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Josh Lanier

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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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Beloved Worcester Restaurant Launches 'Big Kitchen On Wheels' Beloved Worcester Restaurant Launches 'Big Kitchen On Wheels'
Beloved Worcester Restaurant Launches 'Big Kitchen On Wheels' George's Coney Island announced this week that they started a food truck after years of being asked about catering and pop-up events.  The popular eatery Southbridge Street eatery announced on Facebook recently that they had launched the truck and would put it to the test at last weekend's Applefest.  Chief Operating Officer of George's Coney Island Solon Kelleher gave fans a virtual tour of the new food truck through their Facebook page and explained what to expect from it going forward.  "We got countless questions about weddings and parties and sporting events and all these catering th…

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Police & Fire
Salisbury Woman Who Sexually Exploited Friend's Baby Gets 17 Years: Feds Salisbury Woman Who Sexually Exploited Friend's Baby Gets 17 Years: Feds
Salisbury Woman Who Sexually Exploited Friend's Baby Gets 17 Years: Feds A 26-year-old Salisbury woman who admitted to sexually exploiting a baby she was taking care of and sharing the photos online will spend the next 17 years in prison, authorities said.  Desiree Daigle was arrested by the FBI in 2018 after agents found she shared naked photos of the young girl in a chatroom, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Agents later learned she took the child to a hotel for the sexual gratification of a man, the prosecutor said. She pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation in June.  The infant's parents asked the judge for the harshest sentence possible…

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Police & Fire
'I Don't Have To Pay For These': Boston Man Pulls Off Brazen Knifepoint Robbery At Shoe Store 'I Don't Have To Pay For These': Boston Man Pulls Off Brazen Knifepoint Robbery At Shoe Store
'I Don't Have To Pay For These': Boston Man Pulls Off Brazen Knifepoint Robbery At Shoe Store A Boston man is charged with armed robbery after police said he pulled a knife on a store manager over a pair of shoes.  Jason Johnson is accused of robbing the Downtown Crossing DSW in Boston on Sept. 29, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Police arrested him last week.  Employees of the store said Johnson triggered the alarm when he walked into the Washington Street store around 7:30 p.m., which indicated he had stolen merchandise from another store on him, police said. Johnson put on a pair of black Adidas shoes and left the box behind. When a store manager app…

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Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police
Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police Police in New Jersey arrested a 38-year-old Massachusetts man after a hotel worker accused him of exposing his genitals and "performing a lewd act," authorities said.  Daniel Cater, of Brockton, sneaked into the employee's area of a Candlewood Suites hotel at 279 Secaucus Road on Oct. 17 just after 6:30 a.m. and performed the stunt, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.  Police arrested him without incident and charged him with lewdness, Miller said. 

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Police & Fire
Canadian Man Called Bomb Threats To Boston Children's Hospital, Others: FBI Canadian Man Called Bomb Threats To Boston Children's Hospital, Others: FBI
Canadian Man Called Bomb Threats To Boston Children's Hospital, Others: FBI Boston and federal officials say they've arrested a 42-year-old Canadian man who is responsible for several bomb threats last month, authorities said on Monday, Oct. 24.  Joshua Kimble, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, is charged with 12 counts of public mischief, 12 counts of false information, and a charge of failing to comply with a probation officer, Boston police said. Police arrested him last month, and he is being held in Canada. It's unclear when he'll be sent to the US to stand trial.  Authorities said Kimble made a bomb threat to the Children's Hospital on Sept. 9 …

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Mass Man Killed After Airplane Slammed Into NH Apartment Building, Exploded: Police Mass Man Killed After Airplane Slammed Into NH Apartment Building, Exploded: Police
Mass Man Killed After Airplane Slammed Into NH Apartment Building, Exploded: Police A Massachusetts man was one of the two men killed in a fiery plane crash Friday night, Oct. 21, in New Hampshire, local authorities announced this week.  Lawrence Marchiony, 41, of Baldwinville, was killed along with Marvin David Dezendorf, 60 years old, of Townshend, VT, in the crash, Keene town officials said. Police said both men were experienced pilots, but they do not know who was flying at the time of the crash.  Investigators said the two men were aboard a single-engine plane that took off from Keene Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, NH, just after 6:45 p.m. A few minutes later, the…

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Suffolk DA Will Not Retry Dorchester Man Who Spent 37 Years In Prison For Murder Suffolk DA Will Not Retry Dorchester Man Who Spent 37 Years In Prison For Murder
Suffolk DA Will Not Retry Dorchester Man Who Spent 37 Years In Prison For Murder Prosecutors will not retry a Dorchester man convicted of a 1984 Boston murder after the state Supreme Court found problems with the first conviction, The Suffolk County District Attorney announced on Monday. Joseph Pope has spent nearly four decades for the killing of Efrain DeJesus in Uphams Corner during a robbery. Though, he never pulled the trigger. Pope was convicted under state law at the time that said everyone involved in a crime that leads to murder is just as guilty of the killing, news reports said. Pope was upstairs at DeJesus' home when the killing happened.&…

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Malden Man, 49, ID'd As Pedestrian Killed Near South Bay Shopping Center Malden Man, 49, ID'd As Pedestrian Killed Near South Bay Shopping Center
Malden Man, 49, ID'd As Pedestrian Killed Near South Bay Shopping Center State Police have identified the man killed while he crossed I-93 on foot Saturday night near the South Bay Shopping Center in Boston.  Mark McAuliffe, 49, of Malden died just after 9:30 p.m. when a Toyota Highlander hit him as he moved across the northbound lanes of the highway, the Massachusetts State Police said. He'd already crossed the southbound lanes and the median when he was hit, police said.  McAuliffe didn't have an ID or any identifying documents on him when he died, which delayed investigators figuring out who he was.  The 53-year-old driver stopped and called 9…

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FBI Divers Searching For Evidence In Billerica River: Report FBI Divers Searching For Evidence In Billerica River: Report
FBI Divers Searching For Evidence In Billerica River: Report A team of FBI divers will search the Concord River this week in Billerica to search for evidence in a case, NBC Boston reported.  The FBI didn't specify what the team is searching for or what case it's connected with. However, officials with the bureau said it was not human remains, and there is no threat to the community, the report continued.  The FBI will close one lane of the River Street Bridge as they search each day they are searching, which will begin around 9 a.m. 

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'Unfathomable Loss': 44-Year-Old Tech CEO, Father of 2 Killed Crossing Street In Acton 'Unfathomable Loss': 44-Year-Old Tech CEO, Father of 2 Killed Crossing Street In Acton
'Unfathomable Loss': 44-Year-Old Tech CEO, Father of 2 Killed Crossing Street In Acton The 44-year-old CEO of a software company in Burlington was the man killed crossing the street one morning earlier this month in Acton, his company announced this week.  Kevin Shaw of Sudsbury died just after 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 14 after a teenager behind the wheel of a Subaru crashed into him on Great Road near Brook Street, police said. Responders took Shaw to the Lahey Clinic, where he later died of his injuries. The 17-year-old driver remained at the scene, and officers are still investigating the crash. Shaw was the CEO of VMS Software. The Tufts University graduate left b…

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