Nashua Police Charge Pittsfield Man In Child Sex Sting

NASHUA, NH — A Pittsfield man is charged with attempted felonious assault and felony drug charges after being arrested as part of an investigation into the sexual exploitation of children on the internet. Nashua police have charged Leonard Deane, 59, with felony computer crimes, attempted felonious sexual assault and a subsequent offense of possession of a controlled drug.

Police said the Problem Oriented Policing Unit, with assistance from the Computer Forensics Unit, began the child sex investigation in September and that the Main Street resident of Pittsfield was identified as a suspect. He was arrested Tuesday.

Deane was held on $1,000 bail and scheduled to be arraigned in the Hillsborough County Superior Court-South on Wednesday.

The Nashua Police Department is affiliated with the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, working to combat child exploitation in New Hampshire.

If anyone has further information regarding this case, or to anonymously report cases of child exploitation, they are asked to call the Nashua Police Department Crime Line at 603-589-1665.

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