Cynthia Perkins was sentenced to 41 years in prison years in Livingston Parish court on Friday

Perkins, 36, was convicted on Monday in a plea arrangement where she admitted guilt to three felony sex-crimes charges which saw 68 charges against her dropped

The former Livingston Parish middle school teacher admitted to giving her students cupcakes laced with her now ex-husband’s sperm on at least two occasions

She pled guilty to second-degree rape, producing child pornography and conspiracy mingling of harmful substances mingling of harmful substances

Cynthia was initially charged with 72 felony counts but most were dropped in her plea deal which requires her to testify against her ex, Dennis Perkins, 46 

Cynthia and her husband Dennis Perkins were arrested in 2019 after authorities acting on a tip found the photo of the couple, naked with a minor

Couple, accused of raping a minor under 13 and taking nude photographs with the child, initially were indicted for producing child pornography, raping two children and one adult

Dennis, a Sheriff’s lieutenant and leader of the SWAT team, resigned immediately and was hit with a 78 count indictment

The couple divorced shortly after with Cynthia claiming that she manipulated by Dennis into committing the sex crimes

The trial for Dennis Perkins on multiple sexual assault cases begins in May

Cynthia Perkins was sentenced to 41 years in Livingston Parish court on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.
Prior to sentencing, the 36-year-old issued an apology to her family, former friends, former coworkers, students, victims, and Livingston Parish.
Perkins accepted a plea deal from prosecutors on Monday, Feb. 14, in exchange for testifying against her ex-husband, Dennis Perkins, 46.
She was sentenced to 40 years at hard labor without the benefit of probation or parole on the second-degree rape.
On the count of production of child porn, she was sentenced to 30 years to run concurrent.
on the last count of conspiracy of mingling harmful substances, she was sentenced to one year to run consecutive and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.

Cynthia Perkins, a former middle school teacher in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, was facing 41 years in prison at sentencing, after her convictions on sex crimes earlier in the week. Perkins, 36, accepted a plea deal Monday which included an agreement to testify against her ex-husband, former sheriff’s lieutenant Dennis Perkins.
The acceptance which came before jury selection was slated to begin for her trial, saw the dismissal of 68 charges.
The victims’ families reportedly, agreed to the deal, believing that the real monster in the sickening scenario is her ex, Dennis Perkins.
The former Westside Junior High School teacher admitted guilt in a slew of sex-crimes charges and was convicted on three charges of second-degree rape, producing child pornography and conspiracy mingling of harmful substances.
Per the plea deal, Perkins had to agree to certain facts in the case such as assisting her husband in the sexual assault of a juvenile, helping Dennis film a juvenile while bathing, and lacing desserts with Dennis’ semen before giving them to school-aged children.

Cynthia then 34, and Dennis Perkins, then 44, were arrested at their home in Sabine Parish, Louisiana on October 23, 2019 after authorities, acting on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, found a photograph of the pair, naked with a minor.
The couple were accused of raping a minor under 13 and taking nude photographs with the child. They were initially indicted on a combined 150 counts for producing child pornography, raping two children and one adult.
Dennis Perkins also ejaculated on baked goods that his wife later served to children at her school.
Cynthia Perkins was detained on 60 counts of production of pornography involving a juvenile under the age of 13, and two counts of first-degree rape. Ultimately she was charged on a 72 count indictment

Her husband Dennis, was booked into jail on 60 counts of production of pornography involving a juvenile under 13, two counts of first-degree rape, three counts of possession of child pornography where the victim was under 13, two counts of video voyeurism and two counts of obscenity.
The former law officer also faced charges relating to obstruction of justice after allegedly throwing his phone in a river on a fishing trip after realizing investigators were about to arrest him. He was indicted on 78 felony counts.
Dennis had worked with the sheriff’s office since 2002 and was head of the SWAT team when he was arrested, was fired from the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office following his arrest,

Cynthia Perkins resigned from her junior high school teaching job the day she was arrested. She’d taught English language arts at Westside Junior High School since 2016. Prior to that, she worked at North Live Oak Elementary and Live Oak Middle School for four years. 
Cynthia filed for divorce shortly after her arrest, alleging that Dennis had manipulated her into committing the crimes.
As a condition of her accepting the plea deal on Monday, Cynthia waived any right to an appeal and an attempt to avoid conviction.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry also said she ‘spared the victims from reliving her horrific crimes during this particular trial.’ 

Her attorney, James Spokes, called the plea deal ‘the best possible outcome.’ 
‘We weighed all the options and available information, and considering the circumstances… We really feel as though this was the best decision,’ Spokes said. 
‘Cynthia decided this was in her best interest. She feels a lot of remorse over what’s happened. We side with her when she says this was the best decision she could make at this time. 
‘Cynthia decided this was in her best interest. She feels a lot of remorse over what’s happened. We side with her when she says this was the best decision she could make at this time. 

A Jury later will determine the sentencing for a third person associated with the Perkins case. Melanie Curtin, 42, is facing a mandatory life sentence.
On December 3, 2021, a Livingston Parish jury convicted Melanie Curtin of aggravated rape and voyeurism in a 2014 sexual assault of an unconscious woman. Curtin and Dennis Perkins were co-conspirators in a sexual assault case.
Although married to different people at the time, the pair had been having an affair, prosecutors say.
The jury found Curtin, 42, guilty of the most serious possible charge of aggravated rape, which carries a penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole or reduced sentencing. The jury also found her guilty on the charge of video voyeurism.
Members of the jury, visibly shaken, came back into the court room several times to ask for clarification. Jurors asked to re-watch the harrowing 17-minute tape where Curtin and her lover, Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy Dennis Perkins both raped an unconscious woman and took turns filming the assault.
After eight hours of deliberation, the jurors arrived at a unanimous verdict of GUILTY of aggravated rape.
Dennis Perkins who was then a narcotics detective is charged in the same case and is set to go on trial in May.
Investigators discovered the smoking gun video inside the home of Dennis Perkins as they were gathering evidence following his arrest for child rape in 2019.
Despite efforts by Curtin’s attorneys to exclude that devastating piece of evidence, a judge ruled in April 2021 that prosecutors could show the 2014 video at Curtin’s trial that shows Dennis Perkins and Curtin raping a drugged and incapacitated woman.