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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, October 21, 2011 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Park Resident Arrested For Sexual Abuse Of Minors The Grand Canyon Field Office of the Investigative Services Branch was contacted by the Norton Shores Police Department in July and asked to assist with an investigation of a park resident for sexually abusing two boys in Michigan. A joint investigation was conducted by the ISB and NSPD, with assistance provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Polygraph Unit. As a result of the joint investigation, a nationwide extraditable warrant for the subject's arrest was issued. On October 7th, special agents and park rangers arrested the man without incident at his place of employment inside the park. If he proves unable to post a $250,000 bond, he will be extradited back to Michigan. [Christopher Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Investigative Services Branch-Central] Earlier this month, NPS special agents and rangers arrested a park resident who is wanted by a police department in Michigan for the sexual abuse of minors. 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/): Wind Cave NP - The National Park Service has acquired 5,555 acres of former ranchland, including a thousand-year-old buffalo jump and a historic homestead, that will now become part of Wind Cave National Park. A dedication ceremony was held last Saturday. Geological Resources Division - Today marks the 89th anniversary of Fossil Cycad National Monument's establishment in 1922. The site was deauthorized in 1957 due to depletion of resources through unauthorized collecting, but one of its original signs was recently found and returned to the NPS. Photo. Midwest Region - Wade Vagias, currently the acting management assistant at Yellowstone NP, has been named the new superintendent for Ice Age and North Country National Scenic Trails. Photo. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - The park has appointed public relations specialist Jessica Ferracane to its communications team. Photo. Training and Conference Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. The following have been added to this week's calendar - a conference on digital preservation at NCTC and this year's National Underground Railroad Conference (plus a call for proposals). * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |