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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

Winner: Record-Breaking $2.4 Million Lotto Ticket Sold In Philadelphia A gas station in Philadelphia made history over the weekend, according to state lottery officials. The Sunoco at 630 Walnut Lane in Manayunk sold a Pennsylvania Lottery Fat Wallet that won $2,419,372 on Saturday, Dec. 3, officials said. It's the single largest prize ever awarded for the Fast Play game in state history, they added. The previous record-breaker was purchased and played in Lackawanna County on May 28, according to lotto officials. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus check for having sold the lucky ticket, state representatives added. As a Fast …

by Mac Bullock

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

20+ Animals Burned Alive In Pennsylvania Wildlife Refuge Center Fire: Report Over 20 animals at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Schuylkill County were killed in a fire early on Monday, Dec. 5, according to a report by WFMZ. The blaze broke out at the main clinic building of the Red Creek Wildlife Center in Wayne Township at around 8 a.m., the report says. A refuge employee told the outlet that every animal in the building perished in the fire. In a statement on its official Facebook page, Red Creek described the fire as "catastrophic" and said the building was totally destroyed. All of the animals killed in the fire — which incl…

by Mac Bullock

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Rookie Cop Awarded For Saving Berks Woman Attacked By Dog Don't call it beginner's luck. Officer Justin Schlottman, the most recent hire at the Robeson Township Police Department in Berks County, was recognized by Reading Hospital after rendering vital first-aid to a dog bite victim, the department announced. According to his superiors, Officer Schlottman responded to a 911 call regarding a woman who was badly bleeding after being attacked by a dog. Several bystanders had tried to help staunch the bleeding before first responders were called, but to no avail, authorities said. On arrival, Schlottman assessed the wound …

by Mac Bullock

12/05/2022

Business

Beloved Montco Pizzeria To Shut Down, Owners Say Corrado's Pizza, a fixture of the Pottstown Coventry Mall food court for more than 30 years, will close down by the end of the year. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Nov. 29, pizzeria owners said the restaurant will not be open for business in 2023, citing "changing times at the Coventry Mall" that led them to "go into a different direction." "We will be closing by the end of this year," the post reads. "We wish all the remaining tenants and the landlord nothing but the very best." Corrado's owners said they founded the restaurant in 1989, hoping to "build and share in our passion for …

by Mac Bullock

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Suspect Charged In Kutztown Teen's Killing, State Police Say Pennsylvania State Police have charged a man with the murder of an 18-year-old near Kutztown University campus, officials say. Xzavier Wayman, 22, of Philadelphia, was arrested Monday, Dec. 5, and charged with first- and third-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Diego Velazquez, state police said. As Daily Voice has reported, Velazquez was shot just before 1 a.m. at the Advantage Point off-campus student housing development on Baldy Road in Maxatawny Township on Tuesday, Nov. 22. University officials have said Velazquez was not a Kutztown student, and authorities…

by Mac Bullock

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks Felon Had 'Ghost Gun,' Weapon-Making Lab In Apartment, DA Says A convicted felon in Bucks County was sentenced to 10 years in jail after authorities found an illegal "ghost gun" in his home. Scott A. McCaughey, 65, of Plumstead Township, pleaded guilty in September to two counts of prohibited firearm possession, said county District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement. Police raided McCaughey's home on the 4900 block of Durham Road in April, where they found a semiautomatic M4-style “ghost gun” rifle and a bolt-action rifle, as well as two "mostly-completed assault-style rifle frames/receivers," investigators said. A…

by Mac Bullock

12/05/2022

Business

Hundreds Line Up For New Apple Store At NJ Mall A new Apple store is the latest tenant at New Jersey's largest mall, and customers turned out in droves for its opening. The store opened for business at the American Dream Mall on Saturday, Dec. 3, and offers an array of services including Apple Pickup, a dedicated area for Today at Apple sessions hosted by Creative Pros, and displays showing off the latest iOS products, said mall and Apple reps. "At Apple American Dream, the highly trained specialists are a reflection of the diverse community in which they will serve," management said, adding that staff will be able to assist custome…

by Mac Bullock

12/03/2022

Police & Fire

New Video Links Philly City Worker's Killer To Bronx Shooting: Police Philadelphia police have released new video of a shooting in New York City that they say is linked to the killing of a Philly parking authority worker last month. The city employee was walking along the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue on Nov. 25 when an unknown man walked up behind him and shot him in the head point blank, as Daily Voice has reported. The new video, released Friday, Dec. 2, shows security footage from a gas station in the Bronx, where a suspect is seen briefly speaking with an employee before taking out a handgun and shooting them repeatedly. Investigators…

by Mac Bullock

12/03/2022

Obituaries

Pottsville Sanitation Worker Killed By Falling Sign: Coroner A sanitation worker in Schuylkill County died after being struck by a falling street sign, officials say. Kerry A. Spiess, 36, of Pottsville, was working on a sanitation truck in the 100 block of North Progress Avenue early in the morning on Sept. 6 when his truck backed into a standing sign pole, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office in a release. Spiess stepped down off the back of the truck onto the sidewalk, when the sign fell and hit him on the head, officials added. He died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest on Friday, Dec. 2, just before 2 p.m., the Coroner's …

by Mac Bullock

12/03/2022

Police & Fire

Philly Parking Officer's Shooter May Be Linked To NY Murder, Cops Say The man who shot a Philadelphia Parking Authority officer seemingly at random may have also staged a similar attack on a New York gas station worker, authorities say. The city employee was walking along the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue on Nov. 25 when an unknown man walked up behind him and shot him in the head point blank, as Daily Voice has reported. The victim, later widely reported to be 37-year-old Timothy McKenzie, was placed in critical condition. Now, Philadelphia police believe McKenzie's shooter might be responsible for another shooting in New York. Investigators say a man …

by Mac Bullock

12/02/2022

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