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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

Watch: Lowell Firefighters Battling 3-Alarm Blaze, Building Partially Collapses (Updated) Firefighters in Lowell were on the scene of a three-alarm blaze Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 9. The first call for help went out around 2:30 p.m. to 700 Broadway Street, but the fire grew quickly. It became a three-alarm blaze within 30 minutes. Officials have not said what building is on fire or what may have caused it, but the Don Kennet Auto Body Supplies is located in that area. A portion of the building collapsed around 3 p.m., a tweet said. Firefighters had five live firelines beating back the fire. One firefighter was briefly trapped inside the building, but they were evacuated and…

11/09/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Cop Stabbed With Hypodermic Needle As He Tried To Arrest Flare-Firing Vandal: Police A Boston officer is recovering after a 35-year-old man stabbed him with a hypodermic needle over the weekend as police tried to arrest him. The man faces several charges stemming from the incident. Police received several calls around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, about a man standing atop a cargo container outside the Boston Harbor Hotel on Rowes Wharf and firing flares at nearby boats, authorities said. Police did not release the South Boston man's name. Police tried to talk the man down, but that only seemed to make him angrier as he started to throw things at them, includ…

11/09/2022

Police & Fire

Admitted Springfield Phone Scammer Must Repay $1.5M He Helped Steal: Feds A Springfield man who pleaded guilty to his role in a phone scam operation that bilked more than $1.5 million from victims will spend two years in prison and repay what he stole, federal authorities said. Utkarsh Thakur, 29, admitted to one count of money laundering in April, and a judge sentenced him this week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Thakur was a member of a group of scammers who would cold-call victims and claim to be law enforcement or people of authority and threaten them with arrest or loss of public assistance if they didn't pay up.…

11/09/2022

Police & Fire

Stoughton Man Admits To Using Money For Struggling Businesses To Pay His Mortgage: Feds A Stoughton man who pleaded guilty to using COVID-19 relief money to pay his mortgage and gave some to his wife and several other people will spend 15 months in federal prison, authorities said. Adley Bernadin, 44, pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud, and along with his prison term, he must forfeit $284,596, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Federal investigators said Bernadin used his home healthcare business "La Salette" to apply for Payroll Protection Program money but lied about the number of employees he had and the payroll costs on the aid application. Bern…

11/09/2022

Police & Fire

Court To Rule If Boston Teen Too Dangerous For Pre-Trial Release: DA Officials are holding a 14-year-old without bail until a court can determine if he poses a danger to the public if he is released before his trial, authorities said. That dangerous hearing is set for Wednesday, Nov. 9. Police on patrol in Dorchester on Friday, Nov. 4, spotted a car with a broken tail light and an expired tag that failed to yield to oncoming traffic at the intersection of Columbia Road and Quincy Street. Officers pulled over the vehicle that the 14-year-old was driving, but he refused to listen to their commands, authorities said. He wore a GPS monitor from a previous a…

11/08/2022

Politics

Maura Healey Becomes First Female, Openly Gay Governor Of Massachusetts Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey toppled Geoff Diehl to become the state's first female and openly governor following weeks of heavy campaigning. The two barnstormed across Massachusetts in recent days leading up to the election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but the race was never close. Democrat Healey held a double-digit lead over the former longtime Republican politician for months leading up to Tuesday's vote. In the end, she collected about 63 percent of the vote while Diehl won around 35 percent, CBS Boston reports citing projected results from the Associated Press. We did it…

11/08/2022

Police & Fire

Anthony Winiarski Found Guilty Of Raping 15-Year-Old Girl in 2010 Boston: DA A Boston jury found a 41-year-old man guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 8, of raping a teenage girl 12 years ago, authorities said. Anthony Winiarski, of Boston, was convicted of two of three counts of aggravated rape of a child, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. The victim — who was 15 at the time of the alleged rape — told the court that she met Winiarski and his 20-year-old girlfriend in Cambridge in June 2010, where they spent the evening drinking. She said he sexually assaulted her after the three of them went to his Brighton home later that night. Suffolk County…

11/08/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Woman Pulls Knife, Bites Dollar Tree Worker Who Tried To Stop Her From Stealing: DA A 52-year-old Boston woman attacked an employee of a Dollar Tree this week after they tried to stop her from stealing from the Dorchester store, authorities said. Cherry Clanton is charged with armed robbery, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon stemming from the Sunday, Nov. 6, incident, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A Dollar Tree employee said they saw Clanton stealing items during her visit over the weekend. When they confronted her about the shoplifting, Clanton pulled out a boxcutter and tried to stab the emplo…

11/08/2022

Police & Fire

Lawrence Men Targeted Soldiers With Drug Addictions To Sell Fentanyl: Feds Police arrested two Lawrence men last week and charged them with planning to sell fentanyl to soldiers who were seeking help for addiction and substance abuse issues at the Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, federal investigators said. Deiby Bladimil Casado Ruiz and Pedro Antonio Sanchez Bernabel are charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of distribution of fentanyl, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Casado Ruiz is also charged with an additional count of distribution of fentanyl. Investigators said&nbs…

11/08/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-Framingham Pastor Charged With Raping, Sexually Assaulting Teenager: DA A grand jury indicted an 89-year-old former Framingham pastor this week and charged him with raping and sexually assaulting a young boy several years ago, authorities said. Francis Strahan is charged with one count of rape of a child by force and three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. The alleged incidents took place between 2004 through 2008 when the purported victim was a student at Saint Bridget’s School, authorities said. The alleged victim said Strahan raped and sexually assaulted him when they we…

11/08/2022

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