Tuesday, December 13, 2016 VIRGIN ISLANDS The Virgin Islands Daily News 9 . . lo lo Prosecutors: white powder SEC, mer istand Boat Services, inc, SIE. . Ferry Schedule letters contained hoodoo curse [zz Seen eee : Departs Red Hook / St. John Day West End, Tortola By SUZANNE CARLSON the employees in the courthouse Daily News Staff Hoodoo, also known who were exposed to the powder 7:15 a.m. / Non-Stop Mon - Sun 8:00 a.m. “ ral were quarantined for hours,” ac- ? , 7 . A woman facing federal criminal as “rootwork,” is a cording to the filing. Mf Sa) aM Mon San =e, charges for mailing letters contain- traditional African The incident caused significant 11:00 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. Mon - Sun 12:15 p.m. i whit d i tt ting t di ti t th th : d at ing white powder was attempting to . isruption at the courthouse and a : ; 7 . place a hoodoo curse on her ene- American folk the private law office of attorney 0 pm / 30 pam. Mon Tre, Set 4:15 p.m. mies, according to court documents spirituality that Bennett Chan near the West Indian 4:00 p.m. / 4:30 p.m. Sun 5:15 p.m. filed by prosecutors in the case. Co. cruise ship dock. ; Eugenia Winston, who is facing developed from a . “The purpose of lacing these en- 4:30 p.m. / Non-Stop Mon - Sun 32 counts of mailing eee number of West African eclupes with hotfoot powder — 4:30 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. Fri 5:30 p.m. communications, placed “hotfoot” a wae instill fear and intimidation in the powder into envelopes containing spiritual traditions and witnesses to prevent their testify- Virgin Gorda subpoenas that she mailed to wit- beliefs. ing against Winston,” according to rg nesses set to testify against her in prosecutors’ filing. a civil lawsuit against her former The filing does not indicate how Thursdays & Sundays employer, Scotiabank, according to actions. authorities determined the sub- Departs Red Hook, St. Thomas Departs St. John Departs Virgin Gorda court documents. “Winston mailed over 30 en- stance in the envelopes was hotfoot 5 5 5 Hoodoo, a