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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

2 Children Poured Acid On Slides, Injured 4 Other Kids At Western Mass Park: DA Two minors have been charged with pouring muriatic acid on slides in Hampden County and injuring multiple children, authorities said. Police said the juveniles poured the toxic material on the slides at Bliss Park in Longmeadow on June 11. Four children who played on them later were burned by the caustic substance. An investigation found that the juveniles had stolen muriatic acid from the pool's pump room at the park and poured it on three slides. The toxic material was stored correctly, authorities said, but the thieves went to great lengths to get it. They scaled two fences a…

10/19/2023

News

$1M Lottery Win: Mass Man Loses Winning Ticket, Housekeeper Finds It A Middlesex County man is $1 million richer now, thanks to his honest housekeeper. Khalil Soussa, of Medford, won the payday playing the “15,000,000 Money Maker” scratch-off lottery game, Massachusetts Lottery Officials said. He bought the ticket months ago but lost it. Soussa's housekeeper found it inside a vase, the lottery said. Soussa took the lump sum of $650,000 before taxes rather than the annuity. He said he plans to use the money to help a friend and donate to charities. He bought the ticket at Tony’s Convenience at 416 Salem St. in Medfor…

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Raped After Getting Into Car She Thought Was An Uber In Boston: DA A woman told Boston police she got the ride from hell when she accidentally got into a car she believed was her Uber on Saturday, Oct. 14, and the driver raped her, authorities said. Qabel Najeeb, 29, of Worcester, who investigators said was behind the wheel of that car, is charged with one count of rape and was being held on a $10,000 bail, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. The 32-year-old woman called Boston police and said she'd ordered a ride home from a Boston nightclub a little before 5 a.m., but the ride was canceled, authorities said. The woman did not realize t…

10/19/2023

Business

Rite Aid Will Close Stores In Mass, Connecticut After Filing For Bankruptcy Rite Aid, the pharmacy giant that filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, Oct. 15, plans to close 154 underperforming stores nationwide, according to a new filing. Some of those closures will be in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Related: Why Is Rite Aid Filing For Bankruptcy? Rite Aid announced earlier this week that declining sales and rising debt forced the company's hand in filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The chain has more than 2,100 stores nationwide, and reducing rent costs will play a large part in bringing its balance sheet back into the black. The only store in Massachusetts…

10/18/2023

Police & Fire

Western Mass Man Shared Child Porn Of Kid Under 12-Years-Old: Feds A 25-year-old Amherst man was arrested Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, and charged with having and sharing child sexual abuse material last year, authorities said. Bradley Driscoll faces one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A federal indictment said that in August 2022, Driscoll had child sexual abuse videos that featured a kid under 12 years old. Driscoll faces at least five years in prison and up to 40 years in prison if he is convicted, per federal sentencing guidelines…

10/18/2023

News

Lottery Jackpot: Special Numbers Help Boston Woman Win $25K A Year For Life An East Boston woman recently picked up $25,000 a year for life in the Oct. 3 lottery drawing thanks to her lucky numbers. And she already has some high-octane ideas for how to spend her windfall. Marina Costello of East Boston used a collection of birthdays and her favorite numbers when she played the Lucky for Life game earlier this month. She's been playing those same numbers for 30 years, the Massachusetts State Lottery said. Costello chose the lump sum payment of $390,000 before taxes rather than the annuity. She plans to use that money to buy a new car. She purchase…

10/18/2023

News

Mass Teen Tried To Help ISIS In Terrorist Group's War Against 'Disbelievers': Feds An 18-year-old Middlesex County man has been charged with helping raise money for the terrorist group ISIS, federal authorities announced. Mateo Ventura, 18, of Wakefield, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston this week on the charge of knowingly concealing the source of material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Ventura provided multiple gift cards worth $700 to someone he believed was an ISIS supporter. The gift cards would be sold on the dark web for less than their face value, wi…

10/18/2023

Police & Fire

Love In A Boston Elevator Lands Couple With Warrants In Prison: Police A couple of love birds decided to get hot and heavy in an elevator at the State Street MBTA Station Monday night, Oct. 16, transit police said, but that wasn't what got them locked up. Transit police received a call of two people *ahem* going down in an elevator around 10 p.m. Police caught the couple in the act, but after running their information, officers realized they were wanted for a slew of other crimes outside of living out the lyrics to a late 1980s B-tier Aerosmith jam. The two had warrants for assault with a dangerous weapon, breaking and entering, and assault on a po…

10/17/2023

News

Man Missing For Month ID'd As Body Found In Southborough: Police Police have identified the body found dead in Southborough on Monday, Oct. 16, as an 82-year-old Warren man who went missing in September. Gary Lyons, who suffered from cognitive disabilities, disappeared from his Palmer Street home in Warren on Sept. 14 in his 2018 Toyota Camry. He said he was going "east," a Warren missing person's post read. His family and police were never able to find him, and authorities issued a Silver Alert in the hopes of bringing him home safely. On Monday, a man's body was found in Southborough just before noon on Valley Road near a b…

10/17/2023

Obituaries

GoFundMe For Teen Killed In Springfield Fire Tops $20K Goal; Fundraising Continues For Sister Support for an 18-year-old girl who was killed in a Springfield fire on Monday, Oct. 16, has overwhelmed her family, but they are keeping the fundraiser open to help their daughter who will need multiple skin graphs, the GoFundMe said. Janayrah "Nany" Rivera was killed, others were seriously injured, and three dogs died in a two-alarm blaze that broke out at a home on Grover Street just before 5:30 a.m., according to firefighters. It's unclear what sparked the blaze, but firefighters had it under control in under 20 minutes, officials said. Janayrah's sister posted on the GoFundMe that th…

10/17/2023

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