NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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INCIDENTS
Yellowstone NP
Guilty Plea Filed In Felony Firearms Case
On Friday, November 6th, S.H. pled guilty in federal district court to one count of being in a felon in possession of a firearm, thereby precluding the necessity of a trial that had been set to start on November 10th. S.H.'s last-minute plea followed a suppression hearing in which his attorney challenged the admissibility of several pieces of evidence, but lost the motion. S.H. was originally arrested for driving in the park while under suspension in August of 2004. An inventory of his seized vehicle led to the discovery of a rifle and a follow-up investigation revealed that S.H. was a convicted felon. A search warrant was then executed on S.H.'s home in Bozeman by the park's special response team, agents from the NPS and ATF, U.S. marshals, and Gallatin County officers. Additional evidence was found within the residence. S.H. was then indicted and arrested. Special agents Dan Kirschner and David Barland-Liles were co-case agents and former law enforcement ranger Rick McAdam the arresting officer. [Bruce Applin, Acting Supervisory Special Agent]
Amistad NRA
Body Found In Rio Grande River
On the afternoon of November 18th, the park was notified that Border Patrol agents had found a body floating in the Rio Grande near Langtry, Texas. Rangers Chris Kuykendall and Steve Krisko responded and confirmed that the body was within the park. A preliminary investigation was conducted with Val Verde County Sheriff's Department officers. It appears that the victim was an undocumented alien and that he'd been in the water for three to five days. The Mexican consulate's office was notified. [Chief Ranger's Office]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. The internal, NPS-only version of InsideNPS can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index . The public version, called NPS Digest, can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/
Ellis Island NM - The newly renamed Bob Hope Memorial Library at Ellis Island was dedicated yesterday. At the same time, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new stamp of Hope that is to be released next May.
DOI - A team of nine scientists, administrators, technicians and attorneys from the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the state of Montana earned a top Department of Interior award this past week.
Grand Canyon NP - Park staff who worked together to save the life of a 76-year-old visitor got to meet with him and his wife last month. All eight of them also received commendations from the park for their lifesaving actions.
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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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