The State Attorney's Office filed an indictment at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court against Yechiel Yehoshua Brand (33), a resident of Beit Shemesh, for committing sex offenses against four minors aged 13-16 at a ritual bath, in synagogues and in a public place in the city between 2024-2026. According to the indictment, in one of the cases, during prayer at a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, Brand pressed himself against one of the minors and rubbed against him. Subsequently, Brand touched his genitals several times. In another case, according to the indictment, Brand touched the genitals of a minor as he exited the immersion pool at the ritual bath.