Amish men charged in beard-cutting attacks
December 3rd 2011 03:43
In this Oct. 19, 2011 file photo, from left: Johnny Mullet, Lester Mullet, Daniel Mullet, Levi Miller and Eli Miller wait to make their pleas in Holmes County Municipal Court in Millersburg, Ohio. The five men, along with reputed Amish breakaway sect leader Sam Mullet and Emanuel Shrock, were arrested by the FBI and local sheriff's deputies early Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 on federal hate crime charges.
Author: Katie Wiggin
Credit: AP Photo/Mike Schenck, Wooster Daily Record
CBS
Seven Amish men who are part of a breakaway group led by Samuel Miller are charged with conspiracy to commit hate crimes. Authorities say they forcibly cut the beards and hair of Amish men and women and took photos in four separate attacks on three dates between September to November of 2011. The Amish community believes the Bible instructs women to grow hair long and men to stop shaving after they marry.
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