People like this, give legitimate psychics a bad name. It is sad to see the innocent duped, but I'm glad to see this charlatan was caught! - Tater the Skype Psychic
Psychic 'scares 12-year-old girl into stealing $10k jewellery to lift terrible curse'
By Daily Mail Reporter
A woman who claimed to be a psychic scared a 12-year-old girl into stealing $10,000 worth of family jewelry as payment to remove a curse, say authorities in California.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said that Jackeline Lopez was arrested last month on suspicion of extortion.
The victim, whose name is being withheld due to her age, is friends with the daughter of Lopez through school.
Decked out: Jackeline Lopez allegedly took the 12 year old victim to her garage and told her that by reading her future, she could tell that the girl had a massive curse placed on her family and Lopez needed jewels to remove it
In August, the victim began sneaking out of her house to visit her friend, and while the girls were at the Lopez residence, Lopez held psychic readings that she told the girl allowed her to read her future.
Authorities allege that Lopez held psychic sessions in her garage in Palmdale, California, about an hour's drive north of Los Angeles.
To create an authentic effect, Lopez decorated the garage in full psychic regalia, adorning it with candles, chalk outlines, cauldrons, beads, dolls, and replicas of human skulls.
Spooky: Lopez told the girl to put the jewels in a cauldron, then she would say that the girl hadn't brought enough jewels to lift the curse
Lopez allegedly told the girl she was cursed and horrible things would happen to both her and her family if the curse was not removed.