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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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Police & Fire
Hingham Schools Bus Driver Charged With Drunk Driving With Busload Of Students: Police Hingham Schools Bus Driver Charged With Drunk Driving With Busload Of Students: Police
Hingham Schools Bus Driver Charged With Drunk Driving With Busload Of Students: Police Authorities arrested a Hingham Public Schools bus driver and charged her with drunk driving with a busload of students after one of the passengers called the police for help on Thursday, Nov. 17, officials said.  Bethann Sweeney, 53, of Hanover, faces charges of operating under the influence, child endangerment while operating under the influence, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, reckless endangerment of a child, and having an open container of alcohol while driving, Massachusetts State Police said.  A passenger on a Plymouth North High School bus called troopers just befor…

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Police & Fire
Ipswich Man Caught With 600 Images Of Child Porn Pleads Guilty, Faces Decades In Jail: Feds Ipswich Man Caught With 600 Images Of Child Porn Pleads Guilty, Faces Decades In Jail: Feds
Ipswich Man Caught With 600 Images Of Child Porn Pleads Guilty, Faces Decades In Jail: Feds An Ipswich man who was arrested with several hundred images and videos of child pornography has pleaded guilty and now faces decades in prison, authorities said.  Julien Toulotte, 24, admitted to one count of distribution of child porn and a charge of possession of the offensive material this week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Police began investigating Toulotte in January 2021 after he struck up a relationship with an undercover agent he believed to be a 15-year-old girl on social media, authorities said. He sent her multiple nude photos of himself and asked her to re…

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Business
Boston Starbucks Employees Join More Than 100 Stores Nationwide On Picket Lines Boston Starbucks Employees Join More Than 100 Stores Nationwide On Picket Lines
Boston Starbucks Employees Join More Than 100 Stores Nationwide On Picket Lines Workers at more than 100 Starbucks locations across the country — including several in Boston — went on strike Thursday because they say the company will not negotiate in good faith and is trying to stop more stores from unionizing. The workers say they are striking in an effort to force the coffee giant to discuss better staffing at stores and other concessions, according to the Starbucks Workers Union website. The group also says Starbucks is fighting efforts for more stores to unionize.  #redcuprebellion pic.twitter.com/9ujttws0uu — Boston Starbucks Workers United (@BostonSBWU) Novemb…

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News
JetBlue Announcement Could Mean Lower Ticket Prices From Boston To Paris JetBlue Announcement Could Mean Lower Ticket Prices From Boston To Paris
JetBlue Announcement Could Mean Lower Ticket Prices From Boston To Paris JetBlue fliers in Boston will soon be able to make a day trip to Paris thanks to the carrier's new plan to offer more direct transatlantic flights.  The lower-cost airline announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, that it would start with flights out of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Charles de Gaulle Airport in the summer of 2023 with flights out of Logan to begin soon after. Tickets will go on sale in the coming months, though the company didn't provide any specific dates.  “JetBlue is offering something completely unique to what you get from the big global legacy airlines on the…

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Police & Fire
Boston Bank Robber Who Threatened To Kill Teller, Customer Pleads Guilty: Feds Boston Bank Robber Who Threatened To Kill Teller, Customer Pleads Guilty: Feds
Boston Bank Robber Who Threatened To Kill Teller, Customer Pleads Guilty: Feds A Boston man who pleaded guilty to robbing a TD Bank in Boston last year will find out his sentence in a few months.  Coleman Nee, 42, admitted this week to handing a bank teller a note that said he would kill them and a customer if they didn't give him money, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The teller complied but slipped a GPS tracker in with the cash.  Nee only got to keep the money for about 20 minutes before police arrested him, the prosecutor said.  He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the bank robbery. A judge is scheduled to sent…

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Police & Fire
Boston Man With More Than 80 Charges On His Record Has Bail Revoked: DA Boston Man With More Than 80 Charges On His Record Has Bail Revoked: DA
Boston Man With More Than 80 Charges On His Record Has Bail Revoked: DA A 44-year-old Boston man with more than 80 criminal charges on his record since the early 1990s won't be home for Thanksgiving, a judge ruled on Wednesday, Nov. 16, authorities said.  Timothy Campbell, 44, is accused of threatening employees at a Downtown Crossing Macy's store twice in one day to shoplift, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.  Employees told police he tried to steal $371.36 worth of merchandise on Sept. 9 and threatened to shoot workers when they went to stop him, the DA's office said. Security personnel told officers he'd been in the store ear…

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Police & Fire
26-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Lowell; Police Ask For Tips 26-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Lowell; Police Ask For Tips
26-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Lowell; Police Ask For Tips Lowell police are investigating the shooting death of a 26-year-old Lowell man Tuesday night, Nov. 15, as a homicide following an autopsy report. Investigators are asking for the public's help to ID the shooter.  Officers found Odogwu Ganobi bleeding out near the intersection of Chelmsford Street and Maitland Avenue around 7 p.m. and rushed him to Tufts Medical Center in Boston, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said.  He died of his wounds later that night. The chief medical examiner's office conducted an autopsy and ruled the killing a homicide.  Inve…

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Police & Fire
Cambridge Man With 3 Children In Car Crashed While Drunk, High: Police Cambridge Man With 3 Children In Car Crashed While Drunk, High: Police
Cambridge Man With 3 Children In Car Crashed While Drunk, High: Police A 30-year-old Cambridge man who crashed his car with three children inside had an open bottle of alcohol on the passenger seat, authorities said. Officers also believe he was high on marijuana at the time of the wreck, a report said.  Leroy Blake, 30, faces a litany of charges stemming from the Tuesday, Nov. 15, crash on Hampshire Street, Cambridge Police logs said. Police did not release any information on his relationship with the children or if anyone was injured in the crash.  Police said Blake was driving his girlfriend's car without her permission on a suspended license…

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Police & Fire
Springfield Police Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting (DEVELOPING) Springfield Police Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting (DEVELOPING)
Springfield Police Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting (Developing) Springfield police announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, that it would open an investigation into an officer-involved shooting that happened earlier that morning.  Police have released few details about what happened so far, and it's unclear what led up to the shooting.  The shooting happened around 7:20 a.m. in the Woodside Terrace area, Springfield Police said in a statement. Responders took the suspect to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, where he was arrested on numerous charges, authorities said.  Springfield police did not release the names of the officer o…

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Police & Fire
Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report
Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report Administrators at Boston Children's Hospital received a bomb threat Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, the third such hoax made to the facility in less than four months.  Police swept the buildings but found nothing, Boston 25 reported.  “We will continue to work closely with law enforcement and hospital security teams, and we are grateful for their immediate response,” a spokesperson for Boston Children’s Hospital told Boston 25. “We are committed to ensuring the hospital is a safe and secure place for all who work here and come here.” This harassment is an ongoing concern for the hosp…

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