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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

Murderer Who Jumped From 12-Story Boston Building With Dead Body Inside Charged: DA The 37-year-old man who a police SWAT team had to rescue this week after he tried to jump from a 12-story building where a dead body was found now faces assault charges, authorities said. Michael Perry was charged with first-degree murder on Friday, Dec. 16, and a judge ordered him held without bond, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Police went to perform a welfare check on Jose Aponte who lived at 35 Northampton Street in Roxbury, but officers said he was dead when they arrived, authorities said. They called a SWAT team when they heard someone else …

12/13/2022

News

Beloved New York Bakery Plans To Open Store At Boston Seaport: Report Some sweet news out of the Boston Seaport District. Boston Restaurant News reported that Mia's Bakery, the wildly popular New York eatery, is planning to open a new location at the Superette, the under-construction entertainment and shopping hub. Mia's Bakery currently has stores in Brooklyn and Times Square that boast a wide variety of baked goods and coffees. They each have dozens of pages of glowing 5-star reviews for the stores' pies, cakes, tarts, and others on Yelp. "Mia's Bakery is the equivalent of being in your grandma's kitchen waiting for your favorite treat to come f…

12/13/2022

Police & Fire

'Monster' Convicted Of Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Boston Gets Decade Behind Bars: DA A judge ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that a 54-year-old Boston man convicted of stabbing his then-girlfriend with a kitchen knife will spend the next 10 to 12 years behind bars, authorities said. The victim in the case had the final word as she called him a "cruel insane ... monster" and a "coward." Gregory White was convicted on Dec. 5 of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery on a family or household member, and witness intimidation stemming from the June 2020 incident, the Suffolk County District Attorney. A judge also …

12/13/2022

Police & Fire

Police ID Body Of Woman Found Dead With 'Significant Injuries' In Stoughton: DA (Updated) The body of a 40-year-old woman found in an outbuilding in Stoughton is being treated as a homicide, the North County District Attorney announced. Stoughton officers found the body of Amber Buckner, a Stoughton resident, at an outbuilding at 743 Park Street near 5th Street Tuesday morning, Dec. 13, authorities said. Buckner had "significant injuries," prosecutor Michael Morrissey said during a press conference. He didn't go into any details about them. Stoughton authorities said they do not believe there is an active threat to the community despite no one being arrested in this case. …

12/13/2022

Police & Fire

USPS Offering $50,000 Reward To Find Out Who Robbed Mail Carrier In Melrose The United States Postal Service is offering a $50,000 reward for information that helps lead to the arrest of the people responsible for an armed robbery of a mail carrier over the weekend. Details of the robbery are scarce, but the USPS released a reward poster that said the two suspects approached the carrier with a gun drawn around 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Orchard Lane area. A home surveillance photo shows two people dressed in all black walking in the area at the time of the robbery. The USPS released this reward poster to generate tips about the armed robbery of a m…

12/13/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Man Convicted With 'Breaking Bad' Quality Meth Gets Nearly 10 Years: Feds A 33-year-old Boston man who police arrested with pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamines in a hotel room was sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars, federal authorities said. Daniel Lennon pleaded guilty over the summer to one count of distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine and two counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge gave him 118 months in prison on Monday, Dec. 12. The DEA became aware of Lennon after someone arrested on charges of buying drugs approached agents in an attempt to get leni…

12/13/2022

Police & Fire

20-Year-Old From Babylon Injured, 4 Killed In Fiery Maine Crash Hundreds of students of Maine Maritime Academy gathered over the weekend to honor four of their classmates who were killed in an early morning crash in eastern Maine on Saturday, Dec. 10, that left a Long Island resident seriously injured, reports said. Paramedics rushed the driver, Joshua Goncalves-Radding, age 20, of Babylon, along with passengers Noelle Tavares of North Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Dominick Gecoya of Middleton, Massachusetts, also both 20 years old, to the hospital to treat their injuries from the wreck, ABC6 said. Police did not give an update on their conditions. Ma…

12/13/2022

Police & Fire

2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report Hundreds of students of Maine Maritime Academy gathered over the weekend to honor four of their classmates who were killed in an early morning crash on Saturday, Dec. 10, including two young men from Massachusetts, reports said. Maine police identified Luke Simpson, 22, of Rockport, and Riley Ignacio-Cameron, 20, of Aquinnah, Brian Kenealy, 20, and Chase Fossett, 21, both of Maine, as those who died in the Saturday, Dec. 10 crash in Castine, Maine, ABC6 reported. Investigators told reporters that a 2013 Range Rover loaded with seven students of the Maritime Academy slammed into a tree on…

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Judge Rejects Guilty Plea From Amherst Dad Accused Of Killing Infant Son: Report Isaac Villalobos admitted on Monday, Dec. 12, to killing his 4-month-old son in 2019, but a judge rejected his plea, saying the prosecution hadn't presented enough evidence to make a manslaughter charge stick, reports said. Villalobos, who also goes by the name Angel M. Carattini-Rivera, is accused of using an infant syringe to give his baby boy a lethal dose of adult sleeping medication, the Northwestern District Attorney said. The former Amherst resident pleaded not guilty in July to charges of manslaughter, assault and battery on a child causing substantial injury, reckles…

12/12/2022

News

Water Main Break In Shrewsbury Means Outages, Possible Discolored Water Authorities in Shrewsbury are warning residents of possibly discolored water and outages after a water main burst on Straw Hollow Lane on Monday, Dec. 12. The town's Water & Sewer Division is working to repair the break, but workers will need to shut off the water in that area for six to eight hours. Residents may notice discolored water out of their faucets during the repairs. The Water & Sewer Division is currently responding to a water main break on Straw Hollow Lane. Crews are working to isolate the section of main to make repairs. Water is expected to be off on Straw Holl…

12/12/2022

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