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Nicole Acosta

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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

U.S. Marshals Capture Norristown Man Who Started Shootout That Killed Neighbor, Authorities Say The U.S. Marshals captured a Norristown man who instigated a shootout in his neighbor's home that left a 21-year-old man dead, authorities said. Khalif Sinclair, 23, who had a warrant out for his arrest since Dec. 18, was taken into custody by U.S Marshals in Marcus Hook, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Mark E. Talbot announced. Witnesses told Norristown police that Sinclair had gotten into an argument with his next door neighbors at 502 West Lafayette Street around 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2020, Steele and Talbot said. At 5:30 p.m., he wal…

by Nicole Acosta

01/12/2021

Obituaries

Montgomery County Attorney, Dad Paul Vangrossi Dies, 37 Paul E. Vangrossi of Montgomery County died on Jan. 4, 2021. He was 37 years old. Born in Philadelphia, Vangrossi worked as an associate attorney at Vangrossi and Recchuiti in Norristown, where he had been practicing civil litigation involving personal injury, landlord-tenant actions, tax sale litigation, and real estate law since 2013, his employment biography says. Vangrossi's obituary remembered him for his devout love for his wife and children, passion for endurance training, quick wit and more. "He never missed a chance to support them, in every endeavor; he was t…

by Nicole Acosta

01/12/2021

Police & Fire

$10K Reward In Driver's Seat Shooting Of Lansdale Woman, 30 A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the shooting death of a 30-year-old Lansdale woman in her car. Police found Ebony Sequita Pack still sitting in the driver's seat of her Nissan sedan having sustained multiple gunshot wounds at East Hancock and Church Road around 10 p.m. Nov. 28, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Lansdale Borough Police Chief Michael Trail said. Pack -- whose car had numerous bullet strikes near the driver's side door -- was transported to Abington-Lansdale Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead,…

by Nicole Acosta

01/12/2021

Police & Fire

Three-Story Fire Ravages Residential Building One resident was hospitalized in a fire that ravaged a three-story building Sunday night. The heaviest part of the blaze was spreading through the third floor of 587 Bath St. when crews arrived around 10 p.m., authorities said. Firefighters escorted a woman from the third floor of the building while clearing the second and first floors. The victim was turned over to EMS and was transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, authorities said. With assistance from the Bucks County Rescue Squad, Bristol Borough Emergency Management, and mutual aid fire departments, the blaze was cleared …

by Nicole Acosta

01/11/2021

Police & Fire

PA Traffic Stop Turns Up $1.6M In Meth In 'Booby-Trapped' SUV Compartment, Police Say A routine traffic stop in Bucks County turned up $1.6 million worth of methamphetamine in a Maryland man's hidden SUV compartment, authorities said Monday. Jeremias Donis-Garcia, the subject of an ongoing drug investigation, was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer with Florida registration when police pulled him over around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, local authorities said. The police department's trained K-9 sniffed out the drugs, allowing police officers to obtain a search warrant for Donis-Garcia's vehicle. An initial search did not turn up any drugs, prompting police to begin a sec…

by Nicole Acosta

01/11/2021

News

Philly Detective At Center Of Internal Affairs Investigation For Trump Protest At Capitol A Philadelphia police detective has been temporarily reassigned based on a tip that she attended last week's raid on Capitol Hill, landing her at the center of an internal affairs investigation, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Social media posts indicate that Detective Jennifer Gugger, who works in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Recruit Background Investigations Unit, had been at the rally, departmental sources told the news outlet. Gugger had used the name "Jenny Lynn" on a now-defunct Facebook account, which she used to tag friends and post photos showing a small crowd near …

by Nicole Acosta

01/11/2021

Police & Fire

2 Families Displaced In Montgomery Township House Fire A house fire in Montgomery Township left two families homeless last Thursday night, NorthPennNow reports. The fire started in the shed behind the house on the 100 block of Ashley Circle and spread to a pair of twin homes around 10:30 p.m., according to Bill Wiegman, Director of Fire Services for Montgomery Township. The blaze was considered under control in less than an hour and no injuries were reported, Wiegman said. The Red Cross is assisting the families who have been displaced, NorthPennNow reports. The cause remains under investigation. The Fire Department of …

by Nicole Acosta

01/11/2021

Police & Fire

Police Nab Late-Night DUI Bucks County Driver A DUI woman was slapped with multiple charges after opening too wide on a left turn that landed her on a curb, police in Northampton Township said. Police saw Natalia Lizbeth Holguin try turning back into the southbound lane of 2nd Street Pike after the 1 a.m. incident Saturday, police said. The 29-year-old woman was taken into police custody for driving under the influence, driving on roadways laned for traffic, and driving an unregistered car, police said. Holguin's Facebook profile says she works as a marketing coordinator for a nursing home and PR strategist for Top Golf. She ap…

by Nicole Acosta

01/11/2021

Police & Fire

Pennsylvania State Police Probe Attempted Weekend Bucks County Homicide On Interstate 95 Pennsylvania State Police are seeking the public's help identifying the person who shot a man and fled the scene on I-95 southbound Bensalem Township on Saturday, authorities said. Members of the PSP Trevose Crime Unit responded mile marker 33.8 around 3:50 a.m., where they found a man with a gunshot wound, Trooper Nathan T. Branosky said. The victim told police that he saw the shooter drive down I-95 southbound in a dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee, Branosky said. The victim was treated and released from Jefferson Torsedale Hospital. Anyone with information regarding this incident i…

by Nicole Acosta

01/11/2021

News

Covid-19: Pennsylvania Health Officials Roll Out New Vaccine Phases Amid Statewide Delay Pennsylvania health officials announced a clearer, multi-phase path toward statewide vaccine distribution Friday, in the midst of a statewide inoculation delay. "There is a delay of about 24 hours through the hospitals, and both through Walgreens and CVS, our partners in the long-term care mission by up to 72 hours," Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said. "We expect that more vaccinations have been given, but that's the data we have right now." The largest concern for the state's health department was when the shipment of the second dose of vaccinations w…

by Nicole Acosta

01/09/2021

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