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Todd Perkins of Youngstown, left, stands with his attorney, Thomas Zena, during Perkinsâ plea hearing Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Perkins was found guilty to two counts of rape involving young girls.
YOUNGSTOWN Todd Perkins, 55, of Coitsville Hubbard Road, pleaded no contest Wednesday to two counts of rape involving two children.
His plea avoided a trial scheduled for Monday.
Perkins, an electrician, pleaded no contest before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to a sex act involving a girl between October 2015 and October 2016 who was about 4 years old.
The girl also described inappropriate touching, said Jennifer McLaughlin, assistant county prosecutor.