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[Joe Futrelle]

>By Associated Press, 09/25/01
>
>STAMFORD, Conn. - A city man has been charged
>with reckless burning after
>police say he set fire to a teddy bear he claims
>was "possessed." Police said
>Lucson Aladin, 32, burned a teddy bear in his
>back yard Sunday as part of a
>voodoo ritual because he believed it was
>possessed and he was trying to rid
>it of evil spirits.
>
>Aladin was charged with reckless burning.
>
>Firefighters had responded to a report of a brush
>fire at the Aladin's home
>Sunday night and found the teddy bear burning in
>the back yard. "He said he
>was burning this bear because it was possessed,"
>said police Sgt. Kevin
>Goettel, head of the East Side district. "He was
>performing a voodoo ritual
>to rid it of this evil spirit."

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