NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, January 11, 2013

INCIDENTS

Shenandoah NP

Two Sentenced For Auto Break-ins

During a two week period in April, 2012, rangers responded to several incidents involving thefts from motor vehicles (car clouts) in the North District. Evidence indicated that the same people were involved in all of the break-ins. Through a ranger's investigative efforts, it was discovered that similar crimes had occurred in other jurisdictions in the Shenandoah area - from Front Royal at the parks' north end to communities in Maryland. Utilizing credit card information from the victims, the ranger worked closely with the neighboring law enforcement agencies to acquire video surveillance of the suspects using the stolen credit cards.  Through the ranger's investigation, officers from five different jurisdictions were able to link the suspects to numerous open cases. Four of them had been arrested at the time of this report; two were found guilty on federal charges and are paying restitution to park visitors. [Jennifer Flynn, Acting Superintendent]

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/):

Pacific West Region - Natalie Gates has been selected as the new superintendent of Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui in Hawai`i.  She will transition to her new duties at Haleakala in March. 

Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP - Jewel Haskins, former chief of interpretation and education at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, has been named chief of interpretation at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. 

Rocky Mountain NP - Details have been provided on the retirement celebration for Larry Frederick, who has retired after 40 years of service to the NPS.

Servicewide Training and Conference Calendar - Added to this week's calendar are announcements for a critical incident stress management course in Tucson and three new offerings at FLETC.

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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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