{"id":1978591,"date":"2023-07-20T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-former-democrat-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:56:48","slug":"transgender-former-democrat-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-former-democrat-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Ex-Democrat Lawmaker Accused of Child Sexual Exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Ftransgender-former-democrat-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children%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=1978591&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This booking photograph provided by the \u200dNashua, N.H., Police Department shows Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, \u2064of\u2064 Nashua, N.H. Laughton is charged with \u200caiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of\u2064 children, the\u2062 U.S. attorney\u2019s office in Boston said in a statement.\u200c (Nashua N.H.\u2062 Police booking photo\u2063 via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel Smith-Hill <\/a>                                      <br \/>11:43 AM \u2013 \u200bThursday, July 20, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors from Massachusetts announced\u2062 Tuesday that a former Democrat New Hampshire state representative who identifies as transgender has been charged in a case involving the sexual exploitation of children\u200d at a Massachusetts-based daycare center.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from\u2063 the office of the U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, Stacie-Marie Laughton, 39, of Nashua,\u2063 New Hampshire, was\u200c charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children as well as aiding and abetting \u2063former\u200c partner, Lindsay Groves, in a child pornography case.<\/p>\n<p>Groves was \u200cpreviously accused of taking nude photos of children\u2062 at the Creative Minds Early Learning Center in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, a daycare center where she worked. \u200cShe\u200b was also accused of sending \u2064those images \u200dto another\u200b person and was charged with both sexual exploitation of children and the distribution of \u2064child\u2062 pornography. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s press release found that \u201ca preliminary\u2063 forensic review of Groves\u2019 cellphone purportedly revealed over 10,000\u200d text messages between Laughton and Groves that included discussion about, and transfer of, explicit \u200bphotographs that \u200cGroves had\u2062 taken of children while employed at Creative Minds daycare, including at least four sexually explicit images of\u200d children who appear to be approximately three to\u200c five \u2064years old, as well as explicit descriptions of sex with each other and others, including children.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In some\u2064 of the \u2063revealed texts, it was alleged that Laughton even encouraged Groves \u2064to engage in sexual\u2064 contact \u2063with the children. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in the case have stated that \u201cthe investigation remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laughton, a Democrat, was elected to\u200b the New Hampshire legislature back in 2012. However, Laughton was forced to resign after numerous \u2063reports surfaced about\u200c his convictions related to identity \u2064fraud and falsifying evidence back in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>Laughton \u2062somehow escaped the judicial\u200c accusations and\u200d was able to successfully run again in 2020. \u2062He was eventually re-elected in 2022 before being\u2062 jailed for\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-former-democrat-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children\/\" title=\"Transgender Ex-Democrat Lawmaker Accused of Child Sexual Exploitation\">multiple stalking-related \u200bcharges<\/a> in connection with Groves.<\/p>\n<p>Both Laughton and Groves are currently in state custody.<\/p>\n<p>The press release added that \u201cLaughton \u2063will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trans\u200b activist Stacie Marie Laughton was a Democrat state legislator in \u2063New Hampshire.  <\/p>\n<p>Laughton has now\u200c been charged with aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of 3\u20135-year-old children at a daycare.  <\/p>\n<p>May he rot in prison and then rot in hell. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z58KdVLn3v\">pic.twitter.com\/z58KdVLn3v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cassandra (@CassyWearsHeels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CassyWearsHeels\/status\/1681739120589287431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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