Christopher Bendann biography: 13 things about Towson, Maryland man

Christopher Kenji Bendann is a former educator from Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From 1990 to 2003, he attended Gilman School, an all-boys school in Roland Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
2. From 2003 to 2008, he went to Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history.
3. From August 2007 to January 2023, he worked at Gilman School as a social studies teacher.
4. In 2016, he allegedly started sexually abusing a male Gilman School eighth grader, then 15.
5. From August 2017 to January 2023, he was a middle school admissions coordinator at Gilman School.
6. Between September 1, 2017 and January 23, 2023, he allegedly possessed child sexual abuse material.
7. Between September 16, 2017 and February 9, 2019, he allegedly persuaded, induced, enticed and coerced a minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct so that a visual depiction of that conduct could be produced and transmitted.  
8. Between July 2021 and August 2021, he allegedly provided alcohol to children and transported them to the St. Paul’s School in Brooklandville, Baltimore County and the Meadowood Regional Park in Timonium, Baltimore County and requested the children to run around naked in front of him.
9. On January 21, 2023, the Baltimore County Department of Social Services alerted Baltimore County Police Department‘s Crimes Against Children Unite detectives that he had relationships with Gilman School students.
10. On February 3, 2023, Baltimore County Police Department officers executed a search and seizure warrant at his house in Towson. He was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a minor, second-degree rape, third- and fourth-degree sex offenses, and perverted practice.
11. On August 16, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and with possession of child pornography.
12. He was 39 years old when he made his initial appearance on August 18, 2023 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
13. On August 21, 2023, he will attend his detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Baltimore before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson.