Page 24 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch September 6, 2013 possession of marijuana and was sentenced to four days in jail. Around 2:45 a.m. on June 2, Ocean City Police and EMS responded to the area of 7th Street and Philadelphia Ave. for a reported motor vehicle collision involving a municipal bus and a car which had fled the scene. The initial investigation revealed a municipal bus was heading south on Philadelphia Ave. when a vehicle heading west on 7th Street ran a stop sign and struck the bus. The vehicle, driven by Maxwell J. Mosscrop, 20, of Stevensville, Md., then struck an unoccupied parked vehicle and fled the scene. OCPD officer broadcasted a description of the vehicle involved in the crash and a Worcester County Sheriff’s Deputy patrolling in the area located Mosscrop a short time later near 13th Street. Mosscrop was stopped and is suspected of being drunk at the time of the crash. In addition to assorted alcoholic beverages, OCPD officers recovered suspected marijuana from Mosscrop’s vehicle. Mosscrop was arrested and charged with 17 different counts related to the incident including failing to remain at the scene of an injury accident, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving a vehicle in violation of an alcohol-restricted Maryland license, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. This week in District Court, Mosscrop pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and possession of marijuana and was sentenced to four days in jail. He was also fined $300 and placed on probation for one year. Guilty Plea In Fed Child Porn Case OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man indicted in U.S. District Court on child pornography charges in 2012 after an extensive investigation into his illicit activities dating back to 2010 pleaded guilty last week to one count of receipt of obscene material and now faces five years in jail and a fine of as much as $250,000. In December 2012, Ocean City Police arrested Laurence John Bode, now 61, of Ocean City, after a Worcester County grand jury indicted him on 16 child pornography possession and distribution charges. The county grand jury indicted Bode after a nearly two-year investigation into his alleged activities dating back to June 2010. However, before Bode’s case came to trial in Worcester, a Maryland grand jury indicted him in U.S. District Court on five counts ranging from possession to distribution of child pornography, moving the case to the federal level. Police began investigating Bode in July 2010 after being contacted about his alleged activities by a Homeland Security special agent in charge assigned to the Ocean City office. The special agent informed OCPD detectives Bode was allegedly distributing images of child pornography over the Internet. At the conclusion of the investigation, a Worcester grand jury indicted Bode on 16 counts, but the case was later forwarded to U.S. District Court where the suspect was indicted on five counts, including two for distribution of child pornography, two for knowingly receiving child pornography and a fifth for possessing child pornography over a two-year period from January to October of 2010. The federal indictment explicitly described how Bode received and saved images of child pornography on his computer. For example, one count describes pictures discovered on Bode’s computer of a prepubescent female posing naked on the beach. Another example describes a video of a minor female engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The plea arrangement to which Bode agreed this week described how the defendant joined a website called “Free6” with an Internet-based chat room that also facilitated the Cops & Courts transfer of images and videos of young girls in compromising positions. In October 2010, agents from the Department of Homeland Security and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed a search warrant on Bode’s Ocean City residence and seized his computer, a forensic analysis of which revealed 29 depictions of minors in various states of undress and engaged in sexual activity. After pleading guilty this week to one count of receipt of obscene material, Bode now faces a maximum of five years, largely because he has been cooperative and acknowledged his wrong-doing. He also faces a fine of as much as $250,000. as Lakeisha M. Sherman, 25, also of Philadelphia, occupied the front seat and was entrapped in the vehicle. After being removed from the vehicle by the Salisbury Fire Department, she was transported to PRMC. The victims’ seven-month-old son was secured in a child safety seat fastened to the rear seat of the vehicle. The child was also transported to PRMC for evaluation and was later released to family members. Both adult passengers were listed in serious but stable condition as of mid-week. The crash is still under investigation. Stop Nets Major Pot Bust POCOMOKE – Maryland State Police made a significant marijuana bust last weekend after stopping a vehicle for a routine traffic violation in the south end of Worcester near Pocomoke. Shortly after 6 p.m. last Saturday, Maryland State Police troopers from the Berlin barrack stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Route 13 north of Tulls Corner Rd. in Pocomoke. A K-9 search resulted in a positive alert for the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. A subsequent search resulted in the seizure of over 20 pounds of marijuana. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, identified as Dante Antionne Horne, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Horne was taken before a District Court Commissioner and was released on a $75,000 bond. Three Injured In Bypass Crash SALISBURY – Three people were injured, including a 7-monthold child, in a single-vehicle accident on the Salisbury bypass near Coulbourn Mill Rd. last Sunday morning. Around 8:35 a.m. on Sunday, a Maryland State Police trooper responded to the Salisbury bypass in the area of Coulbourn Mill Rd. for a reported single-vehicle accident with injuries. The investigation revealed a Ford Expedition was heading south on the bypass when the rear passenger side tire blew out, causing the vehicle to veer off the roadway. The vehicle struck the center median guardrail and overturned before coming to rest in the median right side up. The driver of the vehicle, identified as Khayree Hamid Jackson, 21, of Philadelphia, was ejected during the crash and was transported first to PRMC and later flown to Shock Trauma by MSP Trooper 4. The female passenger, identified Theft Suspect Tracked By Phone Convicted OCEAN CITY – A Washington, D.C. man arrested in June on theft and other charges after swiping Iphones and credit cards from victims who then used the phones’ technology to help police track the suspect pleaded guilty this week to theft under $1,000 and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Around 2:15 a.m. on June 2, Ocean City Police responded to the 49th Street area for a report of the theft of three cell phones and credit cards. OCPD officers met with the victims who told police their cell phones, which were all I-phones, SEE NEXT PAGE Jail For Hitting OC Bus OCEAN CITY – A Stevensville man arrested in June after crashing into an Ocean City municipal bus while driving drunk before fleeing the scene pleaded guilty this week to driving under the influence and