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She should have seen it coming

By adamg on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 2:53pm

Boston Police report they will seek a criminal complaint against a resident of 411 Marlborough St. for telling fortunes without a license. Police say she applied for license, withdrew her application when her Back Bay neighbors objected, then set up shop in her apartment anyway:

Detectives obtained fliers that were put on cars advertising the psychic readings.

Also click on the link to read about some out-of-town alleged lunkheads arrested at last night's game at Fenway Park, including two Melrose youths who loudly planned to run onto the field, but were apparently too drunk to make it there before police arrived.

And police report they are looking for two guys in a car with out-of-state plates for holding up the Central Garage, 600 Commercial St., at gunpoint around 5 this morning. Local crime buffs know the address well.

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By Jeff Egnaczyk on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 5:03pm.

Why does the state license fortune tellers? What could the criteria possibly be?

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By eeka not logged in on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 5:10pm.

There's not any professional license category that they'd fit into, but wouldn't they need a generic business license?

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By adamg on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 5:34pm.

1) To make some money.

2) To keep out the riffraff.

3) To give the local constabulary another tool for going after people like this, because come on, who's going to apply for a permit for something like that? Or if they do, what are they going to do after the neighbors raise bloody hell? It's the same principal as states going after people for failing to buy tax stamps to put on their illegal drugs.

Apologies if I'm wrong, but I think this is actually a local issue, i.e., the local selectmen or city council sets the criteria, not the legislature.

Oh, and lest we forget - this was a fun issue a few weeks ago in Salem, where the fortune tellers wanted the city to keep those trashy Tarot-card readers out of town.

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