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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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Schools

Norwood School Employee On Leave After Allegedly Assaulting Student: Police An employee at a pre-K school in Norwood is on leave after they allegedly assaulted a student last week, authorities said. The employee of George F. Willett Early Childhood Center allegedly hit the child after taking them into a hallway at the school around 11 a.m. on Sept. 28, the Norwood School District said in a letter to parents. The school nurse examined the student before their parents came and picked them up, the letter from Superintendent David Thomson said. Norwood police have investigated the alleged incident and asked for a hearing with a Dedham magistrate…

10/07/2022

Police & Fire

Western Mass Man Who Said His Name During Armed Robbery Gets 8 Years In Prison: DA A 24-year-old Amherst man learned the hard way that saying your name while robbing someone you know defeats the purpose of a mask, officials said. Oscar Garcia Alvarado pleaded guilty to a 2019 armed robbery, and a judge sentenced him to between seven and eight years in prison on Thursday, Oct. 6, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Alvarado and another man who police have not identified broke into an Amherst man's apartment on Nov. 14, 2019, while he was playing video games with friends online, police said. The duo carried a pistol and a rifle and covered their fa…

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Yale Medicine Settles With DEA After Ex-Nurse Replaced Fentanyl With Salt Water: Feds Yale University agreed to pay more than $300,000 for violating the Controlled Substances Act after a nurse at a former fertility clinic there admitted to tampering with vials of fentanyl meant for patients, federal authorities said. Police arrested Donna Monticone, 49, in November 2020 after investigators discovered she had removed the high-powered synthetic opioid from glass vials meant for surgery patients at Yale Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, the DEA said. She injected herself with the drug and replaced what she used with saline so the vials would appear fu…

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Nurse Admits To Stealing, Injecting Herself With Pain Meds From Boston Hospitals: Feds A former nurse at a Boston-area hospital admitted in federal court this week to swiping medication meant for patients, authorities said. Lisa Tarr, 33, of St. Petersburg, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud, deception, and subterfuge at a Boston court, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Tarr admitted to stealing medication when she was a nursing student working at a Boston-area hospital in 2018 when she took fentanyl and injected it into her veins in 2018, the prosecutor said. She told investigators that she stole an IV…

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Man Who Says Ben Affleck Played Him In Movie Busted Robbing Boston Bank: DA A 59-year-old Rhode Island man who claims to have robbed more than 100 banks and says he was the inspiration for a Ben Affleck movie character was busted this week while trying to add to his heist tally. William Sequeira of Providence was arrested just after 3:30 on Wednesday, Oct. 5, after he tried to rob the Citizens Bank at 426 Boylston Street, Boston police said. Officers tackled him to the ground after he demanded cash from the teller, authorities continued. He is being held on a $50,000 bond, officials said. Police just happened to be in that bank when Sequeira walked in because th…

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Western Mass Woman Gets Prison Sentence Much Shorter Than Her Husband: Feds A judge sentenced a 32-year-old Springfield woman to more than seven years in jail after she pleaded guilty to taking part in a drug smuggling ring that moved crack, heroin, and cocaine from Massachusetts into Vermont, authorities said. Her husband got 19 years for taking part in the operation in 2019. Nia Dinzey, aka Nia Moore-Bush, pleaded guilty over the summer to several drugs, money laundering, and firearms charges, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Nia Dinzey and her husband, Dinelson Dinzey, would drive the drugs from Springfield to Barre, Ve…

10/06/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-Trooper Accused Of DUI Crash in Boston That Killed 51-Year-Old Gets $5,000 Bail: DA A 26-year-old former Massachusetts State trooper was charged this week with a reported drunk driving wreck that left a 51-year-old Winthrop man dead, authorities said. Kristopher Carr of Monson was arraigned on charges of motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence, and recklessness in the Oct. 29, 2021 crash, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered him held on a $5,000 bail, but he isn't allowed to drive and must take random alcohol tests as a condition of his pre-trial release. According to investigators, Carr had six or seven alcoholic dr…

10/05/2022

Police & Fire

Methuen Man Busted Selling Fentanyl In 'Devil's Highway' Stings Gets 7 Years In Prison: Feds A 25-year-old Methuen man who sold large amounts of fentanyl to undercover officers five times will spend the next seven years in federal prison, authorities said. Andi Guerrero-Lara, who goes by the nickname Manny Sierra, pleaded guilty to seven drug trafficking charges in January and was sentenced last week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Police arrested Guerrero-Lara as part of "Devil's Highway," which was a 10-week, multi-department drug operation to staunch the flow of drugs into the Merrimack Valley. Investigators busted nearly 40 people during the months-lon…

10/05/2022

Business

Ex-Mass Biotech Board Chairman Will Plead Guilty To Stock Scheme: Prosecutor The former chairman of Massachusetts-based Arch Therapeutics, Inc. will plead guilty to illegally selling stock when he was still a board member of the company, federal authorities said. Avtar Singh Dhillon, 61, who now lives in California, faces potentially years in prison and millions in fines when he pleads guilty to the three felony securities violations, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Dhillon's attorney, who helped him unload the stocks, also plans to take a plea in the case, authorities said. Federal authorities arrested him last year. Investigators said Dhillon, …

10/05/2022

Police & Fire

Window Washer Dies After Falling From Boston's JFK Library: Report A window washer has died after falling between five and seven stories from inside the JFK Library in Boston, authorities said. BPD and DA Hayden says the man died. He was a window washer and they say he was 5-7 stories up inside the building. They are saying it was a tragic accident #wcvb pic.twitter.com/MNFfXm9mJa — Sharman Sacchetti (@SharmanTV) October 5, 2022 Boston Police said the incident happened around 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, the WCVB reports. Upon arrival, officers found the man suffering from a traumatic injury and was declared dead at the scene, NBC Boston's Monic…

10/05/2022

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