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Record-Setting Legislator Arrested For Disturbing Sex Crimes

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Authorities in arrested former state Rep. last week for allegedly distributing child porn.

Laughton, a , previously resigned twice from the New Hampshire State House. She faces four charges of distributing sexually explicit images of children.

As the New Hampshire Union Leader reports:

On Tuesday, June 20, Nashua police responded to a local facility for a juvenile matter, officials said in a release. Officers spoke with individuals there who indicated Laughton allegedly distributed sexually explicit images of children, police said.

Detectives from the Special Investigations Division applied for and were granted a warrant for Laughton's arrest. She was arrested Thursday with distribution of child sexual abuse images. She was also charged with three additional counts of distribution of child sexual abuse images, Nashua police said.

Laughton was arraigned at Hillsborough Superior Court-South in Nashua on Friday.

Laughton, a former Democratic state representative from Nashua, resigned her Ward 4 seat in the House in December 2022.

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According to published reports, Laughton was arrested for stalking in September 2022, and again later that same year.

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