Stories about the Amish as victims – or perpetrators – of crime.
In a crime described as “appalling”, an Amish man and his son were assaulted by three assailants last Thursday, and the home robbed. The perpetrators threatened to kill the victims, and even attempted to abduct the eight-year-old boy. This happened in Middlefield Township in the Geauga County, Ohio Amish settlement. A blurb on this incident was released earlier today. The Geauga County Sheriff’s Department just…
This is one of the more gut-wrenching incidents you’ll come across leading to a young Amish person’s death. It happened last December. A 29-year-old Vicksburg, Michigan man drove his pickup into a group of Amish children who were headed to the local schoolhouse. It was said he “didn’t see the children.” From WZZM 13: Investigators say a group of four kids were riding their bikes…
This was not really reported on much at the time, but Samuel Hochstetler – charged with the murder of Amish woman Rosanna Kinsinger, who was found dead in her Ohio home in March – was back in court in late September. And apparently his legal team argued for his confession of the killing to be ruled inadmissible in the trial. This is being reported on…
Amish mother Ruth Miller, charged with aggravated murder in the death of her four-year-old son Vincen Miller along with related charges, had a bail hearing today at Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court in New Philadelphia, Ohio. I had a chance to listen to parts of the hearing, which lasted nearly four hours. You can view the proceedings in full at the linked video at bottom….
This stomach-turning story is just appearing on news feeds. Yesterday, a young Amish boy apparently escaped an abduction attempt in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. The alleged abductor is still at large. More from ABC 27: JUNIATA COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A boy in Juniata County was able to get away from a man who forced him into a vehicle on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police say. State…
It’s looking like Amish and Mennonite investors are once again victims in a big investment fraud case. It was reported last week that Lancaster County, PA businessman Daryl Heller is being charged by the US Department of Justice with multiple counts of fraud – for his role in an ATM investment operation being described as a Ponzi scheme. From the report at Reuters: A Pennsylvania man…
Holmes County, Ohio Amish mother Ruth Miller had her arraignment this afternoon in Tuscarawas Common Pleas Court. Miller is charged with aggravated murder, among other charges, in the death of her four-year-old son Vincen Miller at Atwood Lake. There are a couple of pieces of news emerging from the events of the day – the main one being that, as expected, Miller has pleaded not…
Amish mother Ruth Miller was booked into jail Monday, charged with aggravated murder in the death of her young son Vincen, among other charges. This followed a weeklong stay at a mental health facility. Today, it appears news outlets were able to acquire body cam footage from August 23, when authorities were called to Atwood Lake after Miller allegedly intentionally drove a golf cart carrying…
Amish mother Ruth R. Miller was booked into jail on Monday, following a stay at a mental health facility. Miller has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the death of her four-year-old son Vincen, following events at a Tuscarawas County, Ohio lake in which she allegedly threw the boy into the water as a “price to pay” for failing tests of faith….
As expected, the Amish mother who allegedly threw her 4-year-old son into the water of a lake, “as an offering to God”, has been charged with aggravated murder. Her name has also been revealed as Ruth R. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio. Many people have already known her identity for several days, but with the charges, the name can now be officially publicly disclosed. The…