News December 4, Ron Braden will avoid prison time after pleading guilty Wednesday for having sex with a year-old prostitute in Glenwood Springs. Braden pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which in this case involved an underage person in possession of marijuana, which carried a potential year prison sentence, and up to 12 years in aggravated circumstances. Braden also pleaded guilty to engaging with a prostitute, a class 1 misdemeanor, which could have resulted in an month jail sentence.
Judge Denise Lynch sentenced Braden to a total of 5 years supervised probation and hours of community service. The teenager and her friend, also a minor, were trafficked by Dasjuan Goode, who accepted a plea deal in August and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October. Damara Hester, who pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in October for her role in the prostitution ring, is scheduled for sentencing in January. The facts of the case indicate that prostitution contributes to trafficking of minors, and that those seeking to pay for sex should be punished, according to Drake.
Prosecutors had asked for jail time as punishment. Your reputation is gone. Even though Braden had a daughter approximately the same age as the victim, it is not reasonable to expect him to know that the victim was a minor in part because of her race, his attorney argued. Tafoya-Modi said that Braden was seeking comfort after a breakup, and spent time with Hester and later the victim because he thought they were adults. Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil.
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