NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, March 8, 2012

INCIDENTS

Hot Springs NP

Man Arrested For Assault On Woman

The park received several 911 calls on March 5th reporting that a man was beating a woman who was lying on the ground next to a vehicle at the entrance to the Gulpha Gorge campground. Rangers David Van Nest and John Hughes responded. While en route to the campground, an updated 911 call came in reporting that the man had fled on foot dressed in a white t-shirt covered with blood. The caller was attempting to follow him while rangers responded. Although a perimeter was set up, he managed to escape. Once on scene, the rangers determined that the woman had been riding in a pickup truck with her former boyfriend when he began assaulting her as they rode through the park, biting and striking the woman repeatedly. A three-year-old was standing on the front seat unrestrained in between the pair during the encounter. He then pulled over to the shoulder of the road, punched her again, knocked her out of the truck, then got out and began striking her as she lay on the ground. Passersby saw the assault and began making the 911 calls. Rangers learned that the man was staying in a local motel and the manager was asked to contact them if the returned. His truck was seized as evidence and stored at a local towing company. Within hours, the company called rangers and informed them that they had been contacted by the man, who wanted to get his truck and was on his way there. Rangers set up surveillance of the facility; within about an hour, he arrived, surrendered to them without incident, and was taken into custody. The man, a convicted felon who is on probation for battery and other violent acts, was booked into the county jail on federal charges. [John Hughes, 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/):

Department of the Interior - Secretary Salazar has announced the designation of 13 new National Historic Landmarks in nine different states, including a site associated with the famed Apache scouts, the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world, and an early 18th-century parish church.

San Antonio Missions NHP - San Antonio Missions has just launched a digital portal, providing a new way to virtually visit the park in both English and Spanish and to explore the missions via an interactive, self-guided tour app that's available for both iPhone and iPad.

Office of International Affairs - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, on behalf of other NPS units of the Great Lakes area, has established a sister park relationship with Mongolia's Lake Hovsgol National Park.

Jean Lafitte NHP&P - Consuelo Comotto Duplass has been named administrative officer for Jean Lafitte and New Orleans Jazz.

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