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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 Ex-Con Facing New Prison Time After Home Search Finds Drugs, Handgun, $3K In Cash A Reading ex-con is facing new prison time after a police search found cocaine, a handgun, nearly $3,000 in cash, and more in his home two years ago, authorities said. Leslie Salmond was sentenced Wednesday to 7 to 15 years in state prison, after investigators issued a search warrant for his Maple Street home and discovered cocaine, $2,900 in cash, a Ruger 380 handgun, a digital scale, and a razor blade with white residue on it, on April 19, 2019, according to the Berks County District Attorney's office. Salmond also plead guilty last week to possession with intent to deliver cocaine, which…

by Nicole Acosta

04/14/2021

Police & Fire

Chester County Man, 44, Reported Missing Found Safe Police in Chester County confirmed that a 44-year-old man reported missing out of East Goshen Township has been found safe. Avi Berkowitz is no longer considered missing, Westtown-East Goshen, police said.

by Nicole Acosta

04/14/2021

Police & Fire

Police: Man In Custody Weeks After Bucks County Trailer Park Attack A 38-year-old man is in custody weeks after he attacked another man at a Bucks County trailer park, authorities said. The victim told police Kenneth Benjamin Jr. struck him with a metal rod and fled from Lovetts Trailer Park in Morrisville before officers arrived on March 29, Tullytown Borough police said. The victim was left with multiple injuries but refused medical treatment, police said. Benjamin was apprehended by Tullytown Borough police and transferred to the custody of Falls Township police on Monday. He was arraigned before Judge Armitage and released without bail. Auth…

by Nicole Acosta

04/14/2021

News

YouGov Ranks Best States In U.S, Pennsylvania Makes Top 20 Pennsylvania was named among the top 20 states in the U.S, according to YouGov. Pennsylvania ranked at number 17 with a 55% win. YouGov asked 1,211 adult Americans to choose the better of two states (including Washington D.C) in a series of head-to-head matchups. The survey was conducted between March 12 and 15. YouGov survey resultsYouGov Delaware was ranked in the middle at number 32 (46%), while New Jersey ranked at the bottom of the list at number 48 (39%). The two lowest-rated states were Alabama (38%) and Mississippi (38%). Washington D.C scored worst of all, winning only 35% o…

by Nicole Acosta

04/14/2021

News

Bucks County Prosecutor Demoted For Working As DoorDash Deliveryman Resigns A Bucks County prosecutor who was demoted after word spread that he was delivering food with Door Dash during daytime work hours resigned Tuesday, according to the District Attorney's office. Gregg D. Shore, who had been First Assistant District Attorney for DA Matt Weintraub was demoted last month to the office’s deputy district attorney, Weintraub previously announced in a press conference. Shore's resignation went into effect as of Wednesday, Manuel Gamiz Jr., Director of Communications for the DA's office confirmed. The DA's office discovered Shore was deliveri…

by Nicole Acosta

04/14/2021

Police & Fire

PA State Police To Pay $2.2 Million For Enforcing Fitness Tests That Excluded Female Applicants Pennsylvania State Police have agreed to pay $2.2 million into a compensation fund for enforcing physical fitness tests that disproportionately excluded otherwise qualified female applicants, authorities announced. The U.S. Justice Department announced the proposed settlement Tuesday since initial litigation efforts were introduced in 2014. The lawsuit alleged that PSP violated Title VII -- a federal law that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin -- beginning as early as May 14, 2003, by administering physi…

by Nicole Acosta

04/13/2021

Police & Fire

West Reading PD Deny Claims Of Active Shooter On Reading Hospital Campus West Reading police have denied claims that reported there was an active shooter on the Reading Hospital campus Monday evening. Police were dispatched to the Reading Hospital doctor's office building on South Seventh Avenue for a report of someone who had been shot, West Reading police said. The victim -- who was shot in a hotel parking lot in Spring Township --was mistakenly taken to the Doctor's Office building when they should have been taken to the emergency department, police said. Police confirm there was no shooting on the hospital campus, nor was anyone in danger. A second shootin…

by Nicole Acosta

04/13/2021

Police & Fire

DA: Bucks School Bus Driver, Foster Dad, Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Raping 2 Teen Boys A former Bucks County school bus driver is facing up to 20 years behind bars for raping two teen boys, including a foster child in his care over the course of three years, authorities announced. In court Tuesday, Deputy District Attorney Mary Kate Kohler read a victim impact statement from one of the victims who told the judge to “please stop him for as long as possible.” The second victim said the abuse from John M. Evans, of Tullytown, gave him post-traumatic stress disorder and nightmares. Evans abused the boys separately and repeatedly between January 2017 and June 2020, according to th…

by Nicole Acosta

04/13/2021

Police & Fire

Reading Firefighters Rescue Unconcious Woman From House Reading firefighters rescued an unconscious woman from a smoke-filled house Friday morning, authorities said. Fire crews arrived to find the Spring Street house on fire with smoke showing from the front door and basement around 9 a.m., according to Reading Fire Department. While firefighters were extinguishing the fire in the basement, an unconscious woman was found on the 2nd floor, authorities said. Crews quickly freed the woman and transferred her to EMS for medical treatment. Her condition is unknown. The Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze.

by Nicole Acosta

04/13/2021

Police & Fire

Bethlehem Driver, 51, Dies After Losing Control Of Car, Hitting GuardRail, Trees On Route 100 A 51-year old Bethlehem driver died after he lost control of his car and hit a guardrail, which made the sedan flip continuously into trees on Route 100 in Lehigh County, authorities said. Brian Baumbach was traveling northbound on Route 100, just North of Bittners Corner Road in Lowhill Township when he lost control of his car and hit the guardrail on the right side of the roadway around 3:30 a.m., on April 4, according to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky. Baumbach then crossed over into the southbound lanes and hit an embankment, Branosky said. The impact caused the seda…

by Nicole Acosta

04/13/2021

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