Prison official convicted of abusing female inmates
A federal correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park who forced female inmates into performing sex acts was convicted of sex abuse and faces the possibility of life in prison when he is sentenced, according to prosecutors.
Lieutenant Eugenio Perez was found guilty on May 14 of several crimes, including aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a ward, attempted sexual abuse of a ward, abusive sexual contact and deprivation of civil rights, by a jury following a two-week trial in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Perez, 47, brazenly used his position as a lieutenant at the Metropolitan Detention Center to force the victims into having sex with him on several occasions during a three-year period between January, 2013 and September, 2016, according to evidence presented at the trial.