I found this article in the Buffalo News today concerning a young Levi E. Detweiler who is now in a bit of trouble with the law due to failure to stop at a stop sign and "overdriving an animal". What makes it even more interesting to me is that it is set in Leon, New York, the birth place of my father. Plus, since Aaron, Sarah and myself will be vacationing at grandma's it helps to get us acquainted with some local news.LEON—An Amish teen who tried to flee police faces charges of alcohol possession and “overdriving an animal” after he crashed his getaway vehicle— a horse and buggy.
Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies reported over the weekend that Levi E. Detweiler, 17, ran a stop sign and refused officers’ attempts to stop the buggy. Deputies chased Detweiler for about three quarters of a mile, and when he tried an unsafe turn into a driveway, he crashed the horse and buggy in a ditch. The teen then fled on foot but was found later in the area.
The Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Bureau completed an investigation and charged the youth with possession of alcohol by someone under 21, overdriving an animal, seconddegree reckless endangerment, failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle in the incident that occurred at about 1:30 a. m. last Monday. He is free on $500 bail.
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Oh my!! Those wild and reckless Amish teens!! What has the world come to? :) Keep your eyes peeled when you're in Amish country in August... you just can't assume the horse and buggy will be stopping at those stop signs.
Yay for a new blog post Dadoo! Keep 'em coming. :)
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