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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Middletown-Lower Swatara, PA
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Parent Raises Alarm, Man Arrested In Sex Assaults On Multiple Children: Lower Swatara Police Parent Raises Alarm, Man Arrested In Sex Assaults On Multiple Children: Lower Swatara Police Parent Raises Alarm, Man Arrested In Sex Assaults On Multiple Children: Lower Swatara Police
Parent Raises Alarm, Man Arrested In Sex Assaults On Multiple Children: Lower Swatara Police A parent's report sparked an investigation that led to a Pennsylvania man's arrest for sexual contact with multiple children, police announced Wednesday, Sept. 16. Robert Eugene Styers, 60, identified by police as a Middletown resident, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 15, following the investigation in Dauphin County. The investigation began when a parent came forward with concerns, Lower Swatara Township Police said. Investigators subsequently alleged that Styers had sexual contact with multiple children, describing the case as a “disturbing pattern of behavior.” Police did not specify how ma…

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Ephrata, PA
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Fire-Damaged Ephrata Home Burglarized Month After Blaze Injured Firefighter: Police Fire-Damaged Ephrata Home Burglarized Month After Blaze Injured Firefighter: Police Fire-Damaged Ephrata Home Burglarized Month After Blaze Injured Firefighter: Police
Fire-Damaged Ephrata Home Burglarized Month After Blaze Injured Firefighter: Police A Pennsylvania home damaged in a fire that injured a firefighter was burglarized nearly a month later, with police finding a man inside and items from the house in his pockets, authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 17. Shawn Michael Mead, 30, of Reading, and Amanda Marie Shuman, 33, of Blandon, were arrested following the break-in in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, according to the Ephrata Police Department. The homeowner called police after spotting someone on the property in the 500 block of South Windy Mansion Road around 7:29 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, police said. Officers ar…

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Columbia, PA
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Teen Waives Hearing In Fatal Columbia Street Stabbing, Case Heads To Court Teen Waives Hearing In Fatal Columbia Street Stabbing, Case Heads To Court Teen Waives Hearing In Fatal Columbia Street Stabbing, Case Heads To Court
Teen Waives Hearing In Fatal Columbia Street Stabbing, Case Heads To Court A teenager charged with fatally stabbing a Pennsylvania man in the chest on a Columbia Borough street has waived his preliminary hearing, sending the case to county court, prosecutors announced Wednesday, Sept. 16. The Columbia teen is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and tampering with evidence in the July 8 killing of Anthony Stoy-Velazquez, 26, of Marietta, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Daily Voice is not identifying the suspect because he is a minor. Under company policy, juveniles are not named unless they are convicted as adults. The …

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Ambler-Blue Bell, PA
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Blue Bell Man's AI KKK Images, Threatening Messages Target Officials, Cops: DOJ Blue Bell Man's AI KKK Images, Threatening Messages Target Officials, Cops: DOJ Blue Bell Man's AI KKK Images, Threatening Messages Target Officials, Cops: DOJ
Blue Bell Man's AI KKK Images, Threatening Messages Target Officials, Cops: DOJ A Pennsylvania man is accused of targeting a local official, a police officer, and their families with threatening posts and AI-altered Ku Klux Klan images following a years-long township dispute, federal prosecutors allege. Scott Testa, 60, of Lafayette Hill, Montgomery County, was arrested and charged by indictment with two counts of cyberstalking, according to a federal release shared by the FBI on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Police began responding to rental-related calls at two properties Testa owned in Whitpain Township in 2018. Code violation notices followed in 2019, including allegations …

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Bensalem, PA
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Child Rape Allegations From Nearly A Decade Ago Lead To Bensalem Man's Arrest: Police Child Rape Allegations From Nearly A Decade Ago Lead To Bensalem Man's Arrest: Police Child Rape Allegations From Nearly A Decade Ago Lead To Bensalem Man's Arrest: Police
Child Rape Allegations From Nearly A Decade Ago Lead To Bensalem Man's Arrest: Police A Pennsylvania man has been jailed without bail after a victim reported sexual assaults from nearly a decade ago, police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Raul Solis-Soriano, 46, of Bensalem, allegedly sexually assaulted the victim on three separate occasions while the victim was a child in his care, township police said. The victim, who knew Solis-Soriano, contacted Bensalem Township police on Tuesday, Sept. 15, prompting an investigation by detectives, according to the release. Solis-Soriano was arrested that day, court records show. He faces 14 charges, according to his docket: Two co…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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‘Snuff Film’ Mystery: 1M Images, 5 Women Who Appear Dead In PA Home: Police Say ‘Snuff Film’ Mystery: 1M Images, 5 Women Who Appear Dead In PA Home: Police Say ‘Snuff Film’ Mystery: 1M Images, 5 Women Who Appear Dead In PA Home: Police Say
‘Snuff Film’ Mystery: 1M Images, 5 Women Who Appear Dead In PA Home: Police Say More than 1 million images are under review in a sprawling Philadelphia investigation involving possible snuff films and five women who appear to be dead, police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Investigators have identified four of the five women depicted, but still cannot determine whether the recordings show actual homicides, pornography, or staged “art films” involving fake blood, according to police. No remains belonging to any of the women have been recovered. The investigation centers on 44-year-old Eugene Horsch and 417 West Chew Avenue in the city’s Olney section, where detective…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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PA Marine, Police Officer, Dad Of 2 Should Have Failed ICE Vetting Before Suicide: Report PA Marine, Police Officer, Dad Of 2 Should Have Failed ICE Vetting Before Suicide: Report PA Marine, Police Officer, Dad Of 2 Should Have Failed ICE Vetting Before Suicide: Report
PA Marine, Police Officer, Dad Of 2 Should Have Failed ICE Vetting Before Suicide: Report Problems investigators found in a Marine reservist’s past should have kept ICE from hiring him, former officials told The Washington Post after his death outside the agency’s Philadelphia field office. Joseph “Joe” Thomas Moore, 38, a father of two, died outside the office on Friday, Aug. 28, after learning he would lose his job, the newspaper reported. Moore died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck, and his death was ruled a suicide, Philadelphia Department of Public Health spokesperson Jason Brooks told Daily Voice on behalf of the Medical Examiner’s Office. His family has di…

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Coatesville-Caln, PA
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Arrow-Wielding Man Chases Restaurant Employee In Bizarre Route 30 Road Rage Attack: PSP Arrow-Wielding Man Chases Restaurant Employee In Bizarre Route 30 Road Rage Attack: PSP Arrow-Wielding Man Chases Restaurant Employee In Bizarre Route 30 Road Rage Attack: PSP
Arrow-Wielding Man Chases Restaurant Employee In Bizarre Route 30 Road Rage Attack: PSP A man is accused of attacking a motorist, then chasing a restaurant employee with an arrow, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Walden Boyer, 58, of Youngwood, was arrested after troopers were called to Route 30 near West Hills Drive in Hempfield Township for a motor vehicle incident on Friday, Sept. 11, the Westmoreland County District Attorney announced.  Troopers found the victim inside his vehicle with a split lip and swollen mouth. Boyer allegedly pulled in front of the victim, stopped in the roadway, and rammed the victim’s vehicle as he tried to drive arou…

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Lancaster, PA
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3-Year-Old Boy Killed In Lancaster County Forklift Farming Accident: Coroner 3-Year-Old Boy Killed In Lancaster County Forklift Farming Accident: Coroner 3-Year-Old Boy Killed In Lancaster County Forklift Farming Accident: Coroner
3-Year-Old Boy Killed In Lancaster County Forklift Farming Accident: Coroner A 3-year-old boy was killed in a farming accident involving a forklift at his Pennsylvania home, officials announced on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Jay Fisher, of Gordonville, was taken by EMS from his home on North Soudersburg Road in Lancaster County to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital following the accident, according to the county coroner’s office. Coroner investigators responded to the hospital’s emergency department at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Fisher was pronounced dead in the trauma bay. His body was taken to the Lancaster County Forensic Center, where an autopsy was perfor…

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by Jillian Pikora
National Interest
Shocking New Docs Reveal Trump Gunman Practiced Shot Before PA Rally Attack: Reports Shocking New Docs Reveal Trump Gunman Practiced Shot Before PA Rally Attack: Reports Shocking New Docs Reveal Trump Gunman Practiced Shot Before PA Rally Attack: Reports
Shocking New Docs Reveal Trump Gunman Practiced Shot Before PA Rally Attack: Reports A 20-year-old gunman sharpened his long-range shooting skills one day before attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, newly unclassified FBI documents show. Thomas Matthew Crooks practiced a 100-yard shot at the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club near Pittsburgh on Friday, July 12, 2024, a person at the gun club told investigators, according to NBC News. Crooks opened fire about six minutes into Trump’s campaign speech at the Butler Farm Show grounds the following day. He fired eight shots from an AR-15-style rifle, striking Trump in the ear, killing 50-yea…

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