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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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USCIS Officer Charged In Bribery Scheme, Took Cash To ‘Help’ Immigrants: Feds USCIS Officer Charged In Bribery Scheme, Took Cash To ‘Help’ Immigrants: Feds
Uscis Officer Charged In Bribery Scheme, Took Cash To ‘Help’ Immigrants: Feds A Pennsylvania immigration officer is accused of accepting bribes from foreign nationals for nearly a decade while promising help he couldn’t deliver, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Saturday, July 5. Amara Dukuly, 43, of Brookhaven, was arrested and charged with bribery of a public official on Thursday, June 26, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf explained. Dukuly, a fraud detection and national security officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), allegedly solicited payments from immigrants in exchange for promises to assist with green cards, work permits, an…

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Five Family Members Rescued After Tubes, Kayak Get Stuck In Swatara Creek: Hershey FD Five Family Members Rescued After Tubes, Kayak Get Stuck In Swatara Creek: Hershey FD
Five Family Members Rescued After Tubes, Kayak Get Stuck In Swatara Creek: Hershey FD Five family members were rescued from the Swatara Creek after their tubes and a kayak got trapped on debris near a railroad bridge, Hershey Fire Department officials announced. Hershey Fire and multiple mutual-aid departments were dispatched to the creek on Friday, July 4, after reports of people in distress near the railroad bridge over the water, according to the Hershey Fire Department. Crews were informed that four tubes and one kayak had become lodged on a debris pile in the water. One person managed to climb onto the debris, while the remaining four family members floated downstream. …

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Man Shot Dead By Police After Firing At Officers, Stealing Cruiser In North Philadelphia Man Shot Dead By Police After Firing At Officers, Stealing Cruiser In North Philadelphia
Man Shot Dead By Police After Firing At Officers, Stealing Cruiser In North Philadelphia A man was shot and killed by police after allegedly opening fire on officers during a domestic incident in North Philadelphia, authorities announced on Friday, July 4. Officers were called to the 2900 block of North Lawrence Street in the city’s Fairhill section just after 6 p.m. for reports of an armed man, according to First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford. As police approached the home, the 40-year-old suspect began firing from inside, Stanford said. Officers took cover and returned fire. The man then came out of the house and continued to shoot at them. "The male exits the property a…

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Boyfriend Killed After GF Shoots Him At Long Island Home, Then Calls 911: Suffolk Police Boyfriend Killed After GF Shoots Him At Long Island Home, Then Calls 911: Suffolk Police
Boyfriend Killed After GF Shoots Him At Long Island Home, Then Calls 911: Suffolk Police A woman shot and killed her boyfriend during a violent domestic fight inside their Coram home early Friday morning, Suffolk County Police announced on July 4. Ashley Guimont, 44, opened fire on Alex Carter, 47, inside their home on Townehouse Drive after a physical confrontation erupted around 2:30 a.m., according to police. Guimont called 911 moments after the shooting. Carter was rushed to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, where he was pronounced dead, the police explained. Guimont was arrested at the scene and charged with Murder 2nd Degree by Homicide Squad detectives…

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Fires Break Out Across Philly As Trash Piles Up Amid Sanitation Strike; Arson Not Ruled Out: PD Fires Break Out Across Philly As Trash Piles Up Amid Sanitation Strike; Arson Not Ruled Out: PD
Fires Break Out Across Philly As Trash Piles Up Amid Sanitation Strike; Arson Not Ruled Out: PD Fires erupted at multiple trash collection sites in Philadelphia overnight as garbage continues to pile up amid an ongoing work stoppage, city officials announced Friday, July 4. The Philadelphia Fire Department responded swiftly, extinguishing the fires before they caused significant damage. No injuries were reported, authorities said. “We want to be clear: this is a serious matter,” said Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel and Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson in a joint statement. “If it is determined that any of these fires were intentionally set, such acts will be treated as serious c…

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Drunk Driver Crashes Into Philly Picket Line, Crushes City Workers: Police Drunk Driver Crashes Into Philly Picket Line, Crushes City Workers: Police
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Philly Picket Line, Crushes City Workers: Police A drunk driver smashed into two Philadelphia city workers during a union strike, crushing them as they sat on the sidewalk, police announced on Thursday, July 4. Damon Robinson, 41, was behind the wheel of a black 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe when he allegedly veered off the road and drove straight into a picket line at 3901 N. Delaware Avenue around 11:04 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The victims — city employees participating in the strike — were sitting in front of the line when they were hit, police said. One of the workers remains in critical cond…

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$5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram $5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram
$5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram $5.6 million. That’s what a Philadelphia jury awarded to the parents of a beautiful baby girl left with catastrophic brain damage after a botched birth — and whose photo was posted on Instagram by the midwife who delivered her, labeled with the caption: “Jellybean head.” The baby, Camille Hoffman, is now 6 years old. She is nearly blind, can’t walk without help, and relies on a feeding tube to survive. Camille was born in July 2018 at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where midwife Anne Pitts Londergan allegedly missed two dangerous fetal positioning abnormalities — brow and occiput posterior…

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Elderly Man Struck, Critically Injured By Porsche SUV In Oceanside: Police Elderly Man Struck, Critically Injured By Porsche SUV In Oceanside: Police
Elderly Man Struck, Critically Injured By Porsche SUV In Oceanside: Police An 80-year-old man was left clinging to life after being mowed down by a Porsche SUV in Nassau County, authorities said. The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 3 on Lower Lincoln Avenue in Oceanside, according to Nassau County police. Detectives say the man was walking westbound when the luxury vehicle — a 2019 Porsche SUV driven by a 29-year-old woman — slammed into him while heading south. He was rushed to a nearby hospital with critical injuries. The driver remained at the scene. No other injuries were reported. The Homicide Squad is handling the case, and the invest…

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LI Priest Accused Of Groping Woman Inside Church Kitchen; Police Seek More Victims LI Priest Accused Of Groping Woman Inside Church Kitchen; Police Seek More Victims
LI Priest Accused Of Groping Woman Inside Church Kitchen; Police Seek More Victims A Long Island priest has been accused of sexually abusing a woman inside a church kitchen, Nassau County police said. John Adjei-Boamah, 43, was arrested for forcible touching and sexual abuse, according to detectives with the Special Victims Squad. It happened at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Franklin Square around 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, authorities said in a Friday, July 4 press release. The woman was working in the church rectory kitchen on New Hyde Park Road when Adjei-Boamah, a priest living at the rectory, came up behind her and touched her inappropriately, police say. The…

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Infiniti Going 110 MPH On LIE Impounded After Police Chase Ends In Brentwood Infiniti Going 110 MPH On LIE Impounded After Police Chase Ends In Brentwood
Infiniti Going 110 MPH On LIE Impounded After Police Chase Ends In Brentwood A reckless speeder who evaded police on the Long Island Expressway last week had their vehicle impounded in Brentwood, Suffolk County police announced on Friday, July 4. The unidentified driver of a 2010 Infiniti G37 allegedly hit speeds over 110 mph while weaving through traffic near Exit 55 on the westbound LIE in Hauppauge around 10 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, according to the department's Street Takeover Task Force. When officers attempted to stop the car, the driver fled off Exit 53 southbound. The chase ended days later on Blue Jay Drive in Brentwood, where officers spotted the vehicl…

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