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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

Police ID Pair Plaguing PA Neighborhood With Explosions For Weeks, Police Say Authorities in Northampton County say they have identified the pair responsible for a series of explosions in the area. Slate Belt Regional police were called to East Laurel Avenue in Pen Argyl at 3 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 after residents reported hearing a large explosion, the department said in a release. Authorities noted that they had received "numerous" similar complaints in the neighborhood "beginning several months earlier." No suspects were in the area by the time officers arrived, so detectives returned the next day to conduct a follow-up investigation, police…

by Mac Bullock

03/20/2023

Police & Fire

Bucks County Native, 18, Dies In Boating Accident State police are investigating after a Bucks County teen and recent high school graduate was killed in a boating accident in Wayne County. Dominic Testani, 18, of Doylestown, was found more than seven hours after the accident was reported in Lake Township early Saturday, March 18, troopers at the Honesdale barracks said in a statement. First responders were called to East Island Lane near Lake Henry in Lake Township at about 1:50 a.m., officials said. On arrival, troopers were told that three people were on the water in a rowboat when the vessel capsized, according …

by Mac Bullock

03/20/2023

Police & Fire

Meth, Pot Seized From Wanted NJ Woman In Lehigh Valley Car Crash: Police A New Jersey woman who was allegedly caught with drugs at the scene of a car accident last year is now facing criminal charges, authorities say. Police in Forks Township were called to a crash at the corner of Uhler and Kesslerville roads on May 25 last year, the department said in a release. They arrived and soon noticed that one of the back-seat passengers in an involved car, Samantha Ike, had an active bench warrant in Northampton County, police said. Ike was taken into custody at the scene and searched during the arrest, the release says. Police claimed they found "several b…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

Bucks Man Arrested Following Child Porn Raid, Police Say A Bucks County man is charged with multiple felony counts in connection with a child porn investigation, say authorities. Stephen. L. Sottolano, a 56-year-old Jamison resident, was arrested following a raid on his home on Friday, March 10, said Warrington Township police in a statement. Sottolano first appeared on investigators' radar in October 2022, during an investigation on child sex abuse material being shared in Bucks County, the department said. He was developed as a suspect in that probe, leading authorities to execute a search warrant at his home last Friday, pol…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition' With the days growing longer and springtime in sight, students across southeastern Pennsylvania are preparing for the end of the school year. And for seniors at Pennridge High School in Bucks County, that includes the revival of a beloved tradition. "Jackal," explains the student newspaper Penndulum, is a game in which pairs of seniors form teams and try to eliminate other players by shooting them with water pistols while avoiding being shot themselves. There are rules of engagement — players are safe at school, at work, at extra-curricular activities, and at places …

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Neighbors

Here's Where Philly Ranks Among The Most Irish Cities In America, According To One Study Americans nationwide are embracing their Irish heritage in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, but some cities run a little greener than others. How does Philadelphia stack up? According to the LawnStarter.com blog, the City of Brotherly Love is one of the top ten most Irish cities in the United States in 2023. More goes into the calculation than a simple demographic survey, LawnStarter explains. The blog selected America's Irish-est cities by considering "access to Irish pubs, dance schools, and social groups," among other "indicators" of Emerald Isle heritage. By t…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

Berks Taxi Driver Killer Learns His Sentence The Reading man who stabbed a cab driver to death will spend decades in a Pennsylvania state prison, authorities say. Johnny Palaguachi, 28, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years behind bars on Wednesday, March 15, said Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams in a statement. He had previously pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, the DA's office noted. Investigators have said that on Aug. 8, 2021, Palaguachi called for a cab and was picked up by taxi driver Darlyn De La Rosa-Abreu. The pair got into a "verbal altercation" before Palaguachi attac…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

Coatesville Man Convicted Of Choking Teen Girlfriend Unconscious A 31-year-old Coatesville man is awaiting sentencing after a Chester County jury found him guilty of strangling a 16-year-old girl until she lost consciousness. Curtis Thomas Jr. was at his Valley Township home on Sept. 11, 2019, with the teenager he was then dating and "many eyewitnesses," said District Attorney Deb Ryan. At some point, prosecutors said Thomas and the victim had an argument, during which the 31-year-old "choked her with his hands around her neck until she lost consciousness," the DA wrote. Later, he hit her several times on the face, neck, and chest, leaving lacerati…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

Wawa Truck Driver Robbed At Gunpoint For $27K In Cigarettes: State Police A truck driver delivering goods to a Chester County Wawa was held up at gunpoint and robbed of $27,000 in cigarettes, state police announced. It happened, coincidentally, in East Marlborough Township, troopers said. At around 11:40 p.m., as a delivery truck driver was unloading packages from their tractor-trailer, two armed suspects approached. The pair made off with nine "containers" of cigarettes, before fleeing northeast on Route 1 toward Delaware County, troopers wrote in the release. No injuries were reported by authorities. The incident remains under investigation b…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

Police & Fire

Suspected Philly Robber Found Armed In Bucks County, Cops Claim A man suspected of armed robbery in Philadelphia was found to be armed with a stolen gun when arrested in Bucks County on Tuesday, authorities said. Police in Bensalem were patrolling near Route 1 and Interplex Drive around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, when they noticed a Ford Edge with a "motor code violation," the department wrote in a release. When they pulled the Ford over, officers learned the car was logged in the National Crime Information Computer System as a "felony vehicle [...] used in point-of-gun robbery," according to the department. Police also f…

by Mac Bullock

03/17/2023

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