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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.

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News

Stroudsburg Shopper Snags $600K Lotto Ticket A customer at a Stroudsburg corner store picked up a winning lottery ticket worth $600,000 early this week, state officials say. It happened at Stroud Smoke Shop, 1115 North 9th St., lotto representatives said. The lucky winner matched all five balls pulled in the Monday, March 6 Cash 5 with Quick Cash drawing to walk away with $600,000 before taxes, they added. Stroud Smoke Shop is now slated to receive a $5,000 bonus check for selling the prize-winning slip, officials said. More than 18,000 other Pennsylvanians won prizes of some amount in the Monday drawing, and …

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Business

Married Couples To Open Breakfast Spot In Lehigh Valley A new eatery is on its way to the Lehigh Valley. The Lotus Restaurant Group, the partnership behind Edge in Bethlehem and Surv in Forks Township, is preparing to open Sunny Side Up! at Park Plaza, co-owner Karen Widrick told Daily Voice. The new joint, to be located just steps away from Surv on Sullivan Trail, will offer breakfast fare with an aim to please everyone from the "classic diner" enthusiast to the "New American foodie," Karen says. It's the third venture for Lotus, a business partnership of career culinary professionals including Karen, her husband Tim Widrick, and their frie…

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Police & Fire

Montco Man Charged With 100 Counts Of Child Porn Possession: DA A Montgomery County man will answer more than 100 felony charges of child pornography possession, District Attorney Kevin Steele announced. Christopher Matton, 25, of Horsham, was arrested Thursday, March 2, and arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jay S. Friedenberg, the DA said. The charges follow an investigation that began last year, when social media site Reddit alerted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to suspicious activity from an account, Steele said. From there, county detectives traced the account's IP address to Matton's Easton Road h…

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Police & Fire

Man Pulls Gun On Bar Worker After Being Kicked Out: Bethlehem PD A Bethlehem man who was kicked out of a bar for fighting with other guests returned later that night brandishing a firearm, police claim. It happened at Molly's Irish Grille and Sports Pub on East 4th Street early on Friday, March 3, city police said in a statement. Bar staff called authorities at around 1:30 a.m. to report that a belligerent customer who had been turned away had come back with a handgun. The suspect was nowhere to be found when police arrived, so the officers left, the report says. Then, at about 2 a.m., the wait staff called back to tell police that the…

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Police & Fire

Biker Gang Member Ordered 'Hit' On Victim From PA Jail, State Police Say A suspected member of a motorcycle gang is charged with solicitation of murder after state police say he tried to order the assassination of an alleged victim while locked up in Bucks County. It began on Bristol Pike in Bensalem on Feb. 17, according to a release by state authorities. Troopers were patrolling the area near Edgely Road just before 1:30 a.m. when they saw a man on a red motorcycle make an illegal U-turn, police wrote. The officers pulled him over and learned that the motorcyclist, identified in the report only as a 52-year-old man from Philadelphia, was wanted for…

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Police & Fire

Family Of Missing PA Woman Receives 'Suspicious' Phone Call: State Police The family of a Northampton County woman who went missing last year received a "suspicious" phone call from their loved one, and state police are searching for answers. Ashley Marie Payung, 32, walked away from a rehabilitation facility in Luzerne County on Nov. 8, 2022, and had not been seen or heard from since, troopers said in a release. But on Sunday, Feb. 26, her loved ones received a phone call that police are describing as "suspicious." "The conversation seemed as if Ashley was instructed what to say due to long pauses before answering, where whispers could be heard in t…

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Police & Fire

'Skimming' Devices Found On Montco ATMs, Police Warn Authorities in Montgomery County have discovered "skimming devices" attached to ATMs in at least three locations, and are warning area residents to keep vigilant. Norristown police announced finding the first devices late Monday, March 6. The "skimmers" were affixed to ATMs at a pair of 7-Elevens, at 708 East Johnson Highway and 1335 Sandy Hill Road, the department said. "The devices were located internally and included a small camera above the keypad to capture the pin as it is entered by the user," police explained. Just a few hours later, their colleagues in Conshohock…

by Mac Bullock

03/07/2023

Police & Fire

Police ID 14-Year-Old Shot Dead In West Philly Philadelphia authorities have named the teenager fatally shot in Overbrook Park over the weekend. Officers were called to the 6000 block of Haddington Lane just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4 for reports of an active shooting, the department told Daily Voice. They arrived to find 14-year-old Anthony Pinkney of Kingsessing suffering from two gunshot wounds to the chest, police said. The teen was rushed to Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood where he was pronounced dead about an hour after the shooting, at 9:23 p.m., they added. A police investigation is ongoing,…

by Mac Bullock

03/06/2023

Police & Fire

Philly Mom Accidentally Shot After Toddler Finds Gun In Street, Cops Say A 29-year-old mother in North Philadelphia was accidentally shot with the gun her child found outside only moments earlier, authorities say. City police were called to the 5600 block of North 7th Street in Olney just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, the department told Daily Voice. They arrived to find blood on the floor on the home's foyer, officials added. Inside, residents told officers that the victim's son, 6, had found a firearm in the street. His mother took the weapon and gave it to her husband, who accidentally shot her in the "hip area" while trying to clear the chamber,…

by Mac Bullock

03/06/2023

Business

Customers Mob Nick's Roast Beef Ahead Of Closing Philadelphians crowded into a Northeast sandwich shop Sunday night to bid farewell to a neighborhood institution. Nick's Roast Beef on Cottman Avenue held a going away party on March 5 ahead of the eatery's planned closure. Management announced the move in a Facebook post last month, explaining that they could not reach a lease agreement with the property owner. Nick's Woodhaven Road location will remain open, and each employee from the Northeast location has been offered a position at the other store, owner Matt Rossi said. Still, for many customers of the beloved restaurant, the shutt…

by Mac Bullock

03/06/2023

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