Tyngsborough

Two residents and a police officer are being praised for their heroic efforts during a fire at a senior housing complex in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. Burned bacon led to the fire that forced the evacuation of dozens of residents on Thursday. Susan Durgin had seconds to learn how use a fire extinguisher. “It was unsettling,” she said. She and her bestie,…

A judge ruled Wednesday that a woman accused of taking child sex abuse images at a Massachusetts day care where she worked and sending them to her former partner should be held in federal custody pending trial. The decision reversed a magistrate’s ruling in August that would have allowed Lindsay Groves to await trial at her parents’ home in...

Lindsay Groves will have a hearing on Friday at 2 p.m. in federal court.

The former Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, day care employee who is now facing child exploitation charges in a sex abuse image case will remain behind bars for now, delaying a possible release from custody on Friday. Lindsay Groves was due in federal court for a hearing Friday afternoon. She faces multiple federal charges alleging that she took photos of young children naked…

A woman accused of taking child sex abuse images at a Massachusetts day care where she worked and sending them to her former partner has been released from federal custody on several conditions. Lindsay Groves was given permission to await trial at her parents’ home in Hudson, New Hampshire, Chief Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell wrote in a decision Friday. Groves…

A teenage girl found unresponsive at her home in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, on Monday later died, officials said, noting the 14-year-old’s death is under investigation. The girl was not identified when Tyngsborough police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced the investigation Wednesday, nor was the location of the home. Her death was not immediately found to be suspicious. First...

A former New Hampshire lawmaker is expected in federal court in Boston on Friday as she faces charges of having sex abuse images, which prosecutors allege were captured by her former partner inside a daycare. Stacie Laughton, of Nashua, has been indicted by a federal jury on three counts of sexual exploitation of children — in response to a number…

Stacie Laughton will face a federal judge on Friday morning.

A second woman is facing federal charges in a child sex abuse images investigation centered around an employee at a Massachusetts day care, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, of Nashua, New Hampshire, is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children and aiding and abetting. The charges are tied to an...

The family of a child who attended a Massachusetts day care center where an employee is accused of taking illicit photos of the children has filed a lawsuit against the center, claiming leadership was negligent for failing to act despite past complaints about that worker. Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire, is facing criminal charges in a child sex...

Two people have been arrested after nude photos were allegedly taken of young children at a Tyngsboro day care center.

Two arrests related to this case were announced by authorities on Thursday — Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire, and Stacie Laughton, 39, of Derry, New Hampshire. Groves is the former employee of the day care, and while Nashua police stopped short of specifying Laughton’s exact alleged role in the case, they did confirm that she was facing charges...

Two arrests related to this case were announced by authorities on Thursday — Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire, and Stacie Laughton, 39, of Derry, New Hampshire. Groves is the former employee of the day care, and while Nashua police stopped short of specifying Laughton’s exact alleged role in the case, they did confirm that she was facing charges...

At least one of the two New Hampshire women facing serious charges in a child sex image investigation that involves a Massachusetts day care is due in court on Friday. One of the women was an employee of Creative Minds day care in Tyngsboro, and has been accused of taking naked photos of children and sending them to someone she…