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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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Police & Fire

Serial Groper Targeted Mom, Teen Girl In Morning Attacks: Philadelphia Police A Philadelphia man is accused of groping two women and bear-hugging a teen girl in separate attacks over three days, authorities announced on Monday, July 7, 2025. Noel Vargas, 29, surrendered to the Special Victims Unit and was charged with Indecent Assault, Harassment, and related offenses, according to police. 🛑First Incident: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, a 36-year-old woman was placing her son in the back seat of her car on the 1500 block of Palmer Street when a man pinched her buttocks and fled north on Memphis Street. 🚶‍♀️Second Incident: Just 35 minutes later, at…

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

Traffic

Aluminum Blocks Fly Across I-83 In Triple-Trailer Crash Causing Major Backup In York: PennDOT Massive aluminum blocks flew off a flatbed during a three-tractor-trailer pile-up that shut down Interstate 83 North in York County on Wednesday, July 9—causing miles-long traffic and a chaotic cleanup, officials said. The crash happened just before 10:40 a.m. between the on- and off-ramps for Exit 8 (PA-216/Glen Rock) in Springfield Township, according to PennDOT and local responders. At least three tractor-trailers and an SUV were involved in the violent wreck, which forced a complete shutdown of the northbound lanes. Traffic was detoured off and immediately back on at Exit 8, creating a …

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

Police & Fire

Boy Shot Overnight In Harrisburg; Police Seek Tips A boy was shot during the early morning hours in Harrisburg, police announced on Wednesday, July 9. Harrisburg Bureau of Police officers responded to a shots-fired call around 3 a.m. and found a juvenile boy with a gunshot wound, according to an official release. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital. His injuries were not life-threatening, police said. No suspects have been identified and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 717-558-6900 or submit a tip online through the Crimewatch website.

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

News

PA Woman Dies After Jumping From Moving Car During Fight: Coroner A woman died after jumping from a moving vehicle and hitting the pavement in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, July 9. Abigail R. Smith, 24, of Upper Macungie Township, exited the passenger side of a Subaru sedan while it was still in motion on the 2300 block of Seipstown Road in Weisenberg Township, troopers said. The crash occurred around 5:55 p.m. on Monday, July 7, according to the PSP Fogelsville Criminal Investigation Unit. Smith struck the ground after leaving the vehicle, which was traveling eastbound and driven by a 33-year-old man, authorities detai…

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

Police & Fire

$39K In PA Farm Checks Stolen, Cashed In Chicago: Fugitive Wanted In Fraud Scheme A Chicago man is wanted for stealing and altering nearly $40,000 in checks from a Pennsylvania farm supply company — then cashing them across state lines in an elaborate fraud scheme, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Patrick L. Tribune, 36, swiped four checks intended for White Horse Machine LLC, a farm equipment company based in Gap, PA, police said. The checks, originally mailed in October 2024, were intercepted, re-written, and funneled into a PNC Bank account in Chicago, according to Ephrata Police. The total damage: $39,181. The scheme was uncovered after Ephrata Nation…

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

Police & Fire

Man Jumps To Death After Fleeing Traffic Stop On I-76: PA State Police A 33-year-old Philadelphia man jumped to his death from the elevated Roosevelt Boulevard after fleeing a traffic stop, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, July 7, 2025. Troopers from the Philadelphia Barracks pulled over a silver Honda Civic for multiple violations on I-76 west at mile marker 340.6, but the driver took off, authorities said. The pursuit continued onto US-1 North and ended near the Broad Street exit, according to the release. The driver, later identified as Matthew Michael Selvin, exited the vehicle and ran into the southbound lanes of US-1, police said. Troopers …

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

News

PA BF Who Beat 8-Month-Old Baby To Death In Hotel Room Rage Learns His Fate: Court Doc An 8-month-old baby was beaten to death in a Swatara Township hotel by his mother’s boyfriend — who has just been sentenced to up to 47 years in state prison, prosecutors said. Luis Francisco Quinones, 35, of Harrisburg, was convicted of third-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in January and sentenced by Dauphin County Judge Edward Marsico on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, to a term of 23 to 47 years behind bars. Quinones was babysitting his girlfriend’s infant son, James Pitts, at the Marriott TownePlace Suites on Friendship Road when he exploded in anger and inflicted deadly in…

by Jillian Pikora

07/09/2025

Sports

Watch Olympian Mary Lou Retton Struggle Through DUI Test Near PA Border: Report Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton can be seen struggling to breathe and tying an oxygen tube to her face while attempting a DUI sobriety test, bodycam footage released this month reveals. The footage, obtained by Entertainment Tonight, shows the 57-year-old gymnast on Saturday, May 17, in an AutoZone parking lot in Marion County, West Virginia, where officers say she was found behind the wheel with an open bottle of wine in the passenger seat. Retton gasps and clutches her chest as an officer from the Fairmont City Police Department asks her to raise her leg six inches off the ground and count…

by Jillian Pikora

07/08/2025

Police & Fire

Drunk Driver Rams Cruiser, Kicks Cop During Arrest In Pennsylvania: Police A drunk driver rammed into a cruiser and kicked a cop while resisting arrest in Ephrata, police announced on Monday, July 8. Mupisi Mizowa, 43, was spotted driving recklessly around 7:23 p.m. on Monday, July 7, prompting a 911 call from another motorist, according to a release by Ephrata Police. Two marked cruisers responded and attempted to stop Mizowa, but he refused to pull over despite the lights and sirens, officers said. Instead, Mizowa crashed into one of the cruisers before finally stopping, police detailed. Officers said Mizowa showed signs of being under the influence of alcohol.…

by Jillian Pikora

07/08/2025

News

PA Stepdad Buried 14-Year-Old’s Newborn In Backyard Days After Secret Birth: Affidavit A baby girl secretly born to a 14-year-old in a Milton bedroom was dead within hours. By the next morning, her decomposing body was in a shallow backyard grave—dug by the teen’s stepfather with garden shears, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 8. Donan Antonio Maradiaga-Orellana, 29, was arrested Wednesday, July 2, after Milton Borough Police say he buried the full-term newborn behind his Center Street home in the middle of the night and attempted to cover up the death without alerting authorities. He’s being held at Northumberland County Jail on $75,000 b…

by Jillian Pikora

07/08/2025

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