The Blotter

Area man offered boy, 13, DVD with lewd cover

A D.C.-area man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of stalking and one count of obscenity in unrelated cases, one of which involved a 13-year-old boy.

Michael Gasch, 69, who is also known as Michael Love Peace, was found to have stalked a dean at Howard University Law School between Dec. 29, 2011 and Jan. 4, 2012, according to documents. In an unrelated case, Gasch approached a 13-year-old boy who was walking home from a Tenleytown neighborhood grocery store, repeatedly asking the boy if he wanted a ride home, then offering him a DVD with a photo of a nude male on the cover, according to police. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 10.