UPDATE: Feb. 5 at 4:30 p.m.
In a statement, an official with the Lexington Bureau of Inmate Management confirmed that Gage Perreault is a former employee of Division of Community Corrections for Fayette County.
"Gage Perreault was a probationary employee with the Division from June 2024 through February 2025," the statement said. "Perreault’s probationary employment was terminated, and he is no longer employed with the Division."
ORIGINAL STORY:
Kentucky State Police report that a 30-year-old Franklin County man was arrested on Feb. 4 on child sexual exploitation charges.
According to KSP, Gage Perreault was taken into custody as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation.
During the investigation, KSP says that they discovered Perreault was "sharing images of child sexual exploitation online."
According to KSP, the investigation resulted in a search warrant, and "equipment used to facilitate the crime was seized and taken to their forensic laboratory for examination."
Perreault is charged with one count of procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means and 10 counts of possession of matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance under 12 years old.
He is lodged in the Franklin County Detention Center.
KSP says this is an ongoing investigation.
