Annual Trooper Joshua D. MILLER Law Enforcement Softball Tournament
Date: September 18, 19 2010 Starts @ 0900 hrs
Where: Drifton Softball Complex, Drifton PA
Entry Fee: $325 per team (Balls supplied)
Rules: USSSA, no state rule, Law Enforcement mim eligibility, 1&1 count, 6hr then out
Awards: Top Gun 1st, 2nd, 3rd Competitive 1st place
Contact Information:TFC Victor Ortalano
Make Checks Payable to: PSP Olympics
Schedule: Bracket play on Saturday, double elimination on Sunday
Teams will then be placed into either Top Gun or Competitive Division
Top Gun Div: Competitive Div:
1st= $1,000 1st= $500
2nd=$500 2nd= trophy
3rd=$250 3rd= trophy
For Sunday tournament play (four gameguarantee)
On site bar/restaurant
Host Hotel:Fairfield Inn, HazletonPA (Room Rates soon) $79 per room,incld’s breakfast. (570) 453-0300
Host Sports bar: Damon’s next to Host Hotel (Friday night Bracket party)
Trooper Joshua Miller was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a kidnapping suspect.
At 7:45 pm members of the Nazareth Police Department responded to a report of a protection-from-abuse order violation involving a weapon. As they arrived, the suspect took a 9-year-old boy from his mother at gunpoint and fled the location in a vehicle, leading to a 40 mile vehicle pursuit.
The suspect's vehicle was stopped in CoolbaughTownship (MonroeCounty) when members of the Pennsylvania State Police utilized the PIT maneuver, causing the vehicle to crash. Following the crash, Trooper Miller and Trooper Lombardo approached the car in an attempt to rescue the boy from the suspect, but the suspect opened fire on the Troopers striking Trooper Miller in the neck and leg, and striking his partner in the arm. The Troopers were able to return fire, killing the suspect.
When Trooper Miller and his partner were engaged in the gun battle, two other Troopers were able to rescue the boy from the passenger seat of the suspect's vehicle and carried him to safety.
Trooper Miller was transported to a local hospital where he died from his wounds. His partner was also treated and recovered from his wound.
Trooper Miller had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for six years and was assigned to the Swiftwater State Police Barracks, and had previously served with the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
*Proceeds will go to Trooper MILLERS family*
**Homerun Derby $25 entry winner payout $100**
Send Entry Fee to 143 Bloss road Canadensis, PA 18325 c/o Ortalano