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	Judge Dismisses Charges in Haiti Sex Abuse Case Hartford Courant July 14, 2010 http://www.courant.com/community/new-haven/hc-ap-ct-haitischoolassauljul14,0,7388833.story NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed charges against a man accused of sexually abusing boys at a school in Haiti, saying he can't be prosecuted in Connecticut. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven approved Douglas Perlitz's motion to dismiss the case Wednesday. She ruled that the Constitution and federal rules prohibit the government from prosecuting Perlitz in Connecticut because the alleged crimes didn't occur in the state. The former Connecticut resident, now of Eagle, Colo., was accused of enticing children at the Project Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien into sex acts by promising them food, shelter and other items. He pleaded not guilty.
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