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Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, a child molester with convictions in several states over three decades and a knack for avoiding prison, was sentenced Monday to 150 years to life for sexually abusing two boys when they were about 11 years old. Schwartzmiller, 65, shackled at the wrists and wearing a red jailhouse jumpsuit and using a cane, did not speak before his sentencing in Santa Clara County Superior Court on 11 felony counts of child molestation and one misdemeanor charge of child pornography possession. Judge Edward Lee said that despite Schwartzmiller's legal savvy in getting some previous charges dismissed, he will...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dean Schwartzmiller is apparently not talking to police about allegations he molested multiple boys. But the notebooks and inch-and-a-half thick manuscript he left behind may be speaking for him. Police said they have cracked "99 percent" of the detailed code that Schwartzmiller used in notebooks he kept, apparently to chronicle crimes both real and imagined. They also have a lengthy typed memoir. Schwartzmiller was arrested earlier this month after investigators said they discovered notebooks with 36,700 handwritten entries of boys' names, descriptions of their anatomy and codes for suspected sex acts. The notebook entries are being...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A convicted child molester jailed in California may have committed sex crimes against thousands of victims, police said Thursday after finding computers, notebooks and meticulous, handwritten lists of boys' names and apparent codes for various sex acts. San Jose Police Lt. Scott Cornfield described 63-year-old Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller (search) as "one of the most active child molesters we've ever seen." During a search of his bedroom in San Jose (search), police discovered binders full of child porn and numerous logs with lists of more than 36,000 children's names — mostly boys — and codes that appear...

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite being arrested at least nine times for molesting boys, Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller managed to avoid lengthy prison terms, coach youth football, move in with another convicted sex offender — and be named by authorities as one of the most prolific child molesters in history. Schwartzmiller's criminal record began 35 years ago, but he never registered as a sex offender and spent just 12 years in prison. In his time on the outside, police suspect he molested children as many as 36,000 times in several states, Mexico and Brazil. Wily, charismatic and "smarter than heck," is how...

SAN FRANCISCO Jun 18, 2005 — Despite being arrested at least nine times for molesting boys, Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller managed to avoid lengthy prison terms, coach youth football, move in with another convicted sex offender and be named by authorities as one of the most prolific child molesters in history. Schwartzmiller's criminal record began 35 years ago, but he never registered as a sex offender and spent just 12 years in prison. In his time on the outside, police suspect he molested as many as 36,000 children in several states, Mexico and Brazil. snip

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A convicted pedophile may have chronicled sex acts with children in 36,000 notebook entries over three decades as he moved across the United States, hiding his identity, police said on Friday. The handwritten coded records were logged on more than 1,000 pages in seven notebooks that police seized at the home of Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller in San Jose, California, which he shared with another convicted child molester. "A lot of them like to document their acts," said Detective David Gonzalez, referring to pedophiles. "But the scale, I've never seen anything like it or heard of anything...

SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Chilling, handwritten lists of more than 36,000 suspected sex acts with boys has led investigators to what may be the most extensive case of child molestation in U.S. history. The lists, written in loopy cursive on 1,360 pages in seven multicolored, spiral-bound notebooks, have names and apparent codes for various sex acts, according to San Jose police. They were found last month in the San Jose home of convicted child molester Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, 63, who is now in jail on felony molestation charges involving two local 12-year-old boys.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A convicted child molester jailed in California may have committed sex crimes against thousands of victims, police said Thursday after finding computers, notebooks and meticulous, handwritten lists of boys' names and apparent codes for various sex acts. San Jose Police Lt. Scott Cornfield described 63-year-old Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller as "one of the most active child molesters we've ever seen." During a search of his bedroom in San Jose, police discovered binders full of child porn and numerous logs with lists of more than 36,000 children's names — mostly boys — and codes that appear to indicate...

Police Say Jailed Child Molester May Have Thousands of VictimsBy Rachel Konrad Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 16, 2005 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A convicted child molester jailed in California may have committed sex crimes against thousands of victims, police said Thursday after finding computers, notebooks and meticulous, handwritten lists of boys' names and apparent codes for various sex acts. San Jose Police Lt. Scott Cornfield described 63-year-old Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller as "one of the most active child molesters we've ever seen." During a search of his bedroom in San Jose, police discovered binders full of child porn and...