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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

PA Mom Had Mix Of Drugs In System Before Crash That Killed Her Child, Injured Others: DA A Pennsylvania woman is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in a crash that killed her own child and injured two others in 2021, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Tricia Consul, 37, of Atglen, was driving under the influence of Oxycodone, Klonopin, and THC when her car struck a bridge abutment on the 4800 block of Strasburg Road in West Sadbsury Township on May 22, 2021, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. A witness to the crash told investigators that Consul was passing a tractor, but failed to straighten out after returning to the travel lane and st…

by Mac Bullock and Nicole Acosta

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

Philly Area Meth Dealer Sold Drugs To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say A Reading man will spend the better part of a decade behind bars for selling methamphetamine to an undercover FBI agent, federal authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 18. William F. Showers, 37, was sentenced to 100 months — or more than eight years — in federal prison plus five years supervised release for possessing over 50 grams of meth with intent to distribute, said US Attorney Gerard Karam. Prosecutors said Showers "conspired with others" to sell more than 200 grams of the drug, including 50 grams of "actual or pure methamphetamine." The undercover agent purchased…

by Mac Bullock

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

Philly Teen's NJ Kidnappers Learn Their Fate Two men convicted of kidnapping a Philadelphia teenager and holding him for ransom in New Jersey will spend 40 years each in federal prison, authorities announced. Eduardo Castelan-Pardo, 39, of Leonia, New Jersey, and Jose Ochoa, 32, of Moreno Valley, California were sentenced to four decades behind bars, said US Attorney Jacqueline Romero on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Castelan-Pardo and Ochoa were found guilty of kidnapping an unnamed 17-year-old Philadelphia boy in June 2021. Prosecutors said the pair and one other man abducted the teen as he was leaving work at a Philly rest…

by Mac Bullock

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

Florida Man Ran Sex Trafficking Scheme In PA, Feds Say A Florida man will spend decades behind bars for running an interstate sex trafficking ring, federal authorities have announced. John Golom, 57, was sentenced to 405 months — almost 34 years — in federal prison, US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard Karam said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 17. Prosecutors said Golom recruited two women and regularly shuttled them from Florida to the Poconos where he made them engage in prostitution. For four years from 2014 to 2018, Golom threatened, coerced and lied to the women while pocketing all of the ill-go…

by Mac Bullock

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

Philly Area Cold Case Killer Sought By State Police Do you know this man? Vincente Lopez, now believed to be 79, is the top suspect in an unsolved Chester County murder from more than 40 years ago, Pennsylvania State Police said in a release. Investigators believe Lopez was riding through Marlborough Township in an orange Chevrolet Nova on July 31, 1987. The car, driven by a now-deceased friend, stopped in front of a boarding house for mushroom farm workers on Schoolhouse Road. Lopez was sitting in the passenger seat, police said. Lopez began a conversation with a man outside the car, but the two began to argue, aut…

by Mac Bullock

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

Recognize These Cars? Bucks Police Seek Illegal Auto Rally Attendees Authorities in Bucks County are planning to crack down on illegal car rallies, they said in a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Bensalem police responded to reports on Saturday, Oct. 15 of a group of drivers performing burnouts and doughnuts in the parking lot at Neshaminy Mall on Bristol Road. On arrival, officers said they saw between 250 and 300 cars and a large crowd assembled, watching drivers perform stunts in the parking lot. Police said they were able to disperse the group without incident, but that the drivers regrouped later on at Willow Grove Mall in Montgomery County. They…

by Mac Bullock

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say A Coatesville Area High School senior student has been charged with making the threat that closed his on Monday, Oct. 17, while he was off campus, authorities announced. An unnamed 17-year-old from Valley Township allegedly sent a message that read: "Someone has a boom bag full of glass bottles, THE GLASS BOTTLES ARE FULL OF GAS AND ALCOHOL AND a lot OF TISSUES he said he’s gonna light it off at 12," according to a statement from the Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. The threat prompted a large police presence was reported at the school and students were evacuated to the foot…

by Mac Bullock

10/19/2022

Police & Fire

Accused PA Rapist Paid 'Hit Man' To Kill Witnesses, AG Says A Pennsylvania man accused of sexual assault is now charged with hiring a hit man to eliminate his accusers, state officials have announced. Ferdinand Cuevas-Heredia, 44, of Luzerne County, was arrested on Sept. 27 and charged with three counts of criminal solicitation to commit homicide, two counts of attempted witness intimidation, and other related offenses, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement. Cuevas-Heredia was previously charged with forcing an adult and two children to perform sex acts, Fox56 has reported. Investigators said Cuevas-Heredia…

by Mac Bullock

10/18/2022

Police & Fire

North Philly Woman Dies In House Fire: Report A North Philadelphia woman died in a house fire on Tuesday, Oct. 18, according to a report from 6ABC. The blaze broke out at around 3:30 p.m. on the 1100 block of Jefferson Street in the city's Yorktown neighborhood, the outlet wrote. The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was found dead on the building's first floor after firefighters extinguished the flames, the report added. Click here for the full story from 6ABC.

by Mac Bullock

10/18/2022

Police & Fire

Natural Gas Leak In Bucks County Clears Homes, Closes Roads Bucks County residents were forced to evacuate their homes Tuesday, Oct. 18 as authorities investigated a natural gas leak. The leak occurred in Bensalem at the intersection of Bristol Road and Bensalem Boulevard, township police said in a Facebook post just before noon. Officials asked residents to avoid the area until further notice, closed down nearby roads, and evacuated some homes in the immediate area. Authorities characterized the leak as "high pressure," but did not identify a cause. By about 1 p.m., Bensalem fire officials said the leak had been secure…

by Mac Bullock

10/18/2022

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