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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

Fall River Babysitter, 27, Filmed Herself Sexually Abusing Toddler, 7-Year-Old: Feds A 27-year-old Fall River woman made child pornography that featured herself, a 2-year-old, and a 7-year-old that she was babysitting, federal authorities said. She's allegedly shared those videos with a 51-year-old Malden man. Nichole Cyr pleaded guilty this week to two counts of sexual exploitation of children and now faces between 15 and 30 years behind bars, US Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins said. Police began investigating Cyr in 2020 when they found child pornography on her phones, authorities said. Investigators found several videos of Cyr sexually as…

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Orange Line Passenger Blaring Music On Train Leads To Rush-Hour Brawl: Police Authorities said a man blaring his music from his phone speakers led to a fist fight on the Orange Line during rush hour on Thursday, Sept. 22. The fight started just after 5 p.m. when a 34-year-old annoyed his fellow passengers by blasting his music for all to hear, transit police said. A woman asked him to turn it down, but the man said he didn't have headphones and wanted to listen to songs anyway. A 67-year-old man heard this and demanded the man turn the music down. The younger man cursed at him and told his elder no, transit police said. So the 67-year-old got up and …

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Hyde Park Man Charged With Multiple Rapes In Boston, Quincy From 2017: Police Police arrested a 43-year-old ride-share driver and changed him with multiple sexual assaults years ago after investigators linked him to the crimes by testing old rape kits, authorities said. William Mancortes is accused of the sexual assaults that date back to 2017, the Boston Police Department announced on Friday, Sept. 23. He is charged with two counts of rape and one charge of indecent assault and battery on a person 14, authorities said. Quincy police also issued warrants for his arrest on aggravated rape and kidnapping charges, officials added. That incident also alleg…

09/23/2022

Sports

Celtics Coach Ime Udoka Suspended For 'Unwanted Comments' Toward Female Staffer The Boston Celtics have suspended head coach Ime Udoka for making “unwanted comments” to a female staffer after they had an affair, reports said. The team announced late Thursday, Sept. 22, that Udoka would sit out the remainder of the 2022-23 season after they said he violated the team’s policies, ESPN said. Team leaders held a closed-door meeting after news broke that Udoka, a married man, had a consensual relationship with a female staffer, the worldwide leader said. It's unclear when the relationship began and ended, but the woman reportedly told the team earlier this month that he ma…

09/23/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Man Charged With Stabbing Rival During Fight: Police A 25-year-old Boston man stabbed another man during a fight earlier this week, authorities said. Hakeem Jackson, of Charlestown, is charged with aggravated assault with intent to murder stemming from the Wednesday night attack, Boston Police said. Officials said Jackson stabbed another man just after 9 p.m. at 41 Polk Street. Responders took the injured man to a nearby hospital for treatment. Doctors said his wounds were not life-threatening. Jackson turned himself into police without incident, police said.

09/22/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-Boston Philharmonic Artistic Advisor Gets 5 Years For Violent Child Porn: Feds The former artistic advisor for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will spend the next five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sharing child porn, authorities announced on Thursday, Sept. 22. David St. George, 75, of Arlington, was sentenced to the prison term, five years of supervised release, and he must pay a $5,100 special assessment and $3,000 restitution to the victims in the case, the US Attorney's Office said. Federal investigators arrested St. George in May 2018 after they found a shared online storage account that was linked to his internet that was full of chil…

09/22/2022

Police & Fire

Judge Lowers $1M Bail For Quincy Man Accused Of Raping Children At Knifepoint: DA A Suffolk County judge on Thursday lowered the bond for a former State Street vice president accused of raping two women and two children at knifepoint from $1 million to $300,000, authorities said. Ivan Cheung, 42, of Quincy, was arrested earlier this month and charged with the alleged assaults that date back nearly 20 years. He pleaded guilty to all charges, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. It's unclear why the judge dropped the price of his bond, though this is not uncommon. Judge James Stanton also ordered Cheung to stay away from the alleged victims in the case, tur…

09/22/2022

Police & Fire

26-Year-Old Shot To Death In Crowded Tauton Apartment: DA Police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old Lakeville woman who was shot and killed in a crowded Taunton apartment late Wednesday, Sept. 21, authorities said. Colby Dowling was in the 52 Tremont Street apartment with several other people around 11 p.m. when she was shot, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said. Police received a 911 call about the shooting, but when they arrived, Dowling was already dead, officials said. Taunton police are investigating the incident and are not releasing any other information.

09/22/2022

Police & Fire

Man On Run For 8 Years In Boston Shooting Busted In Chicago: Police A 26-year-old man who has been on the run since police said he shot a man in Boston in 2014 was arrested in Chicago and sent back to Massachusetts to face several charges, police said. Diriye Bile was arrested as he stepped off a plane at O'Hare International Airport earlier this month, Boston Police said. Bile ran away after the Roxbury shooting to his homeland of Ethiopia, where he remained until his capture earlier this month, authorities said. Detectives said Bile shot a man in the stomach on June 29, 2014, outside of 15 Ruggles Street between Washington Street and Shaw…

09/22/2022

Police & Fire

Layover At Boston Logan Lands Ohio Man In Jail On Child Porn Charges: Feds Police arrested an Ohio man earlier this week after officers found a stash of nearly 3,000 pieces of child pornography on his tablet during a routine screening at Boston Logan Internation, federal authorities said. Thiago da Silva Pinheiro, 42, of Cincinnati, took off from Ontario bound for Brazil, but he had a layover in Boston on Tuesday, Sept. 20, the U Attorney's Office said. Customs and Border Protection agents at the airport searched his luggage as part of a standard security check and found his Samsung tablet with child porn that featured kids as young as 2 years old, authoritie…

09/22/2022

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