"That's grossly unacceptable for anybody, never mind an elected official," said Candia resident Mark Laliberte. "It is clear that given the seriousness of these allegations, Rep Tasker will be unable to represent his constituents effectively and should resign immediately." "Representative Tasker is facing serious charges that, if true, are beyond the bounds of human decency," Jasper said in a statement. He said only Tasker can decide whether he will resign, but the House does have the ability to remove him. House Speaker Shawn Jasper also called on Tasker to resign, and said he issued a letter on Wednesday morning immediately removing Tasker from his assignment on the House Committee on Children and Family Law. "The charges against Representative Tasker are troubling and disgusting," New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jennifer Horn said in a statement. He serves as a member of the House Committee on Children and Family Law, which deals with all matters relating to children and youth, their rights, obligations, and protection and the application of criminal laws and sentencing for children. Tasker, 30, is currently serving his third term in the New Hampshire House. "It looks like he knew what he was doing." He also had a loaded semi-automatic handgun in his car. They were monitoring a lot of his stuff, and found out through his communications that there was a significant amount of drugs at his home."įoss said marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and Suboxone were all found in Tasker's home, all separated, labeled and packaged for sale. "We had information that he was attempting to contact a 14-year-old girl online, and that kicked in the Internet Crimes Against Children team. "We had done an investigation for practically six weeks," he said. Brian Kemp Must Testify in Trump Election Interference Probe, Judge Rules
Instead, he met the officers who arrested him.Ī search warrant was issued at his home at 87 Smoke St. "We did our job."įoss says Tasker went to Lucas Pond Road Tuesday night to meet who he thought was the child for sex. "His stature, his place in our society, doesn't matter to me," Foss said. Police say he even texted the teenager while at State House committee meetings. "If you go after children, we'll be knocking on your door - it's that simple," Foss said.Īccording to court documents, Tasker knew how young the girl was, telling her, "This is how guys my age get into trouble." During a six-week long investigation in which detectives were posing as the 14-year-old, Tasker allegedly offered drugs, asked for sexual favors, and sent pornographic videos. Kyle Tasker, a Republican from Nottingham, is also facing three felony level drug distribution charges, according to Nottingham Police Chief Gunnar Foss. Bouldin was also with him when he smoked pot in the Statehouse anteroom, the attorney general said.A New Hampshire lawmaker is being asked to resign after he was charged with using the Internet to lure a 14-year-old girl for sex. Amanda Bouldin, of Manchester, told investigators she smoked marijuana with Tasker in his car and showed her photos of marijuana brownies that he sold.
All told investigators they believed he was trying to help people who needed the drug for medicinal purposes. In a report released Friday, the attorney general said three state representatives bought marijuana from Tasker and a fourth smoked it with him. He and his lawyer haven't commented on the charges. Kyle Tasker resigned in March after his arrest on three drug charges and a charge of trying to lure a minor for sex. (CBS/AP) - New Hampshire's attorney general says a former lawmaker charged with trying to lure a 14-year-old girl into a sexual encounter also smoked marijuana in the Statehouse and sold the drug to several legislators, but there's not enough evidence to charge them with drug crimes.
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