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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

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…

by Josh Lanier

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 …

by Josh Lanier

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…

by Josh Lanier

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…

by Josh Lanier

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…

by Josh Lanier

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…

by Josh Lanier

06/08/2022

Police & Fire

Police Searching For Woodbridge Bank Robber The Prince Wiliam County police say they're on the scene of a bank robbery in Woodbridge. The department tweeted just before noon on Wednesday, June 8, that a man walked into the Apple Federal Credit Union on Potomac Mills Road with a gun and demanded cash. He then ran away. Police have swarmed that area and are looking for the suspect. *INCIDENT: Bank #Robbery | #Woodbridge;#PWCPD is investigating a bank robbery at the Apple FCU on Potomac Mills Rd. Suspect brandished firearm & took money. No injuries. Suspect described as black male, 5'10", thin with red hat & red hooded swe…

by Josh Lanier

06/08/2022

Police & Fire

Manassas Man Guilty Of Selling Fake Pills, Owning 'Ghost Guns:' Feds A 26-year-old Manassas man faces at least 15 years in prison after federal authorities said he flooded northern Virginia with fentanyl over 18 months. Justice Edward Ansah pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges on Tuesday, June 7, the Department of Justice said. According to federal officials, Ansah pressed and sold hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills from May 2020 until December 2021 at the time of his arrest. Police found 6,700 grams of fentanyl, 1450 grams of cocaine, and tens of thousands of grams of marijuana when they searched his two homes in Manassas, …

by Josh Lanier

06/08/2022

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Thrown From Bike Lands In Jail: Police A 22-year-old motorcyclist faces a mountain of charges in Stafford after someone crashed into his bike last week, authorities said. Austin Reeder, of Fredericksburg, was riding along U.S. 1 when a Lexus SUV pulled onto the highway from Coachman Circle and into his path just before 10 a.m. on Friday, June 3, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. Reeder was seriously injured in the crash, deputies said. But when deputies arrived, Reeder began acting nervous, the Sheriff's Office said. That's likely because deputies found what they believed were fentanyl pills in his book…

by Josh Lanier

06/08/2022

Police & Fire

7 Shot, 2 Dead In Baltimore Shootings Less Than Hour Apart Police responded to a quadruple shooting in a sleepy neighborhood in northeast Baltimore Tuesday evening, June 7. Less than an hour later, authorities received reports of a triple shooting just a few miles away. The first shooting happened in the 5500 block of Plainview Avenue around 6:30 p.m. when a gunman approached a group of four men sitting outside a house and opened fire, Baltimore Police Major Steve Hohman told news cameras. A 22-year-old man died at the scene, and first responders rushed an 18-year-old man to John Hopkins Hospital where he died later that evening, WMAR reported. Pol…

by Josh Lanier

06/07/2022

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