NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, April 1, 2010

INCIDENTS

Valley Forge NHP

Sentencing Completed In Car Clout, Credit Card Fraud Case

On March 24th, the final defendant was sentenced following a lengthy investigation and trial process stemming from a car clout and credit card fraud operation in the park dating back to the summer of 2006. A total of five coconspirators were found guilty and three were sentenced to confinement - D.D., 30 months; D.W., 51 months; K.B., 36 months - with each to be followed by three years of supervised release. The court also ordered payment of a total of $27,681.38 in restitution and up to $2,000 in fines and the completion of 300 hours of community service. The case was prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorney Pamela Foa. The investigation was conducted by rangers Charmeka Parker and Michael Valora, with the assistance of the U.S. Secret Service, Upper Merion Township Police Department, and Philadelphia Police Department. [Gregg Tinkham, Acting Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

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

Council on Environmental Quality - Administration officials announced yesterday that they will host a White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors on Friday, April 16th. It will address the challenges, opportunities and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans and American families to the outdoors.

Heritage Preservation Assistance - The February/March 2010 issue of the National Heritage Areas Program newsletter is now available.

Conservation and Outdoor Recreation - It's not too late to submit a project in PMIS for "Connect Trails To Parks" funding for FY 2011 and beyond. The deadline for FY 2011 project proposals is August 31st.

Salinas Pueblo Missions NM - Craig Morgan, park guide at Salinas Pueblo Missions, passed away suddenly from an apparent heart attack on the evening of March 16th. Photo.

Intermountain Region - Jacquelin St. Clair recently joined Intermountain Region's archeology program, headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo.

To see these and other stories posted on InsideNPS (or NPS Digest, its public version), click on one or the other of the following links (please note that not all stories in the former appear in the latter):

NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index

Non-NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/

NPS serious incident submission standards can be found at the following web site: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/notify" http://inside.nps.gov/notify

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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. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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