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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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Politics
70 Arrested After Bernie Sanders Joins May Day Rally In Philadelphia 70 Arrested After Bernie Sanders Joins May Day Rally In Philadelphia
70 Arrested After Bernie Sanders Joins May Day Rally In Philadelphia A sea of protesters filled the streets of Philadelphia for International Workers’ Day on Thursday, May 1, rallying against policies they say favor billionaires over the working class. By nightfall, 70 people were in police custody. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders headlined the “Workers Over Billionaires” rally hosted by the Philadelphia AFL-CIO outside City Hall. The event, part of a nationwide day of action, drew thousands to the city’s core and shut down major roads during rush hour. “Today we send a message to the billionaire class: You will not destroy the rights of working people,” Sanders…

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Police & Fire
Birthday Party Sexual Assault Of Child; 35-Year-Old PA Man Waives Hearing (UPDATE) Birthday Party Sexual Assault Of Child; 35-Year-Old PA Man Waives Hearing (UPDATE)
Birthday Party Sexual Assault Of Child; 35-Year-Old PA Man Waives Hearing (Update) A Rapho Township man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl during a Lancaster County birthday party has waived his preliminary hearing, allowing the case to move forward to county court, prosecutors announced on Thursday, May 1. Matthew L. Castleberry, 35, of the 100 block of West Center Street, appeared before Judge Courtney Monson on Monday, April 15. Instead of contesting the charges at the preliminary hearing, he waived it, sending the case to Lancaster County Court. Castleberry is accused of targeting the teen during a birthday party on the 200 block of McCaskey Avenue in M…

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News
Gun Used In Homicide Lands Seller Up 20 Years Jail Time: Bucks DA Gun Used In Homicide Lands Seller Up 20 Years Jail Time: Bucks DA
Gun Used In Homicide Lands Seller Up 20 Years Jail Time: Bucks DA A Delaware County woman who admitted to buying guns for criminals was sentenced to state prison after one of the firearms she sold was used in a Philadelphia homicide, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, May 1. Demia Burrell-Brinkley, 31, of Lansdowne, was sentenced to eight to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to multiple straw purchase-related charges, authorities said. She admitted to illegally buying four firearms between July 2020 and May 2022 from gun shops in Bucks and Montgomery counties, then selling them for $200 each, according to the r…

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Police & Fire
WATCH: Ransacking At PA Waste Plant, Truck Nearly Stolen, Police Say WATCH: Ransacking At PA Waste Plant, Truck Nearly Stolen, Police Say
Watch: Ransacking At PA Waste Plant, Truck Nearly Stolen, Police Say A man in white-patched jeans stormed a Montgomery County wastewater facility, then tried stealing a vehicle from a nearby landscaping business—all while carrying a duffel bag—Plymouth Township Police say. The bold break-ins happened in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 27 on Ross Street in Plymouth Township, authorities announced in a Thursday, May 1 release. Police say the suspect—described as a Black male with a mustache—burglarized the East Norriton-Plymouth-Whitpain Waste Water Treatment Plant before making his way to another property close by. There, he allegedly broke into a l…

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Police & Fire
Disabled Woman Raped For Years By Family Acquaintance, Kennett Square Police Say Disabled Woman Raped For Years By Family Acquaintance, Kennett Square Police Say
Disabled Woman Raped For Years By Family Acquaintance, Kennett Square Police Say A man is wanted for raping a mentally disabled woman for more than four years in Kennett Square, authorities announced on Thursday, May 1. Gilberto Juarez-Mercado, who has also gone by Gilberto Juarez and Gilberto Mercado, is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting an adult female victim with a mental disability, according to the Kennett Square Police Department. Investigators said the woman disclosed the abuse to her caretaker on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The assaults reportedly occurred at a home along the 700 block of South Washington Street. Police identified Juarez-Mercado as a family acqu…

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Police & Fire
‘I’ll Get My Gun’: Wanted PA Man Sparks SWAT Standoff, Sheriff Says ‘I’ll Get My Gun’: Wanted PA Man Sparks SWAT Standoff, Sheriff Says
‘I’ll Get My Gun’: Wanted PA Man Sparks SWAT Standoff, Sheriff Says A wanted man threatened to grab a gun during a tense standoff with Bucks County deputies in a quiet Bristol Township neighborhood, authorities announced on Thursday, May 1. John Chambers, 52, had been dodging authorities after failing to appear in court on assault-related charges when deputies finally tracked him to a home on the zero block of Wildflower Road, according to the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies surrounded the house early Thursday morning and spotted Chambers inside. But when they tried to make contact, the situation quickly escalated—Chambers allegedly became combative…

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News
Stolen Gun, Crack, Cop Car Ram: NY Football Star-Turned-Felon Indicted In Harrisburg: DOJ Stolen Gun, Crack, Cop Car Ram: NY Football Star-Turned-Felon Indicted In Harrisburg: DOJ
Stolen Gun, Crack, Cop Car Ram: NY Football Star-Turned-Felon Indicted In Harrisburg: DOJ A man driving a stolen car rammed a police cruiser and was later caught with crack cocaine, a stolen gun, and more, federal authorities announced in a grand jury indictment on Thursday, May 1. Kyree Maurice Ross, 30, of Harrisburg, has been federally charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and two counts of possession of firearms by a felon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Ross is originally from New …

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Schools
Student Lied His Way Into Lehigh, Got $127K — Third International Crime To Rock University Student Lied His Way Into Lehigh, Got $127K — Third International Crime To Rock University
Student Lied His Way Into Lehigh, Got $127K — Third International Crime To Rock University A student who faked his way into Lehigh University and received over $127,000 in aid is now in ICE custody — marking the school’s third international student in recent years to face criminal charges, including one who poisoned his roommate and another who used a fake death certificate to win a full scholarship. All three have since been removed or are being deported. Cryilstan Sowah-Nai, originally from Ghana, pleaded no contest to securing execution of documents by deception on Monday, April 28, according to the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office. Investigators say he misrepresen…

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2 Hospitalized After PA State Police Vehicle Rear-Ends Car, Crashes Head-On 2 Hospitalized After PA State Police Vehicle Rear-Ends Car, Crashes Head-On
2 Hospitalized After PA State Police Vehicle Rear-Ends Car, Crashes Head-On A Pennsylvania State Police vehicle was involved in a crash that ended in a head-on collision in Lancaster County, state police announced on Thursday, May 1. The crash happened on Hartman Bridge Road near the intersection of Leaman Road, according to a release from Pennsylvania State Police. The date of the crash was not immediately available. The PSP vehicle was traveling north behind a 2015 Nissan Murano that had stopped to make a left turn onto Leaman Road. The PSP driver couldn’t stop in time and struck the Murano on its rear driver’s side, the report says. The police vehicle then veer…

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SEPTA Police Officer Brian Zenszer Pleads Guilty To Sharing Child Porn: DOJ SEPTA Police Officer Brian Zenszer Pleads Guilty To Sharing Child Porn: DOJ
SEPTA Police Officer Brian Zenszer Pleads Guilty To Sharing Child Porn: DOJ A SEPTA transit police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges of child pornography possession and distribution, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, April 30. Brian Zenszer, 44, of Warminster, admitted to knowingly distributing and possessing child pornography during a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney David Metcalf. Zenszer was charged by federal indictment in December following a joint investigation by the FBI and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. The case stemmed from two CyberTips t…

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