The Maple Leafs goalie for Game 5 is probably going to be Joseph Woll.The Maple Leafs goalie for Game 5 might still be Ilya Samsonov.The Maple Leafs goalie for Game 5 definitely won’t be Ian Scott.It could have been Jeremy Swayman.That last one stings long-suffering...
(Photo: Bob Jagendorf Creative Commons) By Steve Pomper I was an officer on one of Washington State’s first (it may have been the first) “Three Strikes law” (a 1993 voter-passed initiative) court cases. The law required that after a person is convicted for a third (qualifying) violent felony,...
On April 22, a police officer with the Webster (New York) Police Department observed a vehicle being driven at 55 mph in a 35-mph zone. The officer activated his lights and then his siren to induce the driver to pull over, but instead the driver...
By Erik Verduzco and Peter SmithAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. — A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers approached a home to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm, police said.Some of...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LABELLE, Fla. — A driver rammed an SUV through the garage of a Lee County deputy’s home before he opened fire with a handgun, FOX 4 reported.The incident occurred April 14 when the deputy was off-duty and at home, according to the report....
By Joanna PutmanPolice1POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Two deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office are in the ICU after being shot by a sovereign citizen who was killed when backup deputies returned fire, ClickOrlando.com reported.On April 27, a deputy encountered a man in a public...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LINCOLN PARISH, La. — A Dubach Police Department officer has died after being struck by a vehicle, according to a news release from the Louisiana State Police.Officer Russell Croxton was conducting a crash investigation when he was struck by a commercial truck, according...
By Kimberlee KruesiAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday.Lee, a Republican, had announced his support for the proposal just the day before...
Associated PressKENNER, La. — Three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man who was later killed by a police sharpshooter, authorities and news reports said.Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said a sniper from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office shot and...
By Jill HarmacinskiThe Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.LAWRENCE, Mass. — First responders escorted the body of Billerica Sgt. Ian Taylor, a former Lawrence police officer, from the medical examiner’s office to Cataudella Funeral Home in Methuen on Sunday afternoon.Hundreds later attended a vigil held in Taylor’s...