02 Sept UPDATE on the Perkins case - Livingston Parish pedo couple

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Some of those allowed will be videos allegedly showing the two acting out roleplay fantasies where Cynthia dresses and speaks like a young girl and Dennis calls her by one of the juvenile victims' names; a written note in Cynthia's phone that reportedly describes in detail the sexual abuse of a child; Dennis Perkins' child-sex-related internet searches; and videos allegedly showing Dennis Perkins performing sexual acts near sleeping children.

Morrison's written opinion, filed in court records Tuesday, denies many of the newly released allegations, including hidden camera footage from inside the Perkins home; a video of Cynthia and Dennis performing sex acts in the open cabin of an airplane; and the records from Dennis Perkins' application to the Baton Rouge Police Department in which the panel questioned his background.

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Livingston Parish prosecutors say Dennis and Cynthia Perkins displayed a pattern of child sexual abuse fantasies in the years leading up their October 2019 arrest, including sexual roleplay as children, hidden cameras in the home to record children bathing, Google searches of lewd acts involving children, and an enormous trove of digital pornography.

Dennis Perkins, a former SWAT leader at the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Cynthia Perkins, a former Livingston Parish junior high teacher, face dozens of counts including first-degree rape, attempted rape, sexual battery of a child, video voyeurism and production of child pornography, among others.

Among the newly-released evidence is a claim that Louisiana Bureau of Investigations agents found sleep-inducing drugs in the pair’s Denham Springs home before their arrest, as well as five terabytes of encrypted data uncovered among Dennis and Cynthia Perkins’ electronic devices.

After an initial search, investigators continued uncovering evidence and their scope “broadened significantly,” to the point documents show it now involves multiple juveniles, at least two adult victims and a dog. The evidence the state presented includes videos of the pair allegedly raping a child, obscenely filming uknowing adults and children, producing numerous articles of child pornography, and video of Dennis Perkins performing sex acts involving an animal.

Further, the state introduced video evidence of Cynthia and Dennis carrying out roleplay in which Cynthia would pretend to be a child and Dennis would refer to her as one of the victims’ names. “This video evidences the blatant lack of mistake or accident that either defendant could have in the engaging of sexual contact with children,” the court documents read.

A note allegedly found in Cynthia Perkins’ cellphone from May 2019 explicitly outlines the sexual acts an adult male and female would engage in with a young girl. It then described in great detail violent sexual acts against the child, during which the victim “has tears streaming down her face.”

More digital evidence reportedly shows Dennis Perkins had photoshopped his genitals onto photographs of female, school-aged children engaging in everyday activities, like yawning or laughing, to appear as though Perkins was performing sex acts with them. The court documents say the original pictures were taken by Cynthia Perkins and sent to her husband for editing. They do not identify the juveniles. The state wrote that this evidence shows Dennis Perkins’ “obsession with digitally documenting his sexual fantasies, which furthers his motive or intent to produce child pornography.”

Additional videos allegedly show Perkins conducting a traffic stop and using a pin camera to film a female driver’s breasts and genitals.

Prosecutors on Friday consolidated the 150 indicted charges down to a combined 44 counts.

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