NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, November 15, 2010

INCIDENTS

Baltimore Washington Parkway

Man Arrested For Attempted Murder In Road Rage Incident

A.D., a 47-year-old resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, was arrested by the Park Police last week and charged with assault with intent to commit murder. The arrest stemmed from a road rage incident that occurred on Sunday, November 7th. A.D. and another driver were on Powder Mill Road near the parkway at about 4:30 pm when they exchanged words after the latter was reportedly almost run off the road. After that, both drivers drove away, with the eventual victim following A.D. and talking with the police dispatcher, describing what happened. A short time later, both drivers came to a stop, and A.D. fired a handgun at him. The gunfire didn't hit either the victim or his car. He was able to provide Park Police detectives with identifying information and a description, and the detectives tracked A.D. down. On Tuesday, November 9th, Park Police detectives and SWAT team members executed a search warrant at A.D.'s home in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring and recovered evidence linking him to the crime. A.D. was arrested and charged in federal district court. He is being held pending further court proceedings. [Sergeant David Schlosser, Public Information Officer]

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/):

Grand Canyon NP - Grand Canyon National Park's climate action plan was recently approved, completing the final step necessary for the park to be officially listed as a Climate Friendly Park.

Washington Office - The Washington Office is seeking NPS case studies for the 2010 annual report on environmental conflict resolution. They're needed by December 1st.

Midwest Region - Michael D. Pflaum, currently regional partnerships coordinator in Midwest Regional Office, has been named the superintendent of Keweenaw NHP. He will report for this new position on January 16th. Photo.

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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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