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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

Amesbury Man Sentenced To 14 Years In NH Prison After Molesting Boy For Years: Police A Massachusetts man charged with molesting a young boy for several years reached a deal with prosecutors in New Hampshire to serve 14 years in prison, authorities said. Tyler Hartt, 27, pleaded guilty in Rockingham (NH) Superior Court to four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault as part of a plea deal, Exeter (NH) police said. Prosecutors from two jurisdictions had charged him with one count of felonious sexual assault and ten counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, Sea Coast Online reported. Investigators arrested Hartt on Oct. 5, 2021, after the parents of a boy told…

10/18/2022

Police & Fire

Judge Rules Woburn Father, Son Accused Of Human Smuggling Released Before Trial: Report A judge ruled that a Woburn father and son accused of human smuggling can be released from federal custody pending their trials, a news report said. The duo will have a bond hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Federal investigators said Jesse Moraes, 64, and Hugo Moraes, 42, who own and operate the Main Street restaurants Tudo No Brasa and The Dog House Bar and Grill, were part of a global smuggling operation that illegally secreted people from Brazil into the US and provided them with fake documents to live and work here. Oftentimes, investigators said, those migrants would …

10/18/2022

Police & Fire

Worcester Police Find 20 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Apartment After Firefighters Kick In Door: Cops Police arrested a Worcester man after firefighters kicked in his door while clearing a building earlier this week and found 20 pounds of fentanyl and an unregistered firearm, authorities said. Joseph Boucher faces charges of trafficking fentanyl, possession of an unregistered gun and unregistered ammo, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and improper storage, Worcester police said. Worcester firefighters were called to 4 Clement Street on Monday, Oct. 17, to put out a fire, and as they checked to make surer everyone was out of the building, firefighters k…

10/18/2022

Police & Fire

Police Descended On Western Mass For Stolen Vermont Truck Full Of Guns, Armor Police blocked off a portion of Gay Street in Palmer Tuesday morning, Oct. 18, after someone spotted a stolen truck out of Vermont parked three. The owner of the Chevrolet said it was full of guns and body armor when it was taken from Whitingham the night before, which is why Massachusetts State Police and tactical teams were also at the scene, authorities said in a news release. Police did not find any weapons in the truck, and the person who stole it had run away, authorities noted. Officers searched a nearby apartment complex and a house, but police did not find the suspect.&nb…

10/18/2022

Business

Weymouth Paving Business Owner Hit With $784K Tax Bill A judge ordered the owner of a Weymouth paving company to pay more than $784,799, seven years' worth of income and employment taxes, authorities said. Robert Brainard, 52, who owns Got Pavement Needs, Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion earlier this year after the IRS said it found he'd underreported his income and pocketed $593,993 in unpaid taxes from 2014 through 2021, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The IRS said he used that extra money to pay his employees in cash to avoid employment taxes. Federal regulators also accused Brainard of transferring own…

10/18/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Man Accused Of Stabbing 4 People Held Without Bail: DA A 39-year-old Boston man accused of stabbing four people early Sunday morning, Oct. 16, will be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing, a judge ruled on Monday. Daryl Diamond faces four counts of armed assault with intent to murder and four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon from Sunday's alleged attack, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. Police responded to a call around 2:15 a.m. at 100 Stuart Street, where they found a victim suffering from a stab wound. Witnesses told police they saw a man driving a grey Honda Pilot jump out of the car a…

10/17/2022

Police & Fire

Woburn Officer Resigns After Department Investigates Him For Alleged White Nationalist Ties John Donnelly, the police officer accused of helping plan the Unite The Right rally in 2017, has received from the Woburn Police Department, officials announced Monday evening, Oct. 17. Chief Robert F. Rufo Jr. said Donnelly handed in his letter of resignation, effective at 5 p.m. Woburn police leaders had placed Donnelly on administrative leave last week and opened an internal affairs investigation into news reports that allegedly linked him to the planning of the Charlottesville, Va., rally where a woman died after a white nationalist drove his car into a crowd of protestors. Behind-…

10/17/2022

News

Methuen Children’s Center Abused Young Boys, Withheld Food, Locked Them In Closet, Suit Says Two moms whose children went to a Methuen daycare have filed a lawsuit claiming emotional mistreatment and physical abuse from the faculty, Boston.com reports. Dyanarah Fermin, of Lawrence, and Karina Rodriguez, of Lowell filed a complaint against The Children’s Center of the Faith United Methodist Church earlier this month in Essex Superior Court. The moms claim their sons suffered emotional abuse that left them with PTSD, insomnia, night terrors, and other issues from the Lowell Street daycare, the complaint reads. The suit alleges that employees of The Children's Center lock…

10/17/2022

Neighbors

Massachusetts Has 2 Of the Top 20 Places To Live In America: Report Massachusetts had two municipalities named to this year's best places to live in the US list. Money.com compiles the cities and towns that have "things that matter most to people: economic opportunities, quality of life, diversity, and where the best futures lie." Somerville ranked 7th on the annual list because of its low unemployment rate (2.8 percent), high median income (more than $104,000), and old-town aesthetics. But it also scored points for embracing the weirder aspects of its history with the What the Fluff? festival and Museum of Bad Art. "(Somerville) claims some of t…

10/17/2022

Police & Fire

Men Busted For Running Organized Crime Loan Sharking, Gambling Ring: Mass AG State and federal agents wrapped up a multi-year investigation with the arrest of three men who they say used threats, intimidation, and extortion to run a multi-million dollar gambling ring with the help of an organized crime syndicate. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced the arrests last week and laid out the state's case against them. They are, and their charges include: Eric Rogers, 54, of Revere: Extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, witness intimidation, and gambling charges. Michael McMahon, 44, of Boston: Extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion,…

10/17/2022

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