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Jillian Pikora

Senior Assistant Managing Editor

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Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. For over a decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Before joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently assists in managing Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; as well as reporting stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Massive Flavored Vape Bust At Elmont Smoke Shop Nets Two Arrests: Police Massive Flavored Vape Bust At Elmont Smoke Shop Nets Two Arrests: Police
Massive Flavored Vape Bust At Elmont Smoke Shop Nets Two Arrests: Police A massive flavored vape bust at a Long Island smoke shop has led to charges for two Hicksville men, police announced on Saturday, June 28. Officers with the Fifth Precinct’s Problem Oriented Police (POP) Unit targeted the Tobacco Junction Smoke Shop located at 201 Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont following complaints about illegal vape sales, police said in a release. During a sweep at 5:30 p.m., officers observed a large quantity of flavored vape products on display and available for purchase—violations of local tobacco regulations, according to investigators. As a result, two employees were …

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Driver Doing 130 MPH On LIE With No Headlights Caught At Local Home: Soffolk County Police Driver Doing 130 MPH On LIE With No Headlights Caught At Local Home: Soffolk County Police
Driver Doing 130 MPH On LIE With No Headlights Caught At Local Home: Soffolk County Police A Long Island man who sped away from officers at 130 mph with his headlights off on the Long Island Expressway was tracked down and arrested at his home in Coram, Suffolk County police announced on Saturday, June 28. Matthew Serritella, 21, was taken into custody after the Suffolk County Police Department's Street Takeover Task Force found his 2004 Infinity sedan outside his home on Sandpiper Lane around 7:50 p.m. on Friday, June 27, according to police. The arrest stems from a high-speed chase that began around 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, when officers tried to stop the vehicle on the ea…

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Motorcyclist Killed After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Glen Head: Nassau Detectives Motorcyclist Killed After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Glen Head: Nassau Detectives
Motorcyclist Killed After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Glen Head: Nassau Detectives A man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a utility pole in Glen Head, Nassau County detectives announced. The fatal crash happened on Scudders Lane around 5:57 p.m. on Friday, June 27, according to detectives with the Sixth Squad. A 36-year-old man was driving a black 2023 Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound when he lost control and collided with the pole, police said in a release. He suffered serious injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead by medical staff, authorities said. His identity has not yet been released pending family…

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Decade Of Child Sex Assaults Lands PA Man Years Behind Bars, Lifetime As Offender Decade Of Child Sex Assaults Lands PA Man Years Behind Bars, Lifetime As Offender
Decade Of Child Sex Assaults Lands PA Man Years Behind Bars, Lifetime As Offender A man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a child over the course of nearly a decade has been sentenced to state prison, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, June 27. Michael Everett Hollingsworth, 53, of Fulton Township, was handed a sentence of six to 16 years in prison, followed by three years of probation, after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a girl who was about 9 years old when the abuse began. He pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 12 to a series of charges, including: Two counts of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Person Less than 1…

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Stabbed While Partying Before Miami Trip; PA Jury Convicts ‘Boogz’ Of Cold-Blooded Killing Stabbed While Partying Before Miami Trip; PA Jury Convicts ‘Boogz’ Of Cold-Blooded Killing
Stabbed While Partying Before Miami Trip; PA Jury Convicts ‘Boogz’ Of Cold-Blooded Killing A Pennsylvania man was convicted of second-degree murder after stabbing a 22-year-old during a family hangout, just hours before the victim was set to leave for spring break in Miami, authorities announced on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Davon Hairston, 29 — known on the streets as “Boogz” — was found guilty after plunging a knife into Damien Servidio’s abdomen, nearly severing his spine, inside a Harrisburg apartment on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, around 8:53 p.m., the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office said. Servidio was laughing with friends and family inside apartment 2A at 3 N. 16th S…

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‘What Is Wrong With People?’ Sister Of Missing PA Woman Katlyn Harp Fires Back At Critics ‘What Is Wrong With People?’ Sister Of Missing PA Woman Katlyn Harp Fires Back At Critics
‘What Is Wrong With People?’ Sister Of Missing PA Woman Katlyn Harp Fires Back At Critics A 33-year-old Columbia County woman vanished from her home last Thursday, and state police have launched an extensive investigation using drones, dogs, and specialized search teams. Katlyn Harp was last seen at her home on Fairview Drive in Hemlock Township, near Bloomsburg, around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2025, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday, June 27. Harp is described as a white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. Police are calling this a “very active investigation” and confirmed that PSP’s Aviation Unit, K-9 teams, SERT (Special Emergency Response Team), Drone Te…

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At-Home PA Nurse Strangled By Patient In 2AM Attack, DA Says: Case Moves To Trial At-Home PA Nurse Strangled By Patient In 2AM Attack, DA Says: Case Moves To Trial
At-Home PA Nurse Strangled By Patient In 2AM Attack, DA Says: Case Moves To Trial A West Chester man strangled his at-home nurse during a brutal 2 a.m. attack inside a Lancaster County home, prosecutors announced on Friday, June 27. William Mathues, 64, allegedly ambushed the nurse at his then-residence on the first block of Mount Hope Road in East Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, during the early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 29, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. “She returned home around 2 a.m. when Mathues attacked her,” prosecutors said following a preliminary hearing. “He strangled me,” the victim testified. “He put his thumb on my throat.…

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PA Dad Killed, Infant Suffers Brain Injury, Wife Airlifted After 95 MPH DUI Crash: DA PA Dad Killed, Infant Suffers Brain Injury, Wife Airlifted After 95 MPH DUI Crash: DA
PA Dad Killed, Infant Suffers Brain Injury, Wife Airlifted After 95 MPH DUI Crash: DA A father was killed, his 5-month-old baby suffered a brain injury, and the child’s mother was airlifted after a driver high on marijuana slammed into their car at 95 mph in Norristown, authorities announced on Friday, June 27. Allan Tariq Cole, 22, of Norristown, was arrested on Homicide by Vehicle and DUI-related charges in the June 1 crash that claimed the life of 29-year-old Mahilamandiram Chiku, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele. Chiku had been crossing DeKalb Street with his wife and two children around 10:35 a.m. when Cole’s silver BMW collided with their K…

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Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Pennsylvania Gang Member: Life Sentence Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Pennsylvania Gang Member: Life Sentence
Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Pennsylvania Gang Member: Life Sentence An Easton gang member who stabbed his Facebook friend and set him on fire has been sentenced to life in prison — plus decades more — for the brutal killing, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced in a release on Friday, June 27. Alkiohn Dunkins, 26, was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges earlier this year in the 2018 slaying of 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes, who was found near a dumpster with four stab wounds to his neck and torso before being set ablaze while still alive. Dunkins was sentenced to life in prison plus 23 to 50 years, and ordered to pay $9,622 in fu…

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85-Year-Old Allentown Grandfather Killed In Hit-Run Leads To Driver's Arrest Years Later: DA 85-Year-Old Allentown Grandfather Killed In Hit-Run Leads To Driver's Arrest Years Later: DA
85-Year-Old Allentown Grandfather Killed In Hit-Run Leads To Driver's Arrest Years Later: DA An Allentown man has been charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed 85-year-old grandfather Elian N. Makdsi in October 2023, authorities announced on Friday, June 27, 2025. Jorge Gonzalez, 39, is accused of fatally striking Makdsi while driving a silver 2004 Mercedes-Benz at the intersection of North Jerome Street and Union Boulevard around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, according to Allentown Police and Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. Makdsi, of Allentown, was found lying in the road with multiple blunt-force injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his…

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