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Who’s the black magic woman?
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Posted on Apr 26 2005
The identity of the “black magic” woman remains a mystery, with the Superior Court’s Marshal Service and the Department of Public Safety disclosing no detail on who the person is—at least for the moment.
“I did not get her name, I don’t know why,” said Jess Santos, the chief of the court’s Marshal Service.
Santos narrated that when he accosted the woman after spotting the latter pouring “black medicine” on Judge Juan T. Lizama’s seat, she touched his back at one point. Santos said he shoved away the woman’s hand.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Eric David could not disclose the woman’s identity as of press time. He said he obtained no information from the Department of Corrections about a woman being brought there Monday. But David said that he would release information on the case possibly on Thursday.
Santos said the Marshal turned the woman over to police. Based on information reaching the Marshal’s office, police also arrested the woman’s companion, David S. Yanneris, as he went inside the courthouse to attend a traffic case at Lizama’s courtroom.
Yanneris is facing five traffic charges that include driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving. The 35-year-old Pohnpeian got his traffic citation last Oct. 31, 2004.
Court records showed that Yanneris was scheduled to attend a status conference at Lizama’s courtroom in the afternoon Monday.
Before noontime, he allegedly instructed the black magic woman to perform tricks on the judge’s seat while the courtroom was empty. The woman told Santos that she had poured “medicine” on the judge’s seat so that the magistrate would feel sorry for Yanneris.
The Department of Public Safety’s crime scene probers responded Monday to the courthouse regarding the case. Crime scene investigator Joey M. Benavente went to the Marshal’s office, where he took photos of the stained microphone, desk calendar and seat cushion.
Santos caught the woman performing black magic through the Marshal’s security camera and video monitor.
