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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, January 16, 2014 INCIDENTS Indiana Dunes NL Local Man Sentenced On Auto Break-in Charges During the summer and fall of 2011, rangers responded to a rash of vehicle break-ins at the eastern end of the park. A lack of physical evidence hampered the investigation until two break-ins occurred at the Kemil parking lot, which is under video surveillance. The images captured by the system resulted in the identification of a suspect vehicle. Ranger Rich Eshenaur, the lead investigator for the cases, distributed the vehicle's description to local law enforcement agencies. Within a few hours, the Michigan City Police Department stopped the vehicle for a traffic violation and arrested the driver, K.F., on unrelated fraud and stolen property warrants. Eshenaur discovered that K.F. was under investigation by three different police departments for various felonies, including burglary, theft and fraud. Using fingerprints, photo lineups and pawn shop records, Eshenaur was able to tie K.F. to multiple vehicle break-ins within the park. The apprehension of K.F. resulted in the successful conclusion of numerous theft and burglary cases in the park and all three local jurisdictions. Without the investigative efforts of Eshenaur, all of these cases would have likely remained unsolved. K.F. was charged with several felony charges related to his activities in the park. In September of 2013 he pled guilty to several charges and was sentenced to 12 years in state prison. This time will be served after he completes a 3.5 year sentence on other unrelated theft charges. [Mike Bremer, Chief Ranger/Acting Deputy Superintendent] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, 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 Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/): Office of Communications - All 401 national parks across the country will waive their entrance fees on Monday, January 20th, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Denver Service Center - Carol Whipple, a senior landscape architect and project manager for DSC's Design and Construction Division, will retire on January 24th with more than 30 years of government service. Northeast Region - Justin Monetti, chief of interpretation and education at Morristown, has been named the new site manager for Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. Intermountain Region - Vicky Jacobson, Intermountain Region's regional historical architect, will retire on January 31st. She has been with the National Park Service since 1991. * * * * The Morning Report is 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). --- ### --- |