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 (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 ...

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.

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 ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A jury was selected Monday in Cleveland in the hate-crime trial of 16 members of an Ohio Amish splinter group charged in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other Amish people ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Amish victims of beard and hair-cutting attacks were hypocrites who only pretended to live an Amish life, the daughter of the sect leader facing hate crime charges testified on ...