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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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12-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted While Holding Infant By PA Man Police Say 12-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted While Holding Infant By PA Man Police Say
12-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted While Holding Infant By PA Man Police Say 3,524 text messages— mostly sexual— were exchanged between a 34-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl in Pennsylvania over two months after he allegedly had sexually assaulted her while she held a baby, authorities state in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.   Joseph Thomas Patterson Sr. of New Holland was arrested on Dec. 1, around 1 p.m. area police announced on Monday, Dec. 5.  The girl's parents first discovered Patterson's text when a cellphone she only had recently gotten access to use "kept going off" while on a family vacation, according to the affidavit of probab…

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Sparks Fly When Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Pennsylvania Sparks Fly When Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Pennsylvania
Sparks Fly When Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Pennsylvania A plane touched down nose-first on a runway in western Pennsylvania after being first to make an emergency landing on Monday, Dec. 5, authorities say. Sparks flew as the plane skidded on the runway, according to a video captured by WTAE. Plane attempts to land at Rostraver Airport WTAE-TV Pittsburgh The single-engine aircraft was having landing gear issues as it came inbound to Rostraver Airport at 4:10 p.m., according to flight logs and Rostraver Central fire department. No injuries were reported, the fire officials told Daily Voice. Emergency landing of plane at Rostraver Airp…

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Police & Fire
Scranton DUI Dad Arrested Months After High-Speed Chase In Lebanon County: Police Scranton DUI Dad Arrested Months After High-Speed Chase In Lebanon County: Police
Scranton DUI Dad Arrested Months After High-Speed Chase In Lebanon County: Police Nearly six months after a high sped chase in central Pennsylvania, authorities have announced the arrested of a former convict who led police on a chase over the summer.  40-year-old Neil Swatsky, was arrested in Dauphin County on Oct. 20, 2022— four months after he fled from a traffic stop in a black Ford Explorer on June 20 and had eluded police ever since, according to the release by Palmyra Borough police on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Swatsky has previously served about six years in prison for various crimes as follows: over a year in prison for theft in 2010, another year for breaking…

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Central PA Man Restrained, Sexual Assaulted Child, Police Say Central PA Man Restrained, Sexual Assaulted Child, Police Say
Central PA Man Restrained, Sexual Assaulted Child, Police Say A central Pennsylvania man "unlawfully restrained a minor" and sexually assaulted them, authorities say.  48-year-old Eduardo Montalvo was arrested on Dec. 2 at 10:19 a.m., Harrisburg police announced on Monday, Dec. 5.   On Aug. 8, a warrant was issued for Montalvo in connection with an incident two days prior. He was charged with three felonies for unlawful contact with a minor - sexual offenses, indecent assault- without consent of another, and unlawful restraint of a minor, and one misdemeanor for corruption of minors, according to his latest court docket. Montalvo has a…

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Silver Alert Canceled Missing Man Found Pennsylvania State Police Say Silver Alert Canceled Missing Man Found Pennsylvania State Police Say
Silver Alert Canceled Missing Man Found Pennsylvania State Police Say UPDATE: 86-year-old James Garrison of York County has been found safe and the Silver Alert has been canceled according to the Pennsylvania state police on Tuesday, Dec. 6. No additional information was released.  ORIGINAL: An 86-year-old man is missing from his home, according to Pennsylvania state police. James Garrison was last seen in the area of Valley Road in Fairview Township on Dec. 5 at around 9 a.m. He was driving a black 2014 Chevrolet Silverado with PA Registration YGF-2733. He is derived as a White man, approximately 5-foot-10-inches tall, weighing 180 po…

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PA Woman Missing Since BF Suicide Found Dead In Apparent Homicide: Police PA Woman Missing Since BF Suicide Found Dead In Apparent Homicide: Police
PA Woman Missing Since BF Suicide Found Dead In Apparent Homicide: Police A man who apparently committed suicide might have killed his girlfriend first, authorities believe.  A hunter found the remains of 59-year-old Darlene Harbison over a hillside on Nichola Road in Worthington Township on Monday, Dec. 5, Allegheny County police announced around 3 p.m. The Frazer Township woman had been missing since Sept. 11, according to the national registry for missing people.  The motorcycle's license plate was registered to Harbison, according to the police release.  The remains will be taken to the medical examiner’s office for formal identification, the…

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Two Infants, Woman Killed, Six Hospitalized Following Crash At Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline Two Infants, Woman Killed, Six Hospitalized Following Crash At Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline
Two Infants, Woman Killed, Six Hospitalized Following Crash At Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline Nine people from Chambersburg were in a deadly single-vehicle crash near the Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline on Sunday, Dec. 4, authorities say.  59-year-old Mary Gordon lost control of her vehicle and crashed her 2018 Dodge Journey into a tree in the 5900 block of Little Cove Rd. at around 1:56 a.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. She was airlifted and taken to WellSpan York Hospital where she died an accidental death caused by multiple blunt force injuries at 5:43 a.m., as certified by York County Deputy Coroner Kayla Starner. Two girls who were passengers listed as "0 years old…

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Central PA Man ID'd, Dad Hospitalized Following Deadly Crash: Coroner Central PA Man ID'd, Dad Hospitalized Following Deadly Crash: Coroner
Central PA Man ID'd, Dad Hospitalized Following Deadly Crash: Coroner A central Pennsylvania man has been identified following a deadly crash in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, Dec. 3, authorities say.  The Lancaster County coroner's office was called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Prospect Road, in West Hempfield Township at 2:15 a.m. A deputy coroner responded to the scene and pronounced 41-year-old Chad Rapp of Columbia dead at the scene.  Rapp was the passenger inside a Ford SUV that struck a tree around 1 .am., according to area police.  His father was driving and remains in the hospital according to his family.  Rapp was transported to t…

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Amish Family Hospitalized, Horse Killed Following Horse-Buggy Crash: Pennsylvania State Police Amish Family Hospitalized, Horse Killed Following Horse-Buggy Crash: Pennsylvania State Police
Amish Family Hospitalized, Horse Killed Following Horse-Buggy Crash: Pennsylvania State Police An Amish woman was airlifted with "serious head injuries," two other family members have been hospitalized, and a horse has been killed following a serious crash involving a horse-and-buggy in central Pennsylvania on Sunday, Dec. 4, Pennsylvania state police say. 31-year-old Stephanie M. Horne of Newville, rear-ended the buggy with her 2002 Honda Civic on Centerville Road in West Pennsboro Township around 8:15 a.m., according to state police.  While cresting a hill the Civic slammed into the buggy—propelling it into a grassy field on the right side of the road, then the buggy coll…

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Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police
Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police A convict who cut off his ankle monitor and went on the run after a body was found in his basement on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, was found dead in Philadelphia on Thursday, Dec. 8, authorities announced the following day.  Harrisburg police officers were called after a maintenance worker found the body of a man in the basement of the home of 48-year-old Calvin Lee Waller Jr.'s at 117 Locust Street around 4 p.m., according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. 61-year-old Jeffrey Keckler has been identified as the victim and his death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple traumatic i…

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