Middlefield residents were shocked to learn the 53 year Zaccheus W. was arrested on charges of Sorcery and Necromancy on the 3rd of September.  Zaccheus is a well known member of the community and a supporter of the Levi Coe Library. His neighbor, Lizzy J., couldn’t believe her eyes when Middlefield police detectives took him away in silver coated chains and a mouth gag.  “Why would they gag him?  Aren’t the handcuffs enough?” wondered Lizzy.  An unidentified source on the police department said that gagging the alleged sorcerer is standard procedure because the officers can’t run the risk of spells being cast during transport to the jail.  Extra bonds, a straight jacket for example, may also be used in certain cases. Officially, the Middlefield PD did not want to comment on the case so the exact circumstances of the charges are unknown to MI at this time. Police officers were scene removing a number of arcane artifacts and an assortment of strange items presumed to be part of spell casting rituals.

Mr. W. was accused of communing with spirits of dead Middlefield residents.  Authorities wouldn’t say which residents. Police detectives did indicate that a long investigation did take place before the arrest.  They did say, that Mr. W. had a land dispute with one of his neighbors; and it is believed he was looking for information to support his claims against his neighbor.  MI does not know if Mr. W. had used spell casting for any other purpose. Concerning the land dispute, MI was able to learn that Mr. Walters needed to run a water line from a newly installed grinder pump to the town’s sewer system, and the neighbor wouldn’t allow Mr. W. an easement to run the pipes.

Mr. W. has been taken to the Middlefield Institute for the Clinically Insane (MICI) for evaluation.  It is also believed that they have the facilities to house unique “persons of interest” that the Middlefield PD doesn’t possess in its jail.  Since being sent to MICI, Mr. Walters has not been seen.  Further, MI couldn’t not find any information about a trial date.  MI finds this to be very suspicious, that a citizen can mysteriously disappear like this.