Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio who was sentenced to prison for beard- and hair-cutting ...

(Reuters) - Three men from an Amish splinter group facing hate crime charges over beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio waived their right to a hearing on Friday and will remain behind bars.

Amish men and women leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Sam Mullet Sr., 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish ...

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 ...

The trial of Mullet and 15 co-defendants is expected to be a two-week trial with widespread interest due to the reclusive religious lifestyle of the Amish and the type of charges. The defendants are ...

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 ...

Samuel Mullet Sr., the leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio, is among several people arrested on federal hate crime charges for allegedly shaving the beard of a man who refused to support him.

CARROLLTON, Ohio - An Amish woman whose husband's beard was cut by members of a breakaway Amish group said Thursday the family isn't pressing charges as a means of revenge but rather to get help for ...

CLEVELAND -- Denying he ran an Amish cult, the 67-year-old ringleader of hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow members of his faith in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, while family ...