A used car dealer named Ruben Hernandez decided to try a little magic to fend off law enforcement officials who were getting too close with their warrants and charges of mortgage fraud and such. So he tried "black magic" and "voodoo," according to this account in L.A. Now. Prosecutor Eugene Hanrahan notes that one of the voodoo dolls "had my name" on it and was upside down in "this brown liquid." Yuck.
The dealer's attempts didn't work too well, since the judge (none other than the legendary Lance Ito) recently sentenced him to twelve years for various misdeeds. He tried to explain the use of the dolls as "spiritual acupuncture."
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