Local Dem Politician Who Climbed Political Ladder Charged With Raping Child Under 14
A Massachusetts attorney with a political career spanning decades resigned from the governing body of his state’s Democratic Party after being charged with sexually assaulting a minor. The Massachusetts Democratic State…
A Massachusetts attorney with a political career spanning decades resigned from the governing body of his state’s Democratic Party after being charged with sexually assaulting a minor.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee confirmed Friday that 80-year-old Robert LeBlanc of Methuen stepped down at the request of the party’s chair, the Boston Globe reported. Leblanc, who held multiple city government positions, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to state-level sex offense charges following years of allegations of inappropriate behavior toward a high school student and others.
LeBlanc is charged with child rape, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, and attempt to commit indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.
The Essex County district attorney’s office told the Daily Caller News Foundation that further details on the case, including victims’ identities, are not available to the public because it involves sexual assault allegations.
The law firm representing LeBlanc told the DCNF his attorney has no comment “at this time.”
LeBlanc was the town manager of Methuen from 1976 to 1981, a two-term city councilor at large in the 1980s and a lawyer for the Massachusetts Democratic Party