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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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News

Allentown Parents Sentenced In Toddler Son's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: DA A man has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty in connection with his 22-month-old son’s fatal fentanyl overdose in Allentown, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Monday, July 21. Jorge Suarez-Santiago, 33, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child, and possession of a controlled substance. The charges stem from the April 2021 death of his toddler, Johansy Suarez-Rivas. Suarez-Santiago entered the plea before Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks on M…

by Jillian Pikora

07/21/2025

News

Sergio Ayala-Vilchis, Drowns In Chadds Ford While With Woman He Met At Nightclub: PSP A man who drowned in Brandywine Creek has been identified as Sergio Ayala-Vilchis, 21, who had gone swimming with a woman he met at a nightclub the night before, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, July 21. The pair met at a Delaware club on Saturday, July 19, and went to the Brandywine Creek in Chadds Ford, Delaware County on Sunday morning to swim, according to Trooper Paul Holdefer. Around 11:11 a.m., both entered the water near State Route 1 west of Mill Road and swam toward the center of the creek, police said. That’s when Ayala-Vilchis, a citizen of Mexico, began to panic i…

by Jillian Pikora

07/21/2025

Police & Fire

Man Pulled Unconscious From Fiery Long Island Crash That Hospitalized Teen: Police A fiery collision left a man fighting for his life and sent a teen girl to the hospital in Coram, Suffolk County police announced on Monday, July 21. The crash happened at the intersection of CR-83 and Route 112 around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, police said in the release. A southbound Honda Accord collided with a GMC Yukon traveling northeast through the intersection, causing the Yukon to flip and catch fire, according to the Sixth Squad detectives. Patrol officers pulled the Accord driver from the wreck unconscious and began CPR until EMTs arrived. The Yukon’s occupants—a man and his …

by Jillian Pikora

07/21/2025

Police & Fire

13 Arrested At Illegal Fight Club On Long Island: Police An unauthorized brawl in Shirley may have echoed the underground mayhem of Fight Club, the cult classic by author Chuck Palahniuk — but in Suffolk County unlawful fighting is no fiction, but police made it clear that it won’t be tolerated. Thirteen people were arrested after a scuffle broke out at a so-called fight club event on Sunday, July 20 around 6 p.m. at 20 Frances Landau Place, police announced on Monday, July 21. Seventh Precinct officers were responding to reports of possible shots fired when they arrived to find a chaotic scene. Investigators say one person fired a blank gun, str…

by Jillian Pikora

07/21/2025

Police & Fire

Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into Parked Tractor Trailer On Long Island Expressway: Police A Shirley man was seriously injured after slamming into a parked tractor trailer on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, Suffolk County Police announced on Sunday, July 20. The 40-year-old man, was driving a 2022 Hyundai Tucson eastbound when he struck a 2013 Toyota Camry before veering into a tractor trailer on the shoulder by Exit 50 at 3:36 a.m., according to investigators. He was airlifted by Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition. The Toyota’s driver, a 46-year-old man also of Shirley, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical C…

by Jillian Pikora

07/20/2025

News

‘My Brother Was Drugged And Beaten To Death,’ Family Says After Allentown Field Discovery As police continue to investigate the death of David G. Kittredge—whose body was found in a field in Salisbury Township on Friday, July 18—one of the people who knew him best is speaking out. Angela Warner-Logothetis, owner of Mom’s Helping Hands House Cleaning Service, says David wasn’t just an employee—he was family. “David was one of my best friends. He became family to us,” Warner-Logothetis wrote in an email to *Daily Voice*. “He affectionately referred to me as ‘momma dukes.’ I love that we had such a profound effect on each other.” Kittredge worked with Angela for nearly a year. She …

by Jillian Pikora

07/20/2025

Police & Fire

Lebanon Doctor, Former Flying Physicians VP, Dies In Lancaster County Plane Crash After Takeoff A Lebanon doctor and licensed private pilot died when his aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Lancaster Airport, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police confirmed on Sunday, July 20. The PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian, tail number N819MA, went down around 8 a.m. in a cornfield near the 500 block of Stauffer Road in Warwick Township—just several hundred yards northeast of the airport’s runway, Sgt. Adam Webber said during a press briefing. The pilot, 58-year-old Dr. Musaddiq "Mo" Nadeem Nazeeri of Lebanon, was the only person aboard. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lancaste…

by Jillian Pikora

07/20/2025

Police & Fire

Cops ID Man, 25, Pulled From Long Island Pool After Party A 25-year-old man died after being pulled unresponsive from a backyard swimming pool after a party at a home on Long Island Saturday, July 19, authorities said. A homeowner on Bloomington Street in Medford found Sleigan Laroc's body in the water at approximately 9:35 p.m., Suffolk County police said. The homeowner pulled the Laroc's body from the water and began performing CPR. Officers from the Sixth Precinct arrived shortly after and took over life-saving efforts. Laroc, of Queens Village, was taken by ambulance to NYU Langone Hospital–Suffolk in Patchogue, where he was pronounced d…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

07/20/2025

Police & Fire

Five Charged For Selling Vapes, Booze To Minors On Long Island Five employees at Long Island stores have been charged for allegedly selling vape products and alcohol to underage customers, Suffolk County Police announced on Sunday, July 20. The arrests stemmed from a compliance check on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in response to community complaints, according to a release by Sixth Precinct officers. Police said 11 businesses were inspected during the operation. Five of them were caught violating state laws governing the sale of vape, tobacco, and alcohol products to minors. Three employees were charged with Unlawfully Dealing with a Child in the First D…

by Jillian Pikora

07/20/2025

Police & Fire

LI Motorcyclist Thrown, Seriously Injured After Losing Control, Hit By Car: Police A Long Island motorcyclist was seriously injured after being thrown from his bike in a crash with a car, Suffolk County Police announced on Sunday, July 20. The rider was operating a 2025 Ducati motorcycle westbound on Smithtown Bypass when he lost control near Hidden Ponds Circle and was struck by a westbound 2006 Honda Accord at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, according to Fourth Precinct detectives. He was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The driver of the Honda was not injured. Both vehicles were …

by Jillian Pikora

07/20/2025

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