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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, January 12, 2007 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Yosemite NP Sentencing On Threat, Retaliation Charges On September 6, 2004, rangers George Paiva and Leigh Guenther arrested C.B. for DUI in the Tuolumne Meadows subdistrict. During the course of the investigation and arrest, C.B. made several threatening statements to Guenther. C.B. pled guilty to the DUI charge on the following day. Two days after that, a neighbor of Paiva's notified him that two of the tires on Paiva's personal vehicle had been slashed. Subsequent investigation led to C.B. confessing to slashing Paiva's tires. On January 4, 2005, C.B. was indicted by a federal grand jury for assault on a federal officer (18 USC 111(a)) and retaliating against a witness (18 USC 1513 (b)). On December 18, 2006, under the terms of a plea agreement, C.B. pled guilty to one count of vandalism (36 CFR 2.31 (a)(3)). He was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to stay out of Yosemite National Park for a period of three years after he serves his jail time. [Steve Yu, Special Agent] Redwood N&SP Search For Missing Fishing Guide On Friday, January 5th, a boat swamped in the Smith River, dumping a fishing guide and his client into the water. The client swam to shore but the guide disappeared and has not yet been found. The accident occurred within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, a component of Redwood National and State Parks. The Del Norte County Sheriff's Department is the lead search and investigative agency. [Pat Grediagin, Chief Ranger] Golden Gate NRA Two Suicides On Same Day On the morning of Sunday, January 7th, ranger Eric LaSalle and USPP officer Ezra Savage responded to a dispatch report of a suicide attempt off a social trail at Fort Funston. The 82-year-old victim was found near the hang glider deck with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. City fire and EMS personnel transported him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. That evening, Presidio fire personnel and rangers Bruce Phillips, Daniel Camiccia, Steve Cunningham and Pat Norton responded to the north anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge to assist in the recovery of a body from the rocks at the base of the bridge. The victim, a man in his mid-40's, had jumped from the bridge and missed the water. A unified command was established to safely and discreetly remove the victim's remains for the Marin County coroner. [Kim Coast, Operations Supervisor] OTHER NEWS Other news from today's edition of InsideNPS, the National Park Service's home page: Lake Mead - Live zebra mussels have been found in Lake Mead. The invasive, non-native mussels, currently found largely in the Mississippi River drainage and Great Lakes, reproduce rapidly and are a major environmental problem. Theodore Roosevelt - The park is advertising for a GS-11/12 AO. Southern Utah Group - The group has issued an announcement for a GS-12/13 chief ranger for both Arches and Canyonlands. NCR - There will be tributes to Dr. King today at both Main Interior and the Lincoln Memorial. To link to InsideNPS, click on HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/ * * * * * Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |