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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.

Josh Lanier's Contributions

Police & Fire

Ex-Boston Bank Employee Forged $65K Check To Buy Luxury SUV: DA A Boston man who worked as a customer service representative for a bank forged a treasurer's check to pay for a new BMW, authorities said. Damion Evans, 42, of Hyde Park, faces charges of embezzlement from a bank, forgery, and writing a false check, the Suffolk County District Attorney said on Thursday, Sept. 29. A judge released him without bail. Prosecutors say Evans generated a $65,000 treasurer's check from Cambridge Trust bank but told his bosses that he did it by mistake and deleted the transaction from the system, authorities said. A week later on June 16, Evans us…

by Josh Lanier

09/29/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds Two former eBay executives who pleaded guilty to sending live insects, a funeral wreath, and a bloody Halloween mask to intimidate a Natick couple are going to prison. Federal prosecutors said James Baugh, age 47, of San Jose, CA, and David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, "weaponized" the online auction giant's power and security services to silence the couple, but it didn't work. Baugh, eBay's former senior director of safety and security, will serve 57 months in prison and pay a $40,000 fine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Baugh pleaded guilty to …

by Josh Lanier

09/29/2022

Police & Fire

Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds A 34-year-old Brockton man with a history of trafficking drugs will serve at least a decade in prison and pay millions of dollars in fines after he pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl, authorities said. Ozair Pereira admitted to four counts of distributing the synthetic opioid and conspiracy to distribute it this week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Pereira was out on parole when they caught him and another man selling the drug in February and March 2021. A court previously convicted Pereira in 2018 after police recorded him ordering heroin from a…

by Josh Lanier

09/29/2022

Police & Fire

Brookline Bank Robber Caught After Officers Recognized Him From Earlier Bust: Police The tip came from inside the house. When police started looking for a man they said robbed a Brookline bank, they didn't have to go far to find him. The officers remembered him from an arrest a few days earlier. Jerome Turner, a 47-year-old Boston man, is accused of entering the Brookline Bank in Harvard Square earlier this week, Brookline police said. Turner reportedly walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding cash, authorities continued. Shortly after the robbery police put out a security camera image of the suspect and two Brookline officers recognized him i…

by Josh Lanier

09/29/2022

Police & Fire

Officers Find Drugs, Cash During Car Search At Winthrop Gas Station: Police A search of a car landed two men in jail after police said they found drug paraphernalia, cash, and fentanyl. Gaberial Arias, 30, of Saugus, and Patrice Debnam, 30, of Lynn, were arrested earlier this week after police went through Arias' car at a gas station on Monday, Sept. 26, Winthrop police said. Officers had a search warrant for Arias' home and car from an ongoing investigation, and with the help of police in Everett and Saugus, they tracked down to a Gulf Gas station in Winthrop around 11 a.m., officials said. He was in Debnam's white Toyota Corolla. Police found m…

by Josh Lanier

09/29/2022

Police & Fire

Boston Man Gets 8 Years In Prison For Brockton Armed Robbery: Feds A 27-year-old Brockton man who pleaded guilty to taking part in an armed robbery that involved a high-speed police chase and shots fired at officers will serve eight years in prison, prosecutors said. Dennis Martin is the fourth and final suspect in a 2019 robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts said. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, interference with commerce by robbery, brandishing, using, and carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunit…

by Josh Lanier

09/28/2022

Police & Fire

Brockton Man, Member Of Dark Web Drug Ring Gets 2 Years In Prison: Feds A 26-year-old Brockton man who pleaded guilty to being part of a sophisticated and popular dark web drug empire will spend 28 months in prison, authorities said. Steven McCall was sentenced to just over two years on Wednesday, Sept. 28, after he pleaded guilty to manufacturing and dealing ecstasy, Ketamine, and Xanax along with two other men, the US Attorney General for Massachusetts said. He must also give up a 2012 BMW that authorities said he paid for with drug money. The government asked the judge for a much harsher penalty of just under six years behind bars, but Senior District …

by Josh Lanier

09/28/2022

Police & Fire

Man Wanted For Boston Killings Arrested In Rochester, NY: Police Police arrested a 20-year-old man wanted for murder in Boston in Rochester, NY, earlier this week, authorities said. Raheim Andrew Robinson, of Roxbury, is wanted on two counts of second-degree murder in Dorchester, Boston police said. Officers with the Rochester major crimes and special investigations unit tracked him down to a home there on Tuesday, September 27. Police arrested him just before 6 a.m. Officials will extradite him back to Massachusetts to stand trial, authorities said. Police did not release any information on the murder charges.

by Josh Lanier

09/28/2022

Police & Fire

Have You Seen Me?: Man Attacks Woman Unprovoked In Boston Then Ran Away Boston police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who attacked a woman earlier this week for no reason. The incident reportedly happened just before 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, on Binney Avenue in the Longwood Medical area, Boston police said. The woman said a man in a grey sweatshirt approached her and hit her with a blunt object before he ran away. Investigators released photos of the alleged attacker to drum up tips to help them identify the man. Boston police ask anyone who knows the man or has any information on the attack to contact detectives at 61…

by Josh Lanier

09/28/2022

Police & Fire

Newton Woman Swindled $40K From Ex-Landlord Before Killing Him: DA A 47-year-old Newton woman beat her friend and former landlord to death earlier this week after he confronted her about stealing $40,000 from him, prosecutors said. Xiu Fang Ke will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, in the killing of 65-year-old Leonard Garber, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced during a press conference. Ryan said Ke had written checks from an account that belonged to Garber and stole $40,000 before he realized it. Investigators believe he confronted her late last week or over the weekend about the missing money, and Ke caved in his hea…

by Josh Lanier

09/28/2022

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