Robert LeBlanc, a decades-long member of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, resigned from the social gathering after Essex County prosecutors charged him with youngster rape and a number of counts of indecent assault, in response to a spokesperson for the social gathering.
Massachusetts Democratic Social gathering spokesman Matt Wilder mentioned LeBlanc submitted his resignation after Chair Steve Kerrigan requested he step down. LeBlanc had served on the state committee since 2002 and was its one-time deputy authorized counsel in 2006, Wilder mentioned.
LeBlanc pleaded not responsible to expenses of rape of a kid, indecent assault and battery on a baby underneath 14, two counts of indecent assault and battery on an individual 14 or older, and try to commit crime, in response to the Essex County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
At an arraignment earlier this week, LeBlanc, 80, of Methuen, was ordered to report back to the Methuen Police Division for reserving, that he keep away and haven’t any contact with any sufferer or witness within the case, and that he haven’t any unsupervised contact with kids underneath the age of 18, Essex County DA Paul Tucker mentioned in a press release.
LeBlanc is scheduled to return to court docket Could 20, in response to the Essex County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
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