NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, April 3, 1998

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-599 - Indiana Dunes NL (IN) - Follow-up on Car Clouting Arrest

On September 21, 1997, T.W., 25, was arrested after a park ranger saw
her enter a visitor's car and remove a purse containing about $74.  T.W. had
her four-year-old daughter with her at the time.  There had been a series of
thefts in the area prior to T.W.'s arrest, and investigation revealed that
T.W. was cashing checks stolen in one of the other cases.  A search warrant
was obtained and executed at her residence, which is about a five minute walk
from the location of the thefts, but nothing linking her to the other thefts
was found.  Drug paraphernalia and residue were found, however, and were
turned over to the county drug unit, since the house is outside park
jurisdiction.  T.W. subsequently pled guilty to the original misdemeanor
theft charge.  She was sentenced to six months in federal prison and a year's
supervised probation after release.  The judged based his decision on a
number of considerations - her prior theft conviction record, that she had
her young daughter with her when she committed both this offense and another
one, that she was on probation from a local court at the time, and that she
was involved in a retail theft during the pre-sentencing investigation
period.  T.W. was immediately remanded to the custody of U.S. marshals to
begin her sentence.  Upon release from federal custody, T.W. faces a
probation revocation in local court of a suspended four-year state prison
sentence.  The assistant U.S. attorney who worked on the case noted that it
was unusual for the presiding magistrate judge to immediately begin an
incarceration in a case like this.  The magistrate twice remarked on the fact
that T.W. had her daughter with her while committing crimes.  Rangers and an
investigator worked closely with four local police agencies, child welfare,
and local and federal probation officers on the case.  [Richard Littlefield,
CR, INDU, 3/31]

98-128 - Mammoth Cave NP (KY) - Death of Concessioner

G.H., 74, chairman and CEO of National Park Concessions, Inc.
(NPCI), died of heart failure on April 1st.  G.H. spent his entire life
dedicated to national parks, particularly Mammoth Cave, as he was born there
before it became a park and lived on its boundary.  NPCI operates concessions
at Mammoth Cave NP, Blue Ridge Parkway, Isle Royale NP, Olympic NP, and Big
Bend NP; it also has temporarily served the public in Everglades NP, Denali
NP, Lassen Volcanic NP, Death Valley NP (Scotty's Castle), and Roosevelt-
Vanderbilt NHS.  He's survived by his wife, J., and daughter, J.G.
Visitation will take place this evening, Saturday (10 a.m. to 9
p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) at the Patton Funeral Home in Park
City, Kentucky.  The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Park City
Baptist Church.  Interment will follow at the Locust Grove Cemetery within
Mammoth Cave NP.  The family is asking that a contribution in lieu of flowers
be made to the G.B.H. Memorial Scholarship Fund, PO Box 27, Mammoth
Cave, KY 42259.  Notes of condolence may be sent to the family.  [Vickie Carson, MACA, 4/2]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Entry pending.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Radio System - The Park Police have purchased a new "fly-out" radio system
that is available on loan for special events, law enforcement emergencies,
and natural disasters.  The system includes 65 UHF portable radios with
cases, battery charges, two converta-coms, suitcase repeater, and a base
station with microphone.  A radio technician and communications operator will
accompany the system anywhere it goes nationwide.  Requests for the system
should be directed to your regional law enforcement specialist.  [Bill Lynch,
RLES, NCRO]

MEMORANDA

No entries.

EXCHANGE

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