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Almost a year ago, Erika Perdue, a 41-year-old "socialite" from a tony University Park neighborhood, was arrested and indicted on charges of distributing lots and lots of child pornography. As we reported that July, she was released to a rehab center in Argyle two days after her arrest, but was booted out for attempting suicide. Her psychologists and the administration at the rehab facility agreed that she constituted a danger to herself and others, leading her probation officer to request that the court find her in violation of the conditions of her pretrial release. The judge agreed, and she was taken into custody.
That was almost nine months ago. Since then, we've received an astonishing number of emails from people wanting updates on the Perdue case, most of them from people claiming to be her neighbors.
"All of the sudden people are seeing her green "MY SYN" car driving around town again," one person wrote, describing herself as a "near-neighbor" to the Perdues. "Is she OUT? A bunch of parents in UP are starting to worry - do you have access to information on her case?"
Since the rumor mill up in University Park appears to be churning full-speed, here's an update. According to one of her lawyers, Patrick McLain, Perdue is being held at the Mansfield Law Enforcement Center, a federal detention center in Tarrant County, about 20 miles southeast of Fort Worth. There's no indication that she's been anywhere other than the rehab facility and Mansfield since her arrest, including driving the streets of UP in her green MY SYN mobile.
More at http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/04/no_more_delays_in_trial_of_uni.php .
Mopar151
(9,965 posts)Ms. Perdue's lawyer, quoted at the link.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)If she's a child pornographer or a distributor, I hope she rots in a slimy Dallas County Jail cell.