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Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, March 13, 2000
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 05:50:12 -0500
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, March 13, 2000
ALMANAC
On this day in 1868, the Senate began to try President Andrew Johnson
on impeachment charges brought against him by the House of
Representatives; he was eventually acquitted by a margin of one vote.
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site contains Johnson's home and
burial place in Greenville, Tennessee.
INCIDENTS
00-089 - Colorado NM (CO) - Car Clouting Arrests
On March 4th, ranger Bill Row received a report of a vehicle break-in
within the park. Although the victims reported the incident within
minutes and officers from the local area responded promptly to assist,
the suspects were able to escape. The victims reported that they'd
lost credit cards and climbing equipment and expedition gear valued in
excess of $7,000. The following morning, the victims told Row that
their credit card company had informed them that the stolen credit
cards had been used at a local Grand Junction mall. With the
assistance of mall security, Row determined that the suspects had
employed the cards to charge more than $1,400 worth of electronic
equipment, CD's, clothing, jewelry, and athletic shoes at eleven
different mall stores. Security cameras in three of the stores had
videotaped three men using the cards. When Row showed the tapes to
local law enforcement agencies, officers from Fruita, Colorado,
recognized one of the suspects. Row drove by his residence and saw a
second suspect from the tapes who also matched clerks' descriptions.
Row contacted the man - K.F., 20, of Fruita. Interviews
and plain-view evidence resulted in K.F.'s arrest, the arrest of a
juvenile involved, and recovery of much of the stolen property. The
third man, J.M., 20, of Fruita, turned himself in. A search
warrant was executed on one of the suspect's residences, and much of
the rest of the stolen property was recovered. Stolen property from
a second break-in that occurred the same day on BLM land adjacent to
the park was also recovered. The assistant US attorney has filed
felony charges of theft and unauthorized use of a credit card under 18
USC. (Ron Young, CR, COLM, 3/10)
CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No submissions.
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
PARKS AND PEOPLE
Pictured Rocks NL (MI) - The park has an opening for a natural
resources program manager, GS-401-12. The vacancy announcement is on
USA Jobs and closes on March 23rd. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on the south shore of Lake
Superior. Park headquarters is located in Munising, a rural community
of approximately 3,000. Schools, medical facilities, housing and
shopping are readily available in Munising. The nearest shopping
mall, theater, and Northern Michigan University are located 40 miles
away in Marquette. For more information, contact Teri Perry at
906-387-2607 on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday between 7 a.m. and 5:30
p.m.
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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the
cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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