Woman Gets Jail for Cross-Country Sex Trip - Updated

(Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Yesterday in Eau Claire County Court, 44-year-old Tracy Taylor was sentenced to seven months in jail after previously pleading no contest to attempted sexual assault of a child under 16.

"In some ways, it's every parent's nightmare," Eau Claire County Judge Lisa Stark said Thursday at Tracy A. Taylor's sentencing hearing.

"This was so close to taking place," the judge said of the attempted sexual rendezvous.

Taylor has no prior criminal record and has bachelor's and master's degrees in social work.

"You knew the boundaries. You knew what you shouldn't do," Stark said to Taylor. "What happened here cannot happen again."

Taylor also received seven years of probation to be served when she is released. She has permission to serve the probation in New York, if possible. She was also ordered to register as a sex offender.

Additionally, Taylor is prohibited from contacting her victim or his family and prohibited from using computers or cell phones without her parole officer's consent. She was also ordered to pay an unspecified amount of restitution for counseling for her victim.


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Woman Arrested for Internet Hook Up with Boy
[Previous 4/27/08]
(Eau Claire, Wisconsin) A 44-year-old Albany, NY, woman, Tracy Taylor, was arrested Friday for allegedly enticing a 15-year-old boy for sex.

Authorities say that Taylor met the boy on an Internet networking website and made plans to meet him for apparent sexual relations.

After traveling from New York and checking into a motel, Taylor was taken into custody on charges of attempted sexual assault of a child, using a computer to facilitate a sex crime and child enticement.

According to a Eau Claire Police Department release:

Eau Claire Police investigators and Eau Claire County Sheriff’s investigators served a search warrant at the female’s hotel room after she was observed checking in. Evidence located in the room indicates pre-planned sexual contact.

Taylor is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow.


[Update 4/30/08]

Tracy Taylor appeared in Eau Claire County Circuit Court on Monday where a judge set bail at $50,000. Also, new information was disclosed.

As part of the investigation, the county sheriff's detective on the case reviewed text messages, including one from April 22 where the boy asked "Will we be able to have sex?" to which the woman allegedly replied: "I hope so. I love you."

Detectives learned Taylor had reserved a room at the Days Inn on Truax Lane in Eau Claire from Friday through Monday.

Police obtained a search warrant. After Taylor checked into Room 103, police found condoms, candles, baby oil and bottles of alcoholic beverages. Additionally, they found a letter from the teen giving his age, said the criminal complaint.

Eau Claire Deputy Police Chief Eric Larsen, said Monday that Taylor met the teen on the social networking site gaiaonline.com. He characterized it as a children's gaming Web site.

Another court appearance is scheduled for May 6.