Days after being released on bond following an arrest for child pornography offenses, Zev Steen was rearrested and slapped with new charges among them, rape and incest.
The former STEM teacher at the all-girls Orthodox Jewish day school Bnos Yisroel in Baltimore was terminated from that position and let go of others he held in the community after authorities busted him with child porn.
Had that been all, Steen may have considered himself lucky, as authorities ultimately found out something he’d likely had known all along. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, officials announced Steen been rearrested for new damning offenses stemming from an alleged incident in December 2005, according to court records.
The new charges include first-degree rape, sex abuse of a minor, assault, child abuse, child porn, incest, perverted practice and more.
Steen has not been released from jail this time, and is currently being held without bond.
Steen became the center of an investigation after he was linked to websites sharing child pornography online, state police said. A search of his laptop and external hard drive determined that he had “numerous” child porn files that he was unsuccessful in deleting.
Steen’s LinkedIn profile says he’s the CEO of MirageID, an identity-tracking company. He was also heavily involved in TAG (Technology Awareness Group) Baltimore, which “provides free guidance on choosing devices, step-by-step filter installs, and live tech support 20 hours a day,” its website says.
TAG announced that they terminated Steen on Tuesday, Nov. 8 but did not provide a reason.
