Scott Dietlin
Posted by Webmaster in California, Economics, Hall of Shame, High Schools, History, ME-IS-FV
(11/24/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Scott Eugene Dietlin, 34, a economics and history teacher at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, California has been arrested on charges that he sent electronic messages to a minor in an effort to seduce the teen.
According to the Burlingame Police Department, Dietlin was arrested Saturday morning on charges of sending harmful matter (via electronic e-mail) with the intent to seduce a minor, attempting to contact a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense and arranging to meet with a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense.
The arrest was made in in San Mateo and Dietlin was booked into San Mateo County Jail, where he reportedly remains in custody on $550,000 bail with arraignment set for this morning.
Dietlin came to the attention of authorities when two local teens established a profile on MySpace and posted a photo of a young woman as though it were her profile.
It is alleged that Dietlin started engaging in e-mails with them, and when the minors realized something wasn’t right, they came forward to police and a detective began posing as a teenage girl, struck up communication with Dietlin, who then allegedly arranged a time to meet with the “teen” in San Mateo for a potential sexual encounter.
12/10/08 – Arraignment
Scott Dietlin appeared in court for arraignment but delayed entering pleas to the charges.
Reportedly his defense attorney asked for more time to evaluate evidence.
Dietlin remains jailed in lieu of $700,000 bond.
12/23/08 – Court Appearance
Scott Eugene Dietlin appeared today in San Mateo County Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Dietlin remains in custody in lieu of $700,000 bail.
02/06/09 – Preliminary Hearing Postponed
A preliminary hearing for Scott Dietlin, charged with three felony counts of sexually explicit communication with a minor, one count of attempted communication with a minor and two counts of arranging to meet with a minor, has been postponed until later this month.
Dietlin’s preliminary hearing, originally scheduled for Thursday, was reset to February 19th.
Dietlin remains in custody in lieu of $700,000 bail.
02/20/09 – Preliminary Hearing Waived
Scott Dietlin has waived his right to a preliminary.
Dietlin will appear in Superior Court on March 11 to enter a plea and set a date for a jury trial.
Dietlin remains in custody in lieu of $700,000 bail.
04/08/09 – No Contest Plea
Scott Dietlin has reportedly pleaded no contest to one count of arranging to meet with a minor for the purpose of engaging in a lewd act.
Under the terms of the plea deal, six other counts were dropped by prosecutors.
Also under terms of the plea deal, Dietlin agreed to spend up to two years in state prison.
Dietlin, who has been in custody since his arrest, will be formerly sentenced on June 2.
06/02/09 – Sentencing
Scott Dietlin has reportedly been sentenced to two years in state prison.
With credit for time served, Dietlin will serve a total of about 15 months in prison.
Dietlin is required to register as a sex offender.
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August 29th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Another goatee & mustache; one of the masks of a predator on this site. There is also another issue; entrapment. Is it perfectly legal to do what these teenagers did? Of course, he was a fool to fall for such stupid bait. However, there could be a time when a person’s thoughts will be outlawed. Think about it and hope you won’t get arrested for it.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
i had him for econ and he would drop pencils around girls who had skirts on and ask them to pick it up (Deleted by site moderator)
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June 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I agree with friend of scotts, why fire petofiles when we can hire them!
April 30th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I had him for econ this year and somethings suggested that he was a pervert. He told girls that they have to wear longer clothes and no clevage only so he doesnt get caught peeking. I heard last year that he would make girls stay late and then stare at there brests. When I was failing, I asked him if he knew a tutor I could talk to and they could help me and he said that he could before school, after school, at lunch or at tutorial at anytime. Thank god I didnt come through with it.
Creeper
April 21st, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Scott Dietlin also was my history teacher this year. He was a very good teacher and he truly connected with the students; well that is what I thought. I never suspected anything was “up” about him, he seemed just like a really cool teacher, but after finding out about this that changed. The thing that most upset me is that, he was my favorite teacher and I felt like he was a mentor–someone i could look up to, but apparently he viewed his students in other ways. I really wish this whole situation never happened because I really do miss having him as a teacher…because of this, I now think differently of all teachers.
December 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
this man was my World history teacher this year. This was cool, but i knew there was something weird about him but i let it blow over. then, about a month ago i heard through confidential myspace messages that he had been “fired”. Yeah sure. (Deleted by site moderator) that (Deleted by site moderator) though he could pull one off one some innnocent teenager just to get some. Pervert
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