Charges added against Cherokee man
August 29, 2018
The list of court charges against a Cherokee man continues to grow following his arrest in a Saturday, Aug. 18, incident.
Daniel Lee Jumper, 22, of Cherokee, was charged Aug. 20 with three misdemeanors: (1) driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, (2) driving without a valid driver’s license and (3) obstructing an officer.
According to court affidavits, the incident occurred about 3:30 a.m. at U.S. Highway 64 just west of County Road 620. Jumper was arrested at 8:07 a.m. Investigation of the incident involved the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office and the Cherokee Police Department.
OHP Trooper Darrin Lancaster went to the scene after a report that Alfalfa County deputies were searching for three people in a field. The reporting party, Jumper, said approximately five shots had been fired.
Deputy Loren Nusser located and detained one man, Jumper, who was hiding in tall weeds at the north edge of some trees. Nusser said Jumper came out of the weeds with a knife. Nusser and Deputy Ryan Madden convinced him to drop it.
According to the affidavit, Jumper said he had been held at gunpoint and forced into the car and told to drive the others to the Tulsa area. He said his buddy was also held hostage.
Lancaster went to the wrecked vehicle and found a blue Ford Taurus resting on its top south of the highway in a worked field. He retrieved the license plate number, which later checked back to Cristi Elfving. Deputy TJ Rockenbach checked the vehicle and the area around it, finding only one set of footprints going away from the vehicle.
After Jumper told officers his name, a records check came up with two Daniel Lee Jumpers, one from Spavinaw and one from Alva. Both had the same date of birth and description.
Employees at an oil rig at Cozy Corner near the location of the incident reported that a man had come to their property earlier, but he had been “ran off” due to his being intoxicated. Later when shown Jumper’s driver’s license picture, they identified him as the man who had been there earlier.
Jumper was taken by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid to be checked out. Deputy Nusser was asked to ride along with Jumper on the ambulance trip to Enid.
At the hospital, Lancaster received permission from staff to talk to Jumper. Lancaster told Jumper he was being placed under arrest and began to read the implied consent to take the state’s test. Jumper “exploded into anger,” according to the affidavit, and continually interrupted Lancaster using profanity. He continually threatened the doctor, nurses and medical staff, ripped off his neck brace and ripped out the IV in his arm. According to the affidavit, he told Lancaster and Nusser it would be easy to find out where they lived and hurt them and their family. Trooper Lisa Jorgensen arrived to assist, and he also threatened her.
Eventually hospital staff sedated Jumper so he could be x-rayed and examined safely. Deputy Madden, who had a cage in his patrol vehicle, arrived at the hospital. When Jumper woke up, he was escorted to Madden’s vehicle and driven back to the Alfalfa County Jail in Cherokee.
Cherokee Police Chief Ryan McNeil contacted the owner of the wrecked vehicle who said it had been parked Friday at 9 p.m. and it wasn’t missed until McNeil called. According to the affidavit, McNeil said Jumper tried to break into other vehicles and stole a couple of knives.
On Friday, Aug. 24, Alfalfa County added more charges. Jumper was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, a felony, which is punishable by imprisonment up to five years or a fine of $500 to $5,000, or both. He was also charged with assault, battery, or assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for threatening Deputy Nusser with a knife.
Jumper was charged Friday with two misdemeanors: threatening to perform an act of violence for his threats to officers and medical personnel, and petit larceny for stealing four pocket knives from Trever Wilson.
On Monday, Aug. 27, three additional felony charges were filed against Jumper. After Chief McNeil investigated the case, City of Cherokee charges were filed against Jumper for (1) knowingly concealing stolen property, (2) burglary in the second degree, and (3) larceny of an automobile. In addition, an affidavit signed by Deputy Nusser provided cause for two misdemeanor charges of threatening to perform an act of violence (verbal threats to harm Nusser and his family) and obstructing an officer (failing to put his knife down causing Nusser
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