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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

Mass Man Who Made Millions Manipulating Stocks Must Repay Money, Serve House Arrest: Feds A Chinese national who lives in Weymouth that investigators said led a group of traders accused of making more than $37 million through a stock manipulation scheme must repay the money he bilked, federal authorities announced. Jiali Wang, 44, was sentenced this week to time served (three months in prison) and nine months of house arrest, and he must forfeit $7.75 million in illicit proceeds from the scam after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud earlier this year, the US Attorney's Office said. The Security and Exchanges Commission alleged that Wang led 17…

12/02/2022

Police & Fire

Repeat Sex Offender Charged With Exposing Himself To Woman Inside Tyngsborough Store: Police Police arrested a 37-year-old man this week and charged him with exposing his genitals to a woman who was shopping at a strip mall in Tyngsborough, authorities said. Alfredo Sorrondeguy faces charges of open and gross lewdness following the alleged incident at 440 Middlesex Road Thursday afternoon, Dec. 1, Tyngsborough police said. The woman told investigators she was shopping at a store when Sorrondeguy walked up and took it out in a public area with several other shoppers nearby. Police arrested him in the parking lot a few minutes following the alleged incident…

12/02/2022

Police & Fire

Dracut Man Who Pistolwhipped Clerks, Fired Gun In 3 Christmas Eve Robberies Gets 12 Years: Feds A Dracut man who admitted to robbing three convenience stores on Christmas Eve 2020 will spend 12 years behind bars, federal authorities announced. Michael Vangpa, 33, was sentenced to 150 months in prison followed by fives years of probation following his guilty pleas to three counts of interfering with commerce by robbery and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Vangpa robbed two stores in Lowell and a third in Tewksbury within an hour on Dec. 24, 2020, investigators said. Each time he pulled his gun and de…

12/02/2022

Police & Fire

Teens Charged With Stolen Dump Truck Getaway That Ended In Acton: Police Three Framingham teens are accused of running from Acton police in a stolen dump truck earlier this week. Christopher De Brito, 18, faces charges of resisting arrest and theft of a motor vehicle, and two 17-year-olds are charged with theft of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, negligent operation of a vehicle, and unlicensed driving, Acton police said. Police did not release the names of the younger suspects. An Acton police officer monitoring traffic on Great Road Thursday morning, Dec. 1, noticed the F-350 dump truck had an expired sticker and pulled it over. The dri…

12/02/2022

Police & Fire

81-Year-Old Leverett Woman Gets 2 Years Probation In Death of Belchertown Motorcyclist: DA An 81-year-old woman avoided jail time after a jury on Thursday, Dec. 1, found her guilty of the death of a 57-year-old man in April 2020 after she caused him to crash his motorcycle. Mary Nelson of Leverett was convicted of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation and will serve two years of probation and give up her license for 15 years, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Nelson was accused of killing 57-year-old Kevin Douville of Belchertown after she failed to yield to oncoming traffic and turned left in front of Douville's motorcy…

12/01/2022

Police & Fire

'Route 91 Bandit,' Responsible For 14 Bank Robberies In 4 States, ID'd As Chicopee Man: Feds The saga of the "Route 91 Bandit," an armed robber that FBI agents said robbed 14 banks stretching from Western Massachusetts to Vermont starting in September 2021, has played out like a Hollywood screenplay, and now investigators say they have identified their leading man. Taylor Dziczek, 30, of Chicopee, was arrested Thursday, Dec. 1, in connection with the more than year-long robbery spree that stretched across four states, the FBI said in a news release. A judge ordered him held without bail in Hartford, Conn. The story of Dziczek's capture began in May. Investig…

12/01/2022

Business

Popular Boston Chinese Restaurant Closes After More Than 20 Years In Business China House, the popular Chinese takeout restaurant in Boston's North End, has closed. The owners of the 331 North Hanover Store store broke the news on their website Thursday, Dec. 1 "We are now closed," they wrote. "A big THANK YOU to all our customers for the support and patronage over our 20+ years of business." China House boasted a 4-star rating on Yelp and has dozens of positive reviews. Most cited the large portions, low prices, and friendly customer service as high points. Some people left thank yous to the restaurant on the review site as word trickled out about t…

12/01/2022

News

Health Officials Raise Alarms After Sewage Discharge In Boston Inner Harbor Health officials are warning the public to stay away from the water in Boston Inner Harbor following a sewage discharge earlier this week. The Water Resources Authority said the overflow happened around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 30 after a vicious storm hit the area with heavy rains and high winds. Water upstream of North Washington Street Bridge should be avoided for two days minimum. "The public is advised to avoid contact with affected water bodies for at least 48 hours after a sewage discharge or overflow, during rainstorms, and for 48 hours after rainstorms end, due to increased health risks…

12/01/2022

Police & Fire

Know Him?: Police In Boston Searching For MBTA Flasher Transit police said a man took out his genitals while aboard an MBTA commuter train last month in Boston and flashed other passengers. Investigators released a photo of the man during the act to generate tips on his identity. The train was outside of South Station in Boston just before 9 p.m. on Nov. 19 when he decided to take "it" out and show it off, transit police tweeted. Transit police ask anyone who recognizes the man to contact investigators at 617-222-1050 or send a text to 873873 to remain anonymous. Person of Interest re: Lewd & Lascivious conduct onboard an #MBTA Comm…

12/01/2022

Police & Fire

Florida Man, 76, Admits Masturbating, Touching Woman On Flight From Newark: Feds A 76-year-old Florida man faces 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty this week to masturbating on a flight from Newark to Boston earlier this year, federal authorities said. Donald Edward Robinson of Bonita Springs was accused of exposing himself and masturbating at a 21-year-old woman aboard the April 8 flight, the FBI reported. The woman recorded a 24-second video on her phone of Robinson fondling himself through his pants shortly after takeoff, authorities said. Later in the hour-long flight, he exposed himself to her and touched her thigh without consent. The woman…

12/01/2022

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