NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

INCIDENTS

Allegheny Railroad Portage NHS

Man Arrested For Rape In Park Picnic Area

On the evening of Monday, February 4th, a sexual assault occurred in the park's picnic area. An investigation was conducted jointly by rangers and the local township police department after the victim reported that she had been raped at gunpoint in the picnic area. The woman knew her assailant. She reported that she had picked him up at a local shopping mall and was forced to drive to the park where the assault occurred. An Altoona man was arrested, arraigned, charged with numerous felony offenses, and locked up in the Cambria County jail on Tuesday morning. [Thomas Stinedurf, Chief Ranger/Unit Manager]

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/):

Intermountain Region - Rangers from New Mexico's national parks participated in the New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) Discovery Fair last week, interacting with more than 2,000 middle and high school participants from around the state. The theme for this year's statewide academic competition was “Celebrating New Mexico.”

Office of Communications - The National Park Service has released “Bats in Crisis,” a set of three videos about white-nose syndrome, a disease that is decimating bat populations across eastern North America. The disease is found in ten national parks.

Cultural Resources - Dr. Stanley Bond, chief archeologist and departmental consulting archaeologist, has received the City of St. Augustine's de Avilés Award for his service to that city and St. Johns County.

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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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