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Midtown Fortune Teller Pleads Guilty... Again

By DNAinfo Staff on March 23, 2010 7:47am  | Updated on March 23, 2010 8:11am

Fortune teller Tammy Mitchell shields her face from photographers as she consents to a guilty plea on March 22.
Fortune teller Tammy Mitchell shields her face from photographers as she consents to a guilty plea on March 22.
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By Shayna Jacobs

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT — A Midtown fortune teller accused of selling paranormal services to people throughout the country pleaded guilty to another set of criminal charges on Monday.

Purported psychic Tammy Mitchell, 45, convinced a woman to pay her $40,000 to rid her of a curse and haunting from evil spirits, prosecutors said.

Mitchell allegedly told her victim she was doomed by a genetically-distributed curse passed on from her grandmother and the woman responded by paying her thousands over a 19-month period.

The woman even co-signed a car lease with Mitchell, who has since returned the vehicle, according to court papers.

Mitchell pleaded guilty Monday to fortune telling, a misdemeanor in New York, and grand larceny in the third degree.

Mitchell previously pleaded guilty to swindling a Wyoming man out of almost $500,000 in exchange for similar undeliverable services.

She was promised a total prison sentence of two to six years in both Manhattan cases and was ordered to repay a total of $107,000 in restitution.

Mitchell has convictions in New Jersey, according to reports. She was also wanted by a sheriff's department in Florida.

She is scheduled to be sentenced on April 7 in Manhattan Supreme Court.