dispatchers said. Initial and unconfirmed reports say a medevac was initially called to the scen…

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

Police & Fire

Driver Strikes Pole In Perkiomen A driver struck a pole in Montgomery County Monday afternoon, authorities said. Rescue crews arrived at the scene on Gravel Pike (Rt. 29) and Iron Bridge Drive in Perkiomen around 2:30 p.m., according to Perkiomen Fire Company Gravel Pike was reduced to one lane and then closed for a short period of time while the driver was attended to and the vehicle was removed, fire officials said. The driver's injuries are unknown. Pennsylvania State Police did not immediately respond to Daily Voice's request for more information.

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

Police & Fire

Man, Two Pets Die In Chester County House Fire A man and two pets were killed in a grueling house fire in Chester County Sunday morning, authorities said. The Hunter family woke up around 2:30 a.m. to their Walnut Street home in Spring City up in flames, local fire officials said. A man inside the home was found unresponsive and he was rushed to an area hospital, 6abc reports. Not long after, the man identified as Kyle Hunter succumbed to his injuries. Over $24,500 in funds had been raised on a Facebook fundraiser as of Monday evening. Hunter was remembered as a "legend" on the Black Desert Online gaming community, a user wrote …

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

Police & Fire

Philly Girl Killed Days Before Her 17th Birthday In Delaware County Shooting Authorities in Delaware County are investigating after a 16-year-old Philadelphia girl was killed in a shooting that broke out in Colwyn Borough Friday night. Officers found Kyanna Woods McCrea from Southwest Philadelphia with a gunshot wound to the head just after 9:15 p.m., at Colwyn Avenue and South 3rd Street, according to the Colwyn Police Department and 6abc. She was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later, police said. McCrea was killed four days before her 17th birthday, family told 6abc. The suspect remains at large and …

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

News

21-Year-Old Pennsylvania Man Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man died last week after his home in Monroe County became filled with extreme levels of carbon monoxide, authorities said. Troopers responding to a home in the 100 block of Murry Hill Road in Middle Smithfield Township on July 7 found an unresponsive man in the bedroom, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Investigators believe Naseem Kareem, of East Stroudsburg, died after a gas generator being used in the home was run until it was out of fuel, state police said. The generator appeared to have been utilized during power outages caused by recent…

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

Police & Fire

Bucks County Man Found Dead In Car At Lehigh County Shopping Center A Bucks County man was found dead in his car at a Lehigh County shopping center Saturday night, authorities said. Micah L. Bielucki, 50, of Northampton Township, was pronounced dead at 7:58 p.m. in his car parked in the 700 Block of North Krocks Road in Lower Macungie Township, the Lehigh County coroner’s office said. The block is in the Hamilton Crossings shopping center in Allentown. An autopsy will be scheduled to determine the cause and manner of death. No further information was available.

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

Police & Fire

DA: Philly Area HS Teacher Found With 200 Images Of Child Pornography A Philadelphia area high school teacher was arrested after he was found with more than 200 images of child pornography, authorities said. Daniel Gaudiello, 45, of Downingtown was arrested on 50 counts of dissemination of child pornography, 50 counts of child pornography, and criminal use of a communications facility, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. An investigation began in May 2021 after Chester County Detectives received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the Delaware County Internet Crimes Ag…

by Nicole Acosta

07/12/2021

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