A former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives has been charged with distributing sexually explicit images of children.
Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, of Derry waived arraignment Friday and was
placed in preventive detention after she was charged with four felony
counts of distributing child sex abuse images, according to New Hampshire court records.
Nashua police announced Thursday that Laughton was arrested on a warrant after detectives investigated “a juvenile matter” at “a local facility.”
Sergeant John Cinelli declined to elaborate on the case against Laughton,
and a police affidavit filed with additional information to justify Laughton’s arrest remained under seal Friday afternoon in Hillsborough County Superior Court’s southern district.
Nashua police announced separately on Thursday that Lindsay Groves, 38,
of Hudson had also been arrested on felony charges involving child sex
abuse images. Nashua detectives investigated allegations that Groves “had committed crimes involving underage children,” then they notified federal Homeland Security Investigations, according to the announcement.
A New Hampshire woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking explicit photos of children at the Tyngsborough daycare where she worked.
Groves was employed by Creative Minds in Tyngsborough. Between May and
June of this year, Groves allegedly took nude images of children and sent them to a person she was previously in an intimate relationship with.
Groves used the childrens’ routine bathroom breaks to take multiple
photos in a private bathroom and then sent the photos to the other person
via text message, prosecutors said.
Investigators reviewed Groves’ cellphone and found more than 2,500 text messages between Groves and the other person, prosecutors said. The
messages included discussion about explicit photos and the transfer of
said images. Included in the messages Groves allegedly sent were at least four sexually explicit images of children who appeared to be between the
ages of three and five.
Four kids aged five to 10 have been taken into care after first
responders found them hidden in a squalid Boston apartment surrounded by
sex toys and drugs where a black trans woman was dead on the floor.
Emergency services found the unidentified woman’s body after an
unconscious person report was made at 11am on Saturday morning. They reportedly found six adults who appeared to be men dressed as women
inside, who were uncooperative and denied having children at the home.
The children were found jammed together in a cramped room, surrounded by filth and a stench permeating the air, hidden by an adult man reportedly wearing a wig.
City Councilor Erin Murphy told NBC the partygoers attempted to stop a responding firefighter from finding the kids.
‘When he opened the door, he saw four children and what I believe are two adults in the back room, and it was really disturbing to him,’ Murphy
said to NBC. ‘They just seemed scared.’
‘There was hoarding, a lot of uncleanliness in the apartment, lots of sex toys and drug paraphernalia all over the place,‘ Murphy said.
The children were immediately removed from the hazardous environment and transferred into the care of child protective services, where medical professionals assessed their physical and mental condition.
It is unclear what the relationship is between the adults and children
found in the apartment.
Boston Police are classifying the incident as a death investigation
resulting from cardiac arrest and no arrests had been made as of Wednesday.
Police say the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families was
called due to the apartment’s condition, and investigated the incident.
Council President Ed Flynn, said the discovery was ‘inhumane and horrific’ according to the Boston Herald.
‘This underscores the need for oversight into BHA inspections and
eviction practices, security efforts in developments and protocols to
ensure children are safe in every BHA apartment.’
Boston City Council is expected to meet a week from today to discuss the situation, find out what occurred and how *to improve living conditions
in Boston’s public housing.*
According to the police report, alcohol and drug consumption were not suspected, however, the dead body was transported to the Medical
Examiner’s Office intake specialist, Lindsey Cadwell for further inspection.
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