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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

Cold CASE: Trip Wire On Lehigh Valley Trail Led To Teen Dirtbiker's Death, Police Say State police investigators are looking for tips in the 1992 death of Christopher Keller. The 15-year-old was riding his Kawasaki dirtbike on Sept. 24, 1992, when he struck an electrical cable strung between two trees, troopers say. According to a contemporaneous report from the Allentown Morning Call, the wire slashed his windpipe and he fell, fracturing his skull. A backseat passenger was also thrown from the bike but not seriously injured. It happened on a trail along railroad tracks parallel to the Lehigh River in North Whitehall, state police say. The…

04/19/2024

Police & Fire

New Philadelphia Murders: Troopers Offer $10K Reward In Teens' Slaying Authorities are asking for the public's help to solve the murders of Hunter Mock and Angelito Caraballo. A $10,000 reward is being offered by PSP Tips for information on the October 8. slayings. State police have said Mock, 18, and Caraballo, 15, had gone to the wooded area known as "the Sanchez" to go target shooting with two other people on the night they were killed. The four "remained in the area for a short period of time," before Mock was fatally shot in the head and Caraballo was stabbed to death, according to investigators. One suspect walked out of th…

04/19/2024

Obituaries

Norristown Dad Dies Weeks After Montco Motorcycle Crash: PA State Police Kristopher Laffredo, a beloved Norristown father, brother, uncle, and son, died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on April 3, according to his obituary from Boyd-Horrox-Givnish Funeral Home. He was 38. Laffredo was involved in a crash near the corner of Stump Hall and Anders roads in Skippack Township on March 15 and taken to Jefferson Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia where he later died, according to Pennsylvania State Police. In his obituary, family members said he was a devoted father and uncle and a fiercely loyal Philadelphia sports fan. In addition to his son and h…

04/19/2024

Obituaries

Monroe County Native And NFL Hopeful Amitral 'AJ ' Simon Dies Week Before Draft Amitral "AJ" Simon, a Tobyhanna native and NFL prospect, died Tuesday, April 16, just one week before the 2024 draft, according to loved ones on GoFundMe. He was 25. "Our family lost a piece of our heart that will forever be missed," wrote campaign organizers. "AJ was an amazing son, brother, uncle, teammate, friend, and inspiration to many. He was a star on and off the field with an immense impact on the youth and community." Loved ones said he was "at the pinnacle of his football career" and had hopes of playing professionally. Simon was a defensive lineman for the Universit…

04/19/2024

Police & Fire

Philly Man Tried To Steal Construction Truck From Lehigh Valley Worksite, Police Say An attempted theft from a Lehigh Township construction site ended in the arrest of a Philadelphia man on Monday morning, April 15, according to police. Authorities were called about a man in dark clothing trying to enter a construction truck at Riverview and Lehigh drives around 3 a.m., they said in a release. Police arrived to find an idling van parked on Riverview Drive and spotted a suspect jump over a concrete median on Lehigh Drive, the department said. He was identified as 27-year-old Shaquan Dahmir Louis of Philadelphia and charged with possession of an instru…

04/19/2024

Police & Fire

Police Video Shows Suspect In Philadelphia Babysitter's Shooting: Authorities Investigators have released new footage from the shooting of a 16-year-old babysitter at a Philadelphia apartment complex late on Monday night, April 15. The victim was shot in the abdomen and the arm while answering the door at the Cliveden Park Apartments, 262 E. Cliveden Street, PPD Chief Inspector Scott Small has said. Two young children aged 5 and 7 were sleeping in the living room at the time, according to investigators. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. In a new video released by police Friday, April 19, the …

04/19/2024

Police & Fire

Student's Head Stapled After 'Unprovoked' PA Stanley Cup Attack: Report A Pennbrook Middle School student was on concussion protocol after being attacked by a peer with a metal Stanley cup during a seventh-grade lunch period on Wednesday, April 17, 6abc reports. The victim required staples in her head in what authorities have described as an "unprovoked, sudden, violent attack," according to the outlet. Daily Voice has reached out to Upper Gwynedd police for more. In a statement to families, North Penn School District Superintendent Todd M. Bauer said the assault happened around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday and that the school was placed on a brief "hold…

04/19/2024

News

Man From Stroudsburg Convicted For Torturing Estonian In Iraq: FBI A US Army veteran from Stroudsburg will spend the next 70 years in prison for torturing an employee at his illegal weapons facility in Iraq, according to the FBI. Federal investigators said Ross Roggio directed Kurdish soldiers to kidnap the victim, his own employee, and hold him hostage at a military installation for 39 days. The employee, an Estonian national, planned to blow the whistle on the illegal activities going on at Roggio's facility in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, according to authorities. While in captivity, federal investigators said the employee was "…

04/19/2024

Police & Fire

Truck Catches Fire In Pottstown Station: Authorities Firefighters responded to a blaze in their own station in Pottstown on Thursday night, April 18, authorities said in a release. Engine 69-9’s cab caught fire at the Good Will Fire Company Station 69A around 8:40 p.m., according to Pottstown Fire Department. The truck's cab was "fully involved," but firefighters were able to keep the blaze contained to the vehicle and extinguish the flames quickly, officials said. Two ambulances, a fire rehab unit, the Pottstown Fire Police response unit, and the station's engine bays suffered smoke damage. One firefighter was taken t…

04/19/2024

Obituaries

Philly Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Was Nursing Student, Philanthropist: Family Thaduba Magdalena Turay of Philadelphia died when she was struck head-on by an allegedly DUI driver on Sunday, April 14, according to state police. She was 21. Turay was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and moved to the United States with her family when she was 1 year old, loved ones wrote on GoFundMe. She attended Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield and went on to study nursing at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. At Cheyney, Turay helped launch a praise dance club and was involved in other campus groups, according to loved ones. GoFundMe organizer Fatoumata Conte…

04/19/2024

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