{"id":73957,"date":"2023-07-19T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/former-transgender-democrat-state-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children-73957"},"modified":"2023-07-19T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:30:49","slug":"former-transgender-democrat-state-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/former-transgender-democrat-state-lawmaker-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-children-73957","title":{"rendered":"Former transgender Democrat state lawmaker charged with sexual exploitation of children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A former Democrat New Hampshire state representative who identifies as transgender was charged by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/federal-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal Massachusetts<\/a> court Tuesday with child exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ma\/pr\/new-hampshire-woman-charged-tyngsborough-daycare-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a press release<\/a> from the office of the U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, Stacie-Marie Laughton, 39, a biological male who identifies as female, was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children, as well as aiding and abetting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The release stated Laughton has been charged alongside former &#8220;intimate partner&#8221; Lindsay Groves, a daycare worker in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, who a preliminary forensic review showed had more than 10,000 text messages between the two &#8220;that included discussion about, and transfer of, explicit photographs that Groves had taken of children while employed at Creative Minds daycare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/red-state-democrat-governor-hopeful-breaks-with-party-literal-saw-higher-taxes-new-ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RED-STATE DEMOCRAT, GOVERNOR HOPEFUL BREAKS WITH PARTY, TAKES LITERAL SAW TO HIGHER TAXES IN NEW AD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those messages included sexually explicit images of children who appeared to be approximately three to five years old, and &#8220;explicit descriptions&#8221; of sexual contact with each other, as well as children, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Laughton was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-democrat-transgender-state-rep-shocking-criminal-past-arrested-child-pornography-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">initially arrested<\/a> in June for allegedly distributing &#8220;sexually explicit images of children,&#8221; the latest in a string of run-ins with the law that includes making bomb threats and stalking.<\/p>\n<p>After being elected to the New Hampshire legislature in 2012, Laughton was unable to serve due to still being on probation for a 2008 felony conviction of credit card fraud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/blackburn-gop-demand-answers-biden-administration-illegal-alien-accused-raping-children-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BLACKBURN, GOP DEMAND ANSWERS FROM BIDEN ADMIN ON ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF RAPING CHILDREN IN TENNESSEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Laughton was also arrested for making a bomb threat against the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in 2015 and was arrested again in 2021 on charges related to the misuse of the state\u2019s 911 texting system.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Laughton&#8217;s criminal past, the candidate was elected for a second term to represent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-hampshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nashua, New Hampshire<\/a>, in the 2022 elections, but was never seated after being jailed again for multiple stalking-related charges.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, Laughton will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-transgender-democrat-state-lawmaker-charged-sexual-exploitation-children\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-transgender-democrat-state-lawmaker-charged-sexual-exploitation-children <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Democrat New Hampshire state representative who identifies as transgender was charged by a federal Massachusetts court Tuesday with child exploitation. 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