A Blair County, Pennsylvania grandmother is accused of threatening a police officer with what she calls “white witchery” if he didn’t drop her grandson’s felony drug charge.
Celestia Barker III, 74, is accused of calling police and asking an officer to drop felony drug charges against her grandson, saying he only had a small amount of marijuana and a pipe, according to a police report obtained by WTAJ.
Barker allegedly told the officer that she practices “witch” activities and he’d be in jeopardy if he failed to drop the charges. She said she wasn’t threatening anyone, but just “making statements,” according to the charges filed.
Barker proceeded to call back numerous times and even called Blair County Dispatch three different times, court records show. One of the times she allegedly spoke with a dispatcher for 23 minutes, telling them she would use “white witchery” on the officer if the felony charges weren’t dropped.
When state police questioned Barker about the calls, she reportedly replied, “Yes, I did do that. Is there a law against it?” After being told there is, in fact, a law against it, Barker told the trooper that she practices “white witchery” and that they “best be looking over their shoulder.”
Barker is now facing a felony charge of threatening unlawful harm to a public servant to the judicial process. She was released on $10,000 unsecured bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 26.