The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) - Mom
charged with prostitution, child abandonment — left kids alone to meet 'john' –
February 17th, 2014:
A Racine mother spent her 22nd birthday on Monday being charged with prostituting herself so she could pay rent. Investigators said Brittney D. Booker allegedly left her 2- and 5-year-old children home alone to meet with her client, who turned out to be an undercover investigator posing as a john.
Booker allegedly told investigators she paid $3 to post the online ad and “intended to use the money she earned to pay rent.” The complaint didn’t state on which website her ad was placed.
Booker asked investigators to check on her two children, giving them two different addresses. She later said they were home alone, sleeping on the couch with the door unlocked, according to the complaint. At 1:55 a.m. on Sunday, officers found them asleep on the couch inside the home, which they described as “filthy.” They reported that the children “smelled unclean,” the complaint stated.
Booker was to appear in court Monday on the charges, but a woman with a similar name was incorrectly brought to the hearing room from jail. That woman is not charged with misdemeanor prostitution.
A Racine mother spent her 22nd birthday on Monday being charged with prostituting herself so she could pay rent. Investigators said Brittney D. Booker allegedly left her 2- and 5-year-old children home alone to meet with her client, who turned out to be an undercover investigator posing as a john.
Booker allegedly told investigators she paid $3 to post the online ad and “intended to use the money she earned to pay rent.” The complaint didn’t state on which website her ad was placed.
Booker asked investigators to check on her two children, giving them two different addresses. She later said they were home alone, sleeping on the couch with the door unlocked, according to the complaint. At 1:55 a.m. on Sunday, officers found them asleep on the couch inside the home, which they described as “filthy.” They reported that the children “smelled unclean,” the complaint stated.
Booker was to appear in court Monday on the charges, but a woman with a similar name was incorrectly brought to the hearing room from jail. That woman is not charged with misdemeanor prostitution.
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