NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Monday, December 1, 2008
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INCIDENTS
Canaveral NS
Rangers Recover 25 Kilos Of Cocaine From Beach
A visitor who was building sand sculptures on the beach on the morning of November 12th found a package on the shoreline. He broke it open with a small shovel, discovered that it contained white powder, and notified staff at the visitor center. Ranger Dave Fuellner and district ranger Mike Chambers responded and conducted a field test, which revealed that the powder was cocaine. The two rangers then searched the beach and found another 25 packages tightly wrapped in plastic and rubber, each measuring about five inches by ten inches by an inch and a half. The total came to about 25 kilos of cocaine, with a street value roughly estimated at $1.5 million. The packages were turned over to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office for destruction. [Eric Lugo, Chief Ranger]
C&O Canal NHP
Man Shot Twice At Nolands Ferry
A 37-year-old man was shot twice in the back with a small caliber weapon while at the Nolands Ferry boat ramp late on the evening of November 20th. He was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Neither of the bullets that hit him caused significant injury, and he was released from the hospital the following morning - then arrested by Frederick County Sheriff's Department officers on an active warrant. The shooter, identified as one J.N., fled the scene and is still at large. The county is leading the investigation. Rangers Elizabeth Schuster and Dan Albus responded to the incident. [Brad Clawson, Chief Ranger]
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/
Rosie the Riveter NHP - This year's Home Front Festival featured, among other things, a World War II-style USO dance, home front exhibits, and a reunion at the Ford Assembly Building, where jeeps were built and tanks outfitted during the war.
Glacier NP - On November 3rd, the park announced that it had adopted a record of decision on the EIS for an avalanche hazard reduction proposal made by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. A link is provided to the document.
Jean Lafitte NHP&P - The post-Hurricane Katrina restoration of the historic Malus-Beauregard House at Chalmette has been completed and the site is set to reopen to the public in mid-month.
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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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