NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, November 4, 2010

INCIDENTS

Great Smoky Mountains NP

Three Nabbed In Auto Break In At Sugarlands VC

On September 12th, two local college students parked their car at Sugarlands Visitor Center and headed out on an overnight backpacking trip. When they returned to the parking area, they found that the vehicle had been entered and that personal property had been stolen. Ranger Michael Garner, with assistance from an ISB special agent, investigated the theft. It was determined that credit cards belonging to each student had been used in several locations in cities adjacent to the park. Evidence was obtained and two suspects were identified. On September 15th, Garner, the agent and other rangers arrested D.B., who was residing in a hotel in Gatlinburg. During the subsequent interview, D.B. admitted her involvement in the car clout. R.D. was identified as the second person. R.D. was contacted by the agent and talked into surrendering. He was arrested approximately an hour after D.B. was taken into custody. During the subsequent interview, R.D. admitted his involvement in the incident and identified a third person involved in the break-in. R.D. and D.B. were indicted on charges of illegal entry into the victim's vehicle, the theft of property and bank fraud (18 USC 1344) for knowingly executing a scheme to defraud a financial institution by utilizing the victim's debit cards to attempt to withdraw money from a bank ATM. R.D. has been held in custody since his arrest. On November 1st, the third subject was identified and located. K.C. was interviewed and subsequently confessed to helping R.D. break into the victim's vehicle. K.C. will be indicted for crimes associated with his involvement within the next two weeks. [Jeff Carlisle, Special Agent]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

Cape Lookout NS - A newly-completed replica of the Monomoy-type surfboat used more than a century ago by the U.S. Life Saving Service at stations along the coast - including Cape Lookout - was transferred to the park in a recent ceremony.

National Capital Region - The annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on the Ellipse on Thursday, December 9th. Tickets for the general public will be awarded via an online lottery system between this coming Friday and Sunday.

Midwest Region - Three Midwest Region parks are implementing a pilot turf stewardship project to improve turf management and to reduce pests, human and environmental risks, and maintenance costs. Photo.

Natural Resource Program Center - The fall issue of Park Science is now out and available online. A link is provided.

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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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