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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

32-Year-Old Triangle Actor and Air Force Veteran Dies In Early Morning Crash A beloved actor in Prince William County died early Thursday morning, June 9, in a head-on collision in Fauquier County, authorities said. Jared M. Dent of Triangle died after his Toyota Yaris crossed the center line and collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 17 just south of Route 724 around 1:30 a.m., Virginia State Police said. Troopers are still investigating the crash. Dent, who was wearing his seatbelt, died at the scene. The 64-year-old truck driver was not injured, troopers said. Dozens of people posted memorials for Dent as news of his death spread across social media Friday…

06/10/2022

Police & Fire

Multiple Cars Were Hit In Early Morning Triangle Shooting A fight between several people outside a Triangle apartment nearly turned deadly earlier this week after someone pulled a gun and fired several shots. A 39-year-old man said gunfire outside his home at the Lindeen Park Apartments jolted him awake around 1 a.m. on Thursday, June 9. He stepped outside to find out what was going on and saw a group of men in a fight, Prince William County police said. Someone in the melee noticed him, wheeled around, and fired a gun, police said. The man bolted and hid in a nearby building. The mob broke up and ran off soon after. Police said…

06/10/2022

News

Loudoun County Middle School Teacher Charged With Assaulting Multiple Students: Police Authorities say a 43-year-old Loudoun County middle school teacher shoved and assaulted multiple students in his classroom. A video of one alleged instance is getting shared online. Jinwoo Noh, a science teacher at Sterling Middle School, was arrested this week after a short investigation, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies say he grabbed and shoved one student out of their chair and pulled the chair from beneath another as they went to sit down, which caused them to fall onto the floor. Neither student was hurt. An official from the school learned about t…

06/09/2022

Police & Fire

Man Repeatedly Pepper-Sprayed Over Road Rage Incident In Manassas: Police An argument over parking lot etiquette took a nasty turn earlier this week when a Manassas man attacked someone with pepper spray, police said. A 41-year-old man said he was driving in a parking in the 8300 block of Sudley Road on Wednesday afternoon when another car barrelled into the lot and nearly crashed into him, an incident report said. The man parked his car and confronted the offending driver, who was now walking into a store. That's when police say Luis Amilca Ayala, 58, grabbed a can of pepper spray and showered the 41-year-old with burning chemicals several…

06/09/2022

Police & Fire

Stafford Man Nearly Rear-Ends Deputy, Pretends To March During Sobriety Test: Police A 26-year-old man was chuffed about his performance on a field sobriety test and was confident he'd pass a breath test. He spent that night in jail on a DUI charge, authorities said. Oscar Benavidez Jr. of Stafford was pulled over on Interstate 95 after he almost crashed into the back of a marked Stafford County sheriff's cruiser just after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, an incident report says. When the deputy asked him to walk in a straight line as part of a field sobriety test, Benavidez acted as if he was in a military formation, the report continues. The deputy m…

06/09/2022

Police & Fire

Tired of This: 100 Used Tires Left On Side of Road in Stafford Authorities in Stafford are on the lookout for a tire tosser. In separate incidents last week, 100 used and worn-out tires were illegally dumped in piles around the city. A Stafford County sheriff's deputy last week found 50 radials heaped into a pile while on patrol along Musselman Road. A day later, a man said he found 50 more on his property on Commerce Parkway, the Sheriff's Office said. Deputies didn't say if the incidents were related. The Virginia Department of Transportation will handle the clean-up of the tires on Musselman, deputies said. It's unclear who will pick up …

06/09/2022

Police & Fire

Virginia 'Throuple' Dead In Murder Suicide Pact, Police Say "To everyone. To all my friends. I love you. I need to go." That was the cryptic note that 26-year-old Jose Gale Aliaga posted to Facebook before police say he killed two women and then turned the gun on himself in their shared Fairfax apartment earlier this week. Social media posts seem to imply that Aliaga, Angelica McIntosh, 26, and Anne Lollar, 31, were involved in a polyamorous relationship. The three had agreed to a suicide pact before police found their bodies with gunshot wounds in a locked bedroom of a shared Mazarin Place apartment in Fairfax on Tuesday, June 7, police said. In…

06/09/2022

Police & Fire

Virginia 'Throuple' Murder-Suicide Stuns Loved Ones "To every one. To all my friends. I love you. I need to go." That was the cryptic note that 26-year-old Jose Gale Aliaga posted to Facebook before police say he killed two women and then turned the gun on himself in their shared Fairfax apartment earlier this week. Social media posts seem to imply that Aliaga, Angelica McIntosh, 26, and Anne Lollar, 31, were involved in a polyamorous relationship. The three had agreed to a suicide pact before police found their bodies with gunshot wounds in a locked bedroom of a shared Mazarin Place apartment in Fairfax on Tuesday, June 7, police said. I…

06/09/2022

Police & Fire

Florida Man Threatens To Bomb Dumfries Motel During Dispute: Police A Florida man brought a new approach to customer complaints when he had a problem with an employee at a motel in northern Virginia this week. He threatened to blow up the place, police said. Alexander McCadden III, 27, was staying at the Econo Lodge on Dumfries Road in Dumfries on Tuesday night, June 7, the Prince William County police said. McCadden was at the bar just before 3 a.m. when he and an employee got into an argument. It escalated until McCadden threatened to bomb the building and take the employee down too, authorities said. The employee called the police before anyo…

06/08/2022

Police & Fire

Selfie Stunt In Stafford Leads To Man's Arrest A 31-year-old Stafford man trying to impress his friends with the best selfie wound up in jail last week, authorities said. The selfie soiree was in full swing around 2 a.m. on Friday, June 3, at a Super 8 motel in Stafford. Staff at the motel called the Stafford County Sheriff's Office after a guest reported hearing a gunshot come from one of the balconies. Deputies scoured security videos to find out what happened. Thye found a clip of a group of men on a balcony posing for photos while holding a gun, the Sheriff's Office said. But after one of the men grabbed the pisto…

06/08/2022

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