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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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PA Mom Who Gave Daughter Fentanyl Posted Bizarre YouTube Video Before Murder-Suicide Attempt PA Mom Who Gave Daughter Fentanyl Posted Bizarre YouTube Video Before Murder-Suicide Attempt
PA Mom Who Gave Daughter Fentanyl Posted Bizarre YouTube Video Before Murder-Suicide Attempt The day before a Pennsylvania mom gave her 8-year-old daughter fentanyl and opiate-laced apple juice (as detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice) she posted a bizarre YouTube video. The 8-year-old girl is now in emergency custody of relatives after 29-year-old Skye Contance Naggy allegedly attempted to commit murder-suicide using fentanyl she purchase "on the dark net" because "God told her they would die soon," police detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.  While searching for Naggy and her daughter on Oct. 25, the police found the laced a…

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No 'Angel' Man Named Angel Charged With Homicide Following Stabbing In Harrisburg: Police No 'Angel' Man Named Angel Charged With Homicide Following Stabbing In Harrisburg: Police
No 'Angel' Man Named Angel Charged With Homicide Following Stabbing In Harrisburg: Police A 32-year-old has been arrested for the deadly stabbing of a 53-year-old in Harrisburg, authorities say in an updated release on Wednesday, Nov. 23.  The unidentified man died at a hospital on Sunday following the stabbing between rows 15 and 16 in Hall Manor, on Saturday, Nov 12, around 4 a.m. according to Lt. Kyle Gautsch. Two other men suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Gautsch said. Angel Echevarria Rivera, of Harrisburg was arrested on Nov. 23. Additional information was not release at the time of publishing.  Anyone with information about the case is asked t…

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Obituaries
PA Mom Of Three Made Tragic Facebook Post The Day Before Crashing Into Tractor-Trailer On I-80 PA Mom Of Three Made Tragic Facebook Post The Day Before Crashing Into Tractor-Trailer On I-80
PA Mom Of Three Made Tragic Facebook Post The Day Before Crashing Into Tractor-Trailer On I-80 A 33-year-old woman who died in a crash into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania left a sad post on Facebook the day before she passed. Brandi Lynn Rapp, of Clarion, died from blunt force trauma injuries when the vehicle she was riding in collided with a tractor-trailer on Friday, Nov. 18, according to the Clearfield County coroner's office.  The crash happened on I-80 near DuBois during snowfall making the crash investigation take a bit longer and leaving the roadway closed for several hours, according to PennDOT. Rapp was a 2008 graduate of Keystone High School who worked…

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Six Franklin County Businesses Burglarized In One Morning, Reward Offered For Suspects: PSP Six Franklin County Businesses Burglarized In One Morning, Reward Offered For Suspects: PSP
Six Franklin County Businesses Burglarized In One Morning, Reward Offered For Suspects: PSP Pennsylvania state police are searching for two men who robbed six businesses in Franklin County on Saturday, Nov. 19.  PSP troopers from Chambersburg were called when an alarm went off at Maria and Sal's Pizzeria located on Lincoln Way East in Guilford Township, just over 30 minutes after midnight. The two men pictured "forced entry into the business and removed U.S. currency from the register. The same suspects had committed five additional burglaries throughout Franklin County during the early morning hours," the police stated in a release on Wednesday, Nov. 23.  Only three of the busi…

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Police & Fire
Rt. 283 In Central Pennsylvania Reopens Following Crash: PennDOT Rt. 283 In Central Pennsylvania Reopens Following Crash: PennDOT
Rt. 283 In Central Pennsylvania Reopens Following Crash: PennDOT UPDATE: The crash on Route 283 on Nov. 23 cleared around 10:30 a m., according to PennDOT. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: A crash has shut down a portion of Route 283 in Lancaster County on Wednesday Nov. 23, according to PennDOT.  All lanes heading east have closed between the Exit to Route 722 toward Landisville, and the Exit to Route 741 toward East Petersburg and Millersville, according to PennDOT's 511PA. The crash involved multiple vehicles, but it is if anyone was injured. The nearest traffic camera in the area is only showing the backup not the crash. Fo…

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'God Said We Would Die Soon' PA Mom Attempts Fentanyl Murder-Suicide With 8-Year-Old Daughter 'God Said We Would Die Soon' PA Mom Attempts Fentanyl Murder-Suicide With 8-Year-Old Daughter
'God Said We Would Die Soon' PA Mom Attempts Fentanyl Murder-Suicide With 8-Year-Old Daughter An 8-year-old girl is now in emergency custody of relatives after her mother tried to kill her and herself using fentanyl she purchased "on the dark net" because "God told her they would die soon," police detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. **WARNING the following details may be disturbing to readers** Skye Contance Naggy, a 29-year-old hairstylist in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, claimed to have heard from God that she and her daughter would die soon so she went about purchasing fentanyl online, crushing it up and lacing apple juice with it, according to the court documents.&nbs…

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High, Drunk Driver Endangering Children Uses Cuffs To Cut Through Cop Car, Attacking PA Police High, Drunk Driver Endangering Children Uses Cuffs To Cut Through Cop Car, Attacking PA Police
High, Drunk Driver Endangering Children Uses Cuffs To Cut Through Cop Car, Attacking PA Police A 47-year-old woman drove while drunk and high on marijuana with two children in her car and then attacked police officers, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Danielle L. Watkins was stopped with her taillights and one headlight out in the 1500 block of Old Trail Road in Newberry Township, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 around 11:30 p.m., according to a police release by area police on Nov. 20 and court records subsequently obtained by Daily Voice.  Harrisburg woman was arrested on charges of DUI and endangering the welfare of two children after a traffic stop in the…

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DATING APP HELL: 'He Has A Knife' NJ Teen Held Hostage For Year In PA, Authorities Say DATING APP HELL: 'He Has A Knife' NJ Teen Held Hostage For Year In PA, Authorities Say
Dating APP Hell: 'He Has A Knife' NJ Teen Held Hostage For Year In PA, Authorities Say An 18-year-old New Jersey woman texted 911 for "help escaping" after being held against her will in Pennsylvania for a year by a man she met through a dating app, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice.  32-year-old Nikolaus Breland, of Monongahela, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 20, according to the complaint. The teenager said that her abusive boyfriend who had been holding her captive was asleep and she wanted help escaping, she told the Washington County 911 center around 9:45 p.m., according to the criminal complaint   ***WARNING the following…

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Woman Admits To Killing Mom Of Three After Causing Crash While High On Marijuana On RT 30 Woman Admits To Killing Mom Of Three After Causing Crash While High On Marijuana On RT 30
Woman Admits To Killing Mom Of Three After Causing Crash While High On Marijuana On RT 30 25-year-old Renee Emerick is heading to prison for 4 to 15 years after admitting to being high on marijuana when she caused a deadly crash on Route 30 in West Hempfield Township on June 19, 2021, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office on Nov. 22, 20222. Emerick pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while DUI, four counts of aggravated assault by vehicle, and related charges in Lancaster County Court in June 2022. She was sentenced to 4 to 15 years in prison by Lancaster County Judge Dennis E. Reinaker on Monday, Nov. 21.  “This is a tragedy …

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Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down
Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down A customer was slapped in the face with a cell phone and an employee was beaten with a shoe following a disagreement at a Dunkin' in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. 35-year-old Mabel Hinson pulled up at the drive-thru at the Dunkin' located at 2006 Miller Road in East Petersburg in the morning on Friday, Nov. 18, according to the police. Hinson ordered a breakfast sandwich but 22-year-old Alex Elias Hernandez who was working the drive-thru told her they did not make breakfast sandwiches, but when she attempted to order something different but Hernandez "just laughed at her and told …

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