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Posted on Wed, Mar 20, 2013 : 6:30 p.m.

Jury finds Ypsilanti man guilty of sexual assault; 2nd trial set for April

By John Counts

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Dervin Mood

A 76-year-old Ypsilanti man on federal probation for child pornography was convicted Friday by an Oakland County jury in a sexual assault case, officials said.

Dervin Mood was found guilty of one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for an assault that took place in Orion Township, said Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper.

Mood likely will be sentenced to 51-106 months in prison on April 10, Cooper said.

The male victim is now an adult, but was younger when the incident took place, Cooper said. The man was not a stranger to Mood, who faces five similar charges in Washtenaw County related to the same victim, according to court records.

In that case, Mood is accused of sexually assaulting the victim between 2003 and 2011 at Mood's Ypsilanti home in the 900 block of Pleasant Drive when the man was 12, 15, 16 and 19 years old, according to court records. He is charged with three counts of first-degree CSC and two counts of second-degree CSC. Two of the CSC counts involve a mentally incapable victim, court records indicate. Cooper said the victim suffers from Asperger's syndrome.

Mood is on probation for a federal conviction on two counts of receipt of child pornography, which he pleaded guilty to in January 2009. Cooper said his conviction in the Oakland County case is bound to affect his federal probation, but it was not immediately known how.

The federal case had to do with child pornography on Mood's computer, the contents of which also became part of the two-week long Oakland County trial, Cooper said, including recordings and diary entries.

“It involved his proclivities,” Cooper added.

AnnArbor.com has previously reported Mood holds a master's degree in elementary education, once worked as a public school teacher and owned a child care center from 1975 to 1982.

The trial for the Washtenaw County case is set to begin April 29.

Mood remains in custody at the Oakland County Jail on a $75,000 cash bond, according to jail records.

John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.

Comments

Audion Man

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 5:37 p.m.

Great! We get intensive coverage of crimes in Ypsilanti and EMU. But nary a peep about this, from Ann Arbor.com: http://www.michigandaily.com/article/zaragon-sexual-assault-investigation

Audion Man

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 6:12 p.m.

My bad.

John Counts

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 6:08 p.m.

I checked in with AAPD detectives on this investigation early this week and they said there is nothing new to report as of yet.

Cole Bertsos

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 5:51 p.m.

Audion Man - We actually did cover this incident. Here is a link to one of a few stories we did on the incident at Zaragon: http://www.annarbor.com/news/crime/police-investigating-u-m-graduate-student-in-sexual-assaults/ There are links in the story to other coverage as well.

PineyWoodsGuy

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 5:43 a.m.

Several decades ago we had State Mental Hospitals. In those days Sick Puppies like the instant would be locked-up and the key thrown away. Today we rely on a "Pill for Every Ill" and a "Potion for Every Emotion." When a person "At Risk" stops taking his pills, the medical professionals (handsomely paid by MedicAid/MediCare) call it a "Relapse." Eventually the Sick Puppies are sentenced to a term in prison. Meanwhile we have a younger generation of teenboys who where analyly and orally violated. Guess what they will be when they grow to adulthood . . . This is Serious. It cries out to be addressed.

Blue Marker

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 11:05 a.m.

"Guess what they will be when they grow to adulthood" Although I follow your point it's my understanding pediphilia is not a learned behavior.

An Arborigine

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 : 2:26 a.m.

How do we combat this as a society? I don't think castration is the answer given the perp's age. Anyone?