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Jillian Pikora

Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

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. Over the past decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Prior to joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently manages and reports stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire
PA Dad Admits To Injuring Infant, Police Say PA Dad Admits To Injuring Infant, Police Say
PA Dad Admits To Injuring Infant, Police Say A Mount Joy dad has "admitted to causing the injuries," to his infant, police stated in a release on Wednesday, May 15.  Bryan Garcia-Almanza, 25 who recently moved to the 200 block of Cherry Lane in Marietta, was arrested and had his preliminary hearing and arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Michael Hess on Tuesday, May 14, according to court records.  Garcia-Almanza's infant child had previously been admitted to the Penn State Hershey Medical Center on February 9, 2024, the Susquehanna Regional Police detailed in the release.  The Lancaster County Children and Y…

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Police & Fire
ROAD RAGE: Man Points Gun At 2 People Near Library In Central PA, Police Say ROAD RAGE: Man Points Gun At 2 People Near Library In Central PA, Police Say
Road Rage: Man Points Gun At 2 People Near Library In Central PA, Police Say A man who allegedly pointed a gun at people in a road rage incident was arrested on Wednesday morning, court records show.  William Scott Kent, 57 of Harrisburg, is accused of pointing a handgun at two people in the 200 block of North 19th Street in Camp Hill near the Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, police explained.  They were called to the incident around 7:08 p.m. on May 5, according to the police release about the warrant for his arrest on Tuesday, May 14.  He turned himself in at the Camp Hil police department at 9 a.m. on May 15, the police said.  He has been …

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News
Man Who Wrote 'So I Raped You' To PA Student From NJ Captured In France: Reports Man Who Wrote 'So I Raped You' To PA Student From NJ Captured In France: Reports
Man Who Wrote 'So I Raped You' To PA Student From NJ Captured In France: Reports Almost three years after a warrant was issued for the arrest of a Pennsylvania college student's accused rapist, he was taken into custody in France, numerous outlets reported on Wednesday, May 14.  Ian Thomas Cleary, 31, who apparently has been living in Europe, was taken into custody in Metz a prosecutor told the Associated Press.  Cleary was accused of raping Gettysburg College student, Shannon Keeler, a lacrosse player from Moorestown, NJ, at a party in 2013, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  She confronted him via Facebook Messen…

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Obituaries
Toddler Identified After Drowning In Neighbor's Central PA Pool (UPDATE) Toddler Identified After Drowning In Neighbor's Central PA Pool (UPDATE)
Toddler Identified After Drowning In Neighbor's Central PA Pool (Update) The identity of a 3-year-old boy who wandered into a neighbor's pool around noon on a Sunday earlier this month has been released by his family.  Pujan Chouhan is believed to have "walked away from his home on Wheatland Ave. unbeknownst to his family, and within a short amount of time had made his way onto a nearby residential property where the pool was located," East Hempfield Township Police investigators said.  He was found in a neighbor's backyard pool, in the 1720 block of Wheatland Avenue, at 12:08 p.m. on May 5, the police and the coroner detailed in their separa…

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Police & Fire
Girl Injured When Carlisle Mom Bites Her, Puts In 'Chokehold', Police Say Girl Injured When Carlisle Mom Bites Her, Puts In 'Chokehold', Police Say
Girl Injured When Carlisle Mom Bites Her, Puts In 'Chokehold', Police Say A mom attacked her daughter "causing bodily injury" last week, the Middlesex Township Police announced on Tuesday, May 14.  Ashley Witters, 37 of Carlisle, is accused of placing her teenage daughter "in a choke hold, kicked, bit, and [head-butting] her," the police stated in the release. The daughter's exact age was not released.  Officers were called to the "active physical domestic" on Friday, May 10. Witters was arrested on the following charges according to her latest court docket: Felony Strangulation - Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck. Felony Endangering the Welfare of…

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News
Woman, 28, Struck Dead In Central PA: Coroner Woman, 28, Struck Dead In Central PA: Coroner
Woman, 28, Struck Dead In Central PA: Coroner A 28-year-old woman was found struck dead, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office announced on Tuesday morning. Nereida Rodriguez, of the 300 block of Duncan Avenue Washington, Pennsylvania, was found struck dead in the 3000 block of Lincoln Highway East in Leacock Township, Paradise on May 14, Deputy Chief Coroner Eric Bieber detailed in the release. A coroner was called to the scene shortly at 1:04 a.m. Rodriguez suffered traumatic injuries from the incident, and she was declared deceased around 1:33 a.m. Her official cause and manner of death are pending the results of the autopsy. It i…

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Police & Fire
Philly Native Pregnant Teen Killed In Harrisburg Shooting: Police (UPDATE) Philly Native Pregnant Teen Killed In Harrisburg Shooting: Police (UPDATE)
Philly Native Pregnant Teen Killed In Harrisburg Shooting: Police (Update) A pregnant teenager is dead following what was initially reported as a "shots fired" incident, police in Harrisburg explained Monday night. Tyemeshia Miller, 19, of Harrisburg was found shot in the back in the area of North 4th and Woodbine streets around 5:45 p.m. on May 13, according to the Bureau's release and the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. Arriving officers found Miller suffering from the gunshot wound. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she died from her injuries, the police said.  The shot entered her left side and exited her right but police noted that multiple shot…

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News
Man With Mental Health Diagnoses Missing Over Week, Harrisburg Police Say Man With Mental Health Diagnoses Missing Over Week, Harrisburg Police Say
Man With Mental Health Diagnoses Missing Over Week, Harrisburg Police Say A man with a mental health diagnoses has been missing for over a week, the Harrisburg police announced on May 13.  A 34-year-old Black man, Jordan Brown, was first reported as missing to the Harrisburg Bureau of Police on Monday, May 6.  He was last seen wearing dark pants, a dark-colored polo shirt, and white shoes and walking towards Division Street from North 4th Street, the police explained.   He is described as being approximately 5'7" with a medium build, brown eyes, and short black hair. "Brown has mental health diagnoses," the police said.  …

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Police & Fire
Firefighters Injured, Woman Paralyzed In Central PA Fire: Officials (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Firefighters Injured, Woman Paralyzed In Central PA Fire: Officials (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Firefighters Injured, Woman Paralyzed In Central PA Fire: Officials (Photos, Videos) Two firefighters and a resident were injured, and a woman was paralyzed following a fire in Steelton on Saturday, officials and a fun launched to help the woman explained.  The fire broke out at a duplex converted into apartments in the 100 block of North Second Street around 5 a.m. on May 11, Dauphin County emergency dispatch. Details about the firefighters' injuries were not immediately available when Daily Voice reached out to officials on Monday morning.  We do know the roommate was burned in the fire, from a fund launched to help the other injured resident.  Lynn Croma…

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News
Punxsutawney Phil's Twins Names Revealed On Mother's Day Punxsutawney Phil's Twins Names Revealed On Mother's Day
Punxsutawney Phil's Twins Names Revealed On Mother's Day Punxsutawney Phil and his mate, Phyllis, have been parents since the end of March but on Mother's Day, the twins' names were finally revealed by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. "The first family of groundhogs" announced the pups' name via the club vice president reading a scroll: “Here ye, hear ye, hear ye. Now, on this 12th day of May in the town of Punxsy Phil, the news is not about the weather, spring air or winter’s chill. No. Today the first family of groundhogs has grown. Punxsutawney Phil and wife, Phyllis, have two kits of their own. Born to royalty — a boy and a girl. Names have b…

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