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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

I'll Be Stealing Again By 6: Repeat Thief Tells Cops They Can't Stop Him: Police A man has to have a code. For one Springfield man, that's stealing from pharmacies, authorities said. He is so committed to his craft that when police arrested him earlier this week, he brazenly told the officers, "I'll be out on bail and back at Walgreens at 6 a.m.," officials said. Andrew Cronin, 24, was arrested around 2 a.m. Friday morning, Jan 20, when officers spotted him riding his bike near the intersection of Allen and Orange streets, Springfield police said. He is well known to authorities, and they knew he had an outstanding felony warrant connected to a 2017 shooting. …

01/20/2023

News

The Most Popular Fast Food In Massachusetts Will Not Surprise You Massachusetts runs on Dunkin. The beloved coffee and doughnuts chain ranked at the top of the list for most favorite fast food in The Bay State. Gambling.com recently examined Google Trends data of people in Massachusetts searching for a quick bite to eat and ranked the results. Dunkin won in a landslide, which explains why the company has nearly 1,000 locations in the state — the most of any chain, according to Stacker.com. “It scored highest in three out of the four phrases analyzed — resulting in a final score of 53,” the survey notes. “The donut specialty chain has over 1000 outlets i…

01/20/2023

Police & Fire

Quincy Man Busted With 500 Child Porn Images Gets 6 Years In Prison: Feds A 29-year-old Quincy man who was caught with child pornography will spend the next six years behind bars, authorities said. Andre Tilahun pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child porn in October, and a judge sentenced him on Thursday, Jan. 19, the US Attorney's Office said. Investigators said they found 350 images of child porn on Tilahun's computer during a search of his home in 2021. They also found 230 more photos of the offending material on his phone. Police said Tilahun used the social media platform Kik to trade child porn in six separate chat rooms, authorities s…

01/19/2023

Sports

Patriots Will Play Game In Germany Next Season The NFL announced on Thursday, Jan. 19, that the Patriots would host one of two games in Germany next season. The Chiefs will also play in the country during the 2023 season. It will be the first time any NFL franchise has played a regulation game in Germany. The opponent has yet to be determined, and the host city will either be Munich or Frankfurt. The move comes as the National Football League looks to expand its reach and footprint in Europe. The league has hosted games in London for several seasons. A message from Robert Kraft to the German Patriots fans. pic.twitter.com/A3YpPS…

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

Police K9 Tracks Down Holyoke Assault Suspect After He Strangled Girlfriend: Cops Holyoke police are thanking one of their furry brethren for helping them track down a man with a violent history who allegedly strangled his girlfriend earlier this week before running into the woods, authorities said. The suspect, a 33-year-old man, whose name was not released, reportedly attacked his girlfriend at a home on Kennedy Circle and then ran away. Police chased him into the woods, but whenever they got close, he would see them and continue running, police said. Massachusetts State Police K9 Unit Trooper John Areche and his trusty K9 partner Tucker heard the call over…

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

Boston Man With 15-Page Arrest Record Charged With Rape At Hotel: DA A 49-year-old Boston man with a long criminal record now faces violent rape charges stemming from an incident in a hotel earlier this week, authorities said. Herbert Jones faces charges of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated rape, two counts of assault and battery, and threats, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Jones was out on bail from an existing charge, so the judge revoked it for 60 days and added a $50,000 bail once that pre-trial lock-up runs out, the prosecutor said. Police responded to the Doubletree Hotel on Washington Street around 8 a.m. on Mo…

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

23-Year-Old Ohio Man Killed In Auburn Crash A 23-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, died Thursday morning, Jan. 19, following a multi-car crash in Auburn, officials said. The Ohio man, whose name was not released, was driving a 2013 Mazda VST east on Route 90 just before 7:30 a.m. when he sideswiped a 60-year-old man's CX5 from Sturbridge, Massachusetts State police said. The impact forced the Sturbridge man through a guardrail and down an embankment. The Ohio man then slammed into the back of a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Paramedics rushed him to a UMass Memorial Hospital-Lakeside, where he later died of his injuries, troopers said. Th…

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

Quincy Man Who Counterfeited $460K In $100 Bills Gets 3 Years In Prison: Feds A Quincy man who counterfeited more than 4,000 $100 bills was sentenced to more than three years in prison this week. Victor Cardona, 34, will spend 41 months in prison, pay a $5,000 fine, and serve two years of probation after he pleaded guilty in October to one count of counterfeiting US currency, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Cardona was arrested in 2019 after agents found a counterfeit currency manufacturing facility at his home in Quincy. That included inkjet printers, materials to make the bills, and counterfeit busting pens used at stores to detect fake cash, th…

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

Lynn Man Repeatedly Viewed Child Porn When He Knew Agents Watched Him: Feds A judge sentenced a 36-year-old Lynn man who received his second child porn conviction to a decade behind bars earlier this month. But while this was his second time being convicted, he has been busted multiple times for viewing child porn on a cellphone he knew police were monitoring. Thomas LeBlanc was arrested in 2017 and charged with receiving and possessing child porn, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He was released in 2020 on supervised probation on the condition he no longer view the offending material. Investigators told him they would monitor his cell phone and …

01/19/2023

Police & Fire

Man Busted Weeks After Fatal Holyoke Hit-And-Run That Killed 22-Year-Old: Police Police arrested a man in Springfield this week in connection with the hit-and-run death of 22-year-old Jorge Calderon, authorities announced. Byron Salgado-Melendez was arrested in the Jan. 5 crash near the intersection of Cabot and Canal streets just before 8 p.m. Calderon was riding his bike when a car crashed into him and sped away. Paramedics took him to a nearby hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life. Calderon died a week later from his injuries. Related: Family Of Holyoke Hit-And-Run Victim Starts GoFundMe For Funeral Jorge Calderon…

01/19/2023

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