Prolific child molester gets 150 yearsStory Highlights
• NEW: Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller is sentenced to 150 years for abusing two boys
• Prosecutors say he is one of the nation's most prolific child molesters
• About 100 boys in eight states, Mexico and Brazil say he abused them
• When he was arrested, police found a 1,500-page memoir describing the abuse
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- A man prosecutors said was one of the nation's most prolific child molesters was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison for abusing two 12-year-old boys.
Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, 64, who also had been convicted of sexual assaults in several states over three decades, was sentenced to the maximum term on 11 felony counts of child molestation and one misdemeanor charge of child pornography possession.
Schwartzmiller represented himself during his trial last year but asked for an attorney to represent him during the sentencing phase.
During the nearly three-week trial, prosecutor Steve Fein showed jurors a map of the "places and decades where the defendant has molested young boys."
It included an estimated 100 accusers dating to 1969 in eight U.S. states, Mexico and Brazil.
When Schwartzmiller was arrested in June 2005, investigators found a memoir describing abuse, binders full of child pornography and 1,500 notebook pages with headings including "blond boys," "no, but yes boys," and "best of the best, 13 and under."
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