Overview
- Laughton entered a guilty plea in Boston federal court to charges tied to sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse images.
- Prosecutors say daycare employee Lindsay Groves took explicit photos of children about 3 to 5 years old at Creative Minds in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, and sent them to Laughton in 2022.
- Investigators cite thousands of text messages in which Laughton requested images and discussed sexual interest in the children.
- The case came to light after Laughton forwarded images to a third person who immediately notified Nashua police, according to the criminal complaint.
- Groves has already pleaded guilty; both were indicted in August 2023 and face potential fines and lifetime supervised release in addition to prison terms.