Settlement and district statistics were updated as of May 1, 2014. Population figures (which include adults and children) are estimates calculated by using state-sensitive averages of the estimated number of people per church district. The…
Ischua, New York – Authorities say a tip called in by a Facebook follower led to the arrest of the motorist who was involved in a hit-and-run accident with an Amish horse-drawn buggy on a…
East Earl, Pennsylvania – An East Earl man admitted to burglarizing more than a dozen local homes, most of the targets being Plain-sect properties. Lewis B. Knight, 29, pleaded guilty to 14 burglaries in at…
Woodhull, New York – Police say a Woodhull woman used her position as a bank employee to defraud money from Amish individuals, businesses and the Old Order Amish Church. Stacy L. Zeh, 42, has been…
Pawnee City, Nebraska – A 57-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to a fatal collision with a horse-drawn buggy in southeast Nebraska. Online court records say Vivian Cockrell, of Pawnee City,…
Middlefield, Ohio – Sheriff’s deputies in Geauga County spent decades trying to form a better relationship with a segment of its community not known for its openness with law enforcement — a group who didn’t…
Gladwin and Clare Counties, Michigan – Michigan State Police troopers from the West Branch Post, along with Gladwin and Clare county sheriff’s deputies, are investigating several armed robberies of Amish buggies. The armed robberies and…
Lisbon, Ohio – The Columbiana County sheriff’s office broke up an Amish keg party in a wooded area off Myers Road Saturday night. According to sheriff’s reports, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office had contacted the…
Chardon, Ohio – The Geauga County Sheriff’s Office has arrested four people in connection with a string of attacks against the Amish. Deputies said the masked men tried to rob two buggies along Bundysburg Road…
Years ago, state police reported that a tourist visiting Lancaster County had complained because Amish farmers working a field wouldn’t pose for photos. Apparently the tourist thought the Amish were akin to the costumed interpreters…
