Ex-teacher convicted in rape of Mass. student hit with 39 new charges in NH

A erstwhile precocious schoolhouse teacher serving clip successful Massachusetts for raping a young pupil successful the Bay State successful 2015 and 2016 has been indicted connected dozens of caller charges successful New Hampshire.

Primo “Howie” Leung, 41, was initially arrested successful April 2019.

He’s presently serving a condemnation of six to 7 years aft he pleaded blameworthy past twelvemonth to aggravated indecent assault and artillery connected a kid nether 14 and different offenses related to the lawsuit successful Concord, Mass.

On Thursday, conscionable implicit a twelvemonth aft pleading blameworthy to raping the Concord student, Leung was indicted connected 39 felony and misdemeanor charges successful New Hampshire — including 16 counts of felonious intersexual assault, penetration, with victims betwixt 13 and 15.

He’s besides been charged with transgression restraint, witnesser tampering and falsifying carnal grounds — each charges stemming from incidents dating backmost to October 2014, Patch Concord reported.

It’s unclear if the alleged crimes are related to victims connected to erstwhile investigations.

In the Massachusetts case, Leung utilized his presumption arsenic an pedagogue to groom a young pupil erstwhile she was 13. He encouraged her to be a summertime campy for English connection learners successful 2015 and 2016.

That’s erstwhile Leung raped the young victim, arsenic helium admitted erstwhile entering his blameworthy plea astatine Middlesex District Court successful Woburn, Mass., successful July 2023.

Leung is scheduled for a bail proceeding connected Oct. 7.