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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…
Maryland Man Charged For Nationwide Swatting Scheme With Online Group: Feds
Men from Maryland and Virginia are among three who have been charged in connection to a string of swatting incidents across the country, federal authorities announced.
This week, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Owen Jarboe, 18, of Hagerstown, Evan Strauss, 26, of Moneta, Virginia, and Brayden Grace, 18, of Columbus, Ohio with a host of offenses for making swatting calls to multiple police and emergency departments across the country.
According to the six-count indictment, between December 2023 and January 2024, the three, along with others, were part of an online …