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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.

Josh is a native of Charlotte, NC, where he is a member of a sketch comedy group in his spare time.

Josh Lanier's Contributions

News

New Haven Leads Way As CT Claims It's Home To Pizza Capital Of World Keep walking, New York. Not a chance, Chicago. No way, Naples. Detroit? Don't think so. This is a New Haven pizza world. It may shock the rest of the world, but Connecticut has staked its claim as the most important pizza city on the planet. New signs on interstates welcoming drivers to The Constitution State say it plainly: "Welcome to Connecticut — Home of the Pizza Capital Of The World." “These new signs are not just markers on our highways, they are a reflection of what makes Connecticut special,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a release. “We want everyone entering our state to immediately …

09/08/2024

Police & Fire

Police Nab Woman Accused Of Robbing Selden Bank After She Crashes Into Cop Car: Officers A woman accused of robbing a Long Island bank was arrested after she crashed head-on with a police officer in a stolen car a day after the heist, authorities said. Nina Cahill, age 41, of Holtsville, is accused of robbing the Chase Bank in Selden at 999 Middle Country Road around 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, Suffolk County Police said. She wore a surgical mask during the robbery. Original Report: Police Searching For Woman Who Robbed Suffolk County Bank On Saturday, police located Cahill in a stolen Toyota Corolla in Holbrook around 7:30 p.m., but when they tried to st…

09/08/2024

Police & Fire

Intoxicated Shirley Driver Had His Kids In Car When He Crashed In Mastic: Police A 46-year-old Long Island man faces multiple felony charges after police said he drove while intoxicated and crashed into multiple parked vehicles with his two young daughters in his car. Gerardo Gonzalez Ramos, of Shirley, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 7, following the crash in Mastic, Suffolk County Police said. Police received tips that a Honda had plowed into two cars at 50 Mastic Blvd West a little before 8:30 p.m. As officers investigated, Gonzalez Ramos returned to the crash site, authorities said. He had his two daughters — ages 4 and 6 — in the vehic…

09/08/2024

Police & Fire

2 Young Girls Die In Apparent Drowning In Holtsville Pond Police on Long Island are investigating the deaths of two young girls — ages 2 and 4 — who are believed to have drowned in a pond behind an apartment complex, authorities said. The girls were found behind the Fairfield Townhouses at Holtsville at 2 Victorian Court in Holtsville on Saturday, Sept. 7, the Suffolk County Police Department said. A family member called 911 around 3:15 p.m. to report the girls missing. Police found their bodies in the pond a few minutes after they arrived at the scene. Their identities have not yet been released. Paramedics took the children to …

09/08/2024

Obituaries

Friends Remember Men Killed In Old Saybrook Boat Crash After Police ID Victims Friends and family are remembering two victims of a Long Island Sound boat crash that killed three and sent six others to the hospital in Connecticut. New London County residents Ian Duchemin, age 25, of Oakdale, and Ryan D. Britagna, age 24, of Waterford, were killed on Monday, Sept. 2, when their boat hit the break wall at the mouth of the Connecticut River, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said. Searchers found their bodies on Friday, Sept. 6. Middlesex County resident Christopher Hallahan, age 34, of Westbrook, also died in the crash ne…

09/07/2024

Police & Fire

Girl Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Stamford High School: Police A Connecticut teenager who said she would shoot up her high school in a social media message was busted hours after making the threat, authorities said. The FBI contacted administrators in Fairfield County at Stamford High School around 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, after intercepting a message on the social media app Snapchat, Stamford Police said. In the message, a girl wrote she would "shoot up the school." Agents quickly linked the social media account to the teenager and tracked the phone to a classroom at the 55 Strawberry Hill Ave. school. Police pulled the…

09/07/2024

Real Estate

Greenwich Mansion With A Lot Of History Hits Market At $35M Connecticut's Beinecke Estate was built in 1939 and has remained in the same family ever since — until now. The 9,300-square-foot Georgian colonial mansion sits on 66 acres of rolling hills at 10 Cliffdale Rd in Greenwich and was just listed for sale for $35 million. Zillow Commissioned by business tycoon Edwin John Beinecke, the estate features 10-foot-high ceilings throughout the main house, handcrafted wood molding, and a built-in library that would be the envy of any book lover, according to the listing. The eight-bedroom, nine-bath mansion's liv…

09/07/2024

Police & Fire

Bust Made In Fatal New Haven Sidewalk Stabbing Months After Attack Connecticut police say they arrested a 36-year-old man in a two-month-old fatal stabbing that left a 26-year-old dead in New Haven, authorities said. Thomas Norfleet, age 36, of New Haven, is accused of fatally stabbing Shamar Gibson during an argument on a sidewalk on July 6, New Haven police said in a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 5. Norfleet and Gibson got into an argument over Norfleet's niece around 2 p.m. on Orchard Street. That argument escalated when the older man pulled out a knife and stabbed Gibson multiple times, police said. Gibson took himself to&…

09/07/2024

Police & Fire

'Serial Rapist' Convicted Of 3 Violent Hempstead Incidents A 36-year-old "serial rapist" was found guilty Friday, Sept. 6, of raping three women on Long Island after DNA linked him to the attacks, some of which stretch back nearly a decade, authorities said. Queens resident Adell Hardwick, age 36, was convicted of three counts of rape, predatory sexual assault, and three counts of criminal sexual act, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office said. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison when he's sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 26. DA Anne Donnelly said Hardwick used his knowledge of Hempstead to carry out his attacks in …

09/06/2024

Police & Fire

Schenectady Man Intentionally Crashed Car Into Woman, Breaking Her Leg: Police A 29-year-old woman remained in a New York hospital Friday, Sept. 6, after a man drove his car into her, breaking her leg and causing internal injuries, authorities said. Trevaughn Haggray, age 29, of Schenectady, is charged with assault in the first degree and attempted assault in the first degree, Albany police said. The woman was walking in Albany's Westgate Plaza at 911 Central Ave. with a friend around 11:30 a.m. when Haggray plowed into her, police said. He swerved to hit her friend as well but missed. Haggray and the victim were involved in an ongoin…

09/06/2024

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