Psychic “cleanses” victim out of $45,000 www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on October 15, 2009
Gallatin Police on Wednesday arrested the owners of the business Psychic Readers on Nashville Pike for allegedly convincing a victim to give them a total of $45,000 in cash over a six-week period, and then refusing to return the money.
Evonna Pebbles Williams, the self-proclaimed psychic of Psychic Readers on Nashville Pike, was charged with theft by deception over $10,000. Billy Marks was charged with theft by deception over $10,000 after the fact.
According to court documents, Williams initially consulted with the victim in November of 2007, and Williams allegedly told the victim she was cursed by the number 3.
According to affidavits, the victim was told that her money was the source of all of her problems by Evonna Pebbles Williams and that the victim’s money needed to be spiritually cleansed.
Williams asked the victim to bring her various amounts of cash in increments of three over a period of time, and she would cleanse the money for the victim, according to affidavits.
The victim was allegedly instructed not tell anyone about the process, because it would supposedly slow down the cleansing. To demonstrate her power, Williams used “parlor tricks” to convince the victim.
An affidavit says the victim took Williams $3,000 in cash on Dec. 4, 2007; $12,000 on Dec. 11, 2007; $12,000 on Dec. 14, 2007; $6,000 on Dec. 21, 2007; $3,000 on Jan. 4, 2008, and $9,000 on Jan. 8, 2008.
Since then, the victim claims to have made repeated attempts in vain to get her money back from Williams, according to an affidavit.
The victim went to the Gallatin Police Department about the situation on Sept. 20, and later in the month the victim was equipped with a consensual listening device and went to visit Williams.
The victim spoke to an unknown male, later identified as Marks, and an unknown older female, according to the documents.
The two allegedly told the victim repeatedly that the victim must allow the cleansing process to continue, but they later made several offers for payment short of $45,000, but the victim refused.
Police are continuing their investigation in an attempt to identify the older female and determine if she should face charges.
Gallatin Police believe there may be several other victims in the area, and they are asking those who believe they have been scammed by Williams to come forward and contact the police department at 452-1313.
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