Ritual-crime, occults on rise nationwide

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http://articles.dailypress.com/2011-01- ... ire-gaming

January 15, 2011|By Allison T. Williams, atwilliams@dailypress.com | 247-4535NEWPORT NEWS — — If you think vampires are figments of television and novels, think again.

Thanks to HBO's hit vampire television series, "True Blood," and the "Twilight" series of novels and movies that center on teenage vampires, law enforcement agencies nationwide are seeing an upswing in ritual and occult-related crimes, said Don Rimer, a retired Virginia Beach police officer and an international expert on occult crime.

More than 100 people — mostly police officers from across Hampton Roads and central Virginia — turned out for Rimer's seminar Saturday about how occults can impact teenagers. The presentation, sponsored by the Newport News Police Department, also helped educate officers about the influences that satanic, gothic, and vampire groups can have on teens