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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

Waterbury Man Was Paid To Help Disabled People, But He Pocketed Cash: State A Waterbury man is facing serious felony charges after investigators say he scammed Medicaid out of more than $150,000 by billing for services he never provided, state authorities said. Tywan Marion, 48, was arrested by Inspectors from the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. He’s been charged with six felony counts, including two counts of Larceny in the First Degree, two counts of Health Insurance Fraud, and one count each of Conspiracy to Commit Larceny and Conspiracy to Commit Health Insurance Fraud. Marion was approved to provide personal care assistant and independent living skill ser…

04/17/2025

Police & Fire

Infant Left Alone In Car As Griswold Dad Shopped For Baseball Cards In Lisbon A Connecticut father is facing serious charges after police say he left his 4-month-old infant alone in a running car while he went inside a local store to buy baseball cards. Sean Wilding, 33, of Griswold, was arrested at a Route 12 business in Lisbon after someone called 911 when they saw the infant in the running car, Connecticut State Police said. When police arrived, Wilding was leaving the store. He told them he thought it would be OK to leave the baby in the car since he wouldn't be inside long, police relayed. He was charged with risk of injury to a minor and leaving an…

04/17/2025

Schools

IRS May Withdraw Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status As Fight Between Trump, University Escalates The Trump administration is weighing whether to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status—an unprecedented and aggressive move that has escalated tensions between the Ivy League institution and the federal government, according to reports from The Washington Post and CNN. According to two people familiar with the matter, the Internal Revenue Service is preparing to rescind Harvard’s long-standing nonprofit designation, CNN reported. A final decision could be announced soon. Related: Obama Calls Out Trump Over "Unlawful" $2 Billion Cuts to Harvard The effort follows the White House’s …

04/17/2025

Police & Fire

Elderly Danbury Woman Busted Again Selling Drugs Near School, Just Days After 1st Arrest: Cops A Danbury woman is back in jail after police say she resumed selling drugs from her apartment, located just steps from a school — only days after being released on similar charges. Vera Ribeiro-Menezes, 70, of Danbury, was arrested on Tuesday, April 15, after police served multiple search warrants at her Foster Street home, authorities said. Police were familiar with the property that's within walking distance of Head Start of Northern Fairfield County and Saint Peter School. Just 11 days earlier, detectives had raided the same apartment on April 4 and arrested Ribeiro-Menezes …

04/16/2025

Politics

American-Born Attorney Told To Self-Deport In Immigration Snafu: 'I've Been Here My Whole Life' When Nicole Micheroni, a Massachusetts-born immigration attorney, opened her inbox and saw an email from the Department of Homeland Security telling her she would need to leave the country “immediately,” she knew it had to be a mistake. The message claimed her “parole” had been terminated, a term used in immigration law to describe temporary permission for non-citizens to stay in the U.S. But Micheroni is a U.S. citizen. And that’s exactly what’s raising alarm bells for her. “I knew it was sent to me in error and so wasn’t worried,” she said in a thread on Bluesky. “But what about the peopl…

04/16/2025

Police & Fire

Gunfire, Silence, Hospital Tip: How Police Cracked Fairfield Shooting Case A Norwalk man was arrested and charged this week in connection with a 2024 shooting that shook a Fairfield neighborhood, authorities said, crediting months of detective work with tracking down the alleged gunman. Jaquan Rosado, 32, faces multiple charges related to the Fiske Street shooting, Fairfield police announced. Officers responded to the area around 10:30 p.m. on June 23, 2024. Investigators found evidence of gunfire but no victim at the scene. That changed later that night when a local hospital alerted police that a man had arrived with a gunshot wound to his leg, authorities said.…

04/16/2025

Police & Fire

Tesla Targeted By Vandal In Hingham; Weymouth Man Caught On Camera: Police A Weymouth man faces a charge after police say he keyed a brand-new Tesla Cybertruck in Hingham, and the incident was caught on camera, police said. Brendan Mullen, 20, pleaded not guilty to malicious destruction of property, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said. The incident happened near North Street and Mill Street in Hingham around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Hingham Police said the Cybertruck’s owner got an alert from the vehicle’s built-in safety system — a feature that records anyone who touches the truck. The footage reportedly showed someone running a key a…

04/16/2025

News

Fatal Family Fight: North Haven Man Killed Elderly Relative In Stabbing A 40-year-old man sits in a Connecticut jail on a $2 million bond after police say he stabbed a 77-year-old family member to death. David Pagan of North Haven has been arrested and charged with murder and first-degree assault, according to North Haven police. The deadly incident occurred just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at a home on Pleasant Drive in North Haven, authorities said. Police reported that two people were stabbed. First responders found one victim in front of the home with non-life-threatening injuries. The second victim was discovered inside the residence, suffer…

04/16/2025

Police & Fire

(Watch) Drunk Wrong-Way Driver On I-91 Crashes Near Windsor After Swerving Across Lanes: Police It was a harrowing moment for drivers on I-91 over the weekend when a red SUV sped the wrong way down the highway and crashed into signposts before finally stopping near Windsor, Connecticut. William Chretien, 41, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was arrested around 2 a.m. Saturday, April 12, near Northbound Exit 38 on I-91, according to Connecticut State Police. Other drivers dialed 911 to report an SUV swerving across lanes with no headlights. Troopers quickly located the car using traffic cameras. Troopers confirmed the SUV was driving without lights and weaving across all lanes. The…

04/15/2025

Schools

‘Unlawful’: Obama Defends Harvard Against Trump’s $2B Funding Threat Former President Barack Obama is lending his voice to support Harvard University after the prestigious Ivy League school dared President Donald Trump to follow through on his threatened $2 billion federal funding freeze if the school didn’t comply with his administration’s new guidelines. Among other demands, Trump wants Harvard to dismantle its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; ban masks at campus protests; implement a merit-based admissions and hiring system; and reduce the influence of faculty and administrators he claims are “more committed to activism” than education, a letter …

04/15/2025

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