Police: Witch Put Hex On Department

SALEM, Mass. -- Police claim Salem's official witch put a hex on them as the result of a custody dispute.

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David Boeri Reports On Hex

NewsCenter 5's David Boeri reported that it started with a child custody dispute, a judge's warrant for a child's return and the arrest of the daughter of Laurie Cabot, the official witch of Salem. When Cabot didn't open the door for police, they entered on their own.

"I'm talking to them and they are, like, doing their business, and, you know, 'I got a warrant,' you know? I said, 'Stop, you are not paying attention. Look me in the eye,'" said Cabot. "I didn't say for life. I said, 'Look me in the eye. You are cursed.' I meant it. They were nervous."

Cabot, who's said she has spent her career as a "Dale Carnegie of Witches," was coming off as the Wicked Witch of the East Friday, appearing in a Salem newspaper with the headlines: "Hex and the City: Witch Curses Salem Cops."

"I don't do curses. I say it is a curse when you do bad things," said Cabot.

The police, whose station was still upright Friday, may know the laws of the commonwealth, Cabot said, but they don't know the universal law of witches.

"We call it the 'Threefold Law.' Whatever you do comes back threefold. You curse yourself by doing things against human kind," she said.

Police said they were only doing their jobs, but did not comment Friday.

No criminal charges were filed in the case.