Perrye K. Turner Named Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division

Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Perrye Turner special agent in charge of the FBI’s Louisville Division. Mr. Turner most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Information Technology Engineering Division at FBI Headquarters (FBI HQ).

Mr. Turner entered on duty as a special agent in 1991 and was assigned to the Birmingham Division, Huntsville Resident Agency, and in 1995, the New Orleans Division, Monroe Resident Agency, where he worked criminal investigative matters.

In 1999, Mr. Turner was promoted to supervisory special agent in the Criminal Investigation Division at FBI HQ. Mr. Turner worked in the Drug Section, Mexican/Criminal Syndicates Unit.

Mr. Turner served as a field supervisor in 2001 where he was assigned to the Jackson Division’s Criminal Enterprise Squad. While in Jackson, he later worked in the Field Intelligence Group in August 2004.

In August 2005, Mr. Turner was promoted to assistant special agent in charge in the Memphis Division. He managed the criminal and administrative programs for three years, and all national security branch programs for two years.

Mr. Turner earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and statistics from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana and a masters of business administration from Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. He is a native of Shreveport, La.