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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, September 20, 2012 INCIDENTS Mammoth Cave NP Two Arrested For Auto Break-in On June 26th, rangers received a report of a car clout (auto break-in) which had taken place earlier that day at the Dennison Ferry day use area. The value of the property taken and the damage to the vehicle were together estimated at more than $9,000. Investigating ranger Zeb Whitaker identified two suspects, J.D. and K.L. Whitaker obtained video surveillance tapes of the pair using an ATM card that was stolen from the clouted vehicle. On September 12th, rangers and officers from the Kentucky State Police, Barren-Edmonson County Drug Task Force, and Hart County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant on J.D.'s and K.L.'s residence and vehicles. Numerous items taken during the June 26th car clout were recovered from the residence and from one of the vehicles. Four firearms, drug paraphernalia, and various controlled substances were also found in the residence, and ten marijuana plants were discovered growing in back of the house. Both J.D. and K.L. admitted to their involvement in the car clout. They were arrested on several state charges and are facing federal grand jury indictments related to the Dennison Ferry theft. [Brad McDougal, Chief Ranger] Whiskeytown NRA Pair Arrested For Possession Of Drugs, Stolen Property Rangers Stevon Culver and Steve Kay contacted a man and woman seated in their vehicle at the end of Old Highway 299 on September 12th for having a dog off leash and for not having a day use permit. During the contact, they smelled the strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a green duffel bag containing five labeled zip lock bags weighing a total of 2.2 pounds. The rangers also recovered several other containers of suspected marijuana, a glass pipe, and 3.3 grams of suspected methamphetamine. The man and woman were arrested and taken to the Shasta County jail. Further investigation revealed that they were in possession of stolen property and turned up evidence of possible check forgery. Rangers are working closely with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento and the Shasta County District Attorney's Office on the prosecution. [Jim Richardson, 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/): Olympic NP - This week marks the culmination of the first year of the Elwha River restoration project, during which one dam has been removed, a second is largely gone, and salmon have returned to waters upstream from the former Elwha Dam. A link is provided to a park video summarizing the progress made to date. Lake Mead NRA - The several federal, state and local agencies with responsibility for oversight of the water resources and wildlife of Lakes Mead and Mohave have established a work group with the goal of developing a holistic, ecosystem-level understanding of these water bodies. Office of Communications - All 397 national parks will offer free entrance on National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 29th. Denver Service Center - Dale Hammond will be retiring on September 28th following 23 years with the National Park Service. Dale is a project specialist and architect with the Denver Service Center Design and Construction Eastern Team. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |