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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.

Josh Lanier's Contributions

Police & Fire

Do You Know This Man? Holyoke Police Want To Speak With You The Holyoke Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify an alleged jewel thief. Authorities released the photo of a man they said made off with jewelry from a store inside the Holyoke Mall over the weekend. The Holyoke Police Department is looking to identify the person in this photo who made off with some jewelry at the... Posted by Holyoke Police Department on Sunday, May 7, 2023 Investigators ask anyone who recognizes the man in the photo to contact them at 413-322-6900.

05/08/2023

Police & Fire

Missing Light Leads To Stolen Gun, Drug Busts In Chicopee: Police Police in Hampden County said they found a gun stolen out of North Carolina and drugs when a routine traffic stop took a sharp turn over the weekend. Chicopee police spotted the car on Chicopee Street Sunday, May 7, and noticed it didn't have a front license plate or working driver-side brake light, authorities said. They pulled the vehicle over on Grattan Street a few minutes later. Officers said the driver — a 35-year-old Easthampton man — didn't have a license, and the two passengers weren't wearing their seatbelts. Police arrested the three men and searched the car, where th…

05/08/2023

Police & Fire

Mail Theft: CT Postal Carrier Charged With Stealing Packages, Distributing Cocaine A US Postal Service mail carrier in Connecticut faces potentially decades in prison after federal agents say he stole mail and distributed cocaine. New Haven County resident Shawn R. Fuller, age 36, of Hamden, is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and three counts of theft of mail by a postal employee, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. Fuller was released on a $100,000 bond, the prosecutor said. Fuller, who worked at a post office in Meriden, was under investigation for stealing mail when investigators said they saw him open two packages on April 1…

04/30/2023

Police & Fire

(Update) Two 11-Year-Old Missing Westhampton Girls Found Safe UPDATE: Both girls were found uninjured and have been reunited with their families, state police said. They were playing and lost track of time. A Westhampton town employee found them and helped bring them home. –—————— State police are asking for the public's help to find two 11-year-old girls who did not return home from school on Friday, April 28, in Westhampton. The girls were last seen walking toward the area of a gravel pit near Perry Hill Road. State troopers, K9 teams, detectives, and helicopters are assisting in the search. Anyone who may have seen the girls or …

04/28/2023

Police & Fire

Fatal Fire: Person Died Trying To Get Personal Items Out Of Flames In Cummington One person was killed and another seriously injured in an early morning fire on Friday, April 28, in Hampshire County, authorities said. Cummington firefighters received a 911 call just after 5:30 a.m. to 9 Thayer Corner Road, where they found a two-story home completely engulfed in flames, the state fire marshal said. A preliminary investigation showed that the two occupants escaped the fire, but one went back inside to retrieve personal items and did not make it back out, officials said. The second victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Officials …

04/28/2023

Police & Fire

Officials ID VA Man Killed In Massachusetts Car Crash Authorities released the identity of the 21-year-old Virginia man killed in a single-vehicle car crash Thursday, April 27, when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree. Kenny Rivera-Lopez, of Martinsville, was a passenger in a Honda Civic that crossed the center line along River Lodge Road around 8 a.m., the Northwestern District Attorney in Massachusetts said. The driver, a 19-year-old Chicopee, Massachusetts man, remained at Baystate Medical Center with serious injuries. Related: One Dead, One Seriously Injured In South Hadley Crash The driver pulled himself out o…

04/28/2023

Police & Fire

Police Find Fentanyl, Ammo During Raid In Lawrence: DA A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday, April 28, after police raided his apartment and found drugs and ammunition, authorities said. Samuel Guzman Jr. was charged with one count of trafficking fentanyl (100+ grams) and possession of ammunition without a Firearms Identification Card, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. Guzman pleaded not guilty to the charges, and a judge ordered him held on a $100,000 bail. Along with the drugs and ammo, police said they seized $3,762 that is pending forfeiture at the 11 Lawrence St. apartment.

04/28/2023

Police & Fire

Officials ID Man Killed In South Hadley Car Crash Authorities released the identity of the 21-year-old man killed in a single-vehicle car crash Thursday, April 27, when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree. Kenny Rivera-Lopez, Martinsville, Virginia, was a passenger in a Honda Civic that crossed the center line along River Lodge Road around 8 a.m., the Northwestern District Attorney said. The driver, a 19-year-old Chicopee man, remained at Baystate Medical Center with serious injuries. Related: One Dead, One Seriously Injured In South Hadley Crash The driver pulled himself out of the wreckage, but South Hadley firefigh…

04/28/2023

Police & Fire

Vice Squad Finds Drugs, Rifle, Pistol During Worcester Raid: Police Worcester police raided a home on Thursday afternoon, April 27, and walked away with drugs and weapons and several charges, authorities said. Vice officers executed a search warrant on an Apricot Street apartment belonging to 53-year-old Brian Boulay, where police found fentanyl, bags of crack, drug packaging material, a rifle, and a handgun, Worcester police said. Bouley is charged with: Possession of a Class A substance with intent to distribute, Possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute, Use of a firearm while committing a felony (two counts) P…

04/28/2023

Sports

NFL Draft: Mass Native Will Levis Became 'That Guy' As No Teams Took Him In Round 1 What a difference a day makes. Entering the first night of the NFL Draft on Thursday, April 27, University of Kentucky quarterback Will Levis — the mayonnaise-in-his-coffee drinker born in Newton, Massachusetts, and raised in Middletown, Connecticut. — went from a potential No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to not being picked at all in the first round. Throughout the broadcast, cameras continually cut to the 23-year-old as he huddled with his girlfriend and his family, in what felt like a mean prank by the third hour of the draft. It became harder to watch than Levis' other celebrated ea…

04/28/2023

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