CLEVELAND – Twelve members of a breakaway Amish group pleaded not guilty Wednesday to beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in a feud over church discipline. The seven original defendants ...

TOLEDO, Ohio -- A breakaway Amish group accused of settling a score by carrying out hair-cutting attacks against members of their faith moved into the hills of eastern Ohio two decades ago following a ...

Jurors are deliberating in the bizarre hate crime trial of an Amish sect in Ohio accused of cutting the beards and hair of former followers. One of the pieces of evidence they’re mulling over is a ...

When the FBI arrested Ohio Amish sect leader Samuel Mullet Sr. for allegedly ordering his followers to cut off ex-members’ beards, he was in the midst of “counseling” a married woman — in his bedroom.

CLEVELAND – A bishop testifying against 16 fellow Amish in Ohio said his chest-length beard was chopped to within 1½ inches of his chin during a late-night home invasion. Forty-six-year-old Myron ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. CLEVELAND — Sixteen Amish men and women face arraignment Thursday in federal ...

Hair- and beard-cutting as a form of discipline is just part of the unusual portrait of a band of Ohio Amish expected to unfold in U.S. District Court in Cleveland this week. More surprising is the ...

(AP) — Twelve members of a breakaway Amish group pleaded not guilty Wednesday to beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in a feud over church discipline. The seven original defendants ...