60°

Wednesday, apr 30

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.

Josh Lanier's Contributions

Police & Fire

Murder For Hire: Hartford Man Tried To Enlist Hitman Over 'Disrepect' In Drug Case, Feds Say A Connecticut man is facing serious federal charges after authorities say he trafficked large amounts of deadly drugs into Vermont and tried to hire someone to commit murder, authorities said. Tremaine Knight, 43, also known as “Brody,” of Hartford, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of murder-for-hire and distribution of fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine, the US Attorney for Rhode Island said. Federal investigators say Knight sold drugs during five undercover buys between February and March, including two deals in Brattleboro, Vermont. He allegedly brought drugs from …

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

Man Rams Cruisers, Tries To Escape On Flat Tires In Wild I-395 Pursuit In East Lyme A wild high-speed police chase across two major Connecticut highways ended in dramatic fashion Monday morning, March 31, after a 36-year-old Rhode Island man was boxed in, crashed into police cruisers, and was subdued with a stun gun, authorities said. Nicholas Thompson, of Glendale, Rhode Island, faces eight criminal charges following the chase, according to Connecticut State Police. The pursuit began after multiple 911 callers reported a white Chevrolet Silverado driving erratically on Interstate 395 southbound near Exit 22. Witnesses said the pickup had also been involved in a crash befo…

04/01/2025

Police & Fire

Armed Man Threatened To Kill Napping Couple In Western Mass, Yelled Racial Epithets: DA A Western Massachusetts man is being held without bail after police said he threatened to kill two people while pointing a gun and used a racial slur during a disturbing weekend encounter outside his apartment. Matthew R. Tarczynski, 43, of Granby, was arrested on seven charges, including two counts of threatening to commit murder, a civil rights violation, and drug charges, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered him held in jail until a dangerousness hearing later this week. The incident happened in the parking lot of Tarczynski’s New Ludlow Road apartment comple…

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Man Dies In Hanson Car Fire, Authorities Investigating Cause Of Blaze Fire investigators are looking into a car fire that left a man dead early Monday, March 31. The blaze was reported around 3 a.m. on Union Street in Hanson, according to the Massachusetts Fire Marshal’s Office. When crews arrived, a 2012 Chevrolet Impala was already on fire, with the engine compartment fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters rescued a man from the vehicle and immediately began life-saving efforts. He was rushed to a local hospital by paramedics, but was later pronounced dead by medical staff. Authorities have not yet released the man’s name. The Office of the Chief Medical …

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Busted In Wethersfield, Charged With 3rd OUI: Police A Connecticut man with two prior DUI convictions was arrested for his third after police said multiple people reported seeing him driving the wrong way on I-91 and another major highway. Aaron Miranda, 39, of Newington, is facing six charges, including third-offense operating under the influence, reckless driving, and driving the wrong way on a divided highway, Connecticut State Police said. Troopers received 11 separate 911 calls just before 1 a.m. reporting a black Nissan Maxima traveling in the wrong direction on Route 5/15 and I-91 northbound. The last caller said they saw the vehicle n…

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Man Found Dead In Rocky Hill Apartment Parking Lot; No Foul Play Suspected Rocky Hill police are investigating the death of a man who was found unresponsive Monday morning, March 31, in a parking lot. Officers responded to the Concierge Apartments at 98 Cold Spring Road in Rocky Hill around 7 a.m. Emergency responders performed life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s identity has not been released, pending notification of his family. Police said they do not believe foul play was involved and confirmed there is no threat to the public. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Man Admits To Raping, Sexually Assaulting Western Mass Child Multiple Times: DA A 42-year-old man from Berkshire County has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child rape, sexual assault, and witness intimidation, authorities announced this week. Henrry Ospina Samaca, formerly of Pittsfield, admitted guilt to two counts of rape by force, two counts of aggravated statutory rape, two counts of intimidating a witness, and six counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. A judge sentenced Ospina Samaca to 10 years in prison for the rape and statutory rape charges, authorities confirmed. He…

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

West Hartford Arsonist Busted Admiring Hartford Bus Station Fire: Police An early morning fire that police say was intentionally set at a CTfastrak station caused more than $13,000 in damage and led to the arrest of a West Hartford man. Aaron Davis, 43, of West Hartford, was arrested after troopers were called to the Sigourney Street CTfastrak station in Hartford for reports of a fire on a wooden bench, Connecticut State Police said. As police investigated the scene around 5 a.m., they said multiple bystanders approached, asking questions or watching the response. Troopers noticed one man lingering longer than anyone else and observing the damage, which caught t…

03/31/2025

Police & Fire

Duffle Bag Full Of Guns, Drugs Linked To Ansonia Man: Police Police have linked a Connecticut man to a duffel bag containing drugs and firearms found in an abandoned apartment building last year, authorities said. Geoffrey Feliciano, 37, of Ansonia, faces multiple felony charges, police said. Ansonia officers responded to a call at an abandoned building in the 200 block of Main Street after someone discovered a duffel bag filled with cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl, meth, tramadol, ecstasy, and drug packaging material, police said. They also recovered seven guns, one of which had been reported stolen in Trumbull in 2003. Feliciano was arrested on March…

03/31/2025

Politics

Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report A Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents in Massachusetts last week was later located in a detention center more than 1,500 miles away in Louisiana, CNN reported. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was walking to meet friends for dinner after breaking her Ramadan fast on Tuesday, March 25, in Somerville, Massachusetts, when six plainclothes officers approached her and took her into custody. Officers hid their faces with cloth coverings and masks before putting her in handcuffs and into the back of an unmarked police car. The incident was recorded on surveillance video and circul…

03/30/2025

Prev Page 16 of 449 14 15 16 17 18 Next

151 - 160 of 4,486 articles