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Josh Lanier

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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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$1M Lottery Win: Quincy Trust Claims Massive Payday $1M Lottery Win: Quincy Trust Claims Massive Payday
$1M Lottery Win: Quincy Trust Claims Massive Payday A Quincy Trust has claimed a $1 million lottery win.  MTAJ 23 Nominee Trust of Quincy won playing the “$4,000,000 Diamonds” $10 scratch-off game.  The winner, who was not named, opted for the lump sum payment of $650,000 rather than the annuity.  The winner purchased the ticket at the Big Y at 505 E. Main St. in Southbridge. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for the sale. 

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Police & Fire
(UPDATES) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass (UPDATES) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass
(Updates) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass Latest Update: The plane took off from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport with three adults on board, flight tracker records and reports said.  Related: Police ID Victims In Franklin County Plane Crash The plane, with the tail number N7345R, was licensed to Fly Lugu, LLC, out of Southwick. Fly tracker data show the plane made several revolutions with fluctuating altitudes before crashing in a heavily wooded area in Franklin County.  Update: The National Transportation Safety Board said a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 went down in a wooded area in Frank…

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Police & Fire
eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds
eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay has agreed to pay $3 million in criminal penalties after several former employees targeted a Middlesex County couple in a campaign of harassment that included sending live cockroaches and funeral wreaths to their home in Natick, federal authorities said.  Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy said the employee's actions put the couple through "pure hell" and said eBay's conduct was "absolutely horrific." eBay engaged in absolutely horrific, criminal conduct. The company’s employees and contractors involved in this campaign put the victims through pure hell, in a petrifying …

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Police & Fire
Springfield Man Talked Foster Child Into Sex Trafficking Gets 18 Years: Feds Springfield Man Talked Foster Child Into Sex Trafficking Gets 18 Years: Feds
Springfield Man Talked Foster Child Into Sex Trafficking Gets 18 Years: Feds A Springfield man who talked a child into performing sex acts for money will spend the next 18 years in a federal prison, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 12.  Carlos Casillas, 51, was convicted of sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl in July, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He will serve five years of probation after he is released from prison.  Investigators said Casillas met the 13-year-old girl, who was living in a foster home, on Facebook and communicated through Facebook Messenger. He talked about her leaving the group home and "exchanging money for services," the pr…

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Police & Fire
Cold Case: Man, 27, Fatally Shot Young Mother After 2015 Everett Concert, DA Says Cold Case: Man, 27, Fatally Shot Young Mother After 2015 Everett Concert, DA Says
Cold Case: Man, 27, Fatally Shot Young Mother After 2015 Everett Concert, DA Says A 27-year-old man has been charged with the 2015 fatal shooting of a 21-year-old woman outside of a nightclub in Everett, authorities announced on Friday, Jan. 12.  Henry “J.R.” Del-Rio is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous Weapon (firearm), attempted assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (firearm), possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and carrying a firearm subsequent offense, the Middlesex District Attorney said.  Del-Rio is accused of shooting Ashlee Berryman, the mother of a then 3-year-old boy, outside Braza Grille nightclub in …

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Obituaries
(Update) 54-Year-Old ID'd As Man Who Drowned In Byfield River: DA (Update) 54-Year-Old ID'd As Man Who Drowned In Byfield River: DA
(Update) 54-Year-Old ID'd As Man Who Drowned In Byfield River: DA A 54-year-old was identified as the man who drowned in a fast-moving river in Byfield on Thursday, Jan. 11, authorities said.  David Harwood, of Byfield, died after he got tangled in some brush in the Parker River near Forest and River streets, the Essex County District Attorney said. Witnesses said the fast-moving current prevented him from getting free.  A bystander waded into the water to help but couldn't reach him.  No foul play is suspected. Several local and state agencies took part in retrieving Harwood's body Thursday night.  Update: Newbury police annou…

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Lottery Payday: Dracut Woman Has Big Plans For Her Winnings Lottery Payday: Dracut Woman Has Big Plans For Her Winnings
Lottery Payday: Dracut Woman Has Big Plans For Her Winnings A Dracut woman is out to disprove the idiom that lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. She plans to continue playing her lottery numbers after hitting a jackpot.  Sonia Firme won the multi-state Lucky for Life game on January 2 after her first five numbers matched that night's drawing. She said she started playing those same random numbers about six months ago and doesn't plan to stop despite the win.  Firme was entitled to $25,000 a year for life for her win, but she chose the lump sum payment of $390,000 (before taxes) rather than the annuity.  She plans to use th…

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Portnoy Returns 'To Where It All Began' With Boston Pizzeria Review Portnoy Returns 'To Where It All Began' With Boston Pizzeria Review
Portnoy Returns 'To Where It All Began' With Boston Pizzeria Review Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy has been on a whirlwind tour of "South Shore Bar Pies" for his One Bite Pizza Review show, but he took a trip down memory lane with his recent review of a Boston pizzeria.  Portnoy recently reviewed Molinari's at 789 Adams St. in Dorchester. That address may sound familiar to some Barstool faithful as it's the same street where the sports site began in Milton 20 years ago.  Related: Portnoy Puts Weymouth Pizzeria On 'Must Hit List' "We were like 10 minutes away (from here)," Portnoy says in his review. "I lived here a long time. Moli…

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Police & Fire
Vermont Man Behind Break-In Spree In Western Mass: DA Vermont Man Behind Break-In Spree In Western Mass: DA
Vermont Man Behind Break-In Spree In Western Mass: DA A 40-year-old Vermont man will spend the next five years behind bars after pleading guilty to a string of car break-ins in Franklin County, where he stole from 11 victims, authorities said.  Schuyler D. Gibson, of Brattleboro, Vermont, admitted to more than 20 charges, including seven counts of breaking into a motor vehicle, four counts of theft under $1,200, and theft with a credit card, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Gibson is accused of a spree of break-ins that began with a home invasion on Sept. 24 in Bernardston and continued with seven car…

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Police & Fire
3 Men Hospitalized In Western Mass Crash ID'd, Police Update Their Conditions 3 Men Hospitalized In Western Mass Crash ID'd, Police Update Their Conditions
3 Men Hospitalized In Western Mass Crash ID'd, Police Update Their Conditions Police have identified the three men who were injured after the truck they were in crashed into a tree in Berkshire County on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 9.  Anthony Nichols, age 41, Gregory Prince, 54, and Robert O'Bert, 50, all of Pittsfield, had to be cut from the truck after it crashed at 241 South St. in Pittsfield near the intersection of Broad Street just after 3:30 p.m., Pittsfield police said.  Nichols, the driver, was in serious condition, Prince was in fair condition, and O'Bert was in good condition Wednesday evening, police said. All three remained at Baystate Medical Cen…

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