NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
INCIDENTS
Olympic NP
Rangers Assist In Interagency Fugitive Arrest Operation
During the week of February 11th, protection rangers participated in a three-day-long interagency operation lead by the US Marshals Service to locate and capture fugitives with felony warrants in Clallam and Jefferson Counties. Warrants were served in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Sequim, Neah Bay, and Forks. Rangers worked with the marshals, Clallam County and Jefferson County Sheriff's Offices deputies, Port Angeles PD, Sequim PD, Elwha PD, and Washington Department of Corrections officers, and US Homeland Security agents. During the serving of one of the warrants by a ranger and other officers, evidence was uncovered that the man arrested had been involved in a large mail theft operation. Over 10,000 pieces of mail were recovered in the arrest. [Colin Smith, Chief Ranger]
Grand Canyon NP
Resident Charged With Luring A Minor For Sexual Exploitation
On March 9, 2011, a special agent with the Investigative Services Branch received a cyber tip report from a Phoenix Police Department detective that had been forwarded from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The tip alleged inappropriate sexually explicit communications via internet between an adult Grand Canyon resident and an underage male.
ISB agents launched an investigation into the communications, which ultimately led to a confession by the suspect. He was indicted by a grand jury last month and an arrest warrant was issued. An ISB agent working with rangers arrested the man on two felony counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation. [Investigative Services Branch]
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/):
Office of Communications - A report on the economic impacts of the national parks has been issued. In 2011, the National Park Service received 279 million recreation visits and visitors spent $13 billion in local gateway regions. Park visitor spending supported 252,000 mostly local jobs. That spending had a $30 billion benefit to the nation's economy.
Pacific West Region - On February 10th, the Lunar New Year, Secretary Salazar designated the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience as an affiliated area of the national park system and launched the Asian American Pacific Islander theme study.
National Register of Historic Places - Chicano Park, the site of a powerful but peaceful protest in 1970 by members of the local San Diego Hispanic community, has been entered on the National Register of Historic Places.
Guadalupe Mountains NP - Roger E. Reisch, the first employee at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, passed away peacefully in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, February 12th. He was 89.
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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@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).
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