During a seemingly routine traffic stop, a UTV driver started a brutal fight with a game warden. The incident nearly turned fatal.⁠ ⁠ A conservation warden’s job often requires them to work alone in remote places. They cover vast areas of rural counties, often without ready backup, which is one reason they’re seven times more likely to be assaulted than other law enforcement officers, and they’re injured twice as often. A recent case in the Northwoods of Wisconsin is just one example of this occupational hazard. A criminal complaint released this month details how even a seemingly routine UTV stop can turn into a life-threatening struggle. On March 5 a Forest County judge sentenced Mark A. Szczerba II of Kansasville, Wisconsin, to 4.5 years in prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer. After receiving eight charges — including attempted first degree intentional homicide — Szczerba ultimately pled guilty to battery and attempted battery of a law enforcement officer.⁠ ⁠ Tap the lin...