Amish Communities Deal With Meth Problem
One look at the countryside and the beauty should take your breath away. “If you want to retire some place, this is the place to do it,” said Justin Siak. “There’s something to this.” Amish…
Ohio’s “Amish Bernie Madoff” gets prison term for bilking investors
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The man dubbed the Amish Bernie Madoff tried to disassociate himself from the notorious New York City swindler Wednesday, but a federal judge didn’t buy it. U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson rejected…
Amish man to serve up to 10-year prison sentence on sexual abuse charge
FAIRBANK – A member of an Amish Community, William J. Yutzy, 30, of 33906 Hilton Road, Edgewood, formerly of 1370 Dillon Ave., Fairbank, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on one count of Sexual Abuse in…
Middlefield: Former Amish seek out education
MIDDLEFIELD — Some Amish leave the faith to pursue further education. William Troyer grew up in Middlefield and left the Amish community at age 18. “There’s nothing wrong with being Amish, it just wasn’t for…
Police: Eight Amish, Mennonite boys sexually assaulted by Huntingdon County man
HUNTINGDON, Pa. — According to criminal complaint obtained by 6News, a Huntingdon County man charged last month on accusations of sexually abusing three boys was slapped with new charges this week. State police filed 145…
Smoke Detectors Violate Our Religious Beliefs, Say Amish
A group of Amish men are currently in court because they refuse to install smoke detectors in their New York homes: Read more
Amish Business Owner Robbed at Gunpoint
GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) — An Amish store was robbed at gunpoint Monday morning. The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office says the robbery happened about 7 a.m. at Yoder Lumber in Walnut Township. Read more
Amish man carefully walks line between belief in privacy and the need for public outreach
On a chilly April morning, Amishman Moses “Mose” B. Smucker joined Mennonite and Evangelical friends, all of them Stoltzfus descendants, to talk of faith and heritage in an unfinished Wyomissing barn. It was a cold…
Elderly man accused of sexually abusing Amish victims
PULASKI, TN (WAFF) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a Pulaski, Tennessee man on several sex charges. Investigators said 80-year-old Maurice Dale “Jimmy” McAllister abused male and female victims over the course of seven years. Residents…
Two recent crashes of Amish buggies with autos raise safety issue
Two collisions that crushed horse-drawn buggies and critically injured two Amishmen in Mercer County this month have renewed attention to the mismatch between fast, heavy metal motor vehicles and slow, lightweight wooden buggies. Most Amish…