The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has charged Leonard Perkins (Age 45 of Highland) for possession of child phonography in San Bernardino.


CASE SYNOPSIS

On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, officers from the San Bernardino Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force conducted an investigation regarding a cyber tip tracked to an IP address in San Bernardino. During the investigation, Leonard Perkins was arrested.

After reviewing this case, our office has charged Mr. Perkins for violating the following section of the California Penal Code:

Penal Code Section 311.11(a) – Possession Of Child Or Youth Pornography (Felony)
Every person who knowingly possesses or controls any matter, representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limited to, any film, filmstrip, photograph, negative, slide, photocopy, videotape, video laser disc, computer hardware, computer software, computer floppy disc, data storage media, CD-ROM, or computer-generated equipment or any other computer-generated image that contains or incorporates in any manner, any film or filmstrip, the production of which involves the use of a person under 18 years of age, knowing that the matter depicts a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or simulating sexual conduct, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 311.4, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, or a county jail for up to one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both the fine and imprisonment.


CASE INFORMATION

DA Case Number: 2021-00-0008539
Court Case Number: FSB21000710
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