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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

Schools

Minors Charged With Making Threats To Allentown Schools: Police Criminal charges have been filed in connection with a string of violent threats aimed at Allentown schools, authorities announced. Without specifying how many were charged and if they were students, Allentown police Captain Kyle Pammer said in a release Tuesday, Nov. 15 that "several juveniles" have been charged with making terroristic threats. Allentown School District has experienced an unusual number of violent threats that disrupted classes in recent weeks. On Thursday, Nov. 10, Dieruff High School was locked down and then dismissed after administrators received warni…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

News

Target Store Worker From NJ Believed Killed By Ex-BF In Philly Friends, loved ones, and neighbors are pitching in to aid an area family in their moment of tragedy. Sahmya Garcia, 20, was shot ten times outside a SEPTA station in Philadelphia early on Tuesday, Nov. 8, as multiple outlets have reported. Her ex-boyfriend, 41-year-old Marcus Burney, was arrested at the scene after being shot in the leg by police, many sources report. He is charged with murder and awaiting a preliminary hearing on Nov. 29, state court records show. Just hours before her murder on Tuesday, Garcia had filed a protection-from-abuse order against Burney in a city court, re…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Police ID Skeletal Remains In Lehigh Valley As 'Kunkletown Killer' Police have identified the skeletal remains found by hunters in the Lehigh Valley as belonging to a convicted killer. Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said the bones were those of William S. Edelman, Jr., a 65-year-old who most recently lived in Catasauqua. The remains were located just before 4:30 p.m. Monday in a secluded portion of the Appalachian Trail in Moore Township, the coroner said. Edelman pleaded guilty to fatally shooting two men and wounding another in Monroe County in 1992, according to state court records. Local media outlets of the time dubbed Ede…

by Valerie Musson and Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Chesco Drug Dealer Had Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Oxycodone, Say Feds A Chester County drug dealer will face jailtime after prosecutors say he bought hundreds of fake prescription pills filled with fentanyl. Ryan Menkins, 37, of Malvern, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday, Nov. 14, said US Attorney Jacqueline Romero in a statement. In May 2018, Menkins bought 900 pills of cyclopropyl fentanyl — a "dangerous fentanyl analogue" and Schedule I drug, say investigators — for $5,600 from Kevin Swing of West Chester, according to the statement. The pills were imprinted with a mark reading "ETH 446," which is commonly found on legitimate…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Three Victims Killed In North Philly House Fire: Reports Three people were killed in a house fire in north Philadelphia, multiple outlets are reporting. Firefighters were dispatched to a two-story house on the 3100 block of North Croskey Street in upper north Philadelphia for a structure fire at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, according to reports. Despite strong firefighting and skilled EMS care, it was a tragic night in North Philly for the community and for our members. Please keep them all in your thoughts. pic.twitter.com/SbzzKDjGdM — Philadelphia Fire (@PhillyFireDept) November 15, 2022 There, a 58-year-old woman and a 62-year-o…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

News

American Airlines Workers To Picket Philly Airport, Union Says American Airlines employees at Philadelphia International Airport will picket on Tuesday, Nov. 15, union leaders say. The Association of Flight Attendants (CWA, AFL-CIO) and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants will mount a two-hour demonstration that is not expected to impact service from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., said labor leaders in a statement. The workers say they hope to draw attention to stalled contract negotiations with management ahead of the busy holiday season. "American is resisting much-needed contractual improvements for their workgroup, which address operational reli…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks Caregiver Financially Abused Senior, Police Say The caregiver of an 87-year-old Bucks County resident is accused of financial abuse, authorities say. Theresa Schmanek, 57, of Philadelphia, is charged with forgery, identity theft and financially exploiting a senior, said Warrington Township Police Department in a release on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Authorities said the 87-year-old victim's family tipped them off in September that Schmanek may have been taking advantage. Investigators said they later found evidence that Schmanek opened multiple credit cards in the victim's name without permission, then made purchases and receiv…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

Schools

Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row For the third consecutive school day, classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were disrupted Tuesday, Nov. 15 due to a violent threat, administrators said in a post on the school website. Officials said the threat was reported just before 8:30 a.m., sending the school into lockdown. Pennsylvania State Police were already onsite due to similar threats that closed the school on Friday, Nov. 11 and Monday, Nov. 14, administrators said. Those threats were transmitted via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, both remain under criminal investigation by s…

by Mac Bullock

11/15/2022

Schools

Philly High Schooler Arrested After Gun Found In Locker: Report A Philadelphia high school student was detained after police found a firearm in their locker, according to a report by 6ABC. Authorities were searching a locker for drugs at Mastery Hardy Williams Charter School on Warrington Avenue in Kingsessing just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 when they spotted the gun, the outlet wrote. The school went into lockdown while officers swept the rest of the building, they added. The incident remains under investigation. Click here for the full story from 6ABC.

by Mac Bullock

11/14/2022

Business

Bucks Antique Store To Appear In 'Pawn Stars Do America' An antique store in Bucks County will appear on the History Channel, according to its owners. Pickers Junction on Main Street in Sellersville is set to appear in the first season of "Pawn Stars Do America," a travel history show spin-off of hit cable reality series "Pawn Stars," the owners announced in a Facebook post. Show hosts Rick Harrison, Corey Harrison, and Austin “Chumlee” Russell hit the road in search of unique valuables and one-of-a-kind artifacts in the new series, per the History Channel. At Pickers Junction, the Pawn Stars can expect to find antiqu…

by Mac Bullock

11/14/2022

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