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Hope for plea deal, request for separate trials - new details as court looms for Dennis and Cynthia Perkins
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LIVINGSTON – Dennis Perkins, the former Livingston sheriff’s deputy at the center of a shocking child sex investigation that’s gripped the parish, would prefer a plea deal to avoid a trial, his attorney said.
Perkins and his wife, Cynthia, appeared in court Friday via Zoom.
Dennis Perkins’ attorney, Jarrett Ambeau, said a plea deal would be discussed as opposed to a trial.
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Indie Film: State motto takes on terrifying meaning in horror short ‘Dirigo’
Skowhegan native and Portland resident Noah Bessey s film was selected to represent Maine in The United States of Horror anthology.
By Dennis Perkins
Photo courtesy of Noah Bessey
Horror is universal – and fun. No, not existential horror; who needs that? I’m talking about good, old-fashioned, movie horror, a genre of film that – try as some might to ignore it (presumably with fingers in ears and repeating, “I can’t hear you”) – is simply part of the cinematic landscape. A really scary part.
Of course, Maine’s practically horror central, what with the estimable Mr. King doing his thing up in Bangor, and local horror stalwarts plumbing Maine’s darkest and least reputable corners for some creepy local atmosphere. That’s where Portland-based director Noah Bessey comes in during the preparatory run-up to this year’s ever-spooky Halloween horror movie season, as his all-Maine horro