Despite academic shortfalls in senior high school, Michael Wood Jr. earned straight As from B.S. to Ph.D.
Michael Wood Jr. could not pass a foreign language class in high school.
Michael Wood Jr. is the oldest of seven (6) half-siblings, two (2) sisters and three (3) brothers.
Michael Wood Jr. was awarded the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Officer of the Year award as a young patrol officer in the Southern District of Baltimore.
Michael Wood Jr. never went to prom or any other school dance.
Michael Wood Jr. was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps before he could ever take a legal drink of alcohol.
Michael Wood Jr. lived in Yokosuka, Japan for over half of a year.
Michael Wood Jr. loved Animaniacs and Batman the Animated Series.
Michael Wood Jr. is tattooed on one arm with a painstakingly researched modernization of a Cherokee warrior lost tradition.
Michael Wood Jr. authored an over 500-page guide to professional policing while a patrol sergeant in the Eastern District of Baltimore.
Michael Wood Jr. cried like a baby during the formal wedding ceremony to Jessica Wood.
Michael Wood Jr. was an alter boy at the middle school he attended for 2 years, St. Stephens.
Michael Wood Jr. is tied for all-time highest Baltimore Police Academy firearms shooter with another Marine, Jerry Smith.