MIDDLETOWN — A Middletown man who was found guilty on March 30 of committing sex crimes now faces as many as 15 additional charges alleging crimes against children younger than 14.
On March 30 Daniel Laine Wood, 29, was found guilty on two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure and annoying or molesting a child. That case was related to an August incident in Middletown, in which Wood reportedly exposed his genitals to two 12-year-old girls.
Since his arrest in December for the August incident, sex crimes detectives with the Sheriff”s Major Crimes Unit continued to investigate Wood and have developed new information on cases alleging that he had committed criminal acts on several young girls between 2002 and 2003. The allegations relate to crimes that reportedly occurred in or around Wood”s home in Anderson Springs and involve three girls who were either 8 or 9 years old at the time.
Last Friday a complaint was submitted by Sheriff”s sex crimes detectives alleging 15 new felony violations of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 against Wood. On Monday a warrant charging Wood with the new allegations was signed by Superior Court Judge Stephen Hedstrom and Wood was booked on the new charges at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Sheriff”s detectives sought and acquired a bail enhancement on Wood. He remains in the Sheriff”s custody with a $250,000 bail and his next court date is scheduled for Tuesday. As a result of his March 30 conviction, Wood is already required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
