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Former Gilman School Teacher Convicted Of Sexually Abusing, Cyberstalking Boy In Maryland: Feds
A former teacher at the Gilman School in Baltimore was convicted on child porn, cyberstalking, and other offenses following a brief trial, federal authorities announced.
Christopher Kenji Bendann, 40, is facing decades in prison in connection to the sexual exploitation of a minor over the course of more than a year.
According to prosecutors, between September 2017 and February 2019, Bendann produced multiple videos of a teen boy engaged in sexually-explicit conduct that were saved to his iCloud.
At the time, the teen was 16 and 17 years old.
Between May and December 2022, prose…
2 Baltimore Men Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography: State Police
Two Baltimore men are facing multiple charges for possession of child pornography, state police announced Thursday, April 11.
The investigation, launched by the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit in March, led to the execution of a search warrant at the Baltimore home of Robert M. Sherer, 41, and Robert W. Books, 54, on Wednesday, authorities said.
Both were arrested at the scene after a preliminary forensic review of their electronic devices turned up multiple images of child pornography, according to state police.
Sherer was charged with five counts of possession of child pornogr…
