NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

INCIDENTS

Fire Island NS

Man Arrested For Breaking Into Park Headquarters

An alarm monitoring company contacted the park just before 5 a.m. last Sunday and reported that the alarm in the headquarters building in Patchogue had been triggered. Ranger Steve Olijnyk responded and found that a second floor window at the top of a fire escape had been broken. Believing there might be someone inside, Olijnyk called the Suffolk County Police Department for backup. A county canine unit and Patchogue Village public safety officers responded. A decision was made that the dog would enter the building to conduct a search while other officers maintained a perimeter. Olijnyk remained on the first floor. The dog alerted his handler to an office on the second floor, where B.R., 37, was found and arrested. B.R. claimed to be homeless and said that he was looking for a place to sleep. A search of the building revealed that he had gone through several of the offices, but not caused much damage. It was also evident that he'd attempted to break several other windows before finding the one through which he eventually entered. He was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital under guard, where he was treated for the injuries caused by dog bites. He was issued mandatory appearance citations for trespassing and vandalism of property and was released to the hospital's care for a psychiatric evaluation. [Lena Koschmann, 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/):

Homestead NMA - On December 30th, Homestead National Monument of America paid tribute to the 150th anniversaries of both the Homestead Act and the Emancipation Proclamation. This event was a bridge to the second year of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, with 2013 being the “The Year of the Homesteader.”

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science - Elizabeth Johnson, deputy associate director for natural resource stewardship and science, retired on January 3rd after almost 33 years of service. 

Pacific West Region - Philip Pantoja, contracting officer for Pacific West Region in Seattle, Washington, retired on January 3rd after 35 years with the National Park Service. Prior to his NPS career, he served in the military for 21 years.

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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).

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