Jillian Pikora

Deputy 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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Huntington, NY
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Huntington Attempted Murder Suspect Among 9 Indicted In East Coast Home Invasions, Carjackings Huntington Attempted Murder Suspect Among 9 Indicted In East Coast Home Invasions, Carjackings Huntington Attempted Murder Suspect Among 9 Indicted In East Coast Home Invasions, Carjackings
Huntington Attempted Murder Suspect Among 9 Indicted In East Coast Home Invasions, Carjackings A New York man already indicted for the attempted murder of a teenager is now accused of taking part in a violent, multi-state robbery and carjacking spree stretching from Long Island to Florida, prosecutors announced Friday, Feb. 27. Savion Jones, 22, of Huntington Station, is one of nine defendants named in a 38-count indictment accusing the group of carrying out a 17-day crime spree between July 19 and Aug. 4, targeting auto-body shops, homes, and drivers across Suffolk County, New York City, the Hudson Valley, and as far south as Florida, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray…

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Reading, PA
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Woman Shot Dead Through Window In Poconos Area Home Identified As Suspect’s Girlfriend: Police Woman Shot Dead Through Window In Poconos Area Home Identified As Suspect’s Girlfriend: Police Woman Shot Dead Through Window In Poconos Area Home Identified As Suspect’s Girlfriend: Police
Woman Shot Dead Through Window In Poconos Area Home Identified As Suspect’s Girlfriend: Police A woman was shot and killed outside a home in the Poconos after a man fired a handgun through a window, police announced on Friday, Feb. 27. Eric Chisolm, 47, of Blakeslee, is charged with the death of a 46-year-old woman found in the driveway of a home on the 3200 block of Mountain Terrace, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police. Officers were dispatched to 3233 Mountain Terrace at 10:37 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, after Chisolm called 911 and reported he had shot a burglar who was outside his window, police said. When officers arrived, they found the woman deceased in the driveway. …

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Willow Grove, PA
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$10B CVS Oak Street Health Deal Was Tied To Willow Grove Man’s Insider Trading: Feds $10B CVS Oak Street Health Deal Was Tied To Willow Grove Man’s Insider Trading: Feds $10B CVS Oak Street Health Deal Was Tied To Willow Grove Man’s Insider Trading: Feds
$10B CVS Oak Street Health Deal Was Tied To Willow Grove Man’s Insider Trading: Feds A Pennsylvania man admitted to insider trading tied to CVS’s $10 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health in 2023, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Carlos Sacanell, 59, of Willow Grove (Montgomery County), was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment and fined $5,000 by U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone for insider trading, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Sacanell was charged by indictment in October 2024 and pleaded guilty in September to one count of securities fraud and one count of making a false statement to a fed…

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National Interest
Trying To ‘Kill The Spiders,’ Poconos Man Sets 4 Homes On Fire, Flees (UPDATE) Trying To ‘Kill The Spiders,’ Poconos Man Sets 4 Homes On Fire, Flees (UPDATE) Trying To ‘Kill The Spiders,’ Poconos Man Sets 4 Homes On Fire, Flees (UPDATE)
Trying To ‘Kill The Spiders,’ Poconos Man Sets 4 Homes On Fire, Flees (Update) A fire allegedly sparked to “kill the spiders” tore through four connected townhomes in the Poconos before the suspect fled nearly 100 miles to New York City, authorities said. The fire originated in the 600 block of Uncus Lane in Pocono Pines at 5:58 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police. Officers arrived to find flames engulfing the townhome, which quickly spread to three additional connected units. A witness told officers the homeowner had been setting small fires inside the residence throughout the day and claimed he “needed to kill the spiders within th…

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Hershey, PA
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Former Hershey Cubs Hockey Player Killed In NY Crash Former Hershey Cubs Hockey Player Killed In NY Crash Former Hershey Cubs Hockey Player Killed In NY Crash
Former Hershey Cubs Hockey Player Killed In NY Crash A former Hershey Cubs hockey player was killed in a violent overnight crash near his New York campus, leaving the hockey community on two continents in mourning. Bradly Burden, 22, of Alaska, died around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, after the BMW he was driving crashed at Main Street and Cleveland Avenue in Niagara Falls, according to the Niagara Falls Police Department. Burden was driving northbound “at a high rate of speed” when he lost control, and the vehicle spun into a steel pole at the intersection, police said. “The driver side of the vehicle made contact with the pole first,” police s…

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Hempstead, NY
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Teen Stabbed In Neck, Abdomen Outside Hempstead Deli; 19-Year-Old Arrested Teen Stabbed In Neck, Abdomen Outside Hempstead Deli; 19-Year-Old Arrested Teen Stabbed In Neck, Abdomen Outside Hempstead Deli; 19-Year-Old Arrested
Teen Stabbed In Neck, Abdomen Outside Hempstead Deli; 19-Year-Old Arrested A 19-year-old man is accused of stabbing a teen in the neck and abdomen outside a Hempstead deli, police announced on Thursday, Feb. 26. Darwin Maldonado, 19, of 299 Jackson Street, was arrested following the violent confrontation near Reyes Deli, 512 Fulton Avenue, in Hempstead on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 12:15 p.m., according to Third Squad detectives. A 19-year-old male victim had been walking in the area when an argument broke out with an unknown man, detectives said. The suspect got off his electric bike, approached the victim, and stabbed him in the neck and abdomen before fleeing the sce…

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Carle Place, NY
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Loaded Glock Found After Alleged Robber Flees Arrest In Carle Place: Police Loaded Glock Found After Alleged Robber Flees Arrest In Carle Place: Police Loaded Glock Found After Alleged Robber Flees Arrest In Carle Place: Police
Loaded Glock Found After Alleged Robber Flees Arrest In Carle Place: Police A loaded Glock was recovered after a Long Island man accused of robbery fled from detectives attempting to arrest him, police announced Thursday, Feb. 26. Jadale Golding, 20, of Roosevelt, was arrested at 12:26 a.m. on Feb. 26 in connection with a robbery that happened at Old Country Road in Carle Place on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 8:05 p.m., according to Nassau County Third Squad detectives. Detectives went to Golding’s home to take him into custody when they saw him sitting inside his vehicle, police said. As officers approached, he ran off on foot, sparking a brief chase. He was caught a sho…

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Mineola, NY
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Ghost Gun, Assault Rifles Seized From Mineola Home Near Schools: Nassau DA Ghost Gun, Assault Rifles Seized From Mineola Home Near Schools: Nassau DA Ghost Gun, Assault Rifles Seized From Mineola Home Near Schools: Nassau DA
Ghost Gun, Assault Rifles Seized From Mineola Home Near Schools: Nassau DA A year-long investigation led to the seizure of 10 firearms — including a ghost gun and seven assault rifles — from a Mineola home that backs up to a high school athletic field and sits steps from an elementary school, Nassau County prosecutors announced Thursday, Feb. 26. Wen-Lone Chou, 67, of Marcellus Road, was arraigned before Judge Ryan Cronin on one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a violent felony, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said. Chou pleaded not guilty. Bail was set at $250,000 cash, $625,000 bond, or $1.25 million partially secur…

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Merrick, NY
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Police Crossing Guard Critically Injured In Merrick Crash On Sunrise Highway Police Crossing Guard Critically Injured In Merrick Crash On Sunrise Highway Police Crossing Guard Critically Injured In Merrick Crash On Sunrise Highway
Police Crossing Guard Critically Injured In Merrick Crash On Sunrise Highway A police crossing guard is in critical condition after he was struck while directing traffic on Long Island, officers announced on Thursday, Feb. 26. The guard was working on Sunrise Highway near Merrick Avenue in Merrick at 8:03 a.m. when he was hit by a white 2020 Toyota Tacoma, according to Nassau County Police. Detectives said the truck was operated by a 30-year-old man who remained at the scene. The injured crossing guard was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, police said. Following an investigation, Joshua M. Alvarado, 30, of Rosedale, Queens, was a…

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Bellmore, NY
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Drunk Driver Admits Killing Motorcyclist, Fleeing Scene In North Bellmore: Nassau DA Drunk Driver Admits Killing Motorcyclist, Fleeing Scene In North Bellmore: Nassau DA Drunk Driver Admits Killing Motorcyclist, Fleeing Scene In North Bellmore: Nassau DA
Drunk Driver Admits Killing Motorcyclist, Fleeing Scene In North Bellmore: Nassau DA A Levittown man has admitted he was drunk when he crashed into a motorcyclist and left him to die in the street in North Bellmore, Nassau County prosecutors announced on Thursday, Feb. 26. Patrick Thompson, 59, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 25, to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting, and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated Per Se, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. The charges stem from a crash on North Jerusalem Avenue near Sherman Avenue around 11:01 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, prosecutors said. Thompson wa…

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