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A person is dead and another is in custody following a shooting in Enid on Thursday night
Police say they received multiple calls reporting shots being fired in the 900 block of East Maple
Officers say that when they arrived on the scene
they found a 17-year-old Clayton Rowland dead in the backyard of a home
Officers and detectives searched the area and found multiple areas where shots were fired
and multiple crime scenes were established
authorities say it was determined that 19-year-old Trevion Hartfield was the suspect in the killing of Rowland
A warrant was issued for Hartfield's arrest
and he was taken into custody in Oklahoma City by members of the U.S
He was then transported to the Garfield County Detention Facility and booked on a murder charge
we are actively investigating other leads and trying to determine who else was involved," Lt
"We are asking anyone having information related to this case to contact the Detectives Division."
text EPDTIP to 847411 or call the Garfield County Crime Stoppers hotline at (580) 233-6233
You may be eligible for a reward up to $1000 for information leading to an arrest
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we are actively investigating other leads and trying to determine who else was involved,\" Lt
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OKLA (KOKH) — The FBI and the Enid Police Department are requesting the public's help in identifying a Garfield County fugitive
Jonathan Adrian Baez Perez is wanted for allegedly shooting a man outside of a store on May 19
Baez Perez is 23 years old and approximately 5'7'' and 160 pounds
An arrest warrant has been issued for Baez Perez
charging him with assault and battery with a deadly weapon
possession of a firearm after a felony conviction
If you have any information related to this case
please contact the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office at (405)-290-7770
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Enid police arrest suspect in fatal shooting on East Mapleby Sierra Joslin
OKLA (KOKH) — The Enid Police Department has made an arrest in a homicide that occurred Thursday
officers responded to reports of gunshots around 10:40 p.m
Rowland had suffered a gunshot wound and was declared deceased at the scene
Officers found multiple areas in the vicinity where shots had been fired
Hartfield was arrested and charged with first-degree murder
we are actively investigating other leads and trying to determine who else was involved," said Lt
"We are asking anyone having information related to this case to contact the Detectives Division."
Enid Police Department officers responded to a deadly collision Tuesday evening in the 3000 block of West Willow
the crash involved a 2012 Ford F-250 driven by Jose Alvarado
and a 2018 Toyota Highlander driven by Margaret Jane Krick
Investigators said Alvarado was driving westbound around 7 pm when his vehicle struck the Highlander
Alvarado and Krick were both taken to the hospital by Life EMS
Krick was pronounced dead on the scene and Alvarado was treated and released
Alvarado reportedly told officers he was westbound on Willow when the Toyota pulled out at the stop sign on Rockwood
He said he was not able to avoid the crash
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to Elmer Marr and Beatrice Mae Osborne Enniss and passed away on February 6
surrounded by her loving family and friends
Enid was a pioneer for girls' sports equity in Utah
She earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a minor in Health Education and a Master’s degree in Physical Education
and Counseling from Brigham Young University
She dedicated her career to teaching and coaching in the Jordan and Granite School Districts and at the University of Utah
Enid played a pivotal role in securing official recognition for girls’ high school sports in Utah through the Utah High School Activities Association
paving the way for greater opportunities for female athletes
Enid’s love for teaching and mentoring extended beyond the classroom and playing field
She had a profound influence on her students
Known as the “Fun Aunt,” she created lasting memories with her nieces and nephews—taking them boating
She helped lay the foundation for Title IX in Utah
working to eliminate barriers for women and girls in sports
Her commitment to athletics led her to co-found The Racqueteer Sport and Fitness Center in Sandy
In addition to her contributions to sports
Enid was deeply committed to family history
She played a key role in the Draper History Book series
served as Chairwoman of the Enniss Memorial in Draper
and was instrumental in naming a local peak in the Wasatch Mountains in honor of her family’s legacy
Enid was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Mac Enniss and Reid (Delpha) Enniss; and sisters Vonna (Harold) Vawdrey and Vae (Merlyn) Dansie
She is survived by her brother Chip (Gaylene) Enniss
and unwavering dedication to her family and students will continue to inspire generations to come
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OK (KOKH) — The Enid Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery at the Hampton Inn and Suites near 4200 W
the robbery happened on Thursday around 11:30 pm
Investigators said the suspect is described as a small-statured male
a black facemask that may have white skeleton printing
If you recognize him or have any information about this crime
call EPD at (580) 242-7000 or message our Facebook page
call the Garfield County Crime Stoppers hotline at (580) 233-6233
Tipsters can receive a reward of up to $1,000.00 if the tip leads to an arrest
OK (KOKH) — The Enid Police Department is asking for help identifying the driver involved in a hit-and-run collision from earlier this month
Police have released photos of the vehicle in question
urging anyone who recognizes it or has information about its whereabouts to come forward
contact EPD at (580) 242-7000 or Garfield County Crime Stoppers at (580) 233-6233
A reward is possible if the information leads to an arrest
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A tireless activist for Soviet Jews now needs a lifeline of her own
When I started working on my history of the Soviet Jewry movement almost seven years ago
attempting to tell an epic story that took place over three decades (mostly before I was born)
involved a cast of thousands and demanded I describe how the Cold War was lived in America
But most daunting of all was the fact that this history was still so fresh
I never heard just one version of a Soviet Jewry story
with each narrator claiming a monopoly on the truth.
a sounding board who would help me weave my way through this history without feeling the need to put herself at its center
I found that person in Enid Wurtman.
It's unusual for me to take to these pages in the first person
but there is something special about Enid that requires it
Not only has she spent her life as a tireless activist
but she is also one of the most selfless individuals you could possibly meet – never simply devoted to the abstract notion of a cause
but rather to improving and helping the lives of those who are at the heart of it.
"No one spent more energy in Israel to help those former refuseniks than Enid." – Natan Sharansky
she was diagnosed with kidney failure. She now goes to long dialysis sessions three times a week
Her name is on the waiting list for a kidney donation
but at this rate that will take eight years
and the doctors tell her that is just too long to wait
She needs a kidney from a donor now.
I first walked into Enid's office in Jerusalem in the spring of 2005
I handed over a list of a few hundred names of former refuseniks – Jews who had applied to leave the Soviet Union and were refused – with whom I was hoping to speak
Enid gave me phone numbers for all of them
She seemed to intimately know everybody in this community.
a man who had lived in refusal for nearly two decades in the Soviet Union and had run a risky network of underground Hebrew language learning classes
He now looked like a disheveled professor
though minus the Trotskyite goatee he was wearing in a photo plastered onto an old protest poster leaning against one wall of her office
He called Enid an "American barbarian" when she served lunch on paper plates
and she shot back that he was a "male chauvinist." It was clear from the banter that they had known each other a long time
both in their early 30’s and from Philadelphia
made their first visit to the Soviet Union
an eight-day trip to Moscow and Leningrad
They met Soviet Jews who had been denied exit visas and were suffering all kinds of deprivation – losing their jobs
having their children thrown out of universities
She felt as if she were seeing an alternate vision of how her own life would have turned out if her grandparents hadn't left Russia
And she decided that she had to devote herself to helping these new friends.
she became involved with the local Soviet Jewry organizations and returned to the Soviet Union two more times in the 1970’s to visit Yuli and others
One of her contacts was Anatoly Shcharansky (now Natan Sharansky)
she brought out a tape of Shcharansky rambling sweetly to his wife
Enid felt she could no longer fight for others who were being denied the right to live in Israel while not taking the step herself
She felt she could no longer fight for others who were being denied the right to live in Israel while not taking the step herself
She never stopped working for Soviet Jews though
writing a column for the Jerusalem Post and keeping track of all the details of the activists' lives – who was being detained
Yuli said there were years when they spoke on the phone every other day.
we could stand all the suffering," said Yuli
"If these two million came out to freedom and if several thousand didn't die
about Enid is that even after Soviet Jews began arriving in Israel in the early 1990s – including Yuli
whom she greeted at the airport – she refused to stop her advocacy
So many activists decided that the story was over when the Soviet Union ceased to exist
But hundreds of thousands of Jews needed to be absorbed and – what struck Enid so distinctly – often those refuseniks who were the heroes of the movement needed the most help
they had lost their professions and many found themselves destitute
unable to subsist on the pensions provided them by the state.
keeping track of those former activists who need some kind of welfare and making sure they get it.
"No one spent more energy in Israel to help those former refuseniks than Enid."
told me: "She is the most selfless person I know
Not once in the quarter-century that we have worked together has she asked for anything for herself." He also said that
"her efforts on behalf of those former Soviet Jews now in Israel who have fallen on hard times was
who made a documentary about the movement called "Refusenik," was also helped enormously by Enid
whom Bialis has come to think of as one of her closest friends
She marveled at the endless stream of people who showed up at Enid's bedside after her first serious battle last April with kidney failure.
there were at least another three to five friends by her bedside," Bialis wrote in her own appeal for Enid
"Every time I called to check in – different people were there
I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised. She has touched so many lives - hundreds of people must have come to visit
We were all shocked and saddened that our pillar of support
was in such a serious condition."
who continues to work even through her illness. But she badly needs a kidney transplant
And it would seem to me – someone who has chronicled some of the great work she has done in her life and been touched personally by her incredible generosity – that if anyone deserved the help of others
If you have information on potential kidney donors or would like to inquire about helping Enid Wurtman, please contact [email protected]
This article originally appeared in The Forward
Enid's Hebrew name is Esther Leba bat Falla Sarah
Gal Beckerman is the author of When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry
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The ACES team recently made site visits to Vance Air Force Base and Woodring Regional Airport in Enid
Vance AFB is responsible for training Air Force student pilots for worldwide deployment andAerospace Expeditionary Force support
and is the northernmost Undergraduate Pilot Training base in the Air Education and Training Command
Pilot Training Transformation (PTT) is a new training curriculum
with Vance AFB being the first base to implement it at scale
PTT has two different tracks from which student pilots will earn their wings
The cornerstone of the popular Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5 track is the use of Immersive Training Devices (ITDs)–virtual reality (VR) aircraft simulators
which can save time and money by allowing students to practice maneuvers outside the cockpit
and logs more than 74,000 flying hours in the T-1A Jayhawk
Air Force student pilots graduate from pilot training at Vance each year
The team also visited Enid’s Woodring Regional Airport to check out the 14,400-square-foot heated community hangar and eight new joint-use box hangars
as well as the reconstruction of its south ramp
The Department of Commerce was instrumental in helping provide funding for the project
The projects not only benefit the community but also help advance Vance’s mission
as the joint-use hangars and ramp can be used for base-related operations in severe weather
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charged in connection with the murder of an Enid teen
and Justine Hartfield are all charged with Accessory to Murder in the shooting death of Clayton Rowland on April 10
Hartfield has already been charged and is due back in court next month
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — In the days after the attack
Enid lawyer Stephen Jones would receive a phone call from a U.S
a call that would change the course of his career
was rooted in upholding the principles of America’s legal system
Jones had been a part of controversial cases
but as lead defense counsel for the Alfred P
the attorney living in a small town in Oklahoma
was thrust into the international spotlight
“I don't think I've been involved in one in which I thought my family or my home
or even the building in which I practiced law could be at risk.”
"Was that a difficult decision for you to make?”
"I believe strongly in the rights of people charged with crimes
no matter how serious the crime is or how terrible their character
everyone is entitled to a vigorous defense," Jones said
The next two and a half years of his life were devoted to defending the “most hated man” in America
Jones said in an interview in 1996 that he went through "17,000 statements
149 hours of audiotapes." But the number that stood out above all was 168
"It killed grandmothers and grandfathers
who is now in his 80s and is still practicing law in Enid
the first encounter with Timothy McVeigh in El Reno
"Completely different than the walkout at Perry
and I've been appointed to represent you,' and he said
'You may begin where you want to begin.'"
He can speak candidly about the case because it was ruled that Timothy McVeigh waived his attorney-client privilege
it changed very quickly to his views of the present government and what had happened at Ruby Ridge with the shooting there and what happened at Mount Carmel with the Branch Davidians," Jones said
why was it necessary?' And I named two of the children who died in Oklahoma City
'What was their contribution to your-- Why did they have to die?' he said children died at Waco."
McVeigh was convicted and condemned to die
"I certainly didn't see any evidence that he was afraid of death or tried to avoid it," Jones said
co-conspirator Terry Nichols escaped a death verdict in his own trial
"He didn't want life in prison," Jones said
"I sometimes think that true justice would have been the execution of Terry Nichols and life imprisonment for Mr
I will not represent you on appeal," Jones said
taking an emotional toll on him and the community
but the average Joe Sixpack was probably critical," Jones said
the people who influence public opinion in Oklahoma
But the average person understood it."
Watch NewsChannel 8's "Oklahoma City: 30 Years of Healing and Hope" and see a link to our other related stories below:
A man was arrested and two were left injured after a shooting Monday night
Enid Police stated that several authorities responded to reports of a man lying in the road with a gunshot wound
The scene was near the 600 block of East Cornell Avenue in Enid
When authorities arrived they found 35-year-old Clayton Wilmont with a gunshot wound to his back
Police say that Wilmont was taken to a local hospital and was listed in critical condition and had surgery
Reiken was also transported to a local hospital
Enid Police detailed in a release Tuesday that 20-year-old Ebin C
Semrad was detained and confessed to shooting Wilmont
Rieken and Semrad planned to confront Wilmont about a stolen motorcycle
and then Wilmont allegedly assaulted Rieken
Police say that the investigation is still ongoing
drawing big-name stars to the state while creating opportunities for local talent
known for his iconic roles as President Bartlet in The West Wing and Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now
a character he found meaningful and refreshing
“I didn’t have to kill anyone or beat anyone up or curse or..
The film tells the story of a young Native American boy navigating life in the foster care system
Sheen says the project addresses a critical issue in society
“Some foster folks take these kids in for the dough and don’t offer them a true family experience,” Sheen explained
He hopes the movie will inspire audiences to reflect on the foster care system and consider becoming foster or adoptive parents
“If people are encouraged to either be foster parents
This marks Sheen’s first time filming in Oklahoma
and he found an unexpected connection on set
Much of the crew consisted of students from Oklahoma City Community College
the Oscar-winning producer of Apocalypse Now
helped transform the state’s film industry
“I had no idea that [Frederickson] was here and that he was so influential,” Sheen said
“Now I’m seeing the result of his contribution—these kids
Sheen also enjoyed exploring the local community
“I had one of those suppers that you don’t talk about calorie-wise,” he joked
and topics relevant to people in their 20s for her weekday audience
Tevis is also an adjunct professor for OU Nightly
OK (KOKH) — Do you recognize the silver vehicle from the video and pictures
The Enid Police Department (EPD) wants information that can lead to the identification of the driver
Police said the vehicle hit and ran after hitting someone on a scooter at Jefferson and Wabash around 4:10 pm on Tuesday
call EPD at (580) 242-7000 or text 847411 and enter the keyword EPDTIP
Be sure to reference case number 2024-09621
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Enid inspired generations of students in over 40 years on the faculty of West Virginia University through her creative and impassioned approach to teaching
she relocated to Rockville and was happiest spending time with her four grandchildren
engaging with her friends and pursuing numerous teachings
Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 23, 2024, 9am at Congregation B’nai Tzedek. Interment to follow at Garden of Remembrance in Clarksburg, Maryland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (colorectalcancer.org)
Family will be receiving guests at Elliott and Estee Portnoy’s residence on Sunday
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