mother-daughter prostitution team

Philadelphia police have arrested a mother-daughter pair
accused of working together as prostitutes.


Traci Young and Tami Smith

Both mother Traci Young, 38, and daughter Tami Smith, 22, were escorted by police
from their home on Thursday as a crowd of neighbors applauded.

Philadelphia Citywide Vice Unit officers said the two advertised and provided sex
for clients they met on the Craigslist Web site.

Young's boyfriend is also facing charges.
"It's a messed up world out there,"
Young said as she was led away in handcuffs.
"We have to do this to get by."
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Police Lt. Charles Green said the unit was able to get an undercover officer to pose as a customer.
Police also said both women agreed to perform sex for $200.
"We answered the ad, made the appointment
and we were successful in making the arrest," Green said.

Neighbors applauded when the women were brought out.
They said they have been complaining to police for nearly a year,
shortly after the two women rented the property.


Police said the women allegedly had sex with their customers
on a mattress in the basement of the home.

Smith's three children, ages 3 to 7, were discovered nearby with a baby-sitter.
They were taken into custody by the city's Department of Human Services.

(NBC)