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Amish woman testifies bishop on trial forced sex
CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman says she left an Ohio Amish settlement because the bishop who's accused of orchestrating hair-cutting attacks last fall had been forcing her to have sex with him. The woman told jurors hearing the hate crimes trial of 16...
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From paintings on a clothesline ... Amish Acres Arts & Crafts hits 50th
WSBT-TV ReporterIt began with watercolor paintings of red barns hanging on clothesline in front of a downtown Nappanee furniture store to celebrate “Sidewalk Days” in 1962. Fifty years later it’s an event drawing more than 300 artists from 30 states...Tags: Painting, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Amish in Ohio hair-cutting case seek to avoid oath
CLEVELAND (AP) — Some of the 16 people charged in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are asking not to be required to swear an oath if they testify in federal court. Pretrial documents filed Monday include the request Amish...Tags: Prosecution, Defendants
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Judge rejects Ohio Amish hate crime law challenge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has rejected a challenge of the federal hate crimes law by Amish defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio. The defendants argue the alleged attacks last fall weren't hate crimes but...Tags: Justice System, Religion and Belief, Hate Crimes, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jurors resume deliberations in Ohio Amish case
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurors have begun a third day of deliberations in the trial of 16 people accused of hate crimes in hair- and beard-cutting attacks against their fellow Amish in Ohio. The jury started deliberations Thursday, resumed them Friday and...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Hate Crimes, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice
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Warsaw police nab man accused of driving drunk, deliberately hitting horse and Amish wagon
WSBT-TVWARSAW – Warsaw police have arrested the man accused of deliberately driving his car into a horse and Amish wagon this past weekend. The horse was killed in the hit-and-run near Walmart on Sheldon Street just north of U.S. 30 on the city’s... -
UPDATE: Amish teens say hit-and-run driver struck Buggy intentionally
WARSAW, Ind. – We have more information about a shocking hit-and-run crash in Warsaw over the weekend. The occupants of the buggy that was struck tell WSBT the driver intentionally swerved to hit them -- killing their horse and throwing them from...
Tags: Walmart, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Elkhart County sheriff teams with Amish community to reduce buggy crashes
WSBT-TVELKHART – It’s been a full year since a tragic accident near Middlebury killed two Amish children and injured three others. Now, Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers has unveiled a new partnership with members of the Amish community. On Labor...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Middlebury, Labor Day, Accidental Death
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2 men arrested after NE Indiana Amish attacks
BERNE, Ind. (AP) — Two Fort Wayne men have been arrested in connection with attacks on members of a northeastern Indiana Amish community. Adams County Sheriff Shane Rekeweg said Wednesday that formal charges of armed robbery and criminal...
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Ohio man to be sentenced in $17M Amish fraud case
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man is set to be sentenced for defrauding fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million. A judge in Youngstown will sentence 77-year-old Monroe L. Beachy on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud. The...Tags: Punishment, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Bankruptcy
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Ohio man sentenced for defrauding Amish in 29 states of $17M
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has sentenced a man to more than six years in prison for defrauding fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million. The sentencing Wednesday comes after 78-year-old Monroe L. Beachy pleaded...
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Ind. woman, 3 others charged in Amish attacks
BERNE, Ind. (AP) — Four northern Indiana residents are facing felony charges in connection with a series of attacks and robberies on local Amish traveling in horse-drawn buggies. Court documents allege that 42-year-old Michelle Rodriguez hatched...Tags: Theft
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