ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Albuquerque police say a woman left her two young kids with her boyfriend outside a motel where she planned to prostitute herself. KRQE-TV reports that 21-year-old Jodeci Smith and 29-year-old Ruben Lave appeared in court Saturday on charges of abandonment or abuse of a child and conspiracy to commit a second-degree felony.
Lave, who is accused of letting Smith post an escort ad from his phone, faces one count of promoting prostitution. According to a criminal complaint, Smith offered an undercover officer a sexual act in exchange for money and police then arrested her. Authorities say Lave was waiting in the couple's vehicle with her 3-year-old and 1-year-old in the backseat. Lave told police he knew what Smith was doing.
A judge set a $15,000 bond for them.
