A second suspect has been jailed in the Lawrence County, Missouri vandalism case targeting Amish property. When we first looked at this frankly wild-sounding story Friday, it wasn’t then known if a house that had been burnt down was Amish-owned or not. But now a witness has identified it as such. And a man has been jailed in connection with that crime – one of…

This is a bizarre case out of Missouri with some nasty, dangerous things done to destroy Amish-owned property, including a buggy – and possibly a home. A woman in Lawrence County, Missouri has been charged in a vandalism case that started with a stolen Amish buggy pushed off a bridge into a creek, and that investigators say also involved a house that burned to the…

After a recent spate of kidnapping attempts of Amish adults and children, one of the perpetrators has now received his punishment. The man who tried to kidnap a 9-year-old Amish boy from a farm stand in Juniata County, Pennsylvania last year is headed to prison. Back in September 2025, a man grabbed the boy while his back was turned, forced him into an SUV, and…

Following the recent abduction attempt in Pennsylvania, there’s been another try at kidnapping an Amish female – this time in Indiana. A heavily intoxicated man is accused of trying to force an Amish girl into his car at gunpoint outside her home in Salem, Indiana. Thankfully, her father and brothers intervened, and detained him until deputies arrived. The Washington County Sheriff’s Department says 53-year-old Jeffrey…

In May of 2025 we learned of charges against a man named John Miller Esh of Strasburg Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Police said Esh posed as a chiropractor and sexually assaulted women and minors in the Plain community in that role, during “treatments.” I described it at the time as a “stomach-churning” story. There are further details as to what he was alleged to…

Federal immigration officials have placed a hold on the New Jersey man accused of trying to kidnap an Amish woman in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania earlier this month. And the Department of Homeland Security says he is in the country illegally. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer on Junior Davila-Moran, 26, of Hamilton Township, New Jersey on October 19, according to WGAL. Davila-Moran is suspected…

We now know more about what the person who (allegedly) attempted to kidnap a 23-year-old Amish woman Wednesday did. Learning the details, this had to be a very frightening experience. And the woman’s response may have saved her a lot of trauma and pain, and even her life. It turns out she used a weed whacker to scare off a man carrying a knife and…

A truly disturbing incident happened yesterday in the Lancaster County Amish community, and police are asking for the public’s help. An Amish woman was targeted in an attempted abduction on Wednesday, October 14, along Creek Road southwest of Atglen, Pennsylvania, in Sadsbury Township in Lancaster County. Police are now asking for help finding a gray pickup truck. This is especially disturbing given that this is…

It’s been nearly one year since an Amish family’s home and cabinet business in Geauga County, Ohio was invaded and robbed. In it, an Amish man was brutally assaulted, and the perpetrators attempted to kidnap his young son. In a new report following a court hearing yesterday we learn that the taxi driver accused of helping plan the crime will no longer stand trial alongside…