{"id":1955085,"date":"2023-06-23T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nations-first-elected-transgender-state-rep-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T14:23:14","slug":"nations-first-elected-transgender-state-rep-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nations-first-elected-transgender-state-rep-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender State Rep. Arrested for Child Porn: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnations-first-elected-transgender-state-rep-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1955085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former New Hampshire State Representative Arrested for Distributing Child Pornography<\/h2>\n<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-hampshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Hampshire<\/a> state representative and the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/first-openly-transgender-rep-in-new-hampshire-arrested-for-stalking-woman-twice-violating-protective-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a> transgender-identifying state lawmaker was arrested by police this week and charged for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/middle-school-teacher-in-texas-arrested-on-possession-of-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Middle School Teacher In Texas Arrested On Possession Of Child Pornography Charges\">distributing child pornography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stacie Marie Laughton, a Democrat who previously resigned twice from the New Hampshire state house, is now facing four counts of distributing sexually explicit images of children. Laughton was born Barry Charles Laughton, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Nashua Police Department public information officer Sgt. John Cinelli <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/former-nashua-state-rep-arrested-child-sexual-abuse-image-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that police were called to respond to a juvenile incident on Tuesday and were then told that the former lawmaker had been distributing explicit images. On Thursday, police searched Laughton\u2019s house and arrested him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former state Rep. Stacie Marie Laughton of Derry, the first openly transgender person elected to the N.H. House of Representatives, was arrested Thursday by Nashua police on charges alleging distribution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-headline-about-apple-scanning-phones-for-extremist-content-and-firearms-is-not-real\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, This Headline About Apple Scanning Phones For \u2018Extremist Content And Firearms\u2019 Is Not Real\">child sexual abuse images<\/a>, officials said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvICV9bGnm\">https:\/\/t.co\/PvICV9bGnm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UnionLeader.com (@UnionLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnionLeader\/status\/1672212928009740289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey spoke with reporting parties that indicated Laughton distributed sexually explicit images of children,\u201d Cinelli said, according to Patch. \u201cDetectives from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-police-say-hundreds-of-vote-by-mail-recall-ballots-found-in-car\/\" title=\"California Police Say Hundreds Of Vote-By-Mail Recall Ballots Found In Car\">special investigations division<\/a> were assigned to further the investigation. They applied for and were granted a warrant for Laughton\u2019s arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laughton is slated to be arraigned on Friday at the Hillsborough County Superior Court-South.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old has been plagued by repeated legal troubles in the past. In 2008, he was convicted of credit card felony, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionleader.com\/news\/crime\/former-nashua-state-rep-laughton-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police-say\/article_dba99a47-a8c6-5746-a1cd-75f46a44dffc.html?utm_campaign=blox&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the New Hampshire Union-Leader. In 2012, Laughton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metroweekly.com\/2012\/11\/nationwide-wins-for-state-and\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became the first<\/a> transgender-identifying person elected as a state lawmaker, thrilling LGBT activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that at this point, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community will hopefully be inspired,\u201d Laughton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/chrisgeidner\/new-hampshire-elects-nations-first-trans-lawmaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the time. \u201cMy hope is that now maybe we\u2019ll see more people in the community running, maybe for alderman. Maybe in the next election, we\u2019ll have a senator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the election, Laughton <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Stacie-Marie_Laughton\">stepped down<\/a> after the credit card fraud allegations came to light. Laughton was later sentenced to six months in jail after reporting a bomb threat to a hospital in 2015. In July 2021, Laughton was <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/nashua-state-representative-laughton-arrested-again\">arrested<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nations-first-elected-transgender-state-rep-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police\/\" title=\"Transgender State Rep. Arrested for Child Porn: Police\">giving police false information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687352286746000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2XxW0VTdKx-2nQAhkiTR8M\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Laughton won election to the state house again in November 2022, only to step down in December after accusations of stalking. Laughton had been arrested on stalking charges twice in 2022, including an incident in September just months before the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m alive, I\u2019m safe, I\u2019m well,\u201d Laughton said in a Facebook video at the time, announcing he was leaving politics. \u201cI\u2019m not suicidal, and just trying to get by every day with what I\u2019ve been dealt. I don\u2019t know what the future holds but I do know this \u2014 there\u2019s a lot of good opportunities out there for me to serve, and a lot of good opportunities for me to still stay connected with everyone and I plan to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former New Hampshire state representative, the first transgender state lawmaker, was arrested for allegedly distributing child pornography. Stacie Marie Laughton, a Democrat who resigned twice, now faces four counts of distributing explicit images of children. Laughton&#8217;s arrest occurred this week, and legal charges have been filed against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1955086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1955085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}