(Ken Silva, Headline USA) “Aahhh! You won’t get me, you goddamn police. Aahhhh!”
Those were the final words posted online by Democrat ex-state representative Stacie Laughton of New Hampshire, before Laughton was arrested and charged in June for the exploitation of children, as well as the distribution of child pornography.
The supremely ironic video of Laughton was initially posted by New Hampshire’s Committee to Elect House Republicans last month, and recirculated this week by numerous accounts as the trans alleged pedophile awaits trial. Laughton has been ordered to be held in pretrial detention in a facility separate from other inmates.
Laughton was ensared in a federal probe of a New Hampshire daycare that had allegedly been sexually exploiting children.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the proprietor of the daycare, Lindsay Groves, allegedly took the photos during bathroom breaks and diaper changes, later sending them via text message. Groves is also facing child pornography and other related charges.
The investigation so far has revealed several pictures exchanged of naked children between the ages of three and five years old.
According to Nashua police, they first responded “to a local facility for a juvenile matter” on June 20, when they “spoke with reporting parties that indicated Laughton, the state’s first transgender legislator, distributed sexually explicit images of children.”
Sexual exploitation of children convictions come with a 15- to 30-year sentence, and a fine of up to $250,000.
Distribution of child pornography convictions carry a minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in prison, and also a fine of up to $250,000.
Groves had taken photos of the children naked and sent them to “an individual with whom she was previously in an intimate relationship.” Authorities did not identify the former partner of Groves, but police confirmed that the same investigation led to the detainment of Laughton.
Drama between the two has been unfolding for the past several months. Laughton resigned from the New Hampshire House of Representatives in December after being charged with stalking Groves.
The daycare center has since closed, and is reportedly cooperating with the investigation.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
