NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, January 8, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Yosemite NP

Guilty Plea Entered In Abusive Sexual Contact Case

In May, 2007, Wawona District rangers took an initial report concerning acts of sexual abuse against children committed by N.C., then 76, who had been a maintenance worker at Camp Wawona, a Seventh Day Adventist church camp on private property within park boundaries. The abuse begin in 1995 when the victim was four years old and continued for four years. Agents investigated and three months later filed a criminal complaint charging N.C. on 15 counts of abusive sexual conduct (18 USC 2244(a)(5)). N.C. was arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury in Fresno on 18 counts of abusive sexual contact. He was ordered detained under supervised house arrest with electronic monitoring. Trial was originally set for last July; following several continuances, N.C. pled guilty on December 22nd to one count of abusive sexual contact with a minor under age 12. He was remanded to custody pending sentencing on February 27th. The maximum possible sentence he faces is life in prison. For a copy of the original incident report, click on the link below. [Dan Horner, Special Agent (Retired), PWR]

HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Incidents&id=3443" http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Incidents&id=3443

Hot Springs NP

Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Arrest

Rangers Jeff Johnson and Dennis Stock saw a white Toyota sedan without license plates traveling southbound on Gorge Road on the afternoon of December 18th and pulled it over. The rangers saw the Toyota's three occupants making furtive movements and secreting objects in the car's interior as they approached. When the driver got out of the Toyota for an interview, a small bag of marijuana fell out of his pants leg. A search of the car led to the discovery of two pounds of marijuana packaged in separate one pound plastic Ziploc bags, all stuffed in a Budweiser cardboard box at the feet of one of the passengers, who claimed ownership. He was arrested and turned over to the local drug task force and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. [Dennis Stock, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:

National Capital Region - The National Park Service and Humana, a health benefit company, have partnered to introduce a bike share program for NPS employees in Washington, D.C.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7237" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7237

Editor's Desk - Guidelines on how to submit articles to InsideNPS - both for its many specialized pages and for the front “news” page (home page) - have been prepared and are now available on the web.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7239" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=7239

Gettysburg NMP - John McKenna, deputy superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, died on January 6th at Gettysburg Hospital after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2207" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2207

Southeast Region - Rich Sussman, chief of the planning and compliance division in Southeast Region, retired on January 3rd.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2203" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2203

Pacific West Region - Sarah Creachbaum, currently superintendent for War in the Pacific and American Memorial, has been named the new superintendent of Haleakala, replacing Marilyn Parris, who will retire at month's end.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2204" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=2204

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Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found at the following web site:

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363

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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