Overview
- U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown imposed concurrent sentences of 168 months for receipt and 120 months for possession, totaling 14 years.
- Perkins will serve 10 years of supervised release, must register as a sex offender, and faces restrictions on contact with minors and internet access.
- Investigators traced suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded to Google to multiple accounts and a cell phone used by Perkins.
- At sentencing, the court heard that he posed as a massage therapist without a license, made sexual comments to a 13-year-old, supplied alcohol after she turned 14, and attempted to force himself on her.
- HSI led the investigation with Pearland Police, the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, and the Houston Metro ICAC Task Force, and prosecutors Kimberly Leo and Colton Turner handled the case as Perkins remains in custody pending Bureau of Prisons placement.