NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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INCIDENTS
Gateway NRA
Wanted Armed Robber Arrested In Park
Rangers came upon a man urinating next to his vehicle in the Gunnison Beach parking lot in the Sandy Hook Unit on the afternoon of August 3rd. The man was shirtless, displaying tattoos and markings that identified him as a member of the Bloods street gang. Visitation was high that day and there were numerous visitors in the lot. The rangers contacted him and found that his resident alien identification was falsified. They also discovered that he was wanted for armed robbery in Jersey City. He was arrested and locked up in the Monmouth County Jail. The driver was found to be intoxicated and arrested for DWI. A juvenile who was in the vehicle was released to guardians. [Robert Louden, Supervisory Park Ranger]
Shenandoah NP
Rangers Successfully Intervene In Suicide Attempt
On Monday, July 28th, a Virginia man advised the regional office in Philadelphia that his father-in-law was missing, that he was suicidal, and that he might be headed for Shenandoah National Park. He asked if the rangers could be advised to keep an eye out for his father-in-law's vehicle. The park's dispatch center was notified and broadcast a BOLO (‘be on the lookout' message) parkwide. On Tuesday, ranger Jeff Martinelli and field training ranger Carmen Barnard came upon the vehicle in the vicinity of Big Meadows and stopped it. They found the man inside with a loaded Ruger .357 magnum. The rangers made the scene safe, then got the man to a hospital, where he's now receiving psychological attention. Also assisting in the incident were rangers Patrick Seeley and Lora Peppers and dispatchers Johnney Whetzel and Lisa Bates. [Stephen M. Clark, Branch Chief, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management and Emergency Services, Northeast Regional Office]
OTHER NEWS
Other stories can be read on InsideNPS at one or the other of these two sites:
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Please note that both publications carry a combined NIFC/NPS fire report. That is generally posted around 8 a.m. Eastern.
Among the stories in today's edition are the following:
Rocky Mountain NP - On Tuesday, researchers took a snapshot-in-time of water quality from 250 locations within and around the park in order to glimpse how spatial differences in climate, pollution and disturbances like mountain pine beetle are affecting Colorado's watersheds.
Death Valley NP - On August 12th, a federal judge yesterday largely threw out a lawsuit filed by Inyo County, California, to open highways through remote roadless areas of Death Valley National Park.
Southeast Region - From August 4th through 7th, twenty emergency responders completed the I-300 and I-400 intermediate and advanced incident command system courses at Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).
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