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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

Stray Bullet Hits Home In Western Mass Neighborhood — Again Neighbors in a Hampshire County community were once again rattled after a stray bullet struck a home for the second time in a year, police said. The latest shooting happened on Mountain View Drive in Belchertown on Friday afternoon, March 29, when a bullet shattered a sliding glass door, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. No one was at home at the time of the shooting and there were no injuries reported. The family returned home that evening to find the broken glass. Police found the bullet and sent it to the State Police lab for testing and identification.…

04/05/2024

News

$4M Lottery Jackpot Won In Tewksbury A Quincy Trust collected a $4 million lottery jackpot on a $10 scratch-off ticket. Frenchy Nominee Trust claimed the seven-figure prize from the “$4,000,000 Monopoly Doubler” game. Trusts allow the winners to remain anonymous. Related: Man Whose Won Lottery Nearly 50 Times Talks Strategy Attorney David Spillane, a trust nominee, collected the prize money. The winner chose to take the lump sum payment of $2.6 million (before taxes) rather than the annuity. The ticket was sold at Tewksbury Convenience Store at 158 Shawsheen St. The store will get a $…

04/05/2024

Police & Fire

Road Rage: Man Hit Woman With Car In Hopkinton Causing Life-Threatening Injuries, Police Say A Milford man has been charged with running down a woman with his car and hitting her on purpose during a road rage dispute in Hopkinton, authorities said. Ryan Sweatt, age 36, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, operating to endanger, and a marked lanes violation after the alleged incident overnight Thursday, April 4, the Middlesex District Attorney said. He was scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning. Investigators say Sweatt got into a heated argument with a car on Route 85 Thursday night. When the driver and passen…

04/05/2024

Police & Fire

Peabody Man Seriously Injured After Crashing Into Tree In Danvers A 34-year-old Peabody man was taken to a trauma center after crashing his SUV into a tree in Danvers. The man, whose name was not released, went off the road about a half mile from the Route 62 exit of Route 1. He was the only person in the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Paramedics rushed him to Beverly Hospital and later to Lahey Hospital in Burlington. A lane on Route 1 was closed for more than an hour as police cleaned, cleared, and investigated the crash. It's unclear what caused the man to go off the road.

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

Woman, 28, Missing From Springfield; Police Ask For Help A 28-year-old Springfield woman is missing after she left her home in the middle of the night, authorities said. Genesis Escalera vanished overnight, Springfield police said in a Facebook post. Her family it was unusual for her to leave the house so late. Police are anyone with information on her disappearance or whereabouts to contact searchers at 413-787-6300. Several people have posted to ask for help in the search for her.

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

Woman Killed In Head-On Route 117 Crash In Lincoln A woman was killed Thursday morning, April 4, in a head-on collision in the Middlesex County town of Lincoln, authorities said. The crash happened a little after 9 a.m. on Route 117 near Sweet Bay Lane when a Jeep Wrangler collided with a Chevy Silverado, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office said. Paramedics rushed the woman behind the wheel of the Wrangler to Emerson Hospital, where she died of her wounds. The truck driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. Authorities have not released the deceased's name while they notify her next of kin.&n…

04/04/2024

News

Double It Up: 2 $1M Powerball Winners Announced In Medway, Medford — Lottery Climbs To $1.2B While no one claimed the $1 billion Powerball prize on Wednesday, April 3, two Bay Staters walked away millionaires after the drawing. The tickets were sold in Medway at Cumberland Farms at 41 Milford St. and Wegman's at 3850 Mystic Valley Pkwy. in Medford. Related: Braintree Woman Claims $1M In MegaMillions Lottery The winner's names were not announced, but they are among the nine people across the country who won $1 million in Wednesday's drawing. They correctly guessed the five white balls in the drawing. Since no one claimed the Powerball prize, Saturday's dra…

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

Springfield Woman ID'd As Fatal Shooting Victim In West Springfield Police have identified the woman who they found shot and bleeding in a West Springfield parking lot as a 43-year-old Springfield woman. Angela Mercado was found shot just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, in a parking lot on Riverdale Road, West Springfield police said. Officers were sent to the area after receiving 911 calls about a disturbance. They found Mercado bleeding from a bullet wound, and paramedics rushed her to Baystate Medical Center, where she died of her wounds. Roman Holguin, age 37, of Springfield, was charged with murder in the killing and is being h…

04/04/2024

Police & Fire

Roommate, Boyfriend Of Weymouth Woman Found Slain Charged With Financial Crimes: Police The roommate of a woman found slain in Weymouth on Monday, April 1, and her boyfriend have been arrested on financial crimes police discovered while investigating the killing, authorities said. Kelly Shaw, age 44, and her boyfriend John “Jack” Harper, 45, will be arraigned Thursday, April 4, on charges of theft valued over $1,200, uttering forged checks, and other offenses, authorities said. They have not been charged with homicide, authorities reiterated. Christine Ruth Mello, who lived on Lake Street, had been reported missing before her body was recovered at her home, …

04/04/2024

News

$1M Mega Millions Jackpot: Braintree Woman Eyeing Home With Winnings A Braintree woman won a $1 million jackpot from the multi-state Mega Millions drawing last month. Suxia Lin won the seven-figure prize after she matched the first five numbers on her Quic Pic ticket during the March 12 drawing. She collected her prize on March 25. Related: Two People In Mass Win $1 Million In Powerball Lottery Lin chose the lump sum payment of $650,000 (before taxes) rather than the annuity. She said she is considering buying a condo with some of the cash. Lin bought the ticket at Kam Man Food at 219 Quincy Ave. in Quincy. The store will…

04/04/2024

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