RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           Ranger Activities Division Information Network

Day/Date:  Wednesday, April 1, 1992

INCIDENTS

92-97 - Colonial (Virginia) - Arrest for Sexual Assault

At about 9:00 p.m. on the evening of March 30th, ranger Byrd Ewell was
approaching a suspicious vehicle near the Yorktown visitor center when the
vehicle suddenly accelerated and fled the area.  A brief chase ensued, which
ended when the driver abandoned the car and fled on foot into a wooded area,
leaving a 16-year-old female behind.  She told Ewell that the driver, a
28-year-old acquaintance of hers, had sexually assaulted her.  Rangers, county
officers and a dog team searched the area, but failed to locate the man, who
was subsequently found and arrested in a nearby community.  The alleged
assault occurred in an area of proprietary jurisdiction.  NPS and state
charges have been filed.  [CompuServe message from Jim Burnett, CR, COLO,
3/31]

92-98 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Rescue

On March 25th, park dispatch was notified that a Coleman canoe with
equipment aboard had been found floating on the Colorado River three miles
above Pearce Ferry near the boundary with Lake Mead.  Investigation revealed
that the boat belonged to four Air Force Academy cadets from Colorado who
had put in at Diamond Creek with two canoes the day before.  The following
morning, pilot Jerry Bonner and rangers Ken Phillips and Susan Cherry
conducted an aerial search of the area and located the four men, all of whom
were uninjured.  Two were rescued by helicopter from one shore of the river;
their companions, who were on the opposite side, were picked up by a passing
boat and ferried downriver.  The foursome had attempted to run technically
difficult whitewater with inadequate equipment and canoeing skills, had
immediately become swamped in the first set of rapids they hit, and had lost
one boat.  After regrouping, they had decided to send the two best canoeists
downriver for help in the remaining canoe.  That boat hit a rock in the
first rapid the pair encountered, however, and was lost.  The two men aboard
had been left stranded on the opposite shore from their companions.  [Cindy
Wadsworth, GRCA, via CompuServe message from Carl Christensen, RAD/WRO,
3/29]

92-99 - Glen Canyon (Utah/Arizona) - Possible Homicide

A concession-operated tour boat came upon the body of a women in the lake
near the shoreline close to the mouth of Antelope Canyon late on the morning
of March 31st.  She was partially disrobed and had suffered a blunt trauma
wound to her head and a piercing wound to her spine.  The victim has not yet
been identified.  The park and Coconino County deputies are conducting a
joint investigation.  [Larry Clark, CR, GLCA, via telefax from Jim Reilly,
RAD/RMRO, 3/31]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Sisto at law enforcement training
session, Bighorn Canyon, WY (3/30-4/1); Halainen at uniform pants evaluation
session, NCRO, Washington, DC (3/31-4/1); Schamp on law enforcement aviation
review, Western Region (3/23-4/4); Lee on AL (4/1-4/3).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Broyles at Region 4 interagency training
committee meeting, Elko, NV (3/31-4/3); Clark at SWR prevention meeting,
Santa Fe, NM (3/30-4/3); Gale at I-520/620 steering committee meeting in
Harrisonburg, VA (3/30-4/1); Spruill on law enforcement aviation review,
Western Region (3/23-4/4).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone:  Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - FTS 268-5572/5573 or 202-208-5572/5573

Telefax:    Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-6756 or 202-208-6756
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977

CompuServe: Branch of R&VP - WASO-RANGER
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - WASO-FIRE-WO

SEAdog:     Branch of R&VP - 1/650
            Branch of F&A (WASO) - 1/655