Greene County man sentenced to 3,000 years in prison for sex crimes against children

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GREENE COUNTY, Pa. — A Greene County man was sentenced on Tuesday to 3,000 years in prison for sex crimes against children.

According to a news release from the district attorney’s office, Matthew Perry was convicted of 13,143 felony counts of sex crimes against children, including 2,190 counts of rape of a child under age 13.

Perry was found guilty after a four day long trial in November.

He will not be eligible for parole until the year 3523.

“I am proud to announce Matthew Perry would have to live for 3000 years in order to pay his debt to society, and now I would like to get back to fulfilling my promise to the people of my community to continue cleaning up the corruption in Greene County,” said Greene County District Attorney David Russo.

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GallowBarb on March 28th, 2023 at 23:03 UTC »

Since that article is s little light on the details, here is another one.

Greene County man sentenced to prison for raping girl

Relatives of the girl who was raped by Matthew S. Perry told him before his sentencing Monday in Greene County Court that his actions have forever changed her from a happy child to one who is struggling with anguish from the sexual abuse.

“I see a young lady who’s been through the worst things you could imagine. This girl is troubled every day,” a male relative said during a victim impact statement before sentencing. “Children are precious, but that little girl didn’t get to feel precious. ... This can never be given back, ever.”

Perry, 43, of Monongahela Township, was charged in June 2017 and accused of sexually assaulting the preteen girl on several occasions between the summer of 2016 and March 2017. A Greene County jury convicted Perry following a two-day trial in December on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, indecent assault and corruption of minors.

The girl, who is now 16, did not attend the sentencing hearing for Perry, but two relatives spoke about how the abuse has affected her. A female relative said that before the abuse, the girl was having a normal childhood, but afterward she began getting into trouble at school and eventually ran away from home. Later, she was hospitalized for mental health issues as she “crumbled” just before Perry’s trial.

“This young lady is covered in scars,” the woman said.

President Judge Lou Dayich sentenced Perry to serve 40 to 80 years in prison in what ultimately could be a life sentence. Dayich also ordered Perry to register as a sex offender with the state police’s Megan’s Law list for the rest of his life.

When Dayich asked Perry if he wished to address the court, the convicted man said he was told not to on the advice of his public defender Harry Cancelmi.

“He said no,” Perry told the judge, alluding to Cancelmi’s advice not to speak.

Perry is still awaiting trial onthousands of additional charges in a separate case in which he is accused of molesting a different girl. State police charged him in October 2020 with nearly 15,000 separate counts for the alleged ongoing abuse of that girl dating back to 2008.

Perry has been jailed since he was arrested in Morgantown, W.Va., in August 2017, nearly three months after state police filed charges in the original case. It took more than four years for Perry to go to trial after he was originally deemed incompetent to face the charges and was admitted for mental health treatment on three separate occasions at Torrance State Hospital near Blairsville.

He will serve his sentence at a state prison that will be determined at a later date, although he is expected to remain at the Greene County jail while awaiting the adjudication of the second case.

His wife, Cheyenna Perry, 39, pleaded guilty in December 2018 to recording videos and taking photographs of a girl engaged in sexual acts, and then sending them to her husband while he was trying to evade capture in the summer of 2017. She was sentenced to serve 3½ to 7 years in state prison and ordered to register for life as a sex offender after she pleaded guilty to all charges in exchange for her cooperation in her husband’s case. She is serving her sentence at SCI-Muncy prison in Lycoming County.

failinglikefalling on March 28th, 2023 at 22:48 UTC »

How the fuck does that go so long without being stopped? That’s a failure the whole way. I hope every kid effected gets compensation from the system that allowed this to happen.

yourdonefor_wt on March 28th, 2023 at 22:37 UTC »

He will not be eligible for parole until 3523. He was charged with 13,143 felony counts of sex crimes against children, including 2,190 counts of rape of a child under age 13.

What a monster.