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Nicole Acosta

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nacosta@dailyvoice.com

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Nicole is a 4-time New York Press Association award-winning writer from The Bronx, New York. She graduated in 2019, with a bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Journalism from Mercy College.

Her passion for community storytelling blossomed during her time as the Managing Editor of her college publication, The Impact, where she covered local news in Westchester County. She’s experienced in all verticals of media. She loves to create engaging and unique content whether it’s through social media, copywriting, digital marketing, or public relations projects.

Nicole was a reporter at Daily Voice and covered Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

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Police & Fire

Know Them? Bucks Police Seek Trio Who Paid With Counterfeit Currency Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help identifying three suspects accused of using counterfeit money in Doylestown Borough businesses, authorities said. Two black men and one black woman were seen in Doylestown Produce purchasing items with counterfeit bills on Jan. 14, around 5:30 p.m., according to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. The woman was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with an orange skull on the front, police said. One man was wearing a red and blue hooded sweatshirt with a black coat on top with fur edging on the hood, police said. The thi…

by Nicole Acosta

01/23/2021

Police & Fire

Philadelphia Electrical Contractor Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud -- Again A Philadelphia based electrical contractor imprisoned for tax fraud in 2007 pleaded guilty Thursday to new charges of tax fraud and theft from employee benefit plans, authorities announced. Donald Dougherty, 54, who owns Dougherty Electric, Inc. as part of a plea deal agreed to pay $92,913 in taxes due to the Internal Revenue Service, arising from false business deductions for what were actually personal expenditures, First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. Dougherty also agreed to pay $266,000 in restitution to the International Brother…

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

Police & Fire

Covid-19: Young Philadelphia Entrepreneur Charged In Massive PPE Fraud Scheme A 26-year-old Philadelphia man scammed two companies out of $700,000 then spent that money on vacations, a luxury car and gambling instead of buying promised PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities announced. Gauravjit Singh promoted himself as a purveyor of PPE in May 2020, then claimed he had contacts at a factory in Nanjung, China, that manufactured medical gowns, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Singh convinced his clients, to enter into an agreement with one of his businesses, Mask Medical LLC, pursuant to which Singh would be paid approximately $7.125 million in exchang…

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

Police & Fire

Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say wrapped himself in "vanilla-scented" white garbage bags while he robbed a local Sunoco gas station early Friday morning. The man forced a clerk into the restroom and demanded Newport cigarettes and an unknown amount of cash, Lower Southampton Township police said. Police describe the suspect as 5'8" to 5'9" tall, large build, wearing black glasses, a gray face mask, gray gloves. and an olive green winter coat in addition to the trash bags also over his shoes. The robber was last seen exiting the store…

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

Police & Fire

Man Beaten, Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Bucks County Apartment Building A man was beaten and robbed at gunpoint outside of an apartment building in Bucks County Thursday night, authorities said. The man was robbed by two men between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in front of building 27 of the Village of Pennbrook Apartments in Levittown, Falls Township police, said. The man was also struck in the head numerous times by the assailants who police say were armed with a black and silver handgun. The suspects are believed to have fled the area in a gray Mazda Sedan with a New Jersey license plate number beginning with KZ, police said. Police are asking anyone w…

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

Police & Fire

Authorities ID Man Accused In Bucks County Retail Theft One of two suspects accused of stealing from a Burlington store in Bucks County has been identified, authorities said. Christopher Thomas Winfree and a woman were caught on surveillance video on Nov. 21, 2020, leaving the 1591 Bethlehem Pike location with a range of merchandise, Hilltown Township police said. According to police, the identity of the woman is still unknown. Officers are encouraging anyone with information on this case, to contact James T. Browne at jbrowne@hilltownpd.org or submit an anonymous tip on the CRIMEWATCH website.

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

Police & Fire

Bucks Fugitive Wanted For Running Meth Lab Captured By U.S. Marshals At MontCo Hotel A man wanted for running a methamphetamine lab in Bucks County was captured by members of the U.S. Marshals Service at a Montgomery County hotel Thursday, authorities said. A warrant for the arrest of Charles Barton was issued Sept. 15, 2020, in connection with a June 1, 2020 incident, when officers found a methamphetamine “cook” lab in his home, Upper Southampton Township police said. Officers arrived at 24 Belmont Station around 3:10 p.m. on reports of burglary with three possible suspects, police said. When they went inside the home to conduct interviews, they noticed drug paraphernalia…

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

Police & Fire

Overnight Fire Ravages New Hope Home An overnight fire collapsed a two-story home early Friday morning in New Hope, according to initial reports. Firefighters worked to knock down the blaze, which apparently spread to a nearby two and a half story home around 3:25 a.m., reports say. Daily Voice's call to the New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company was not immediately returned. Injuries were unknown as of 10 a.m., and the cause remained under investigation. Upper Makefield Volunteer Fire Company assisted the New Hope Eagle Fire Company, including Bucks County Fire Company and Hunterdon County Fire Company in New Jerse…

by Nicole Acosta

01/22/2021

News

PA Residents Who Use Tax Prep Companies Could See Delayed Stimulus Checks Pennsylvania residents who use tax preparation companies to file taxes might have to wait a little longer for their stimulus checks, state officials said. Tax preparation companies, like H&R Block and Intuit, use temporary bank accounts when they assist with filing tax returns, Attorney General Josh Shapiro explained. Unfortunately, the IRS used that information to issue stimulus checks, and therefore, some of the checks have been held up. "If you’re eligible for a stimulus check and haven’t received one, you can call the IRS or visit their website to file a complaint," Shapiro said. …

by Nicole Acosta

01/21/2021

Police & Fire

Philadelphia Man Gets 18 Years Behind Bars For Attempted NJ Sex Attack A 54-year-old Philadelphia man ∑as sentenced to 18 years in New Jersey state prison for trying to sexually assault a woman walking along a Burlington County roadway, authorities said. The woman in her 50's was walking along Route 73 in Mount Laurel the afternoon of June 6. 2019, when she was grabbed by Donald Cramer Jr., then dragged into a wooded area near the I-295 northbound exit ramp, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Local resident John Bishop was driving and witnessed the abduction, Coffina said. Bishop stopped his car on the shoulder of the road where h…

by Nicole Acosta

01/21/2021

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