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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

Boston Man Fourth Person Charged With Charlestown High Graduation Shooting: Police Police arrested last week another person they say was involved in a shooting outside of Charlestown High School's graduation over the summer. Austilino Pereira, 21, of Dorchester, is the fourth person arrested in connection to the June 13 shooting across the street from the high school football field, Boston police said. Authorities charged Pereira with unlawful possession of a firearm, firing a gun within 500 feet of a dwelling, carrying a loaded firearm, and illegal possession of ammunition, police said. Along with Pereira, police previously arrested Tyrese…

10/10/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-Tyngsborough Cop Admits Bank Fraud, Gun Charges: Feds A 37-year-old former Tyngsborough police officer pleaded guilty last week to lying on loan applications about receiving money from a Chinese investor for an indoor gun range and violations of the National Firearms Act, federal authorities said. Daniel Whitman admitted to two counts of bank fraud, two counts of making false statements to a bank, possessing an unregistered firearm, and other charges on Friday, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He faces up to 30 years in prison on the fraud charge, officials said. A court will sentence him in December. While working as a…

10/10/2022

Police & Fire

2 Young Women, Including 1 From NY, Killed In Boston Crash Two 25-year-old women, including one from New York, were killed in a multi-car pileup over the weekend after a tow truck crashed into the ride-share SUV they were riding in on I-93 in Boston, police said. Long Island resident Delanie Fekert, of Floral Park, and Urashi Madani, of North Andover, Massachusetts, were in the passenger seats of a 2007 Lexus RX400H driving north on the interstate around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, when the driver quickly slowed down for unknown reasons near exit 20, Massachusetts State Police said. A trailing tow truck slammed into the back of the SUV…

10/10/2022

Police & Fire

2 Young Women Who Graduated From Quinnipiac University Killed In Boston Crash Two 25-year-old women were killed in a multi-car pileup over the weekend after a tow truck crashed into the ride-share SUV they were riding in on I-93 in Boston, police said. Delanie Fekert, Floral Park, New York, and Urashi Madani, of North Andover, Massachusetts, were in the passenger seats of a 2007 Lexus RX400H driving north on the interstate around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, when the driver quickly slowed down for unknown reasons near exit 20, Massachusetts State Police said. A trailing tow truck slammed into the back of the SUV just before a 2012 Honda Civic crashed…

10/10/2022

Police & Fire

North Andover, New York Women Killed While Riding In Rideshare On I-93 in Boston Two 25-year-old women were killed in a multi-car pile-up over the weekend after a tow truck crashed into the ride-share SUV they were riding in on I-93 in Boston, police said. Delanie Fekert, of Floral Park, NY, and Urashi Madani, of North Andover, were in the passenger seats of a 2007 Lexus RX400H driving north on the interstate around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, when the driver quickly slowed down for unknown reasons near exit 20, Massachusetts State Police said. A trailing tow truck slammed into the back of the SUV just before a 2012 Honda Civic crashed into the wreckage. Fe…

10/10/2022

Business

Have You Seen My Arm? Harvard Square Restaurant Offers Money For Skeleton Bandits A Harvard Square restaurant has a bone to pick with a couple that swiped an arm from the giant skeleton outside of the tiki bar earlier this week. Wusong Road posted a video of a couple posing for photos with the statue on Mt Auburn Street and rattling the bones overnight on Tuesday, Oct. 4. They finished the photoshoot around midnight and armed themselves with a piece of the skeleton as they left. The restaurant owners want it back. They have offered a $100 reward for anyone who can help them identify the bone burglars so they can reattach the arm to the decorative skeleton.

10/07/2022

Police & Fire

'This Is A Robbery, Honey': DNA Links Boston Man To Harvard Square Bank Heist A Boston man on parole for two 2017 bank robberies was indicted this week with robbing a Cambridge bank earlier this year, authorities said. Jalonni Shabazz, 40, of Jamaica Plain, was linked to the May 2 robbery of the TD Bank branch at Harvard Square after police found his DNA on a Brooklyn Dodgers hat the robber wore discarded near the scene, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Friday, Oct. 7. Shabazz was previously known as Jalonni Tucker. Police said Shabazz walked into the Massachusetts Avenue bank branch with a surgical mask over his face and handed the teller a note that …

10/07/2022

Neighbors

Boston Man Flew His Family To Connecticut For Krispy Kreme Doughnuts: Report It's hard to be a Krispy Kreme lover in the land of Dunkin' Donuts. For one Boston man, it meant loading his family in a plane bound for Connecticut to score his favorite sweet treat. A man only identified as Chase said he was stunned when he realized there were no Krispy Kreme stores in Boston, NBC reported. There are none in Massachusetts, Vermont, or New Hampshire. The closest is in New London County, Connecticut, in Uncasville, a rural area known mostly for the Mohegan Sun casinos and resort hotel. That's more than a two-hour drive, but Chase wasn't about to give up that eas…

10/07/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Seriously Injured In Early Morning Boston Stabbing: Report A woman was seriously injured in an overnight stabbing in Boston on Friday, Oct. 7, authorities said. Police found the woman at the intersection of Centre and Lamartine streets just after midnight, Boston police said. They did not release her name. Officers believe the attack happened at the Jackson Square MBTA station, NBC Boston reported. Paramedics rushed the woman to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, but authorities did not have an update on her condition Friday afternoon.

10/07/2022

Police & Fire

Patriots Legend Tom Brady Scared Divorce From Gisele Bündchen Will Get 'Ugly': Tabloid A new day brings new developments in the unfolding saga surrounding the marriage of Tom Brady and his wife Gisele Bündchen. Earlier this week, Page Six reported that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and his Brazilian supermodel wife had hired divorce attorneys as their 13-year marriage disintegrates over his decision this summer to un-retire and return to the NFL for another season. Now, PEOPLE magazine has sources who say things are taking a bad turn for Brady, who wants to keep the divorce from turning "ugly." But it may be too late for that. “She is playing offense, and he is play…

10/07/2022

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