November 15, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 39 October of 2010. The federal indictment explicitly described how Bode received and saved images of child pornography on his computer. 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 sexual activity. Guilty Plea Nets Six Months In Federal Prison By SHAWN J. SOPER NEWS EDITOR OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man, who pleaded guilty in September to one count of receipt of obscene material following an indictment in 2012 on child pornography charges, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to six months in federal prison. Laurence John Bode, 61, of Ocean City, was sentenced last Wednesday to six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, seven months of which will be served in home detention. After pleading guilty in September to one count of receipt of obscene material, Bode was facing a maximum of five years, but likely received a lesser sentence because he has been cooperative through the process and has admitted his wrongdoing. In December 2012, Ocean City Police arrested Bode 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. Ocean City 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 investi- gation, 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 Voted Finest Crab Cake In 2012 By Maryland Life Magazine OPEN WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY AT 11:30 A.M. UPSTAIRS LUNCH AND LITE FARE Open Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday & Thursday 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. CAPTAIN’S GALLEY II On The Water • West Ocean City Seafood Fit For A Captain SERVING DINNER DOWNSTAIRS Open Friday & Saturday 4:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday & Thursday 4:30 p.m.-9 p.m. EARLY BIRD WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY 4:30 P.M.-5:30 P.M. $2 OFF ADULT ENTREES $1 OFF CHILDREN’S ENTREES (DOES NOT APPLY TO OTHER SPECIALS) HAPPY HOUR WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY 4 P.M.-7 P.M. 55¢ WINGS $4.25 1/2-LB. STEAMED SHRIMP SUNDAY 4 P.M.-7 P.M. $4 ORANGE CRUSHES (BAR ONLY) 410-213-2525 SENIOR CITIZEN SUNDAY: 20% OFF DINNER ENTREES (DOES NOT APPLY TO OTHER SPECIALS) AGE 55 YEARS YOUNG THURSDAY: 15% OFF CRABCAKE ENTREES NO RESERVATIONS • CALL AHEAD FOR AVAILABILITY FOR PARTIES OF 16 OR MORE CRABS BY THE DOZEN THURSDAY-SUNDAY (CALL FOR AVAILABILITY) LOCATED ON THE COMMERCIAL HARBOR 1/4-MILE SOUTH OF ROUTE 50 Golf Course Rd., West Ocean City, Md. Across From The Ocean City Outlets WE ACCEPT MASTERCARD, VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS AND DISCOVER LIVE LOBSTER Check Out Our Website For Other Specials And Coupons: www.occaptainsgalley2.com