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A former Walnut Creek real estate attorney was convicted of multiple counts of crimes related to the sexual abuse of children, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
Jonathan Dean Bishop, 51, was convicted of 24 counts of committing lewd acts upon three girls beginning in 2004, all under the age of 14. Jane Doe #1 was abused between 2012 and 2021, Jane Doe #2 between 2012 and 2021, and Jane Doe #3 between 2004 and 2014.
The jury also convicted Bishop of sexually abusing Jane Doe #1, who was under 10 years old at the time, between 2010 and 2018.
He was also found guilty of possessing over 600 images of child sexual abuse material depicting two of the girls — evidence recovered from a hard drive seized by police officers at Oakland San Francisco Bay International Airport in December 2023, when Bishop was taken into custody upon arriving from Florida, where he had been residing, prosecutors said.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, Bishop is facing multiple life sentences in prison.
