Heroin Dealing 'Hometown Hottie' Gets a Year in Prison

A Maxim Magazine “Hometown Hottie” finalist formerly from Hampton who now lives in Portsmouth is heading to prison after pleading guilty to selling heroin, according to a report in the New Hampshire Union Leader.

Persephanie Lesperance, 26, issued the plea on Oct. 6, 2015, after reportedly failing in a diversion program. According to prosecutors, she will be encouraged to focus on her addiction and participate in a therapeutic community program in Strafford County. If she completes the program, she could be released, and would be on probation for a year. If not, she’ll serve the full 12 months, according to the report.

Lesperance was first arrested in late 2013, on conspiracy to sell heroin and possession of suboxone, along with seven other people arrested in a drug sweep. A few months later, she was arrested again for criminal trespass and breach of bail. She was indicted in March 2014. Earlier this year, Lesperance was arrested for a third time after allegedly failing to pay a cab driver in Portsmouth. Not long after that, she was arrested again by the Rockingham County Sheriffs for failure to appear.

Lesperance was named a “Hometown Hottie” by Maxim in 2012, as part of the magazine’s modeling contest. She was one of 10 finalists. She finished later as a runner-up, according to the magazine.

Read the full story at UnionLeader.com.