‘You’re not a kid’: Idaho man sentenced to prison for pointing knife at officer

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BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Before sentencing Gabriel Pope to a maximum of a decade in prison Wednesday, 4th Judicial District Judge Nancy Baskin told the 22-year-old that he simply needed to “grow up.”

Pope was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with the possibility of parole after four years, for pointing a knife at an officer in November. The officer, Boise Police Sgt. Steven Martinez, then fired five shots at Pope, with three of the bullets striking him…

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