Ex-New Hampshire Lawmaker Stacie Laughton Gets 33 Years for Child Exploitation
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 19
Ex-New Hampshire Lawmaker Stacie Laughton Gets 33 Years for Child Exploitation
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 19
Summary
Stacie Marie Laughton, 41, was sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting children by receiving explicit images taken at a Massachusetts daycare.
Authorities said Lindsay Groves, 40, used her job at Creative Minds daycare in Tyngsborough to photograph prepubescent children in a private bathroom during diaper and pull-up changes from May 2022 to June 2023.
A forensic review found more than 10,000 text messages between Groves and Laughton over one month in 2023, including discussions about and transfers of explicit images involving children as young as 3 to 5.
Groves was sentenced earlier this month to 22 years after pleading guilty to three child-exploitation counts and one distribution count, while prosecutors said all child victims were identified and their families notified.