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Alexander Boston of Penacook was arrested by Goffstown police earlier this month on two felony counts and held on $10,000 cash bail. CONCORD, NH — An educator from Concord, who was working at a charter school earlier this year, has been arrested on felony charges, accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile, who was a student at the school. Goffstown police received a report on July 22 accusing Alexander Boston, 31, of Bonney Street in Penacook, of sexually assaulting a teenage boy while employed at the Strong Foundations Charter School. During the course of the investigation, police accused Boston of texting the boy to let him know police would be speaking to him, which, police said, gave him time to delete evidence from his cellular device, according to court documents. Boston was arrested on aggravated felonious sexual assault-authority position, and witness tampering-inducing other charges, both felonies, on Nov. 3. He was arraigned on Nov. 4 and held on $10,000 cash bail. Boston is due in Goffstown District Court on Thursday for a probable cause hearing. Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Goffstown Police Department and Goffstown District Court and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains how to request the removal of a name from New Hampshire Patch police reports. Boston requested an attorney from the public defender’s office. The Legislature recently added the authority statute to address people, such as educators, who might exert undue influence over a victim, even if the victim consents to the illegal activity. It was informally known as a closure to the “Howie Leung loophole,” connected to an educator in Concord who repeatedly raped a then-teenage girl at a summer camp in Massachusetts. He is currently serving a six-plus-year sentence. In January 2024, Leung was indicted on 39 counts in Merrimack County Superior Court, stemming from incidents in Concord. The court issued a warrant for his arrest in December 2024, which is currently inactive, due to his incarceration in the Bay State. He was indicted on According to LinkedIn, Boston was a technology instructor for middle schoolers from August 2020 to July. Marc Belanger, the principal of Strong Foundations, did not return an email requesting comment before publication. Before working there, he was a cashier at Hobby Lobby, a host at Applebee’s, and a paraeducator for the Winnisquam Regional School District for about six months. He also had management retail jobs at Dollar Tree and Walmart in Tilton, according to LinkedIn. For educational studies, Boston reportedly began working toward a bachelor’s degree in computer science at NHTI in 2019. Boston was not listed in the New Hampshire Department of Education’s online teacher credentialing database. Do you have a news tip? Please email it to tony.schinella@patch.com. View videos on Tony Schinella's YouTube or Rumble channels. Patch in New Hampshire is now in 190 communities. Also, follow Patch on Google Discover.
