US’s first openly transgender state legislator arrested on child sex abuse charges

Laughton was also incarcerated as recently as last year on stalking charges

 

Rep. Stacie Laughton, who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2020 to 2022, was arrested Thursday on charges of distributing child sexual abuse images, according to local police.

Local outlet WMUR reports Laughton’s arrest is connected to the case of Lindsay Groves, a Massachusetts preschool worker who allegedly took photos of children while they were in the bathroom.

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“Groves allegedly used natural bathroom breaks for the children (routine diaper/pull-up changes prior to “naptime”) to take multiple photos of the prepubescent children in a private bathroom and then sent the photos to [an unnamed individual] via text message,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a release.

Read more: WPDE