Trans Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation

Groves, 40, was working at Creative Minds, a daycare in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts when she took nude images of napping children and sent them to Laughton, her boyfriend at the time.

Laughton received those images while in office as the state and country's first-ever transgender person elected to state legislature.

According to the affidavit, Groves 'used natural bathroom breaks for the children,' such as 'routine diaper pull-up changes prior to naptime ... to take multiple photos of the prepubescent children in a private bathroom and then sent the photos to the (former intimate partner) via text message.'

Their communications also included 2,500 illicit discussions.

This is not Laughton's first run-in with the law as he has faced multiple charges over the years.

His lengthy criminal history dates back to 2002, when he was arrested for domestic violence/criminal mischief in that year and a sexual assault charge against a woman in 2003, when Laughton was still identifying as a male.

In 2015, he was arrested for making a bomb threat against the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center.

In 2021, he was arrested once again for misusing the state's 911 texting system.

Despite his criminal past, Laughton still ran for a second term in 2022 and was elected to represent Nashua, New Hampshire.

However, once again, he was unable to take office having been jailed on stalking charges.