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A Butter Patty from: Amish Recovery Federation ©
on Tuesday, September 01, 1998 at 00:24:39 (PDT)
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PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Police in western Pennsylvania have
established an undercover buggy patrol to help Amish residents
cope with a series of attacks from outsiders, officials said
Wednesday.
There have been four recent incidents in or near Indiana
County, an area that is home to about 450 Amish people, said
Franklin Duddy, a detective for the Indiana County district
attorney's office.
The Amish are an insulated religious sect that does not use
electricity, cars or other modern conveniences, living instead
in an 18th century-style life. They generally travel in
horse-drawn buggies.
About three weeks ago, a buggy was slashed with a knife
while it was parked in the owner's yard. Last month, two buggies
were set on fire and on the same night as one of the fires, a
motorist threw a corncob and struck an Amish man who was driving
a buggy.
Duddy said no one was seriously hurt in any of the
incidents.
He said police drove buggies once before, in 1997 after an
Amish man was blinded in one eye when a corncob was thrown at
him.
``I talked to the Amish people and they said after we began
the buggy patrol, the incidents stopped,'' he said.
In last year's incident, three juveniles and an adult were
arrested and sentenced.
Duddy said police will drive the buggies and also will ride
in the back seats with Amish drivers and when an incident
occurs, radio ahead to patrol cars hidden in nearby fields and
woods.
``We're trying to stop people from taking advantage of Amish
people, who can't do much to retaliate,'' Duddy said. ``They
drive buggies and can only go so fast, they don't have immediate
access to phones or radios.''
He said the Amish are worried enough about the incidents
that they have changed their travel patterns. They stay off the
roads around holidays, especially Independence Day, when there
are a lot of motorists, he said.
A.R.F©
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