Del City man convicted of arson, making threats

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Del City man has been convicted of arson and making threats over the phone.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 42-year-old Allen Bullock was found guilty by a federal jury of interstate transmission of threatening communication and arson related to a fire set at an apartment complex.

Evidence presented at trial indicated that in the early morning hours of Nov. 14, 2023, the Del City Fire Department extinguished a fire at a nearby apartment complex. The fire was contained to the entrance of the apartment and did not spread further.

The tenant of the apartment was not home at the time and told authorities he believed Bullock may have started the fire. The victim worked with Bullock’s wife and claimed that just hours before the fire, Bullock called and threatened the victim several times because the victim gifted a shirt to Bullock’s wife.

Cell phone records show that Bullock did call the victim multiple times the night of the fire, and an analysis of surveillance footage shows Bullock arriving at the victim’s apartment complex shortly before the fire was set. Surveillance footage also shows that Bullock visited a nearby gas station to purchase $.50 of gasoline minutes before the fire, and expert testimony at trial confirmed that debris samples from the fire tested positive for the presence of gasoline.

Bullock faces no less than five years and up to 25 years in federal prison, as well as fines totaling up to $500,000.