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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, September 29, 2014 INCIDENTS Big South Fork NR&RA Two Convicted For Theft Of Government Property During the federal government shutdown last October, a National Park Service facility on the Kentucky side of the park was burglarized, with thousands of dollars of equipment stolen. During that same time period, Kentucky state facilities in the area were also burglarized. Park rangers began a joint investigation with the McCreary County Sheriff's Office, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Kentucky State Police. Several of the stolen items were found in a local pawn shop, which ultimately led to the arrest of two suspects - A.A. and J.C. The collaborative investigation resulted in A.A. confessing to his involvement in the crimes and accepting a plea deal with the state of Kentucky, resulting in a sentence of 18 years in prison and five years of probation. J.C. eventually pled guilty and has been sentenced to a prison term of 15 years. Both men had extensive criminal histories, which factored into determination of the length of their sentences. [Noel Mays, Park Ranger] Golden Gate NRA Man Arrested For Attempted Homicide On the evening of August 24th, rangers received a report via 911 that a serious assault had just occurred on Muir Beach and that the assailant was still in the area and possibly armed with an ax. Rangers, Park Police officers, Marin County deputies, and EMS personnel responded. The victim was found, treated at the scene, and taken to a local hospital. A tactical ground team located and took the assailant into custody without incident on the southern end of Muir Beach. The ax was found immediately adjacent to him and collected as evidence. He was transported to the local county jail, where he was charged with attempted homicide. He remains at the local county jail with bail set at $500,000. Rangers and Golden Gate PSU members are conducting the investigation in cooperation with the Marin County District Attorney's Office. INCLUDEPICTURE "https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET [Chad Marin, Deputy Chief, Law Enforcement and Emergency Services] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Martin Luther King Jr. NHS - Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site and its partner organizations - the Greening Youth Foundation, the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and REI - jointly hosted the park's Fourth Annual Legacy Campout on Friday, September 19th, and Saturday, September 20th. Natural Resource Stewardship and Science - A form has been prepared for those interested in attending either the George Wright Society conference and/or the “Science for Parks, Parks For Science” summit being held next March in California. Responses are due by October 10th. Park Facility Management Division - The winners of the 2014 My Green Parks video contest have been announced. The video challenge encourages parks and offices to develop short videos sharing their ‘green' accomplishments. Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the Service. This report covers activities in Congress for the week ending September 26th. Mammoth Cave NP - Lora Peppers, who grew up in the area around Mammoth Cave National Park, has left Shenandoah National Park and returned there as the park's chief ranger. US Park Police - Kristen Oleyte, DOI's senior advisor to the United States Pacific Command, and Rob MacLean, acting chief of the United States Park Police, completed an executive leaders program last month. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ 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). --- ### --- |