NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

INCIDENTS

Great Smoky Mountains NP

Man Indicted For Vehicle Break-In And Theft

On December 15th, B.P. of Maryville, Tennessee, was indicted in the Eastern District of Tennessee for crimes committed in the Cades Cove District. On September 30th, a park visitor's vehicle was accessed while it was parked at a historic church parking area on the Cades Cove Loop Road and a purse belonging to one of the visitors was stolen. A short time later, B.P. saw the victims reporting the theft to a park maintenance employee at the visitor center, waited for them to leave, then approached a maintenance employee and reported that he had seen the theft of a purse from a person's vehicle. B.P., who gave the maintenance employee a fictitious name, provided a description of the “suspect” and a description of the suspect vehicle, including its license tag. Rangers subsequently located the “suspect” vehicle and made a vehicle stop. Meanwhile, B.P. was able to exit the loop road and leave the park. B.P. then used the victim's credit card in a nearby town to purchase gasoline for his vehicle. Ranger Helen McNutt and special agent Jeff Carlisle investigated the incident and were able to ascertain B.P.'s identity. B.P. later provided full admissions during interviews. He was charged with three felony counts in an indictment - larceny from a motor vehicle, theft of property, and providing false statements to a government official. B.P. was arrested without incident on December 16th. The case is set for trial in February. [Jeff Carlisle, Special Agent]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:

Lake Mead NRA - In December, students from the Las Vegas Montessori Visions Academy collected 65 gallons of native seeds to be used to restore lands disturbed by road construction.

Office of Public Affairs - The ninth annual 2009 Hampton University Executive Leadership Summit was held this past November, with significant participation by both the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior. Photo.

To see these and other stories posted on InsideNPS (or NPS Digest, its public version), click on one or the other of the following links (please note that not all stories in the former appear in the latter):

NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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