The trial of 40-year-old Christopher Bendann got underway in earnest Friday. The former Gilman School history teacher is facing nine counts, including sexual extortion of a minor, child pornography and cyberstalking. The government opened by painting the Bendann as a predator. He was the minor victim’s 8th grade history teacher and advisor at Gilman, and he used that position of trust to groom, sexually abuse, secretly record, and later extort the boy even after he left for college, prosecutors told the jury.
Joint operation in North Texas with FBI and local police leads to 244 offenders charged with sex crimes
A massive operation led by a joint task force, including the Dallas FBI and dozens of law enforcement agencies across North Texas, resulted in more than 200 arrests....
