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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

Peeing Man Pulls Knife On Cambridge Mom, Child After She Threatens To Call Cops: Police A Cambridge mom got the scare of her life when she said a wanted man pulled a knife on her after she asked him to stop urinating in front of her child, authorities said. Marcus Pixley, 62, of Boston, was arrested on Sunday, Dec. 11, after the woman identified him as the man who threatened her with the weapon, Cambridge police said. The woman told officers she was leaving her apartment just before noon with her child when she was confronted with Pixley's penis as he was urinating in public. She tried to prevent the kid from seeing what was happening and asked him to put it away. …

12/12/2022

Police & Fire

Do You Know Me? Cambridge Police Want To Talk To Anyone Who Does Cambridge police are asking for the public's help to find the person who broke into Paddy's pub early Friday morning, Dec. 9, and robbed the bar. Surveillance video from inside the Walden Street pub shows a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a mask over his face as he skulks through the place just before 3:30 a.m. The video is clear, but most of the person's face is hidden beside the eyes. Investigators hope it's enough to generate leads to find the suspect. Cambridge police ask anyone with information on the man's identity or about the burglary to contact officers at&nb…

12/11/2022

Police & Fire

88-Year-Old Woman Killed In Foxborough Crash: Norfolk County DA An 88-year-old woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a car crash in Foxborough that forced police to shut down Route 140 for hours, the Norfolk County District Attorney said. Olga Perry, of Foxborough, was driving north on Route 140 near Lakeview Road when her Toyota Corolla crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming Hyundai Santa Fe, authorities said. Paramedics rushed Perry, who was not wearing a seatbelt, to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, where she later succumbed to her wounds, the DA's office said. Police are trying to determine what caused her to cross the centerline. The d…

12/11/2022

Police & Fire

Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours TSA agents at Boston Logan International Airport continue to find guns in passengers' carry-on luggage. They broke the record for most firearms seized in a year months ago, and the finds don't stop. Agents found two loaded handguns during routine security screenings last week at the airport, TSA announced. The first was on Thursday morning, Dec. 8, when screeners detected a loaded .38 Special in a woman's purse, the TSA said. She told police that she was in a rush when leaving her house and forgot to put it back in her safe. Massachusetts State Police confiscated the weapon and gave her …

12/11/2022

Police & Fire

Repeat Watertown Lottery Winners Not So Lucky In Federal Court: DOJ There was no one quite as lucky as the Jaaffar family of Watertown. The father and his two sons cashed in more than 14,000 winning lottery tickets to the tune of $21 million in prize money to make them some of the state's biggest winners every year for nearly a decade. And what was their unbeatable system? They cheated, a federal court ruled. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, were found guilty on Friday, Dec. 9, of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and of filing a false tax return, the US Attorney for Massachuset…

12/11/2022

Police & Fire

Cops Bust Accused Violent Rapist, Others During Springfield Apartment Raid: Police A man wanted for several violent offenses, including aggravated rape with injury, armed burglary, and strangulation, was busted during a raid earlier this week, authorities said. Wayman Jenkins, 45, of Springfield, was one of four people arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 6, after police executed a search warrant at an apartment in the 200 block of Union Street just before 7 a.m., Springfield police said. Wayman was wanted on several violent charges that include assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation, armed burglary, aggravated rape causing serious bodily injury, viol…

12/09/2022

Police & Fire

Car Full of Fools Gold Sinks Scammer's Plan To Swindle Central Mass Woman: Feds A Jersey City, NJ, man posing as a DEA agent attempted to scam an Athol woman out of more than $330,000 in a complicated grift involving non-existent drug dealers and a car loaded down with fake gold in a Texas Roadhouse parking lot, federal authorities said. Gaurang Contractor, 38, an Indian national, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the charge of wire fraud, the US Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Dec. 9. Investigators said Contractor contacted the woman in August and claimed to be a DEA agent named Oscar White. He told her that she was implicated…

12/09/2022

Police & Fire

Melrose Man Accused Of Sending Child Porn Had 400 Images On Computer: Feds A Melrose man who is accused of exchanging child porn online had more than 400 videos of child abuse on his computer, federal authorities said. Patrick Baxter, 42, was arrested earlier this week and charged with one count each of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Baxter downloaded child sexual abuse material online twice in June and July 2021. Agents found 427 more videos on a computer they seized from his home, the prosecutor said. Baxter faces up to a minimum of 10 years in prison and u…

12/09/2022

Police & Fire

Wanted NY Felon Evades Capture After Police Chase In Springfield: Report A fugitive wanted out of New York escaped arrest Thursday night, Dec. 8, after leading police on a chase through Springfield, Western Mass News reports. The unnamed fugitive crashed their car near Roosevelt Avenue and Bay Street and ran away, the outlet said. The passenger remained in the car and was arrested on a parole violation, police officials told the new station. Officers on Friday said they were still searching for the suspect. Click here to read the full story from Western Mass News.

12/09/2022

Police & Fire

Former Teacher Who Robbed 6 Banks In Mass, NH Gets Nearly 5 Years In Prison: Feds A judge sentenced a Manchester, NH, man who pleaded guilty to robbing banks in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to nearly five years in prison, authorities said. Eric Mohan, 48, was accused of six bank robberies — including one Tewksbury bank twice — during a three-month spree that began in February, the US Attorney for New Hampshire said. He confessed to the crimes in September. Mohan started the spree on February 11 when he robbed the Triangle Credit Union in Manchester, where he handed the teller a note and escaped with $2,000 in cash, the prosecutor said. He followed that up …

12/09/2022

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