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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

Do You Know Her? Police Looking For Woman Who Stole Car In Pittsfield Police in Berkshire County are asking for the public's help tracking down a woman they say stole a car recently. Pittsfield police say they have video of her committing the crime. The car is a grey 2014 Holda Civic. The last three digits on the Massachusetts license plate are Y66. Anyone who knows this woman or has information on her whereabouts is asked to contact Pittsfield police at 413-448-9700.

08/01/2023

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Ex-Leader Used Boston School's Money As 'Slush Fund,' Paid For Tropical Vacations: Feds The former headmaster of a Boston school will admit that she used nearly $40,000 in money set aside for children's education to pay for personal expenses, including two trips to Barbados, federal authorities said. Naia Wilson, 60, of Mattapan, who is charged with one count of wire fraud, told prosecutors that she will plead guilty in federal court at a later date, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said Tuesday, Aug. 1. She has also agreed to repay the $38,806 she stole from the Boston Public Schools system. Wilson served as headmaster at New Mission School in Hyde Park fro…

08/01/2023

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Newly Minted Millionaire Retires After Winning Lottery In Central Mass It's a dream nearly everyone has had, but Paul Bashaw gets to live it. The Worcester County resident recently won a $1 million lottery jackpot, then promptly retired from his job of more than 20 years. Bashaw, age 65, of West Boylston, won the seven-figure sum after playing the $5,000,000 100X Cashword scratch-off game on July 20, the Massachusetts State Lottery said. The truck driver was ecstatic, but he kept the windfall quiet. Bashaw didn't tell anyone at work about his lucky win until he claimed his ticket on Friday. “I told my wife there were three things in lif…

08/01/2023

Police & Fire

(Update) Chiropractor Secretly Filmed Child In Shower In Peabody: DA (Update at bottom of story) A Peabody chiropractor accused of filming his patients secretly in the bathroom of his clinic is now charged with recording an underage girl in the shower without her knowledge, authorities said. Scott Kline, age 44, of Middleton in Essex County, who runs Back on Track, was charged with two counts of possession of child porn on Tuesday, Aug. 1, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. Investigators said Kline installed the camera in the shower of a home and captured video of a girl known to him. Authorities did not say if it was at his home or h…

08/01/2023

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First Responders Help Deliver Baby Boy On Side Of Interstate In Central Mass Anyone who's driven on I-495 during rush hour has thought their life was about to end, but one Westborough baby got his start on the interstate over the weekend. The parents were on the way to the hospital on I-495 after the soon-to-be mom went into labor on Sunday evening, July 30, when they realized their son wasn't going to wait. Dad pulled over in Westborough near exit 107 and called 911. Emergency dispatchers called police, paramedics, and firefighters to the scene and walked dad through the steps of how to deliver a baby until they arrived. Thankfully, responders reached them just …

07/31/2023

Police & Fire

Misplaced Fire Extinguisher Helps Police Foil Burglary In Central Mass Two alleged burglars had their plans foiled thanks to a misplaced fire extinguisher tipped off investigators that something was amiss in Worcester County. Southborough police were called to Dell/EMC Warehouse at 21 Colin Drive just before midnight Sunday, July 30. When officers arrived, they saw a fire extinguisher propping open a door, and they went in to investigate. That's when officers found two people trying to carry out a large piece of furniture that they were trying to steal, police said. They didn't make it out the door. Jacob Shore, of Southborough, and an …

07/31/2023

Police & Fire

ID Released For Man Stabbed To Death In Springfield; Roommate Charged Police have released the identity of the man stabbed to death last week in Springfield. Investigators said his roommate wielded the knife. Daniel Medina, 49, was found bleeding from a stab wound inside his home on Euclid Avenue early in the morning of Thursday, July 27, Springfield police said. He died of his injuries before responders could get him to doctors. Related: Man Stabs Roommate To Death In Springfield: Police Police arrested Robert Woods, 63, of Springfield, and charged him with murder, Springfield police said. Officials are holding Woods without bail. He wi…

07/31/2023

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(Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight Update: The call to New Jersey officials that forced a Newark-bound flight to return to Boston was a hoax, Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The man removed from the flight posed no threat to the plane's safety, never made threats, and is now cooperating with police. Investigators said they will now turn their focus to finding the person who made the fake-threat call to New Jersey police. Original: A plane headed to Newark Airport over the weekend was forced to turn around after authorities received a tip that a passenger had made threats of violence. Delta Airlines fli…

07/31/2023

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(Update) Threats Force Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight Update: The call to New Jersey officials that forced a Newark-bound flight to return to Boston was a hoax, Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The man removed from the flight posed no threat to the plane's safety, never made threats, and is now cooperating with police. Investigators said they will now track down the person who made the fake-threat call to New Jersey police. Original: A plane leaving from Boston Logan Airport Sunday, July 30, was forced to turn around after authorities received a tip that a passenger had made threats of violence about the flight. Delta Ai…

07/30/2023

Police & Fire

Baby Hospitalized After Baseball Bat Attack Over Boston Road Rage Incident: DA Police say a 66-year-old Malden man with an "extensive" criminal record injured a baby when he smashed in the windows of the car the infant was in with a baseball bat, authorities said Sunday, July 30. Clifford Jones is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (baseball bat) on a child under 14, malicious destruction of property, possession of a class D substance, selling unstamped cigarettes, and selling cigarettes without a license, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. He was being held on a $7,500 bond. Police say Jones backed his…

07/30/2023

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