Rebecca C. Lutzko United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
A former deputy in Ohio has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for sexually abusing a female inmate under his supervision. Damon K. Perry, 53, of Youngstown, received a sentence of 112 months from U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after pleading guilty in May to two counts of sexual abuse of a detainee and two counts of sexual abuse.
“Mr. Perry’s abusive and appalling actions against a detainee were a violation of her basic human rights. Using his power of authority to deliberately take advantage of a woman, who he was charged with supervising, is dishonorable and despicable,” said U.S. Attorney David M. Toepfer for the Northern District of Ohio. “We thank the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General for investigating this matter.”
According to court documents, Perry admitted to engaging in non-consensual sexual acts with a federal detainee at the Mahoning County Jail on two separate occasions in November 2023 while she was under his supervision. The facility houses federal detainees under contract with federal law enforcement agencies.
The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General led the investigation into the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Yasmine Makridis for the Northern District of Ohio.
