NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, April 29, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

94-163 - Timucuan (Florida) - Follow-up on Assault on Ranger

Two individuals are in the custody of the Jacksonville sheriff's office for
the April 17th assault on ranger Brian Peters; a third was to be picked up
yesterday.  The three, all of whom are juveniles, were apprehended following
a joint investigation by the NPS, the sheriff's office, the FBI and the
Navy's Criminal Intelligence Service.  A major break occurred in the case
when ranger Dennis Parsons of Gulf Islands, on detail to the park to assist
with increased patrols at Kingsley Plantation, identified a vehicle which
fit the description of the one employed in the incident.  Investigators
utilized the temporary license tag number that Parsons acquired to trace the
vehicle to the purchaser, then to the involved parties.  One of the trio of
juveniles has a previous criminal history.  State and federal charges are
pending.  [Craig Sheldon, CR, FOCA/TIMU, 4/28]

94-196 - Death Valley (California) - ARPA Arrests

While conducting overflights of the park as part of Operation Alliance,
rangers observed a vehicle parked in a remote area in such a manner that it
led them to believe that the operator was attempting to hide it from view. 
Subsequent investigation on the ground led to contacts with R.B. and
W.J., both of Bishop, California, who were engaged in the collection
of Native American artifacts.  Additional evidence which was found at the
scene led to their arrest for ARPA violations.  [Mike O'Neal, RLES, RAD/WRO,
4/28]

94-197 - Martin Luther King, Jr. (Georgia) - Special Event

During the weekend of April 22nd - 24th, Atlanta hosted Freaknik, the annual
black college spring break festivities, and Auburnfest, the annual Sweet
Auburn festival.  The two events drew an estimated 200,000 participants from
colleges around the country.  The park was directly affected by the latter,
which was held in the preservation district along the Auburn Avenue
corridor, and indirectly affected by the former, as many participants were
caught in the park by massive traffic jams.  These two festivals, coupled
with professional sporting events in the city, strained police resources. 
Rangers provided emergency traffic control to permit passage of ambulances,
fire vehicles and city buses, and also responded to a burglary report at an
adjacent elementary school.  One of the two thieves was apprehended in the
park, and a television and VCR were recovered.  The park suffered no
property damage during the three days of festivities.  [Johnny Sims, CR,
MALU, 4/26]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Lost/Pilfered Luggage - Ranger Activities is interested in obtaining
information from field areas regarding any experiences rangers, criminal
investigators or special agents have had with lost, misdirected or pilfered
luggage during official travel on commercial air carriers, including
occasions in which they have arrived at their airport destination either
ahead of or after the arrival of their checked luggage.  If you have ever
had any of these or similar experiences, please send a short synopsis,
including date, air carrier and destination, if available, to Paul Berkowitz
via cc:Mail.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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