Former Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy Dennis Perkins has agreed to a sentence of 100 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea in a case that stunned the entire community when details first emerged in 2019.
The plea agreement, announced during a court hearing Tuesday morning, includes a stipulation that Perkins will not be eligible for appeal, probation, or parole.
“No one has to worry about Dennis Perkins hurting anyone ever again,” said Barry Milligan, assistant attorney general.
As part of the plea agreement, Perkins pled guilty to second-degree rape, sexual battery of a child under the age of 18, sexual battery of a child under the age of 13, video voyeurism, mingling of harmful substances, and production of child pornography. All of the remaining charges against him were dismissed, as part of the plea agreement.
Perkins, a former high-ranking Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy was charged with rape, child pornography, sexual battery, and video voyeurism. And, he was accused of covering desserts with his own semen so that they could later be fed to children.
Perkins, who at times cried during the hearing, faced several family members of his victims inside a Livingston Parish courtroom Tuesday, as he pleaded guilty to the horrific crimes he committed against them.
”I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s been more than three years living in a box and it’s not about me,” he said. “I just want to make this statement. Jesus Christ has forgiven me. And I’m grateful for that. And, I hope and pray that anybody that this affected will also find forgiveness and healing through Jesus Christ,” he said.
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