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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

DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim A Reading man arrested on suspected heroin and fentanyl trafficking was arrested on additional charges after learning he sold drugs to a routine customer who fatally overdosed in 2020, authorities said. In February 2020, the Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force initiated a drug investigation into Ramon Belen, 59, and obtained search warrants for him and his two addresses in the 600 block of Bingaman Street, according to Berks County Detectives. On Feb. 26, detectives served the search warrants and seized approximately 1,000 packets of heroin/fentanyl, nine firearm…

by Nicole Acosta

07/08/2021

Police & Fire

PD: 3 People Stabbed, 1 Person Shot Overnight In Allentown Three people were stabbed and one person was shot overnight in Allentown, authorities said. Officers responding to a home in the 100 block of North 15th Street around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday found a 59-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman suffering from stab wounds, Allentown Capt. Michael Becker said. They are expected to survive their injuries. An investigation led to the arrest of Harold Wingler, 30, charging him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, and harassment. Wingler was housed in Lehigh County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to court records. Not lo…

by Nicole Acosta

07/08/2021

Police & Fire

Pennsylvania Wedding DJ Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting 5 Boys, Authorities Say A Bucks County wedding DJ was found guilty Wednesday for sexually assaulting five boys between 1993 and 2010, authorities said. Louis Charles Aiello, 58, of Penndel Borough, has been in Bucks County Correctional Facility since his arrest in June 2020 for the repeated sex assaults of two boys between 2001 and 2010, one of whom was the son of one of his friends, and the other whom he met while working as a wedding DJ, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. At the time, the Bucks County District Attorney’s office held a news conference to announce his arrest and to…

by Nicole Acosta

07/08/2021

Police & Fire

FBI: Berks County Man Charged For Attacking AP Photographer, Officers At Capitol Riot A Berks County man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he attacked an Associated Press photographer and police officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection, authorities announced. Federal investigators with the FBI allege that Alan Byerly, 54, of Fleetwood, was armed with what appeared to be a taser when he charged at Capitol officers, according to an affidavit. He was seen wearing a gray “Kutztown” beanie, a distinctive neon “safety” yellow long-sleeve shirt under a black jacket with blue jeans, and a gray and black striped face covering, as he pushed his way through the crowd. Alan Bye…

by Nicole Acosta

07/08/2021

Police & Fire

Road Rage Shooting Turns To SWAT Standoff In Bucks County Authorities in Bucks County are searching for a man who they say was involved in a road rage shooting and ignited a SWAT standoff at a Bristol Borough home Tuesday night. The incident began when there was a verbal altercation between two drivers in the area of the Bristol Borough Post Office around 8 p.m., local police said. One driver attempted to leave but was chased by the operator of a red SUV, with New York License plates. Once on Route 13, the driver of the red SUV reportedly fired several gunshots at the driver's car while traveling north bound both in Bristol Borough and Bris…

by Nicole Acosta

07/07/2021

News

Family Of Mom Killed By BF Shares Her Domestic Violence Struggle As Cautionary Tale Those who knew Pennsylvania's Jamie Beighley say she loved Evan Smith despite years of abuse suffered by him. Even when he hurt her physically, even when he yelled at her, Beighley remained determined to fix her relationship. But things hit rock bottom earlier this year, according to a family member, who requested anonymity -- and Beighley was losing hope. "Evan told her numerous times that he was going to kill her and the kids, just within the past few months," the family member told Daily Voice. "[Jamie] even said, 'Either he's going to die or I'm going to die. It's the only way out.'" …

by Nicole Acosta

07/07/2021

Police & Fire

DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 A jury found an Oxford man guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder and strangulation after a 64-year-old woman was found strangled in the home she shared with him in 2018, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Oxford police were called to a home on Brick Road in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, for the report of an unresponsive female in the bathroom, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When officers arrived, Daniel Proffitt, 47, was outside the home and claimed that the victim had attacked him with a butcher knife so h…

by Nicole Acosta

07/06/2021

Police & Fire

Charges Upgraded For Man Whose GF Died In Motel Assault, DA Says Charges have been upgraded for a Bucks County man whose girlfriend died of injuries suffered by him days after an assault, authorities said Tuesday. Evan M. Smith, 37, of Morrisville, was charged last week with aggravated assault, strangulation, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, and fleeing and eluding. A homicide charge was tacked on for Smith, whose 36-year-old girlfriend, Jamie Beighley -- who had been clinging to life since Thursday -- died on Sunday at Jefferson Bucks Hospital, the Bucks County DA's Office said. Smith apparently choked his girlfriend until she was…

by Nicole Acosta

07/06/2021

Police & Fire

Norristown Mom Arrested On Trafficking, Endangerment Charges For Having Daughters Sell Drugs A 34-year-old Norristown mother was arrested on various trafficking and endangerment charges for having her young daughters sell drugs on her behalf, authorities said. The investigation into Suleyka Santiago began after a confidential informant (CI) told detectives from the Montgomery County Detectives Narcotics Enforcement Team and Norristown police that Santiago had taken over the drug trafficking enterprise of her boyfriend, Kenneth Scott of Norristown, who was arrested on possession with intent to deliver and related charges in October, according to the Montgomery County Distri…

by Nicole Acosta

07/06/2021

News

'GTFO': Videos Show Upset Philly Residents Chasing Out White Supremacist Marchers A group of white supremacists marching through the Philadelphia streets over the Independence Day weekend were ultimately chased out by upset city residents. Nearly 200 members of a Texas-based group described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as white nationalists marched through Center City on Saturday evening carrying shields and flags, and chanting slogans such as "Reclaim America" and "The election was stolen," 6abc reports. In a video shared to Twitter, bystanders can be heard shouting "shame on you," and "get the f*** out of here," at the masked members as they marched through the…

by Nicole Acosta

07/06/2021

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