NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, November 12, 2010

INCIDENTS

Great Smoky Mountains NP

Two Charged With Multiple Vehicle Break-Ins

Beginning on September 20th and ending on October 29th, approximately 15 vehicle larcenies occurred within the park at various trailheads, with the vast majority being in the Greenbrier area. Ranger Jared St. Clair led an investigation by his district ranger staff. They were joined by a Forest Service special agent because many larcenies were also occurring on Forest Service lands. Two suspects were ultimately identified - J.W. and Ja.W. of Cosby, Tennessee. On November 3rd, the W.s were arrested by local police on unrelated charges. When special agent Jeff Carlisle and the USFS special agent interviewed them at the county jail, they admitted to several of the break-ins. Carlisle and St. Clair again interviewed one of the W.s a few days later. During that interview, he admitted to all the break-ins and added two others. A presentation will be made to the assistant US attorney and both will be charged with multiple felony counts, including breaking and entering, theft of property and bank fraud. With the closing of these cases, the park has cleared the majority of open larceny cases. Three separate groups of car clouters have been arrested. [Russell Roy, Assistant Special Agent In Charge, Southeast Region]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

National Capital Region - Secretary Salazar and Director Jarvis signed their names to the final National Mall Plan at a ceremony on Tuesday, capping off a planning effort that included input from more than 30,000 Americans in all 50 states and culminating in a vision and direction for the future conservation and preservation of what many call “America's Front Yard.”

Climate Change Response Program - The November 2010 issue of the Climate Change Response Program's newsletter is now available. A link is provided.

Visitor and Resource Protection - Russel J. (Russ) Wilson has been selected as the new chief of the Division of Regulations and Special Park Uses. Photo.

Training and Conference Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation. Added to this week's calendar are the following - several panels on NAGPRA on its 20th anniversary in the Main and South Interior buildings in Washington and two new FLETC offerings.

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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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