Fri, Apr. 3, 2009
Traci Young, 39, made up a mother-daughter team offering erotic services in a Craigslist ad last year. Young pleaded guilty April 2 to charges of promoting prostitution and conspiracy. She is expected to be sentenced May 14 by Judge Michael Erdos to three to 23 months in county prison, followed by three years' probation. Young and her daughter, Tami Smith, 22, together put themselves on the Internet as a sexy mother- daughter team. Police Officer Donald Paxton, working undercover as a "john," made an appointment with Young for the afternoon of Oct. 2. Paxton was told he would get a half hour of "full service" sex with both the mom and daughter. Paxton testified at a preliminary hearing in December that Smith told him that he would “‘start with mom and finish with me [the daughter].” The officer then asked if Young had condoms, and since she didn't, Young and her boyfriend, Riley, went to a store to get some, said Assistant District Attorney Michael Bonner. After they returned, the mother and daughter began to undress, and then Paxton called backup officers into the house.
I think the mother and daughter should go to jail because they were selling their bodies for money. The writer did a great job on the story. She gave quotes and had sources from the scene. It would have been great to have a statement from the boyfriend and the mom and daughter on why they started the business they did. The reporter's opinion was not included; she didn’t indicate how she felt about the crime. It could have been improved by getting a better statement from Traci Young and her daughter Tami Smith.
By Ariel S.
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