NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lt. Wayne P. McInnis
Email:
wmcinnis@kennerpd.com
Office: (504) 712-2234
Date: October 16, 2008
Sexual
predator arrested
KENNER –
On
October 15, 2008 at approximately 9:45 P.M.,
Saravanan Perumal W/M, age 39, of 434 Central Avenue Alameda
California, was
arrested for two (2) counts of computer-aided solicitation for
sexual purposes.
The undercover operation
began on June 22, 2008, when a Kenner detective went into an
online chat room posing as a juvenile female from Kenner.
Perumal, who used the screen name “east_indian34,” contacted the
detective.
From the onset,
Perumal knew he was chatting with a juvenile female.
During
the course of the chat,
Perumal
solicited to have sex with the juvenile female. During phone
conversations, Perumal
solicited to have sex with the juvenile female.
On September 17, 2008, members of the
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office arrested Perumal at his
residence in Alameda Ca.
Perumal
waived extradition and on October 15, 2008, Kenner Detectives
and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputies transported Perumal to
Kenner.
Saravanan Perumal is wanted by the St. John Parish Sherriff’s
Office Cyber Crime Unit for
computer-aided solicitation
for sexual purposes and indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Perumal is also wanted by Louisiana Attorney General’s Office
for computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes.
If convicted,
Perumal
will be required to register as a sex offender and faces
imprisonment at hard labor for not less than two (2) years or
more than ten (10) years. With multiple charges, however the
sentence could be up to twenty-five (25) years.
The investigation and arrest
were made possible by the utilization of equipment donated to
the Kenner Police Department by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, specifically for this type of investigation.
The Kenner Police Department has been and
will continue aggressively going after individuals who use the
Internet to sexually exploit juveniles from the city of Kenner.
-KPD-
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