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Police seek scamming 'witch doctor'

LAKEWOOD, Wash., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Washington state police said they were searching for a "witch doctor" who "cleansed" money of evil and allegedly ran off with nearly $140,000 from clients.

Lakewood police said the woman, who uses the name Senora Monica, conned multiple people in the Puget Sound region into giving her large sums of money to cleanse, KIRO-TV, Seattle, reported.

Police Lt. Heidi Hoffman said Monica would often return the money to her clients, and then ask for a fee for her services.

Hoffman said the suspect and her husband ran a Lakewood store called "Centro de Consultas Espirituales" that specialized in spiritual guidance and sold items such as incense, candles and talents. She said Monica and her husband fled after stockpiling a large amount of money.

A woman who owns a hair salon next to Monica's store said the woman would tell clients they would die if their money was not cleansed of evil spirits.

Police said they do not yet have any leads on where Monica and her husband may have fled.

Suspect was wearing victim's underwear

SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Authorities in Oregon say they arrested a burglary suspect dressed only in the underwear of his alleged victim.

Lt. Sheila Lorance, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Sheriff's Office, said a woman called 911 about 10:05 p.m. Monday and said her boyfriend had found an intruder in her Salem garage, where her laundry is kept, The (Portland) Oregonian reported.

Deputies arrived and arrested Randall Joseph Giesbers, 47, who they said was wearing nothing but the victim's underwear.

The victim told investigators many items of her clothing had gone missing in recent months and deputies found garbage bags full of women's clothing, underwear, shoes and accessories in the garage of the suspect, who lives near the victim.

Lorance said deputies also found illegal fireworks in Giesbers' garage, which were turned over to Oregon State Police.

Giesbers was charged with burglary, theft, criminal trespass and possession of illegal fireworks.

Falling fish shatters windshield

MARBLEHEAD, Ohio, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- An Ohio woman said a Lake Erie freshwater drum, or sheepshead, dropped by an eagle smashed the windshield of her car while she was driving.

Leighann Niles, 35, of South Euclid said the moderate-sized fish shattered the glass of her windshield Tuesday in Marblehead when it was dropped from a height of about 40 feet by a bald eagle, the Sandusky (Ohio) Register reported.

"It was a very bizarre situation," Niles said.

"I look in the air and see the most beautiful eagle I'd ever seen in my life," she said. "The next thing I knew, the fish wiggled -- it dropped like a brick and completely shattered my windshield."

Niles said she wound up paying $260 out-of-pocket to have the windshield replaced.

DJ cleans poo for botched TP prank

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A Florida disc jockey whose attempt to toilet paper his mayor's house was foiled by bad directions paid penance for the prank by cleaning a city sewage plant.

Jason Pennington, a DJ with WILD-FM, West Palm Beach, agreed to clean the septic tank acceptance station at the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility as punishment for the toilet paper episode, which went awry when an address mix-up left a neighbor being toilet papered instead of West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel, The Palm Beach Post reported.

The punishment, which was filmed for posterity by WILD intern Annabel DeSito, lasted five minutes.

Pennington said he had intended to cover Frankel's house in the Presidential Estates gated community in 28 rolls of toilet paper, but wound up covering a neighbor's house, car and trees because he didn't check the address.

Heather Nelson, producer of the station's Wild Morning Show, said Pennington and morning crew co-hosts Kevin Rolston and Virginia Lang targeted the mayor's house because of alleged vote rigging in a dance contest she won this year over fellow competitor Lang, who did not place in the final rankings.