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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

Reading Woman Shot On Residential Street, Police Say Police are investigating after a Berks County woman was found with a gunshot wound to the gut, authorities say. First responders were called to a home on the 2100 block of Fremont Avenue in Reading around 2 a.m. on Friday, city police said in a release. There, a 40-year-old woman had been shot in the stomach, officials said. She was rushed to the Reading Hospital and Medical Center for treatment, they added. Her exact condition is unclear, but police said the wound did not appear life-threatening. The shooting remains under investigation, police said.

by Mac Bullock

11/11/2022

Schools

Violent Threats That Cleared Allentown School Not 'Credible': Police There is no evidence that the violent threats that forced students and staff to evacuate Dieruff High School in Allentown Thursday, Nov. 10 were "credible," say city police. The school district and police department both received multiple warnings of a violent attack at the school this morning via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, officials wrote. The building was placed on lockdown at about 10 a.m. before dismissing an hour later "out of an abundance of caution, they said. "The tips received through the Safe2Say program were thoroughly investigated and found to be unsubstant…

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Suspects Sought In String Of 'Organized' Berks Co. Walmart Thefts: Police Police in Berks county are searching for multiple suspects in connection with a string of highly-organized thefts from the Caernarvon Walmart, authorities say. The first incident took place on July 7, police said, when four people walked into the 100 Crossings Blvd. store and stole two shopping carts filled with merchandise. Surveillance footage captured two women filling the carts before meeting a man in a white Dodge pickup truck in the parking lot. A fourth suspect is listed but his suspected role in the heist was not described. Suspect number 1 in the August theft is said to be a Lat…

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Lehigh Driver Crashes Into Building, Causing Gas Leak: Police A Lehigh County driver crashed into a building and caused a gas leak, authorities announced Thursday, Nov 10. First responders in Emmaus Borough were called to United World Travel Service at 1031 Chestnut Street for a reported car accident just after 12:30 p.m., officials said. On scene, the building’s facade was badly damaged but stable, police said. There was one person in the building at the time of the crash, but neither they nor the driver was injured, authorities added. In the parking lot, investigators found the driver had struck the building’s gas meter. Police and firefighters ev…

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Philly High School Stabbing Hospitalizes 1 Adult: Report One adult was hospitalized after being stabbed outside a north Philadelphia high school on Thursday, Nov. 10, according to a report by 6ABC. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear. A knife-wielding woman was threatening to stab people at 151 W. Luzerne Street, which is the address for Edison High School in the city's Hunting Park neighborhood, the outlet wrote. It's not clear if the incident occurred inside or outside the building, it added. Click here for the full report from 6ABC.

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

MontCo SEPTA Bomb Threat Suspect Was In Mental Health Crisis: Report The Montgomery County man arrested for threatening to bomb a SEPTA train told police he was in the middle of a mental health crisis when he made the call, NorthPennNow.com reports. Roy Robson, 35, of Ambler is charged with three felonies in connection with the Monday, Nov. 7 bomb threat, the outlet wrote, citing a criminal complaint filed in county court. Police in Lansdale Borough said a man later identified as Robson called 911 just after 3 p.m., claiming he had an explosive device on a northbound SEPTA train and that he "intended to blow the train up," the department said. A…

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks County Gun Trafficker Learns His Fate A convicted gun trafficker in Bucks County will spend five to 10 years in state prison, authorities announced. Bashir T. Shakir, 25, of Yeadon, was convicted of twelve felonies connected to straw purchases of firearms that were later uncovered in criminal investigations across the mid-Atlantic, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 9. The investigation began in December 2020, when two guns Shakir purchased turned up on the streets of Philadelphia, the DA said. Another turned up in Wilmington, Delaware and a fourth in Millville, New …

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Motorcyclists In Lehigh Crash That Killed Teen Girl Were Racing: DA The two motorcyclists involved in a fatal crash in Lehigh County were racing each other just before the accident, authorities say. District Attorney Jim Martin said in a press conference Thursday, Nov. 10 that 27-year-old Christian Gonzalez Santiago of Allentown faces two counts of felony homicide-by-vehicle for his role in the collision. Santiago and 42-year-old Jose Estrada-Estrada of Reading were racing their motorcycles near MacArthur and Mechanicsville roads in Whitehall Township on July 31, the DA said. The pair were moving at about 80 mph — double th…

by Mac Bullock

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Murder: MontCo Man Sought In Killing Of Innocent Bystander An 18-year-old Norristown man is being sought on a first-degree murder charge in a shooting death that happened last month, authorities said. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of Damien Wilson, wanted for the Oct. 7 killing of innocent bystander Anthony Vitelli, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Investigators believe victim Vitelli was walking near the Jefferson Court Apartments at 830 Arch Street in Norristown at around 2 p.m. when a masked Wilson came around the corner and opened fire, according to the criminal complai…

by Mac Bullock & Cecilia Levine

11/10/2022

Police & Fire

Bucks Kidnapper Who Threatened To Kill Teen's Family Gets 40-Year Sentence A Philadelphia man who kidnapped a Bucks County teen at knifepoint and threatened to kill his family will spend decades behind bars, officials say. Pavel Belous, 37, was sentenced to four consecutive 10-to-20-year sentences for a total of 40 to 80 years in prison, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 9. Belous had previously pleaded guilty to terrorizing a Bucks County teen on March 11, 2021. According to the DA, Belous spotted his then-18-year-old victim at a Philadelphia convenience store before stalking him all the way to…

by Mac Bullock

11/09/2022

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