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Mac Bullock

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mbullock@dailyvoice.com

Mac Bullock is a Pennsylvania-based news reporter who has worked in local journalism for five years. He joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

In his spare time, he enjoys reading, camping, and fishing.

Mac Bullock's Contributions

Police & Fire

PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA A 43-year-old woman is accused of making over 100 phony 911 calls and issuing more than a dozen threats to authorities involving bombs and assassinations, say prosecutors. Valerie Joy Travis is charged with multiple felony counts of terroristic threats and related charges, said the District Attorney's Office on Monday, Aug. 14. Investigators said that over a nine-month period, county dispatchers received 116 emergency phone calls from a number linked to Travis. None of the reported incidents were real, but each of them "required action by the Department of Emergency Communicatio…

by Mac Bullock

08/15/2023

Police & Fire

School Bus Struck By Car With Teen Shot Dead Inside, Philly Police Say A teenage shooting victim was found dead in the passenger seat of a car that collided with a school bus in West Philadelphia on Monday, city police told Daily Voice. The crash happened around 8 p.m. on Aug. 14, the department said. The unnamed 19-year-old was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and pronounced dead at the scene, according to investigators. Although a gun was found nearby, no arrests had been reported as of Tuesday, Aug. 15. The school bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.

by Mac Bullock

08/15/2023

Police & Fire

24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD A 24-year-old driver is in critical condition after he was shot in Philadelphia's University City section just after sunrise on Tuesday, Aug. 15, city police told Daily Voice. It happened on the 700 block of South 42nd Street around 6:15 a.m., the department said. Officers were called for an armed suspect and arrived to find the victim in a car with gunshot wounds to his chest, back, and throughout the torso, authorities said. He was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and placed in "critical but stable" condition, police said. A weapon was recovered from the car t…

by Mac Bullock

08/15/2023

Traffic

Deadly Crash On I-78 In Pennsylvania: State Police A driver died after losing control of their car and hitting a guard rail early on Monday, Aug. 14, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release. The crash happened on Interstate 78 in Tilden Township just before 3 a.m., troopers wrote in a report. The driver was eastbound when their car veered off the south side of the road and hit the rail, according to investigators. The vehicle was found some 50 feet away from the Interstate when police arrived. The victim was found dead at the scene. Troopers said they are withholding the driver's name until next of kin are notifi…

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

Police & Fire

17-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Charged For Talking With Al-Qaida Affiliate: FBI A teenager from Pennsylvania was arrested by FBI agents on Friday, Aug. 11 after authorities say he had been in contact with an al-Qaida-affiliated terror group. The unnamed 17-year-old boy was taken into custody at his Wynnefield residence after an investigation by Bureau agents, Philadelphia police, and various federal agencies, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner's Office. Authorities said that an Instagram account connected to the West Philly teen had communicated with an account affiliated with Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ). The State Department has s…

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

Police & Fire

NJ Man Sought For PA Dad's Fentanyl Death: Prosecutors Months after a Pennsylvania father of two died from a drug overdose, authorities are seeking his New Jersey coworker who they say gave him the bag. Steven Nitschke, 33, was found dead in his Stroudsburg home in March, and his cause of death was ruled fentanyl toxicity in his autopsy, said the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. County detectives claim Nitschke got the drugs from his 39-year-old coworker Edwin Burgos, who allegedly said it was heroin. Burgos' whereabouts are unknown to police, but he is thought to frequent the East Stroudsburg area nea…

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

Obituaries

21-Year-Old Pennsylvania Hiker Dies In New Hampshire Jason Kweku Apreku, a Stroudsburg resident, died climbing in the White Mountains in New Hampshire on Friday, Aug. 11, according to loved ones and authorities. He was 21. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said Apreku was on the Osgood Trail to ascend Mount Madison when he suffered from an "unknown medical emergency" and collapsed. Friends and passing hikers administered CPR while waiting for first responders, authorities said. "This life-saving effort continued for hours in an attempt to give Apreku every chance of survival," said Fish and Game officials. A New Hampshire Army…

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

Lifestyle

Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Eastern PA A Pennsylvania Lottery player is six figures richer after hitting the Powerball over the weekend, officials say. The winner matched four of the five white balls and the red ball pulled in the Saturday, Aug. 12 Powerball drawing to win $100,000, said state gaming representatives. The vendor, 7-Eleven at 2760 Trenton Road in Levittown, will now receive a $500 bonus check for its part, Lottery officials added. All Pennsylvania Lottery players have up to one year from the drawing date to claim their prize, and winners should always sign the back of their ticket immediat…

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

News

Fire Company Treasurer Embezzled $900K, Berks DA Claims The treasurer of a Berks County fire company is accused of stealing nearly $900,000 over a period of seven years, prosecutors say. Kenneth J. Long of the Birdsboro Union Fire Department is charged with theft, forgery, and related counts and surrendered to detectives on Monday, Aug. 14, the Berks District Attorney's Office said. The 61-year-old came under investigation in January, when firefighters reported "more than $500,000" were missing from the department's accounts, authorities said. He was interviewed by detectives in February when he allegedly admitted to "utilizin…

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

Police & Fire

14-Year-Old Shot In Chest, Back In Philadelphia A teenager remains in critical condition after being shot multiple times Sunday night, city police told Daily Voice. It happened around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. 13, the department said. The victim, 14, was on the 1800 block of North 20th Street when he was shot in the back and chest. He was rushed to Temple University Hospital by private vehicle, they added. Officers working the scene Sunday said they found no weapon. No arrests had been reported as of midday Monday, Aug. 14.

by Mac Bullock

08/14/2023

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