'Roving sex chamber' - Maryland man cruising for sex near school busted

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Man accused of operating roving sex chamber
Man accused of operating roving sex chamber

WHEATON, Maryland -- A man was arrested after authorities say he stopped his minivan and tried to proposition two teen sisters to perform sex acts in Maryland.

Investigators say the girls used a cell phone to record his license plate number, which led police to Daniel Dickson, of Silver Spring.

In June, the 34-year-old stopped his silver minivan near Loiederman Middle School in Wheaton and asked the two teenage sisters to perform sex acts. The girls called police.

"He pulled up, he wanted us to go inside the car," the girls told a 911 operator. "He was being so disrespectful. He got out of the car. We have the license plates and everything."

The sisters wisely used a cell phone to record Dickson driving away with his plate in plain view.

When officers arrested Dickson, they found an array of condoms, body spray and a twin-sized mattress in the back of his Mazda minivan.

"It looks like the minivan was setup for being a roving sex chamber," Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office spokesperson Ramon Korionoff told WJLA-TV.

Prosecutors say Dickson admitted to cruising suburban neighborhoods for women, with no concern for their age.

"They called 911," Korionoff said. "They caught the license plate on video, and today we have a conviction against what seems to be a child predator."

Dickson is scheduled to be sentenced in March.