NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

INCIDENTS

Jean Lafitte NHP&P

Man Arrested Following Assault On Former Girlfriend

A woman arranged to meet her estranged boyfriend in the park's Barataria Preserve on February 9th to that he could safely visit with their son in a public place. When she arrived there, she found that he was extremely intoxicated on Vicodin and marijuana and therefore immediately terminated the visit and attempted to leave the park in her vehicle. The man became enraged and began using his SUV to force her out of her lane of travel and into the oncoming traffic lane. The woman and child were in fear for their lives, with the child screaming that “daddy is trying to hurt my mommy.” A ranger came upon the unfolding incident and pursue the SUV. The patrol car video camera recorded the man trying to hide a bag of marijuana by throwing it into the road just as the pursuit ended. He was arrested by the ranger. [Georgia A. Shaw, Chief Ranger]

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/):

Point Reyes NS - On Wednesday, February 22nd, staff from the park and the Golden Gate Council of Hostelling International USA celebrated the grand opening of a newly constructed, environmentally sensitive facility at the Point Reyes Hostel near Limantour Beach.

Public Health Service - Earlier this month, the National Park Service, hosted by Clemson University, convened a scoping workshop of public health professionals, physicians and research scholars from around the county to provide preliminary input to the Healthy Parks Healthy People US science strategy.

Klondike Gold Rush NHP - Seattle Unit - The park is mourning the loss of Timothy Richard Wettack, who died on February 20th. He was 22 years old.

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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).

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