Josh Lanier

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Josh Lanier has spent years chasing leads wherever they take him — from presidential campaigns and murderers to mommy bloggers. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and online publications. His favorite story is still the next one.

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Middletown, CT
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Middletown Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant Middletown Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant Middletown Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant
Middletown Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant A Connecticut man faces a felony animal cruelty charge after police say he stabbed a woman’s pit bull during a domestic incident, forcing the owner to euthanize the animal.  Aaron Lehet, 37, was charged in September following the July 10 incident at a Spring Street home in Middletown, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Desmond’s Army Animal Law Advocates. The dog, named Appa, was euthanized after a veterinarian determined that surgery was unlikely to save him, the warrant said. He suffered a chest wound about 2 inches wide and 4 inches deep, and the vet believed the a…

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by Josh Lanier
Westport, CT
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Redding Woman Threatened To Share Westport Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says Redding Woman Threatened To Share Westport Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says Redding Woman Threatened To Share Westport Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says
Redding Woman Threatened To Share Westport Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says A Connecticut woman threatened to send intimate videos of a police officer to his department and children unless his wife paid her money over a family dispute, according to an arrest warrant. Adele Kaoud, 50, of Redding, was charged with second-degree harassment over texts she allegedly sent Aug. 4. She gave the Westport officer’s wife two weeks to pay up, the warrant says. Kaoud pleaded not guilty Thursday and posted a $2,500 bond. The wife reported the messages Aug. 10. The group texts included her brother and her two adult children, according to the warrant. The officer's wife told pol…

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by Josh Lanier
Haverhill, MA
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Haverhill Dad, 42, Remembered For Laughter And Warmth After Fatal NH Crash Haverhill Dad, 42, Remembered For Laughter And Warmth After Fatal NH Crash Haverhill Dad, 42, Remembered For Laughter And Warmth After Fatal NH Crash
Haverhill Dad, 42, Remembered For Laughter And Warmth After Fatal NH Crash The family of a Massachusetts man killed in a New Hampshire crash is grieving a devoted father who treasured his son and brought warmth and laughter to the people around him. Josh Raposo, of Haverhill, died on Oct. 22, after crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 93 in Windham, New Hampshire, according to NH State Police. He was 42.  Police are investigating the crash.  A GoFundMe has raised more than $9,100 as of Thursday, Oct. 29. Donations will help pay for funeral and memorial costs, legal fees, and cleaning and clearing out Raposo’s townhouse to prepare it…

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by Josh Lanier
East Hartford, CT
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Police ID Man Killed In East Hartford Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median Police ID Man Killed In East Hartford Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median Police ID Man Killed In East Hartford Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median
Police ID Man Killed In East Hartford Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median Connecticut State Police have identified the 67-year-old man who was killed in a Route 2 crash earlier this week.  Richard G. Fusco was killed in a crash at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, near the Exit 2 ramp in East Hartford, according to Connecticut State Police.  Fusco was driving west when his car veered out of its lane and hit a metal guardrail along the right shoulder, police said. The car then went across both lanes and struck the concrete median, a police report said.  It's unclear what caused him to hit the guardrail.  He died at the scene.  State Police …

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by Josh Lanier
Fairfield, CT
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Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances
Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances Patrick Stewart, the iconic British stage actor who became a familiar face in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the "X-Men" films, has died at 86, his representatives announced.  Stewart died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak told The Hollywood Reporter Thursday.  His family shared a statement on social media that he died following “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.” He is survived by two adult children and his wife, singer Sunny Ozell.  Bush Novak told THR that loved ones gathere…

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by Josh Lanier
Danbury, CT
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Danbury Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars Danbury Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars Danbury Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars
Danbury Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars A woman who escaped from a federal prison in Connecticut has only managed to extend her time behind bars, authorities announced.  Xiaoqin Yan, 32, of China, was sentenced to an additional 10 months in federal custody on Wednesday, Oct. 28, after she escaped from the low-security FCI Danbury on Dec. 10, 2024, according to the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.  Police captured Yan the same day she escaped.  Yan is in prison for setting fire to an Alabama prison in 2021. She was convicted two years later of arson and possessing a firearm while in the countr…

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by Josh Lanier
Chicopee, MA
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Chicopee Counselor Gets Probation For Sexually Assaulting Client In Northampton: DA Chicopee Counselor Gets Probation For Sexually Assaulting Client In Northampton: DA Chicopee Counselor Gets Probation For Sexually Assaulting Client In Northampton: DA
Chicopee Counselor Gets Probation For Sexually Assaulting Client In Northampton: DA A Massachusetts drug and alcohol counselor received probation after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a client at his office, authorities said. David Lemke, 77, of Chicopee, was convicted Wednesday, Oct. 28, of indecent assault and battery after a two-day trial, where prosecutors proved he sexually abused a man in his Northampton office on Nov. 6, 2023, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Prosecutors asked Judge Mary Beth Ogulewicz for a two-and-a-half-year sentence and to require Lemke to register as a sex offender after his release.  Howe…

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by Josh Lanier
Danbury, CT
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Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In Downtown Danbury Crash, Police Say Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In Downtown Danbury Crash, Police Say Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In Downtown Danbury Crash, Police Say
Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In Downtown Danbury Crash, Police Say Connecticut Police are asking for the public's help after a pedestrian was hospitalized with severe injuries in a hit-and-run crash.  Officers found the man on Liberty Street near Delay Street in downtown Danbury just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, authorities said.  Authorities did not provide an update on the victim's condition Thursday.  Police closed the street for about two hours as they investigated the scene.  A passerby reported seeing a white Mercedes Sprinter van with a Connecticut license plate heading toward Town Hill Avenue. Police have not confirmed w…

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by Josh Lanier
Manchester, CT
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2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of Manchester Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though' 2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of Manchester Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though' 2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of Manchester Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though'
2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of Manchester Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though' Two kids left Dave Portnoy stunned after he wolfed down two slices from a Connecticut pizzeria for his most recent One Bite Pizza Review.  The Barstool Sports founder visited Randy's Wooster Street Pizza in Manchester last week for his One Bite Pizza Review series that was posted on Wednesday, Oct. 28. He also stopped in at Mulberry Street Pizza in Manchester during the same trip, scoring it an 8.2. He ranked Randy's an 8.1, a respectable score, and one lifted after Portnoy admitted he grades New Haven-style apizza harsher than any other kind of pie.  Dave tries Randy's Woos…

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by Josh Lanier
Westbrook, CT
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1 Dead, 1 Critical In Westbrook Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond 1 Dead, 1 Critical In Westbrook Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond 1 Dead, 1 Critical In Westbrook Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond
1 Dead, 1 Critical In Westbrook Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond A shooting at a Connecticut home left one person dead and another in critical condition, police said.  John P. Bongiovanni, 37, was found outside of an East Pond Meadow Road home in Westbrook shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Officers found two people inside with bullet wounds, Connecticut State Police said.  One victim died at the scene. A helicopter took the other to Hartford Hospital, where police said the victim remained in critical condition Thursday.  Authorities did not release the deceased's name.  Authorities charged Bongiovanni with murder and c…

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