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Jillian Pikora

Senior 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. 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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Retired PA Police Officer Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Material, AG Says Retired PA Police Officer Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Material, AG Says
Retired PA Police Officer Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Material, AG Says A retired Pennsylvania police officer is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Wednesday, July 23. Peter J. Benedict Jr., 68, of Beaver County, was charged with 11 felony counts — including possession of child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communication facility — after agents searched his home earlier this week, according to AG Sunday. Benedict had served as a police officer in Beaver County and worked as a school resource officer between 2022 and 2023. He retired from law enforcement in 2023. Authorities stressed that th…

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Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury
Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury Bryan Kohberger will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Wednesday, July 23 to four consecutive life terms without parole for the brutal stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students. Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and flanked by attorneys, the former criminology student stood silently as Judge Steven Hippler handed down the sentence, which also included 10 years for burglary and more than $270,000 in fines and restitution. Kohberger declined to speak. A murmur of “coward” was heard from the gallery. “You senselessly slaughtered four people,” Hippler told h…

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Allentown Man Killed In Eastern PA Crash Identified: Coroner Allentown Man Killed In Eastern PA Crash Identified: Coroner
Allentown Man Killed In Eastern PA Crash Identified: Coroner An Allentown man who died following a crash in South Whitehall Township has been identified by the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday, July 23. Jack A. Henriquez, 79, died at 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, the office announced. He suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries in a motor vehicle collision that happened around 7 p.m. on Friday, July 11, near Broadway and Springhouse Road, officials said. Henriquez had been driving one of the two vehicles involved in the crash. His manner of death was ruled an accident. The South Whitehall Town…

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HOMICIDE: 22-Year-Old Allentown Mom Jerkera Battle Shot Dead By Ex-BF, Police Allege HOMICIDE: 22-Year-Old Allentown Mom Jerkera Battle Shot Dead By Ex-BF, Police Allege
Homicide: 22-Year-Old Allentown Mom Jerkera Battle Shot Dead By Ex-BF, Police Allege A young Pennsylvania mother was shot in the head and killed inside her Allentown home, and now her ex-boyfriend has been charged with her murder, officials announced. Jerkera B. Battle, 22, of Bethlehem, was found dead at 6:06 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2025, inside her home in the 700 block of W. Turner Street, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. She had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and her death has been ruled a homicide. Battle was a Liberty High School graduate and a close friend of Jerkera told Daily Voice she is survived by a 3-month-old son named Noah.  …

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Blaze Kills Woman, Children Cling To Life After Philly Rowhome With No Smoke Alarms: Police Blaze Kills Woman, Children Cling To Life After Philly Rowhome With No Smoke Alarms: Police
Blaze Kills Woman, Children Cling To Life After Philly Rowhome With No Smoke Alarms: Police A woman was killed and two children are fighting for their lives after an early morning fire tore through a rowhome in Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood, officials announced on Wednesday, July 23. Firefighters were called to the 3100 block of Stirling Street just before 6 a.m., where they encountered a fast-moving fire inside a two-story rowhome, according to Philadelphia police and fire officials. A 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy were pulled from the flames and rushed to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in critical condition, officials said. A woman was pronounced dead at…

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30-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Luxury Sedan In Elmont: Nassau County Police 30-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Luxury Sedan In Elmont: Nassau County Police
30-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Luxury Sedan In Elmont: Nassau County Police A 30-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed in a crash with a luxury sedan in Elmont, Nassau County police announced on Tuesday, July 22. The man was traveling westbound on 106th Avenue around 6:22 p.m. when a white 2025 Genesis sedan, heading north on Heathcote Road, struck him, detectives said. The motorcyclist was rushed to a nearby hospital by Nassau County Police Ambulance but was pronounced dead by a hospital physician. His name has not yet been released. The 25-year-old driver of the luxury Genesis sedan remained at the scene. No other injuries were reported. The Homicide Squa…

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Honorary Cop Connor Taverna, 7, Dies Of Rare Cancer Weeks After Multi-State Convoy—Including NY Honorary Cop Connor Taverna, 7, Dies Of Rare Cancer Weeks After Multi-State Convoy—Including NY
Honorary Cop Connor Taverna, 7, Dies Of Rare Cancer Weeks After Multi-State Convoy—Including NY A 7-year-old boy who stole the hearts of first responders across the region has died, Carlisle Borough Police announced on Tuesday, July 22. Connor Taverna, a dinosaur-loving first grader sworn in as an honorary police officer in November 2023, passed away after a nearly two-year battle with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)—a rare and aggressive brain tumor found in children. Doctors gave him 8 to 12 months to live in 2023, but Connor beat the odds, becoming one of fewer than 10 percent of children to survive beyond the first year. EMS Convoy Tribute Just weeks before his passing, mo…

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NJ Dad Beats 78-Year-Old Grandfather To Death In South Philly Home: Police NJ Dad Beats 78-Year-Old Grandfather To Death In South Philly Home: Police
NJ Dad Beats 78-Year-Old Grandfather To Death In South Philly Home: Police A 78-year-old man was brutally beaten and later died of his injuries after a disturbing attack inside his South Philadelphia home, police announced on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Santo Procopio, of the 2600 block of South 10th Street, was found with severe head and facial trauma after officers responded to reports of a person screaming around 7:33 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, according to Officer Tanya Little of the Philadelphia Police Department. Procopio was rushed to Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition with facial fractures, head and chin lacerations, and bleeding on the brain, inv…

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Mom Charged After 2-Year-Old Shot By Another Child In Philadelphia Home: Police Mom Charged After 2-Year-Old Shot By Another Child In Philadelphia Home: Police
Mom Charged After 2-Year-Old Shot By Another Child In Philadelphia Home: Police A mother has been arrested after her 2-year-old was accidentally shot by another child inside their North Philadelphia home, police announced in an update on Tuesday, July 22. Regine Prentice, 30, brought the child to Temple University Hospital around 8:10 p.m. on Sunday, July 20. He had a gunshot wound to the left shoulder and was last listed in stable condition, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Investigators determined the shooting happened inside a home on the 2000 block of North 21st Street in the city’s 22nd District. Police say another child accidentally discharged a f…

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Knife-Wielding Man Who Sparked Lancaster Standoff Waives Hearing: DA Knife-Wielding Man Who Sparked Lancaster Standoff Waives Hearing: DA
Knife-Wielding Man Who Sparked Lancaster Standoff Waives Hearing: DA A man who pulled a knife on someone and then barricaded himself inside a Lancaster home, triggering a standoff, waived his preliminary hearing, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 22. Harry James Thomas Jr., 41, is charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor terroristic threats, misdemeanor resisting arrest, and misdemeanor evading arrest, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Thomas threatened to kill a man while swinging a steak knife at him in the 600 block of North Plum Street just before 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, police explained. The victim call…

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