Registered sex offender arrested for carnal knowledge of juvenile
By: Nancy Cook
Updated: February 2, 2011
A Benton man was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
Dannie Ray Perkins, 27, of the 900 block of Mitchell Street in Benton, admitted to detectives that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl six or seven times between November 27th and January 15th.
Most of the occurrences took place at the young girl’s grandparents’ home. Perkins is a registered sex offender who was convicted in 2008 of sexual battery.

