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    Julius Enoe Found Not Guilty in 2010 PA Murder of Bruce Forker

    Death penalty sought for Muhlenberg man in fatal shooting of Shenandoah man

    Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a 30-year-old Muhlenberg Township man in the March 16 fatal shooting of a Shenandoah man, officials said Thursday.

    Julius C. Enoe of the 400 block of Fairview Street pleaded not guilty in Schuylkill County Court to killing Bruce L. Forker, 24, during a robbery in the victim's residence.

    District Attorney James P. Goodman said he is seeking the death penalty because Enoe killed Forker during a robbery and put other people in the home at risk of death.

    Goodman also said in court documents that Enoe was involved in the sale of illegal drugs.

    Enoe's attorney, Robert J. Kirwan of Exeter Township, said he will ask the court to prevent prosecutors from seeking the death sentence.

    "My client is maintaining his innocence," Kirwan said. "I anticipate this case will go to trial."

    Damon Ennett, 29, of Freeland and Jahmal Ollivirre, 19, of the 400 block of Fairview Street, Muhlenberg Township, also are charged with first-degree murder.

    Ennett testified against Enoe during a June 17 preliminary hearing.

    Kirwan said the testimony at the preliminary hearing was not credible.

    According to investigators:

    Forker was shot in his home on Centre Street after the suspects went there to rob him.

    Forker's girlfriend, Kasa Brennan, walked in during the robbery and was held captive by the men.

    She heard the robbers tell Forker, "Give me the money!" and then heard a pop. The suspects ran out of the house.

    Brennan said about $5,000 was missing after the robbery.

    The defendants are in Schuykill County Prison without bail.

    http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=236280

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    Witness: Uncle sought money, drugs in killing

    Julius C. Enoe's nephew - and alleged co-conspirator in the killing of a Shenandoah man in March - testified Thursday in Schuylkill County Court that his uncle fired the fatal shots while seeking money and drugs.

    "I heard a shot and then another one," Jahmal Ollivirre testified during a 2½-hour hearing before Judge Jacqueline L. Russell on Enoe's request to prevent prosecutors from seeking his execution for the slaying of Bruce L. Forker.

    Russell did not immediately rule on Enoe's request, which also included the barring of evidence of his economic and employment statuses. She gave Assistant District Attorney A.J. Serina, who is prosecuting the case with First Assistant District Attorney Karen Noon, three weeks to file a brief outlining reasons for his arguments and Robert J. Kirwan II, Reading, Enoe's lawyer, until Nov. 5 to respond.

    Enoe, 32, of Reading, who sat through Thursday's hearing wearing a prison jumpsuit, handcuffs, leg shackles and a belt, faces 12 charges, the most serious being criminal homicide, in connection with what state police at Frackville said was the March 16 killing of Forker, 24, in his Shenandoah residence.

    Ollivirre, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., followed the footsteps of Damon L. Ennett, 30, of Freeland, the third alleged co-conspirator, in testifying that Enoe shot Forker. Serina said each will testify against Enoe at the trial, which he said could begin in January.

    Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against only Enoe, alleging for the required aggravating circumstances that he shot Forker while robbing him of money and drugs, did so in order to further his involvement with drugs and also imperiled the lives of Forker's girlfriend, Kasa Brennan, and the couple's two children.

    While about a dozen of Forker's friends and family members wept in the courtroom, Ollivirre supported those theories by testifying Enoe asked him to do a job with him.

    He testified they bought gloves and a bandanna at a Target store near Reading and then drove to Shenandoah, where they met Ennett. Ollivirre said he and Enoe went in Forker's house while Ennett stayed in the car.

    "'Get the money and the drugs,'" Enoe said when he entered the house, according to Ollivirre.

    While Ollivirre stayed downstairs with a crying and screaming Brennan, Enoe took Forker upstairs and grabbed his shirt, Ollivirre testified.

    "'Where's the money at?'" Enoe yelled, according to Ollivirre.

    Ollivirre, who seldom changed expression as he spoke, testified he then dragged Brennan up the stairs and took her into a room with her children while Enoe took Forker in an adjoining room about 5 feet away and fired the shots. Ollivirre said he then grabbed $2,500 and fled.

    "I ran down the stairs," he said. "I got down the stairs. I heard another shot."

    "Where was your uncle?" Serina asked.

    "Outside the door," Ollivirre answered. He said he then grabbed two cell phones, some marijuana and some pills before the two fled.

    Ollivirre was Thursday's only witness - Serina said he would otherwise rely on the testimony from the preliminary hearing - and Kirwan argued prosecutors did not provide enough evidence to justify an attempt to seek the death penalty.

    "To say that this was a drug-related transaction is a stretch" because it did not promote Enoe's alleged drug-dealing, he said.

    Furthermore, prosecutors offered conflicting evidence about who shot Forker, and such conflicts justify the court refusing to allow the possibility of a death penalty, Kirwan said.

    "If he's not the shooter, then ... he's not eligible for the death penalty," Kirwan said.

    Serina said Ennett's and Ollivirre's testimony is more than sufficient to show that Enoe shot Forker, that Enoe asked where the drugs were when he entered the house and that the shooting put Brennan and the children in danger.

    Serina declined to comment on the case after the hearing while Kirwan said the case is growing more interesting.

    "The more evidence that comes out in this case, the more surprises we find," he said.

    In addition to criminal homicide, Enoe is charged with four counts of recklessly endangering another person, two of aggravated assault and one each of conspiracy, robbery, burglary, theft and simple assault

    http://standardspeaker.com/news/witness-uncle-sought-money-drugs-in-killing-1.1016029

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    Trial of alleged Shenandoah shooter to be capital case

    Schuylkill County Judge Jacqueline L. Russell all but definitively said that the murder trial of Julius C. Enoe - accused in the March shooting death of a Shenandoah man - will be a capital case.

    "Even though I didn't rule on it yet, you can expect this is going to be a capital case," Russell said Friday during a pre-trial hearing in Courtroom 2 at the Schuylkill County Courthouse.

    What this means is county prosecutors will likely be allowed to seek the death penalty against Enoe, 32, if he is found guilty.

    Enoe and two other men - Jahmal Ollivirre, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Damon L. Ennett, 30, of Freeland - are charged in the death of 24-year-old Bruce L. Forker, whom they allegedly attempted to rob of money and drugs.

    Both co-defendants have pegged Enoe as having shot Forker and both are expected to testify against him.

    District Attorney James P. Goodman had said in July that he would seek the death penalty against Enoe.

    Thursday's pre-trial hearing was rather informal, with Russell, Goodman and Enoe's attorney, Robert J. Kirwan II, Reading, discussing possible trial dates; however, one was not set.

    As a result of scheduling conflicts, Russell said the trial may not start until sometime in March. She suggested the trial begin on a Monday, with jury selection held the Wednesday before.

    "With the case being a capital case, we could end up with a longer period of time with no jurors being selected," Kirwan said.

    "I don't know of a capital case that we had here that took longer than three days for jury selection," Russell said.

    Russell has scheduled another pre-trial hearing for 1:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in Courtroom 2.

    Enoe faces 12 charges, the most serious being criminal homicide, in connection with what state police at Frackville said was the March 16 murder of Bruce L. Forker, 24, in Shenandoah. He is also charged with four counts of recklessly endangering another person, two of aggravated assault and one each of conspiracy, robbery, burglary, theft and simple assault.

    Ennett and Ollivirre each face the same charges: one count each of criminal homicide, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated assault and simple assault, four of recklessly endangering another person and six of conspiracy. Since prosecutors do not allege that either fired the fatal shot, neither is subject to the death penalty.

    Their trial was continued in September by Russell and it's not clear when it will begin.

    http://republicanherald.com/news/jud...case-1.1066600

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    Jury selection begins in murder trial of Reading man accused of killing Shenandoah man

    Eight laborious hours of questions and answers Monday in Schuylkill County Court produced six jurors who will hear the death penalty homicide case of a Berks County man charged with killing a Shenandoah man in March 2010 in front of his children.

    Julius C. Enoe, 32, of Reading, frequently conferred with his lawyers and helped select the three men and three women for the panel of 12 jurors and four alternates for the trial slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. April 25 before Judge Jacqueline L. Russell.

    Jury selection is scheduled to continue at 9:30 a.m. today.

    The jurors selected will decide whether Enoe shot Bruce L. Forker, 24, in his 333 E. Centre St. apartment, and, if they find it was first-degree murder, whether sufficient aggravating circumstances exist to impose a death sentence against him.

    In addition to criminal homicide, prosecutors have charged Enoe with four counts of recklessly endangering another person, two of aggravated assault and one each of conspiracy, robbery, burglary, theft and simple assault.

    State police at Frackville allege Enoe shot Forker in the head during a home invasion. Enoe is being held in the county prison without bail.

    The prosecutors, District Attorney James P. Goodman and Assistant District Attorney A.J. Serina, Enoe's lawyers, Robert J. Kirwan II, Reading, and Jeffrey M. Markosky, Mahanoy City, and Russell questioned 30 potential jurors, 16 women and 14 men, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with a one-hour break for lunch. As required by Pennsylvania law in a death penalty case, they questioned them individually out of the presence of the other potential jurors.

    Deputy Court Administrator Bruce Heffner said there are 179 potential jurors in the pool.

    "That's about average" for a death penalty case, Heffner said before selection started.

    Questions to jurors included what they thought of the death penalty and whether they could apply it, whether they could follow the legal instructions of Russell and whether race - Enoe is black, Forker was white - might influence their decision.

    Several jurors were excused for cause, including one whose fiancee was pregnant and due to deliver April 28.

    "Yes, it would," be a distraction if he were on the jury while his fiancee was in the hospital, that juror said.

    Another said she was not sure she could sit on a case involving first-degree murder.

    "I just don't know that I would be able to handle it impartially," she said.

    Enoe's case is the third in which Goodman has sought the death penalty since taking office following his election in November 2005. However, the two previous cases ended before going to trial without a death sentence being imposed in either one.

    Nevin G. Wetzel, 72, of Minersville, pleaded guilty Jan. 17, 2008, to first-degree murder and lesser crimes for killing Gloria M. Pauzer, 57, on May 8, 2007, in her Saint Clair apartment.

    Russell, who termed that murder "a most horrific act," accepted Wetzel's plea and sentenced him to spend the rest of his life in a state correctional institution. Wetzel is serving his sentence at State Correctional Institution/Greene.

    Norman E. Nickle, 56, of Pottsville, pleaded no contest April 20, 2009, to two counts of first-degree murder, plus lesser charges, in connection with the March 4, 2008, deaths of Joshua B. Yevak, 19, of Pottsville, and Cayla C. Turner, 17, of Port Carbon. The no-contest plea meant Nickle did not admit committing the crimes, but offered no defense, admitted prosecutors had sufficient evidence to prove he committed the crimes and agreed to be sentenced as if he had pleaded, or been found, guilty.

    Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin imposed consecutive life sentences on Nickle, who is serving his time at SCI/Smithfield, Huntingdon County.

    The last man to go on trial in Schuylkill County in a death penalty case was David Harris, 33, of Queens, N.Y., who killed Amanda J. "Emily" Finkbiner, 20, of Williamsport, and Jamaal D. "G" Smith, 20, of Berwick, on Aug. 27, 2002, in Saint Clair.

    Harris, who was wounded in a shootout with police, was convicted April 19, 2004, of first-degree murder in connection with Finkbiner's death. Although then-District Attorney Frank R. Cori had sought the death penalty, Harris instead received a life sentence, which he is serving at SCI/Forest.

    The last Schuylkill County man sentenced to death was Ronald G. Champney, 60, of Pottsville, whom a jury convicted Oct. 25, 1999, of first-degree murder and other crimes for the June 4, 1992, killing of Roy Bensinger at his North Manheim Township home. That jury imposed the death penalty the next day and President Judge William E. Baldwin, who presided over the trial, formally imposed that sentence Nov. 17, 1999.

    However, Baldwin ruled June 3, 2008, that Champney should receive a new trial because he received ineffective representation from his attorney during that trial. Prosecutors have appealed that ruling to the state Supreme Court.

    Two other men, Daniel M. Saranchak and Mark N. Spotz, also are among Pennsylvania's 217 death-row inmates for killings committed in Schuylkill County.

    Saranchak, 43, of Pottsville, was convicted in September 1994 of murdering his grandmother, Stella T. Saranchock, 78, and his uncle, Edmund J. Saranchak, 57, between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Oct. 15-16, 1993, in their home in Five Points, East Norwegian Township.

    Spotz, 40, of Chestnut Grove, was convicted in March 1996 of murdering June Rose Ohlinger, 52, of Wayne Township, on Feb. 1, 1995, and kicking her body off the Church Road bridge into Little Swatara Creek. Spotz also faces two other death sentences for murders he committed in York and Cumberland counties.

    Champney, Saranchak and Spotz all are serving their sentences at SCI/Greene.Defendant: Julius C. Enoe

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    Jury chosen to hear Shenandoah murder case

    After almost 11 hours of questions Tuesday in Schuylkill County Court, lawyers prosecuting and defending a Berks County man charged with killing a Shenandoah man finished picking a jury to hear the death penalty case.

    Seven women and five men are slated to decide the fate of Julius C. Enoe, 32, of Reading, who participated in the two-day selection process that saw almost 80 people questioned on whether they could serve on a panel that may sentence him to be executed if they rule he murdered Bruce L. Forker.

    Enoe, his lawyers and prosecutors also chose three women and one man to serve as alternates who will also sit through the trial but not participate in deliberations unless one or more jurors are excused.

    The trial, over which Judge Jacqueline L. Russell will preside, is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday and is expected to last at least a week.

    District Attorney James P. Goodman and Assistant District Attorney A.J. Serina are prosecuting Enoe, while Robert J. Kirwan II, Reading, and Jeffrey M. Markosky, Mahanoy City, are defending him.

    Enoe is charged with one count each of criminal homicide, conspiracy, robbery, burglary, theft and simple assault, two counts of aggravated assault and four counts of recklessly endangering another person.

    State police at Frackville have charged Enoe with shooting Forker, 24, in the early morning hours of March 16, 2010, in his 333 E. Centre St. apartment.

    Questions to jurors Tuesday centered on the death penalty, their ability to follow instructions given to them by Russell and their willingness to think for themselves.

    "I'm not sure if I could" impose the death penalty even if warranted, said one woman, who was excused.

    "I would be able to follow the judge's instructions," said another, although she was rejected by prosecutors.

    "I would be more likely to believe an officer" than another witness, said a third woman, who was rejected by the defense.

    Goodman is seeking the death penalty against Enoe due to what he said are three aggravating factors - Enoe allegedly killed Forker while committing another felony, he knowingly created a grave risk of death to other people during the crime and Forker was involved or associated with Enoe in the sale of drugs.

    http://republicanherald.com/news/jur...case-1.1135069

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    Enoe death-penalty homicide trial starts today

    For the first time in seven years, a man is going on trial for his life in Schuylkill County Court.

    Prosecutors are scheduled to open their case today against a Berks County man charged with killing a Shenandoah man in March 2010 in front of his children.

    Julius C. Enoe, 32, of Reading, will watch prosecutors detail their allegations that he shot Bruce L. Forker, 24, on March 16, 2010, at his 333 E. Centre St. residence.

    Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Enoe, who is charged with one count each of criminal homicide, conspiracy, robbery, burglary, theft and simple assault, two of aggravated assault and four of recklessly endangering another person. Enoe has been sitting in prison without bail while awaiting his trial, which will be presided over by Judge Jacqueline L. Russell.

    During the two-day jury selection process, Russell told prospective jurors the trial is expected to last at least a week with as many as 70 witnesses.

    Seven women and five men comprise the jury that will decide whether Enoe is guilty of killing Forker, with the potential of participating in a bifurcated - two-part - trial authorized in a death penalty case.

    There are four alternate jurors, three women and one man.

    In the first phase, the jury will decide whether Enoe is guilty of first-degree murder, the only crime in Pennsylvania that carries a potential death sentence.

    If Enoe is found not guilty of first-degree murder, the case will proceed as any other, either with his being released if he is found not guilty of all charges or with Russell imposing a sentence after a presentence investigation is prepared by the county adult probation and parole office. The most serious possible charge would be second-degree murder: it carries an automatic life sentence, which in Pennsylvania includes no chance of parole.

    However, if Enoe is found guilty of first-degree murder, the jury will decide the sentence, which will be either death or life imprisonment.

    In order to get the death penalty, prosecutors must prove the existence of at least one aggravating circumstance, and that it outweighs any mitigating circumstances. Defendants have much wider latitude in presenting mitigating circumstances, which can include a difficult childhood, mental health issues and many other factors.

    Prosecutors must convince all 12 jurors to impose a death sentence; if jurors cannot reach a unanimous decision, the judge must impose a life sentence.

    Defendants sentenced to death have an automatic right to appeal their sentence to the state Supreme Court.

    District Attorney James P. Goodman, who is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Assistant District Attorney A.J. Serina, has said three aggravating factors, which are prescribed by state law, exist to support the imposition of the death penalty against Enoe.

    First, Enoe allegedly killed Forker while committing another felony, Goodman said.

    Second, Goodman said, Enoe knowingly created a grave risk of death to other people during the crime, including Forker's fiancee, Kasa Brennan, and the couple's two children, Aysia Lee Forker and Aaliyah Skye Forker.

    Third, Forker was involved or associated with Enoe in the sale of drugs, according to Goodman.

    Robert J. Kirwan II, Reading, and Jeffrey M. Markosky, Mahanoy City, are representing Enoe. They unsuccessfully sought to have Russell bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.

    Kirwan, who has not said whether Enoe will testify in his own defense, has participated in five prior cases involving a possible death sentence and is death-qualified under state law, meaning he has the experience required to represent a defendant in such cases. At least one such lawyer is required to defend any person against whom prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

    Enoe's case is the third in which Goodman has sought the death penalty since taking office following his election in November 2005. However, the two previous cases ended before going to trial without a death sentence being imposed in either one.

    Nevin G. Wetzel, 72, of Minersville, pleaded guilty Jan. 17, 2008, to first-degree murder and lesser crimes for killing Gloria M. Pauzer, 57, on May 8, 2007, in her Saint Clair apartment.

    Russell, who termed that murder "a most horrific act," accepted Wetzel's plea and sentenced him to spend the rest of his life in a state correctional institution. Wetzel is serving his sentence at State Correctional Institution/Greene.

    Norman E. Nickle, 56, of Pottsville, pleaded no contest April 20, 2009, to two counts of first-degree murder, plus lesser charges, in connection with the March 4, 2008, deaths of Joshua B. Yevak, 19, of Pottsville, and Cayla C. Turner, 17, of Port Carbon. The no-contest plea meant Nickle did not admit committing the crimes, but offered no defense, admitted prosecutors had sufficient evidence to prove he committed the crimes and agreed to be sentenced as if he had pleaded, or been found, guilty.

    Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin imposed consecutive life sentences on Nickle, who is serving his time at SCI/Smithfield, Huntingdon County.

    The last man to go on trial in Schuylkill County in a death penalty case was David Harris, 33, of Queens, N.Y., who killed Amanda J. "Emily" Finkbiner, 20, of Williamsport, and Jamaal D. "G" Smith, 20, of Berwick, on Aug. 27, 2002, in Saint Clair.

    Harris, who was wounded in a shootout with police, was convicted April 19, 2004, of first-degree murder in connection with Finkbiner's death. Although then-District Attorney Frank R. Cori had sought the death penalty, Harris instead received a life sentence, which he is serving at SCI/Forest.

    The last Schuylkill County man sentenced to death was Ronald G. Champney, 60, of Pottsville, whom a jury convicted Oct. 25, 1999, of first-degree murder and other crimes for the June 4, 1992, killing of Roy Bensinger at his North Manheim Township home. That jury imposed the death penalty the next day and President Judge William E. Baldwin, who presided over the trial, formally imposed that sentence Nov. 17, 1999.

    However, Baldwin ruled June 3, 2008, that Champney should receive a new trial because he received ineffective representation from his attorney during that trial. Prosecutors have appealed that ruling to the state Supreme Court.

    Two other men, Daniel M. Saranchak and Mark N. Spotz, also are among Pennsylvania's 217 death-row inmates for killings committed in Schuylkill County.

    Saranchak, 43, of Pottsville, was convicted in September 1994 of murdering his grandmother, Stella T. Saranchock, 78, and his uncle, Edmund J. Saranchak, 57, between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Oct. 15-16, 1993, in their home in Five Points, East Norwegian Township. His case is currently on appeal.

    Spotz, 40, of Chestnut Grove, was convicted in March 1996 of murdering June Rose Ohlinger, 52, of Wayne Township, on Feb. 1, 1995, and kicking her body off the Church Road bridge into Little Swatara Creek. Spotz also faces two other death sentences for murders he committed in York and Cumberland counties. His case is currently on appeal.

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    Attorneys Present Opening Statements In Homicide Trial

    A Muhlenberg Township man is facing the death penalty for his role in a deadly shooting in Schuylkill County.

    Attorneys presented their opening statements Monday morning in the trial of Julius Enoe.

    He's accused of killing Bruce Forker during a home invasion in Shenandoah in March of last year.

    State police searched Enoe's home in Muhlenberg Township a day after the homicide.

    Two other men are also behind bars for their suspected roles in the deadly home invasion.

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    Home invasion slaying trials starts in Pa.

    The first of two alleged accomplices has begun testifying against a Pennsylvania man charged in a home invasion slaying last year.

    Jahmal Ollivirre testified that his uncle, 32-year-old Julius Enoe, was the one with the gun when they barged into a Shenandoah, Schuylkill County home on March 16, 2010.

    Authorities say Enoe shot 26-year-old Bruce Forker in the head during a robbery that netted $4,800.

    Prosecutors will resume questioning Ollivirre on Tuesday. They say a second accomplice will also testify.

    Forker's attorney says the alleged accomplices aren't reliable. Both have reached plea agreements with prosecutors.

    Prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty if a jury convicts Enoe of first-degree murder.

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    Alleged Enoe accomplice says he initially lied

    One alleged accomplice of the Berks County man on trial for his life in Schuylkill County Court acknowledged Tuesday that he had not told the truth at a prior hearing.

    "I lied to the judge," Jahmal Ollivirre testified to the jury hearing the case of his uncle, Julius C. Enoe, 32, of Reading, whom prosecutors alleged fatally shot Bruce L. Forker, 24, of Shenandoah, on March 16, 2010.

    Under vigorous cross-examination by Robert J. Kirwan II, Reading, one of Enoe's lawyers, Ollivirre said he testified falsely at the Sept. 16 pretrial hearing before Judge Jacqueline L. Russell in the case that he did not know what Enoe had done with the gun allegedly used to kill Forker.

    Ollivirre testified earlier Tuesday that Enoe had taken the gun, a .45-caliber pistol, with him to New York City when the pair fled by bus after Forker's shooting.

    "It is the truth," he said, referring to that testimony.

    Ollivirre's statements highlighted the second day of Enoe's trial before Russell and the jury of seven women and five men who will decide whether Enoe shot Forker in the course of robbing him and burglarizing his 333 E. Centre St. home.

    District Attorney James P. Goodman and Assistant District Attorney A.J. Serina will continue presenting their case, in which they are seeking the death penalty against Enoe, when the trial resumes at 9:30 a.m. today.

    Goodman told Russell that Enoe's other alleged accomplice, Damon L. Ennett, 30, of Freeland, will be today's first witness.

    State police at Frackville have charged Enoe with criminal homicide, conspiracy, robbery, burglary, theft, simple assault, two counts of aggravated assault and four counts of recklessly endangering another person. They allege Enoe shot Forker in the head while robbing him of several thousand dollars.

    Ollivirre remained calm as Kirwan tried to show he did not tell the truth in his testimony that Enoe shot Forker.

    "You were the person with the mask. You shot Bruce Forker," Kirwan asked Ollivirre.

    "That's wrong," Ollivirre answered.

    "The truth of the matter is that Damon Ennett called you and told you to clean the car?"

    "That's not the truth."

    Ollivirre said Enoe got scared because he shot Forker.

    "I didn't kill nobody, so I had no reason to be scared," Ollivirre said.

    Ollivirre also testified he is serving eight years in prison in New York in connection with a shooting, although he denied pulling the trigger in that case.

    Ollivirre said he has signed a plea agreement that includes a sentence of 15 to 30 years in a state correctional institution for his role in Forker's death. Kirwan reminded him that sentence could be made concurrent with the New York sentence, meaning he might serve only seven extra years for Forker's death.

    State police Cpl. Jeff Szczecina, supervisor of the criminal investigation unit at the Frackville station, testified that Ollivirre contested extradition from New York, while Enoe made arrangements to turn himself in.

    Szczecina did corroborate part of Ollivirre's testimony when he said one of the cell phones Ollivirre admitted taking from Kasa Brennan, Forker's fiancee, the morning of the break-in was found along Interstate 78 in Berks County. Ollivirre had testified he threw that phone out the window while Enoe drove them from the scene.

    Another state police officer, Cpl. David Dupree of the Reading station, testified he processed the scene at the Forker-Brennan residence and found a grim sight.

    "He had a gunshot wound to the head. He was on his right side," Dupree said of Forker. Dupree testified the shot was a contact wound, meaning the gun was pressed right against Forker's head.

    Thomas Pfeiffer, Enoe's former landlord, suggested another motive for his ex-tenant being the shooter when he testified Enoe owed $1,150 in back rent. On cross-examination, he said Enoe never had given him notice of any rodent problem, which might have resulted in withholding of rent.

    Other witnesses who testified Tuesday included:

    - State police Cpl. Robert Rodzinak of the Frackville station, who said Brennan told him she had found an second shell casing in the room where Forker was shot. Rodzinak testified he took that casing back to the station.

    - State police Trooper Edward J. Lizewski of the Frackville station, the prosecuting officer, who said Brennan fainted after being interviewed shortly after the shooting and had to be taken to the hospital.

    - State police Trooper James Cuttitta of the Frackville station, who said Ennett came to the station March 17, 2010, in a black 2005 Dodge Stratus, which was taken, secured and became evidence.

    - State police Trooper Robert D. Wessner Jr. of the forensic services unit at the Reading station, who said he processed Ennett's car.

    "We did not find any blood" in the interior or the trunk of Ennett's car, Wessner testified. He did say they found many other things.

    "It was dirty. The outside was dirty. The inside looked lived in," Wessner said of the car.

    - State police Trooper Robert Hess of the Reading station, who said three cell phones were found in a search of Enoe's residence on March 17, 2010.

    Two of the cell phones did not work, but there were four calls for "Hubby" on the third, Hess testified.

    - State police trooper John Biever of the Jonestown station, who testified a Dodge Neon found in front of Enoe's residence was towed to the Reading station for processing.

    Biever testified he accompanied the tow truck that took the Neon for processing.

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    Attorneys Present Closing Arguments In Man's Homicide Trial

    Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments in the trial of a man charged with murder for his alleged role in a deadly home invasion.

    Julius Enoe, 24, of Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, could face the death penalty if he's found guilty of killing Bruce Forker in March 2010.

    The deadly shooting happened inside a home on East Center Street in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County.

    The trial began in Pottsville with opening statements on Monday.

    Two other men, Jahmal Ollivirre and Damon Ennet, are also behind bars for their suspected roles in the deadly home invasion.

    http://www.wfmz.com/poconosnews/27718374/detail.html

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