A National Guard member was arrested on Friday on charges of child pornography, officials said.
Frederick County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement on Saturday that Daniel Joseph Morozewicz was arrested at Six Flags in Bowie, Maryland, while he was on active duty at a COVID-19 clinic. He was detained without incident.
Through a joint investigation with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations of the Department of Homeland Security, the sheriff’s department said it was able to monitor and track Morozewicz’s actions between September 8 and December 30, 2020.
The U.S. District Court for Maryland issued a federal search warrant for Morozewicz, his home and vehicle, on February 23, 2021.
Sheriff detectives and HSI special agents on Friday tracked Morozewicz to Six Flags, where he was detained. At the end of the day, detectives found evidence of child pornography at Morozewicz’s home and placed him under arrest.
Morozewicz was transported to Frederick County Adult Detention Center for prosecution, where he undertook and was released on bail.
Morozewicz has been serving in the Maryland National Guard since February 2015 and is a designated corporal for the 1st Battalion of the 175th Infantry Regiment.
Major Kurt Rauchensberg, a spokesman for the Maryland National Guard, told The Hill in an email on Saturday that he was being removed from active duty.
Morozewicz was also a police officer with the Rockville City police officer, noted the sheriff’s department.
The Rockville City Police Department said in a Facebook Post that he has been with the agency since July 2013, and was suspended in October 2020 because of an “unrelated personnel matter”.
“We are fully cooperating with the investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Unit,” the department wrote.