Mom Arrested for Pimping 4-Year-Old Daughter

(Martinez, California) A 22-year-old woman, Shannon Nicole Woods, was arrested Tuesday on allegations that she attempted to sell her 4-year-old daughter for sex over the Internet. She has been charged with offering a minor under 16 for lewd and lascivious acts.

From MercuryNews.com:

The National Center for Exploited and Missing Children contacted Martinez Police after receiving a tip two weeks ago that Shannon Nicole Woods was soliciting her child, Sgt. Gary Peterson said Friday.

"She denies that she offered up the child," he said. "But we have records of online activity that shows she did."

Woods solicited men for prostitution through a posting on Craigslist, Peterson said.

Woods is in jail at the Contra Costa County Main Detention Facility with bail set at $50,000.

Since it was through the CyberTip line of the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children and not Craigslist that authorities were notified, one has to assume that Craigslist postings are not monitored effectively to preclude it from being used as a vehicle for commission of crimes. Some people may regard the apparent lack of oversight as negligent.