Firefighter Charged with Kiddie Porn

HUNTINGTOWN (March 11, 2009) --- A member of the Huntingtown VFD in Calvert County, who is also a career firefighter with the City of Annapolis, has been charged with possession of child pornography by the computer crimes unit of the Maryland State Police according to State Police spokesman Sgt. Betts. 

Daniel Clinton Cox, 26, of Armiger Road in Huntingtown, was arrested on Jan. 28, 2009 by the Maryland State Police and according to Huntingtown VFD President Gene Farrell who told ST. MARY'S TODAY that Cox has been placed on administrative suspension.

Cox is listed as one of the operational officers of the Huntingtown department and is designated as an engineer.

Annapolis City Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kelly Martin told ST. MARY'S TODAY that as soon as the agency was aware of the arrest that Cox was immediately suspended and an internal investigation is underway with the matter being referred to the personnel office.

The computer crimes unit of the state police tracks cases in Maryland and across the nation in an attempt to interdict the selling and purchasing of child pornography and to curtail the use of children in making such pornography.