LEOMINSTER — On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, Officer Nicholas Rice and Sergeant James McKenna of the Leominster Police Department were on duty at Motel 6, 48 Commercial Road, when an individual previously identified by staff as involved in a disturbance in the parking lot returned to the property in a blue Nissan Cube with Massachusetts plates.
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Officer Rice reported that Sergeant McKenna observed the man — later identified as Joshua Lambert — drive onto the motel property, park in a designated space in the parking lot, and exit the driver’s seat of the vehicle, of which he was the sole occupant…