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The Rome News-Tribune reports:
A former youth minister of a Floyd County church was sentenced Thursday to serve 15 years in prison on child molestation and possession of child pornography charges, alongside another 25 years on probation.
When Austin Wray Perkins was arrested on March 9, 2022, as part of a sting targeting child pornography, police discovered he was also the guardian of a minor living at his home who he sexually victimized.
“After officers were able to get into both phones completely, we’re talking about hundreds of images,” Mayo told Floyd County Superior Court Chief Judge John “Jack” Niedrach. “There are some images of infants under a year old (being subjected to sexual abuse).”
Read the full article. Perkins was serving as the youth minister at Grace Fellowship Baptist Church when he was arrested. He appeared on our running tally upon his guilty plea in September 2023.
A former volunteer at the youth ministry of Grace Fellowship Baptist Church in Ga., Austin Wray Perkins has been arrested on accusations he sexually exploited a child in his care
Multiple charges stemming from a @FloydPolice investigation have been filedhttps://t.co/pPOkzvVeni
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