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“He was a great kid, he was a good player,” head coach Mike Sullivan said. “Boy, he could really skate. It was a privilege to be his coach. There are no words I have to explain how I feel about the whole circumstance. It’s just an incredible tragedy.” The English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA), the governing body of ice hockey in England and Wales, released a statement on Monday detailing its commitment to improving player safety in the aftermath of Johnson’s death.

WASHINGTON — A Florida man who bragged he "broke the internet" when he was photographed carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's podium during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 75 days in prison on Friday. Adam Johnson, a stay-at-home father of five boys, traveled to D.C. in support of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to President Joe Biden. U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced Johnson to prison on Friday, saying Johnson made "a mockery" of the events by grabbing Pelosi's lectern and...

The Florida man photographed making off with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Monday. Adam Johnson, 36, admitted to one count of entering or remaining in any restricted building in Washington, DC, federal court, according to records. Sentencing guidelines in Johnson’s plea agreement call for him to receive up to six months in prison, but a federal judge will make the final determination at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 25.

Afederal judge knocked former President Trump on Monday for his repeated claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, arguing that former Vice President Al Gore "was a man" and accepted his election loss in 2000. "Al Gore had a better case to argue than Mr. Trump and he was a man about what happened to him," Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said, according to CNN. "He accepted it and walked away." Walton was referring to Gore's decision to concede the race to President George W. Bush after weeks of legal battles, which were triggered due to an extremely...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern, seen being carried off in the Capitol riot in a photo that went viral, has been returned. Pelosi was expected use it to speak after Wednesday's vote to impeach President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection." Los Angeles Times staff photographer Kent K. Nishimura tweeted that an aide said "Yes, it’s THE lectern," as it was being set up. Adam Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Florida, allegedly stole Pelosi's lectern during the riot. He was arrested after federal investigators said he was the man seen smiling in photos carrying the lectern through the Capitol Rotunda. Johnson...

A lawyer for the Trump supporter who smilingly walked off with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the US Capitol riot assured a court that his client “is not going to be attending the inauguration,” according to a report. Adam Christian Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Fla., a father of five boys, was arrested Friday over the DC chaos and faces charges including knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and theft of government property. He strolled out of a federal courtroom in Tampa on $25,000 bond Monday, wearing a white T-shirt, flip-flops and shorts,...

LARGO, Fla. - The smiling 'lectern guy' seen in a now-viral photo taken during this week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in Pinellas County, records show. Adam Johnson of Parrish is being held on a warrant issued by the U.S. Marshal’s Office. The 36-year-old was booked into jail just after 9 p.m. last night. Federal officials have not publicly identified him as the man seen toting Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the riot -- and whom some social media users mistakenly identified as "Via Getty," based on a misinterpretation of the photo caption -- but a former parishioner...

Holding the reins of two horses with one hand, Austin Police Sgt. Adam Johnson raised his service pistol and fired a bullseye into the target some 312 feet away. Down went Larry McQuilliams, and so ended his rampage through the streets of the Texas capital, where he’d fired more than 100 rounds from his AK-47 and .22-caliber rifles at buildings. The shot, from Johnson’s Smith & Wesson M&P .40 pistol, hit McQuilliams square in the chest and made the 15-year-veteran the toast of gun enthusiasts around the country. “At a minimum, it was extraordinary shot,” said Army Maj. John Plaster,...