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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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Police & Fire

Video On Murder Victim's Phone Helps Police Nab His Philadelphia Killer: DA Authorities have arrested the man they say was caught on video fatally shooting another in Norristown. Eugene Ware, 41, of Philadelphia, is charged with the murder of 35-year-old Tyrone Guy on West Main Street late on Monday, Nov. 21. He was taken into custody in Bucks County early on Wednesday, Nov. 30, after a "brief standoff" at a home in Sellersville, officials said. As Daily Voice has reported, detectives wrote in the criminal complaint against Ware that they found Guy's phone on the ground, recording a video, at the scene of the crime. Forensic analysts reviewed the video, which…

by Mac Bullock

11/30/2022

Police & Fire

Needle Was Weapon Of Choice For Philadelphia Wawa Robber — And It Worked Philadelphia police are on the search for a man they say held up a Port Richmond Wawa using only a hypodermic needle. Authorities say the suspect walked into the convenience store at 3230 Richmond Street a little before 3 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 and approached an employee behind the counter. Brandishing a small needle, the suspect demanded money from the cash register before fleeing the scene on foot, detectives said. It's not known how much money he got away with, and no workers were harmed during the robbery, police added. To identify the suspect or to leave an…

by Mac Bullock

11/30/2022

Police & Fire

Decapitation: Female Victim, Suspect ID'd In Chilling Philadelphia Murder Philadelphia police have identified the 41-year-old woman found decapitated in a Lawndale home on Tuesday, Nov. 29 as Leila Al Raheel. Officers were called to the 300 block of Magee Avenue on the city's northeast side just before 1 p.m. for a report of a person with a weapon, the department told Daily Voice. On arrival, police found Al Raheel's remains in the house. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel, authorities said. Soon after, officers located a man "hiding [...] a distance away from the residence," they said. A knife was recovered from the…

by Mac Bullock

11/30/2022

Police & Fire

Philly Resident Tried To Board Plane With Handgun, TSA Says A Philadelphia resident may face civil penalties after trying to board a plane with a handgun in his bag, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The unnamed man was in the security checkpoint line at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 29 when officers saw a 9mm handgun on the X-ray machine, the TSA said in a statement. The traveler was permitted to return to the airline counter and declare his weapon in his checked luggage, as required under federal guidelines, officials said. The matter was forwarded to federal aviation authorities, who…

by Mac Bullock

11/30/2022

Police & Fire

Victim In Fatal Lehigh Crash Had 'Medical Event' Before Accident: Coroner The Lehigh County woman who died in a head-on collision on State Route 873 on Tuesday, Nov. 29 experienced a "medical event" that caused her to lose control of her car, according to officials. County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a statement that 71-year-old Rebecca Martinez of Slatington became "unresponsive" on the highway's 7100 block near Washington Township at around noon. She crashed head-on into another driver. Their condition as of Wednesday, Nov. 30 was not immediately clear. Martinez was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where she died of her inju…

by Mac Bullock

11/30/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks Husband Sentenced To Prison For Giving Wife Fatal Fentanyl Dose: DA The Bucks County husband who supplied his wife with a deadly dose of fentanyl will spend four to eight years in prison, a judge has ruled. Ryan Shields, 40, of Fairless Hills, pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death after his wife Amanda Shields fatally overdosed on fentanyl in August 2020, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in a statement Tuesday, Nov. 29. According to investigators, the fentanyl was pressed into a pill the same size, shape, and color of a 30mg Percocet. Police say Shields obtained 10 of the pills from his supplier, Patric Hish, who in turn re…

by Mac Bullock

11/29/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks Doctor Who Overprescribed Opioids Learns His Fate The Bucks County physician convicted of overprescribing opioids to patients will spend two to six years behind bars, a judge has ruled. Dr. Richard A. Kondan, 59, of Doylestown, previously pleaded no contest in March to charges of unlawful prescription of a controlled substance, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in a statement. According to prosecutors, Kondan failed to follow "accepted treatment principles" while prescribing highly-addictive painkillers to patients, and did not keep accurate medical records regarding his prescriptions. In some cases, …

by Mac Bullock

11/29/2022

Police & Fire

Decapitated Body Found In North Philly Home: Report Police are investigating after a decapitated woman's body was recovered in a north Philadelphia home, according to a report by CBS News. Authorities were called to a home on the 300 block of Magee Avenue in the Lawndale section of the city's northeast side just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, the outlet wrote. Sources told CBS News the scene was "horrific" and said the woman was headless when found, according to the report. #BREAKING: Police say a woman was found dead inside a home in the 300 block of Magee Ave in NE Philly around 12:45. Sources describe the scene as horrific and…

by Mac Bullock

11/29/2022

Police & Fire

Berks Teen Who Stabbed Boy During Fight Booked On Attempted Murder: Report A Berks County teenager faces attempted murder charges for stabbing another during a fight at a park, according to police documents originally obtained by WFMZ. Steven Oritz, 17, of Perry Township, stabbed a 16-year-old boy in the chest and arm during a fight at a park in Hamburg, according to the report. The victim was in the intensive care unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest as of Tuesday, Nov. 29, police told the outlet. State court records show Ortiz is charged as an adult with attempted murder, attempt to cause serious injury, and aggravated assault — all…

by Mac Bullock

11/29/2022

Police & Fire

Back-To-Back Fires Displace 18 In Philly, Say Officials Around 18 people were displaced by a pair of fires in north Philadelphia during the early morning hours on Tuesday, Nov. 29, according to officials. The "back-to-back" blazes broke out in Germantown and Tioga-Nicetown before sunrise, the Philadelphia Fire Department said on Twitter. PFD members rescued two people and provided EMS care for six people at back-to-back fires this morning in Tioga/Nicetown and Germantown; about 18 people have been displaced overall. Please: Test your smoke alarms and practice your home escape plan! pic.twitter.com/kvAdDsnWhQ — Philadelphia Fire (@PhillyFir…

by Mac Bullock

11/29/2022

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