WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Patches arrested, police say her scent made men pass out

Patches arrested, police say her scent made men pass out

HOUMA, LA (WAFB) - Houma police officers and Terrebonne Parish sheriff's deputies say an attractive woman named Patches has been arrested after her "cologne samples" made at least two men pass out. One of the incidents prompted a statewide alert to Louisiana law enforcement agencies.

The first complaint happened in early June. Police say an 18-year-old man says he was leaving a Houma restaurant at lunchtime when he was approached by a woman who said she was selling cologne.

Police say the woman asked the victim is he was interested in buying some cologne she was selling. "The suspect produced a sample of the cologne, waved it under the victim's nose, then produced a clear bottle of another sample, sprayed it on a sheet of paper then waved the paper in the victim's face causing him to smell it," said sheriff's spokesman Todd Duplantis.

The woman then left the area with three "large black male subjects," Duplantis said. The victim returned to work, where he passed out, investigators said. His symptoms included dizziness, shortness of breath, and numbness in his extremities.

The second incident was reported on July 9th. Houma police say a woman was trying to sell cologne at a business on Martin Luther King Boulevard. She allegedly sprayed another person with a substance and that victim was feeling ill.

The next day, detectives arrested 23-yaer-old Patches Wegmann of Harvey. "During the interview, she admitted to the crime which occurred on June 9," Duplantis said. Patches Wegmann was charged with second-degree battery and unlawful solicitation. She was booked into the Terrebonne Parish Jail.

Detectives did not disclose a possible motive in the case.