BOSTON – A New Hampshire woman who worked at a day care center in Massachusetts has been charged with sexually exploiting children and distributing child pornography, according to federal court documents.
Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, NH, a former employee of Creative Minds in Tyngsborough, MA, allegedly took nude pictures of children at the daycare and sent the photos to a person with whom she was previously intimate between May 2022 and June 2023, according to court documents.
Allegations involve both boys and girls.
Groves allegedly used the children’s regular bathroom breaks (routine diaper changes/pull-ups before “nap time”) to take multiple photos of the pre-pubescent children in a private bathroom and then sent the photos to the person by text, US Attorney Joshua. S. Levy announced Thursday.
Prosecutors say a review of Grove’s cell phone allegedly revealed more than 2,500 text messages between Groves and the individual.
According to court documents, those messages allegedly included discussion and transfer of explicit photographs Groves had taken of children while working at Creative Minds, including at least four sexually explicit images of children who appear to be approximately three to five years old.
Groves was arraigned in a New Hampshire state courtroom after his arrest and was ordered not to work at the daycare, not to access the Internet and not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under 18 years, according to court documents.
Groves is being held by Nashua police pending a federal arraignment in Boston at a later date.
Boston 25 has reached out to the daycare for comment, but has not heard back.
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