Five Amish families have had hair or beards cut in attacks in recent weeks. Oct. 8, 2011 — -- Amish people in eastern Ohio are being attacked by having their hair and beards cut off, possibly by ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Seven men from an Amish splinter group in Ohio were arrested on federal hate crimes charges on Wednesday, accused of involvement in humiliating attacks on fellow Amish involving ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen men and women who rejected lenient plea deals are facing lengthy prison terms for their convictions in the hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio. The trial ...

FBI agents raided the compound of an eastern Ohio Amish group Wednesday morning, arresting seven men on federal hate crime charges. Authorities said the men were behind a string of attacks on members ...

Jury deliberations started Thursday in the trial of an Amish leader and 15 followers who are accused of forcibly cutting the hair and beards of religious rivals. Samuel J. Mullet Sr., a 66-year-old ...

Samuel Mullet and followers found guilty of federal hate crimes. Sept. 20, 2012— -- The leader of an Amish splinter sect and his followers were found guilty today of violating federal hate crime ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A hate-crimes case that has drawn worldwide interest because of the unusual nature of the charges and because it offers a rare glimpse into the reclusive Amish religious community ...

An Ohio Amish sect leader was sentenced on Friday to 15 years in federal prison for his role in the beard- and hair-cutting attacks on members of other Amish communities in 2011, NBC News reported.

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 ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The ringleader in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Before his sentencing, Samuel Mullet Sr. told Judge Dan Aaron ...