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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, November 4, 2014 INCIDENTS Lava Beds NM Vehicle Burglar Sentenced To Prison Term A ranger investigated a vehicle burglary at Captain Jack's Stronghold on August 6th that had resulted in the loss of numerous electronic devices and identification documents. During the morning hours of August 9th, rangers investigated three separate vehicle burglaries throughout the monument that resulted in the loss of several thousand dollars' worth of personal property and a chocolate lab puppy. Rangers began collaborating with county and city law enforcement partners in California and Oregon that had also experienced numerous thefts and burglaries in the same timeframe. On August 14th, law enforcement officers from California and Oregon arrested a 23-year-old transient in connection with the thefts and burglaries in the area. Before he was arrested, he attempted to elude law enforcement by driving a stolen pickup truck into a muddy field before ultimately getting stuck. The vehicle the transient was driving contained items that were stolen from all four vehicles at Lava Beds. In a plea deal with the Klamath County District Attorney's Office, the transient agreed to serve ten years in prison on the condition that the DA would file no additional charges against him. Lava Beds would like to thank the Siskiyou, Modoc, and Klamath County Sheriff's Departments, Tulelake Police Department, and other area law enforcement agencies for their role in the investigation and apprehension of this person. Ranger Shane Kempf was the NPS case officer and has been working to return recovered property to its rightful owners. The chocolate lab puppy was found on the evening of August 10th in Mount Shasta, California, approximately 100 miles from the monument. The puppy was quickly returned to its owners and is in excellent condition. [Shane Kempf, Park Ranger] 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): Office of Communications - Director Jarvis will hold a webchat today at 4 p.m. Eastern. It will continue the conversation about each employee's part in achieving the Service's centennial goals. Today's Almanac - A cold front will produce moderate to heavy rainfall over Texas and Oklahoma today and Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri through Wednesday. Office of Communications - In addition to offering free admission and special programs in parks throughout the country on Veterans Day, the NPS plans to create a social media gallery to salute the thousands of current employees who are also veterans. Saguaro NP - A book is now out on Stan Jones, the park ranger who wrote the enduring American ballad “Ghost Riders in the Sky” while sitting on the front porch of the Emigrant Ranger Station in Death Valley National Park. Bent's Old Fort NHS - Children from a music club at a Colorado elementary school composed a song about their visit to the park and had it recorded at a music studio. A link to the song is provided. Petrified Forest NP - When brothers Johnnie and Bobby Morris retire shortly, their combined time with the NPS will total over 100 years of dedicated service, all of it spent at Petrified Forest National Park. Commercial Services - Brian Borda has been selected as the new chief of commercial services for the National Park Service. He will oversee the concessions, leasing and commercial use authorization programs. 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). --- ### --- |