Woman pleads guilty to mailing threatening ‘voodoo’ letters
A 31-year-old Upper Marlboro woman pleaded guilty to sending letters threatening to inflict physical harm on a woman and her daughter through voodoo curses and spells, prosecutors said. Lakeisha Jones sent a package to the victims that contained a dead mouse and letters titled “Black Curse” and “Voodoo Spell” that described physical harm Jones would inflict on them. One letter described lewd sexual acts to be performed on the woman’s child and contained a hand-drawn depiction of the child being shot.
Man stabbed at Wheaton Metro
A robbery turned bloody outside a the Wheaton Metro station when a man was stabbed by one of three armed men, Montgomery County police said. The victim, who was treated and released for his injuries at a hospital, was stabbed in his back, arm and stomach around 8 p.m. Thursday night, police said. The assailants, described as three black males between 17 and 25 years old, fled before police arrived. Anyone with information should call Montgomery County police at 240-773-5530.
Woman who falsely accused officer of rape get seven months in prison
A 26-year-old woman who accused a U.S. Park Police officer of raping her after he arrested her for drunken driving was sentenced to seven months in prison for lying about the rape, prosecutors said. Adrienne L. Williams was pulled over on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in July 2008 for speeding, authorities said. She failed sobriety tests, was arrested and taken to the hospital. While on the ride she claimed the officer tried to feel her thigh. She said he scratched her legs. Hospital workers found scratches on her legs, but they concluded they were self-inflicted after blood under her mangled finger nails was found to be hers, prosecutors said.
Compiled by Freeman Klopott
