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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

Brookline Fires Embattled Police Chief Following Sexual Harassment Probe Brookline fired Police Chief Ashley Gonzalez on Friday, Oct. 14, after only months on the job after the town found he violated its policy against sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. The town hired Quincy-based Comprehensive Investigations and Consulting to perform an independent investigation into Gonzalez after they were made aware of several alleged violations of the town's sexual harassment policy in August. That review recommended firing the 33-year law enforcement veteran after investigators found "multiple admitted, corroborated, and sustained allegati…

10/14/2022

Police & Fire

44-Year-Old Sudbury Man Hit And Killed Walking In Acton A 44-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed Thursday night, Oct. 13, while walking in Acton, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office announced. Kevin Shaw of Sudbury was on Great Road near Brook Street when a 17-year-old driver in a Subaru wagon crashed into him just after 6:30 p.m., officials said. Responders rushed Shaw to Lahey Clinic, where he later died of his injuries. The driver remained at the scene of the wreck. Police are still investigating the causes of the crash. Authorities have not filed charges.

10/14/2022

Police & Fire

Middlesex DA Re-Evaluating Cases Involving Woburn Cop With Alleged Ties To 2017 Race Rally The Middlesex District Attorney announced on Friday, Oct. 14, that her office would re-evaluate every criminal case — open, closed, or pending — in which Woburn Police Officer John Donnelly was involved. The Woburn Police Department put the 33-year-old on paid administrative leave this week after reports linked him to helping plan the controversial "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 that featured neo-Nazi groups, white nationalists, and the Ku Klux Klan. DA Marian Ryan tweeted that the allegations against Donnelly "tear at the fabric of trust between communities and t…

10/14/2022

Police & Fire

Men In Braintree, Canton, Winthrop, Saugus Helped Launder $25M In Drug Money: Feds The FBI arrested nearly a dozen men in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, and California this week as part of a money laundering operation that helped clean $25 million in drug cash, federal authorities said. The arrests come after a months-long undercover investigation that followed how the organization moved kilos of cocaine and MDMA from Massachusetts and distributed it throughout the country, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The suspects thought they could hide the millions of dollars they made using cryptocurrency to avoid raising any alarms at a traditional bank, feder…

10/14/2022

Police & Fire

FBI Mum On What Agents Are Investigating In Brighton There was a large presence of FBI agents in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston on Friday morning, Oct. 14, but the agency isn't saying what they were looking for. "We're in Brighton conducting court-authorized activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation," the agency said in a statement to NBC Boston. The FBI declined to provide any further information when called Friday afternoon. Check back for updates as they become available.

10/14/2022

Police & Fire

Secret Service Agent Who Drove Michelle Obama Accused Of Harassing Woman For Sex: Report A US Secret Service agent who was former First Lady Michelle Obama's driver was charged with harassment and intimidating a Martha's Vineyard woman who didn't want to have sex with him, CNN reported. Douglas Vines, 53, pleaded not guilty to the charges in an Edgartown court last week. According to the CNN report, Vines and the woman were in a two-month relationship when she declined to have sex with him one night. This sent the federal agent "off the handle," she told the Oak Bluffs Police Department, per CNN, and it kicked off a campaign of threats and harassment. Vi…

10/14/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Police School Crossing Guard Accused Of Raping Child: Police Authorities arrested a Boston police school crossing guard earlier this week and charged him with raping a child. David Spiers, who worked in Dorchester, is on administrative leave following his arrest on Tuesday, Oct. 11, when officials charged him with two counts of rape of a child and one count of assault with intent to rape a child, the Boston Police Department said. "We are disturbed by these alleged allegations against a department employee," said Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox in a news release. "The Boston Police Department remains committed to transparency and h…

10/13/2022

Police & Fire

Woburn Officer On Paid Leave For Allegedly Planning 'Unite The Right' Rally The Woburn Police Department placed an officer on paid administrative leave this week after leaders learned he allegedly helped plan and participated in 2017's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. Police Officer John Donnelly will remain on leave pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation, Woburn Police Chief Robert Rufo announced on Thursday, Oct. 13. Donnelly was a reserve officer at the time of the rally. The Unite The Right rally was a flashpoint for the alt-right movement, where thousands of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville after city…

10/13/2022

Police & Fire

Marblehead 'Monk,' Lawyer Scammed $3.6M In COVID Relief Money To Buy Luxury Items: Feds A monk and an attorney apply for COVID-19 relief loans. It sounds like the start of a joke, but the FBI isn't laughing. Agents arrested a Marblehead man who claimed to be an Orthodox Christian monk and a woman who served as his attorney this week and charged them with a "brazen" scheme to steal more than $3.6 million from federal programs. Brian Andrew Bushell, 47, and Tracey M.A. Stockton, 64, were arrested on Thursday, Oct. 13, after the FBI said it uncovered their efforts to swindle aid money meant for businesses struggling during the pandemic. They used that cash t…

10/13/2022

Police & Fire

65-Year-Old Marlborough Man Filmed Himself Sexually Abusing His Friends' Children: Feds A 65-year-old man who sexually assaulted several children and filmed others in the nude will serve the next six decades in prison, a federal judge ruled this week. Philip Raymond of Marlborough pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual exploitation of children earlier this year, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Raymond's victims ranged in age from 4 to 13 years ago, and many of them were his friends' children, the prosecutor said. Investigators found videos that Raymond captured using hidden cameras from 2004 until 2012 that were installed in his bathroom and in his own child…

10/13/2022

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