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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.

Jillian Pikora's Contributions

News

12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says A 39-year-old kidnapped a mother and a child separately and raped them at a local hotel— then killed the daughter and tried to hide her in the mother's freezer, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 10 just a few hours after the girl's body was found in the home. Jason Shackelford, of Columbia, "raped and killed his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter on the night of Feb. 8 into the morning of Feb. 9 at a home in the 500 block of Avenue H in Columbia. He stated he attempted to conceal the victim’s body in a freezer in the basement," the Lancaster County District Attorney says. …

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

Business

Osha Fines Mars Wrigley After Pair Pulled From Chocolate Tank At M&Ms Factory The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Mars Wrigley after two contractors fell into a vat of chocolate at the M&M/Mars factory, authorities say. The settlement of a $15,000 fine was due for payment on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, according to OSHA. Through an investigation, OSHA found that Mars Wrigley failed train the workers, including explaining the temperature of the tank and the flow of the chocolate it contained, as explained in the final report. “The employer did not ensure that the employee had the knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy for the t…

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

News

Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— Again, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender who has a pending charge for injuring a police officer turned himself in for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, on Friday, February 10, 2023, authorities say. Derek Alan Manz already had two active cases against him in Lititz after he supposedly choked a woman in a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street and assaulted an officer while fleeing back in November 2022, as Daily Voice previously reported. While out on surety bonds totaling $30,000 for those charges sometime between Nov. 3 and Feb. 5 he "had unlawful contact with a …

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

News

18-Year-Old York Woman Who Mysteriously Disappeared From Work In York County Found Safe: Police UPDATE: Aniya Bailey, 18, of West Manchester Township, was found safe on the evening of Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, authorities say. Additional details were not released. ORIGINAL: A woman is missing after she took a Lyft from work in the middle of her shift, authorities say. Aniya Bailey, 18, was last seen at her job at Crumble Cookie, 415 Town Center Dr. York, PA around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8., Northern York County Regional police say. Her shift was scheduled to go until 930 p.m., but when her dad showed up to get her he learned she had gotten into a red Lyft vehicle goin…

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

Police & Fire

18-Year-Old Soccer Star Dies In I-81 Crash: PA State Police An 18-year-old has been identified as the driver of a Mustang that crash on Interstate 81, in Hampden Township on Thursday, Feb. 9, authorities say. Jeffrey L. Suter, of Enola, was driving the 2008 Ford Mustang northbound on Interstate 81 when he "made an unsafe lane change" making him lose control and exit the roadway just before the actual of Exit 61: Wertzville Road. Suter crashed into the grassy berm, suffering fatal injuries, according to police. One northbound lane of Interstate 81 was closed for about two hours as first responders and investigators were on the scene. Suter was a B…

by Jillian Pikora

02/10/2023

Schools

Carlisle Man Snatched York Girl From Bus Stop To Film Sex, Police Say A Carlisle man took a 14-year-old girl straight from a school bus stop to his house to have sex, something he had done before at area hotels— and filmed it, the police graphically detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Brandon Allen Suchonick, 37, first met the young teen using Snapchat and sent the girl nude images of himself at the start of what appears to be a case of grooming, based on the affidavit. The York County School of Technology student was first discovered missing by the school which alerted the police. The school security cameras saw her leave the bus a…

by Jillian Pikora

02/09/2023

News

Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike Authorities say that a Chester County man died at the scene of a crash on Lancaster Pike on Wednesday, Feb. 8. A deputy coroner arrived on the scene near Schoolhouse Road in Providence Township and pronounced 61-year-old Mark Slobodjian, from Nottingham, dead around 6 p.m., according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. Slobodjian had been driving his Chevrolet Equinox south and the tractor-trailer was heading north when— for an unknown reason, Slobodjian "swerved into the northbound lane causing a head-on collision," at 5:21 p.m., Pennsylvania State Trooper James Grothey states in …

by Jillian Pikora

02/09/2023

News

Senator John Fetterman Released From Hospital, Staff Says US Senator representing Pennsylvania John Fetterman has been released from the hospital on Friday, Feb. 10, according to his staff. "In addition to the CT, CTA and MRI tests ruling out a stroke, his EEG test results came back normal, with no evidence of seizures," communications director, Joe Calvello. "John is looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday." Fetterman was being monitored for signs of seizures as on Thursday, Fed. 9, after he "feeling lightheaded," the previous night, according to his staff The 53-year-old was attending a Senate Democratic retreat in …

by Jillian Pikora

02/09/2023

News

Accused McKeesport Cop Killer ID'd: Authorities The man who killed police officer Sean Leonard "Slug" Sluganski and shot his partner Chuck Thomas in the face has been identified by county officials. Johnathan Jermia Morris, 31, of McKeesport was having a mental health issue during a domestic dispute when officers were called to his home in the 1400 block of Wilson Street around 12:11 p.m., Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said at a press conference on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The family had warned dispatchers that Morris was armed as Daily Voice previously reported. Two witnesses were flagged …

by Jillian Pikora

02/09/2023

Obituaries

Slain PA Police Officer Sean Sluganski's Funeral Details Released As Community Raises $160K+ A community has rallied, raising over $168,000 in less than 48 hours to cover the funeral cost and support the family of the slain McKeesport police officer Sean Leonard "Slug" Sluganski. The 32-year-old patrolman was shot along with his partner Chuck Thomas by 31-year-old Jonathan Jemia Morris who was having a mental health crisis, as Daily Voice previously reported. The pair were airlifted to UPMC McKeesport. Thomas was shot in the face but was sent to recover at home following emergency surgery on Monday. Sluganski died at the hospital. He had worked for McKeesport police for two yea…

by Jillian Pikora

02/09/2023

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