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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, September 25, 2012 INCIDENTS Presidio of San Francisco Auto Burglary Suspect Arrested On the afternoon of September 18th, Park Police officers were working a plainclothes auto burglary operation in the Presidio of San Francisco when they saw two men attempting to break into parked and unoccupied vehicles. When the would-be thieves saw the officers watching them, they sped away from the Presidio and into the city of San Francisco, but soon abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot in Pacific Heights. Within a short time, the area was saturated with Park Police and San Francisco PD officers and NPS rangers. A perimeter was established around the city block into which the men had fled. Some officers were posted to rooftops while others went from house to house looking for the pair. One of the two men was found in a backyard and arrested without incident. He was quickly identified by USPP officers on scene as someone who was wanted for numerous auto break-ins that had occurred throughout the Presidio and the city. After Park Police investigators consulted with the assistant U.S. attorney, an FBI special agent joined the investigation, visiting the San Francisco Field Office to question the arrested man about his involvement in a homicide that occurred in the Bay Area in 2011. He was booked into the county jail on a number of misdemeanor and felony charges. The investigation continues, including efforts to identify the second man. [Lt. Thomas Hart, United States Park Police, San Francisco Field Office] Lake Mead NRA Motorcyclist Killed In Accident The park received an emergency call reporting a motorcycle accident on the Callville Bay access road on the morning of Sunday, September 23rd. Rangers found the 22-year-old operator 75 feet from the road and down an embankment. Efforts were made to revive him, but suspended after 40 minutes when a local paramedic pronounced him dead. Speed was evidently a contributing factor. The park and Nevada Highway Patrol are investigating. [Christie Vanover, Public Affairs 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/): Denali NP&P - Denali National Park has posted a five-minute-long, time-lapse video of the aurora borealis on its website and Facebook page. It was put together from more than 8,000 still images of the aurora between last January and March. Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS - The International DreamKeeper's Urban Campout brought together about 45 racially and ethnically diverse college students to officially kick off the year-long “countdown” to the nationwide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech and March on Washington. Mississippi NR&RA - Once a vital source of water for the soldiers of Fort Snelling and later home to the Bureau of Mines Twin Cities Research Center, the Coldwater Spring site, located near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, is in the process of being restored to a natural open space. Intermountain Region - Bill Gwaltney, assistant regional director for workforce enhancement in the Intermountain Region, is leaving the Service after 33 years to be director of interpretation for the American Battlefield Monuments Commission in Paris, France. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |