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Josh Lanier

Assistant Managing Editor

jlanier@dailyvoice.com

Josh Lanier started his reporting career in high school for his local newspaper. Many — many — years later, he’s still chasing leads for compelling stories. During his time writing for newspapers, magazines, and online publications, he’s covered everything from murderers to mommy bloggers, but his most interesting story is always the next one.

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Police & Fire

Head-On Crash Sends 3 To Hospital In Western Mass One person was critically wounded and two others were taken to a hospital after a head-on collision in Berkshire County Friday night, July 28. The crash happened just after 10:30 p.m. at 1292 North St. in Pittsfield when a southbound Chevrolet Silverado truck slammed into a northbound Nissan Rogue, Pittsfield police said. The driver of the Rogue was rushed to Berkshire Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and later taken to Baystate Medical Center, authorities said. A passenger in the car and the driver of the pick-up were also taken to an area hospital with minor and s…

07/29/2023

Police & Fire

15-Year-Old Busted With Loaded Gun At Holyoke Mall: Police A teenager was arrested last week after officers found a loaded pistol on him inside a mall, authorities said. Police received a tip that the 15-year-old had a loaded pistol with an extended magazine on July 20, Springfield police said. Officers with the Firearms Investigation Unit began searching for the boy and found him around 7:30 p.m. at the Holyoke mall. He was captured without incident. Police do not release the names of minor suspects.

07/28/2023

Police & Fire

Wanted Accused Killer: Police Looking For Man They Say Is Behind Waltham Slaying A man wanted in a fatal shooting earlier this year in Waltham remains on the run, and police now want the public to be on alert for a man they say is armed and dangerous. Josh Pierre, 21, is accused of shooting Shelson "JJ" Jules twice in the back as he ran away on Lyman Street just before 1:30 a.m. on May 22, Waltham police said. Pierre and several others had driven to the area to meet with the victim and began shooting shortly after a brief exchange, authorities said. Paramedics rushed Jules to Lahey Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. Related:&n…

07/28/2023

Police & Fire

Routine Traffic Stop Lands Bridgeport Man In Jail: Police A 27-year-old Connecticut man found himself in handcuffs following a routine traffic stop in Western Massachusetts. Fairfield Countyt resident William Hill, of Bridgeport, was arrested just after 10:30 p.m. on July 19 after being stopped in Springfield by officers on Dickson Street for driving an unregistered vehicle, police said. He was also driving with a suspended license, officers added. Springfield Police searched the car and found a loaded large-capacity pistol inside. Hill was charged with: Carrying a loaded firearm without a license Carrying a firearm without a license Possessi…

07/28/2023

Police & Fire

Family Dog Killed In Central Mass Fire; Blaze Under Investigation A fire in Worcester County earlier this week nearly destroyed a home and killed a family dog, authorities said. Fire crews responded to the blaze just before 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, at 1075 Dana Road in Barre after a neighbor saw smoke pouring from the home's second floor and called 911, the Barre Fire Department said. Firefighters burst through the front door and were met by "heavy fire," the report said. They were able to contain the blaze within 20 minutes. The home was heavily damaged in the fire, but no one was injured. A family dog died in the conflagration…

07/28/2023

Police & Fire

Late-Night Meal Leads To Blaze In Western Mass Apartment: Firefighters Hampden County fire officials have reminded residents to stay alert while cooking after someone sparked a blaze in their kitchen early Friday morning, July 28. The fire started just before 1:30 a.m. at an apartment complex at 48 Holy Family Road in Holyoke. The sprinkler system stopped the blaze from reaching other units, and firefighters quickly extinguished the remaining flames, the Holyoke Fire Department said. No one was injured in the fire, but the residents of the apartment where the blaze began could not return to their unit. Firefighters said unattended cooking is the c…

07/28/2023

Police & Fire

Lowell Sex Offender Who Forced Girl, 11, To Make Sexual Videos Gets 17 Years: Feds A Lowell man who has been convicted of sex offenses twice before was sentenced on Thursday, July 28, for another heinous charge, this time involving an 11-year-old girl, authorities said. Chayanne Nieves, 25, will spend the next 17 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty in June 2022 to one count of receiving child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Nieves met an 11-year-old Vermont girl on the social media app Snapchat in December 2020. He obtained nude photos from the child and then extorted her to make graphic video chats while he …

07/27/2023

News

(Update) Officials ID Man Killed By Train In Andover Update: The man hit and killed by an Amtrak train on Thursday afternoon, July 27, has been identified as 85-year-old Zhongli Zhang, the Essex County District Attorney said. Original: A man on foot was hit and killed by a Maine-bound Amtrak train as he crossed the tracks in Andover on Thursday afternoon, July 27. The man was struck around 4:30 p.m. at 10 Railroad Street near the intersection with Essex Street, the Essex County District Attorney said. The man's name was withheld until investigators can speak with his next of kin. Authorities said the man was trespassing whe…

07/27/2023

Police & Fire

Fatal Crash: Man Admits To Western Mass Wreck That Killed 1, Injured Another A 59-year-old man admitted fault on Thursday, July 27, to a fatal Hampden County crash in 2021 that killed a motorcyclist and seriously injured his passenger, authorities said. Aleksandyr Saykin, of East Longmeadow in Hampshire County, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Niles N. Robbins, 46, of Wales, died on May 15, 2021, when Saykin crashed into his Harley Davidson motorcycle on Route 9 in Belchertown near the intersection of Ware and Enoch Sanford roads, the prosecutor said. Robbins …

07/27/2023

Police & Fire

Man Stabs Roommate To Death In Western Mass: Police A 63-year-old Springfield man was arrested on Thursday, July 27, after his roommate was stabbed to death earlier that morning, authorities said. Robert Woods, 63, is charged with murder in connection with the death, Springfield police said. Police responded to Woods' apartment on Euclid Avenue just before 5 a.m. to calls of a medical emergency. Officers found a man who also lived there lying in a pool of blood on the apartment floor with a stab wound, authorities said. He was dead at the scene. Authorities have not released the man's name. Police also did not relea…

07/27/2023

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