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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
Teen Charged With Burning Down Antonio's Grinders In Springfield: Report Teen Charged With Burning Down Antonio's Grinders In Springfield: Report
Teen Charged With Burning Down Antonio's Grinders In Springfield: Report Police arrested a 15-year-old and charged him with burning down a sandwich shop in Springfield earlier this month, a news report said.  The teenager faces arson charges after police said he set the Aug. 15 fire that destroyed Antonio's Grinders on State Street, MassLive.com said. Police also believe the boy set another fire down the road less than an hour later.  Police met the teen on Aug. 16 when they were patrolling near Springfield High School of Science and Technology just before 11:30 p.m., the report said. They noticed a forklift driving around the school late at night at s…

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Business
Amazon To Close Warehouses In Everett, Dedham, Mansfield, Others: Report Amazon To Close Warehouses In Everett, Dedham, Mansfield, Others: Report
Amazon To Close Warehouses In Everett, Dedham, Mansfield, Others: Report Amazon announced Friday, Aug. 26, that the company would scale back some of its growth during the COVID-19 pandemic and begin closing some of its warehouses. That includes five in Massachusetts, according to a news report.  The Boston Globe reported the massive online retailer planned to close delivery warehouses in Dedham, Everett, Randolph, Mansfield, and Milford. Though, Amazon did not provide a timeline for when these closures would take place.  Employees at those warehouses will get the option to move to other facilities in the state. Amazon did not say how many workers would…

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Police & Fire
WATCH: Boston Harbor Police Pull 2 Men From Water Moments From Drowning WATCH: Boston Harbor Police Pull 2 Men From Water Moments From Drowning
Watch: Boston Harbor Police Pull 2 Men From Water Moments From Drowning The "Glory Days" is over, but a father and son lived to tell its tale thanks to a cooler and two Boston police officers.  A 76-year-old man and his son were lobstering in Boston Harbor Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 24, when their boat's propeller got caught in some lobster lines. The current pushed The "Glory Days" onto some rocks, and it began to take on water just off Graves Light. They abandoned ship and watched as the boat sank beneath the waves. They would have gone down with it if not for some quick-acting cops and a bobbing cooler that kept them partially afloat and made them visible.  …

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Police & Fire
Man Who Shot 13-Year-Old Dorchester Boy Through The Eye Arrested: Police Man Who Shot 13-Year-Old Dorchester Boy Through The Eye Arrested: Police
Man Who Shot 13-Year-Old Dorchester Boy Through The Eye Arrested: Police Police said they arrested a 21-year-old man on Wednesday, Aug. 24., in connection with a shooting that left a 13-year-old with a bullet hole in his eye, police said.  Jashone Bullock, of Dorchester, faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a child under 14 and several gun offenses, Boston police said.  Officers said they received a Shot Spotter radio call in the area on Sunday around 8:45 p.m. in Mattapan. They found the boy with a gunshot wound to his eye in the Franklin Fields neighborhood. Responders rushed him to an area hospital for treatment.  Po…

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News
Suffolk County Woman Has State's First Case Of West Nile Virus This Year Suffolk County Woman Has State's First Case Of West Nile Virus This Year
Suffolk County Woman Has State's First Case Of West Nile Virus This Year An elderly Suffolk County woman has contracted Massachusetts' first case of the West Nile Virus, state health officials announced on Thursday, Aug. 25.  The one upside of the drought this year has been the smaller-than-normal population of mosquitos, which transmit the virus. So, the risk has been lower than usual, but health officials said this new case is a reminder that the threat isn't eliminated.  Anyone can contract West Nile virus, but people over 50 are at the highest risk for severe disease. The woman who tested positive for the virus in Suffolk County was in her 70s. Sym…

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Police & Fire
Police Bust Man Part Of Thieves Group That Attacked Vendor At Boston MBTA Station Police Bust Man Part Of Thieves Group That Attacked Vendor At Boston MBTA Station
Police Bust Man Part Of Thieves Group That Attacked Vendor At Boston MBTA Station Police arrested a 35-year-old Boston man after they said he was part of a group of thieves that beat up a vendor at an MBTA station last week.  Brandon Frazier and another man were trying on necklaces at the MBTA's Government Center Blue Line station in Boston just before midnight on Saturday, Aug. 20, transit police said. The men posed with the jewelry and snapped photos of themselves wearing them. When they walked away without paying for those items, the vendor tried to stop them.  That's when a woman who was with Frazier and the other man stepped up and began to punch the vendo…

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Police & Fire
Harvard Grad Student, 32, Died In Police Custody While On Indonesian Honeymoon Harvard Grad Student, 32, Died In Police Custody While On Indonesian Honeymoon
Harvard Grad Student, 32, Died In Police Custody While On Indonesian Honeymoon A 32-year-old transgender Harvard student died earlier this month from alleged police misconduct while on a honeymoon in Indonesia, his family said.  Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a Peruvian-born Kennedy School graduate student, was arrested on a drug possession charge when he landed in Bali on Aug, 6, the Harvard Crimson reported. He was dead five days later. His spouse, Sebastián Marallano, and family say the outspoken trans-activist's death is the result of "racial discrimination and transphobia," and they demand a thorough investigation and independent autopsy.  Rodrigo Ventocilla …

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Police & Fire
37-Year-Old Woman Killed In Stoughton Rollover Wreck: Police 37-Year-Old Woman Killed In Stoughton Rollover Wreck: Police
37-Year-Old Woman Killed In Stoughton Rollover Wreck: Police A 37-year-old woman died Wednesday night, Aug. 24, after she wrecked her car on Route 24 in Stoughton, authorities said.  Suzete Mendes, of Hyannis, was driving in the northbound lanes around 8:30 when her 2015 Infiniti Q40 went off the right side of the road, hit the guardrail, and rolled over, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Good Samaritan Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.  No one else was injured.  Police are investigating what caused Mendez to drive off the road and crash. 

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Police & Fire
Bomb Squad Gives All-Clear At Woburn Courthouse After Evacuation: Report Bomb Squad Gives All-Clear At Woburn Courthouse After Evacuation: Report
Bomb Squad Gives All-Clear At Woburn Courthouse After Evacuation: Report The Middlesex Courthouse in Woburn returned to normal around noon on Thursday, Aug. 25, after a bomb threat forced state troopers to evacuate the building, reports said.  The bomb threat came in around 10 a.m. Police did not go into detail about how the threat was made, but troopers took it as credible enough to evacuate the building.  The bomb squad began sweeping the building around 10:30 a.m., officials said. Techs gave the all-clear after more than an hour of searching, NBC Boston reported.  MSP detectives and Bomb Squad on scene at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn for a bomb thr…

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Police & Fire
32-Year-Old Chelsea Woman To Blame For Fatal East Boston Hit-And-Run: DA 32-Year-Old Chelsea Woman To Blame For Fatal East Boston Hit-And-Run: DA
32-Year-Old Chelsea Woman To Blame For Fatal East Boston Hit-And-Run: DA Prosecutors indicted a 32-year-old Chelsea woman on Thursday, Aug. 25, in the death of a 58-year-old pedestrian in a fatal hit-and-run earlier this year in East Boston.  Gabriella Mendez is charged with motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene of a crash causing injury or death, and other offenses, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.  Alan Martel was crossing Bennington Road on May 12 when a Hyundai Santa Fe that Boston police said Mendez was driving smashed into him and sped away. Another driver saw the wreck and called 911. Martel died from his injuries a…

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