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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, November 7, 2014 INCIDENTS Rocky Mountain NP Man Arrested On First Degree Murder Charges H.H., 58, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was arrested without incident Wednesday morning by NPS and FBI special agents following his indictment for first degree murder in the death of his wife. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Denver on November 5th. According to the indictment, H.H. “willfully, deliberately, maliciously, and with premeditation and malice aforethought” killed his wife in the park on or about September 29, 2012. If convicted, H.H. faces a mandatory life term in federal prison without the possibility of parole, as well as a fine of up to a $250,000. This case was investigated by the National Park Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office provided assistance during the investigation and arrest. For a related news story, click on the link below. HYPERLINK "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/06/harold-henthorn-wife-death_n_6118576.html" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/06/harold-henthorn-wife-death_n_6118576.html [Jeff Dorschner, Public Affairs Officer, Department of Justice] 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 - On Veterans Day, November 11th, all park entrance fees will be waived to commemorate the service of veterans in the nation's armed forces. Many parks will also hold special events. Today's Almanac - A storm system will bring rain and gusty winds to the Northeast today, with snow in the higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England. Death Valley NP - The park celebrated two key land protection measures as part of its “Wilderness Week”-- the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the 20th anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act. Branch of Emergency Services - The recently revised 11th edition of the NPS Technical Rescue Handbook has been released and is now available on InsideNPS. A link is provided. Gulf Islands NS - Ranger Prashant Lotwala has joined the park staff as the new district ranger for Gulf Island's Florida District. Gulf Islands NS - Ranger Sandy Tennyson has joined the parks resource education division as a supervisory park ranger. She comes to Gulf Island from the National Mall and Memorial Parks. Servicewide Training Calendar - Added to this week's calendar are the following - a half dozen new FLETC offerings and an international workshop on the conservation and restoration of earthen architecture in Mexico. 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). --- ### --- |