Ijamsville, MARYLAND

INDICTED March 2, 2008 - James Steel, 55, a long-time substitute at Windsor Knolls Middle School, was indicted on a charge of child sexual abuse.

Steel was arrested Jan 21 on an initial charge involving prurient intent. Both charges stem from an incident Oct. 22 in which he followed one of his 12-year-old students into the boys’ bathroom and watched him urinate. A trial is scheduled for the purient incident charge on March 26.
Full Name: James Richard Steel

March 5 - Documents reveal details about teacher accused of sexual abuse, including Steel telling investigators he stared at a pupil's private parts and said he would not trust himself to enter a boys bathroom again, according to charging documents.

Charging Documents PDF [VERY large file. 7.67 MB and slow loading.]
Letter sent home to parents PDF

May 11 - Trial scheduled for July 17.
CTS

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING July 17 - Moments after a long-term substitute teacher pleaded no contest to leering at a 12-year-old boy in a middle school restroom, he proclaimed his innocence. Assistant State's Attorney Lindell K. Angel offered him the chance to change his mind and have his case go to trial. His lawyer said the statement was allocution.

The plea was allowed to stand. He was sentenced to a six-month jail suspended sentence and placed on five years of supervised probation.

Had the case gone to trial, sheriff's deputies would have testified Steel told them he would not trust himself to enter a boys bathroom, blaming bisexual tendencies for watching the child urinate Oct. 22 at Windsor Knolls Middle School, Assistant State's Attorney Lindell K. Angel said.