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 ...

LOS ANGELES — To an outsider, an Amish man’s chest-length beard or an Amish woman’s long locks might not appear all that remarkable. But they hold great religious significance to the Amish: They are ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up the case of imprisoned Amish bishop Sam Mullet, who was convicted of orchestrating a series of beard and hair-cutting attacks on his enemies.

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.

Fifteen members of an Ohio Amish sect convicted in a spate of beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other adherents to their faith lost a bid on Wednesday to have their convictions thrown out, after a ...

SIXTEEN men and women have pleaded not guilty in beard and haircutting attacks against fellow Amish in the US state of Ohio. A feud over church discipline allegedly led to attacks in which the beards ...

CLEVELAND — Amish bishop Samuel Mullet was convicted Thursday (Sept. 20) of federal hate crimes and conspiracy for exhorting followers to forcibly shear the hair and beards of those who opposed his ...

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 ...