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Middlef ield Middlefield Teens Could Face Hate Crimes Charges for Assault on Amish By John Karlovec john@karlovecmedia.com Four Middlefield teenagers could be charged with hate crimes after they admitted to throwing dozens of eggs at Amish in buggies on May 25. One of the Amish men assaulted with the eggs is blind in his left eye as a result of the attack. Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand said a 65-year-old Amish
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man who lives on Burton Windsor Road called the sheriff’s office on May 31 to report he was struck by an egg thrown from a moving vehicle. The man told a sheriff’s deputy that on May 25, at around 9:45 p.m., he and his wife were driving their covered buggy — which did not have a windshield — northbound on Bundysburg Road when a truck approached them from the north with its low beams on. The truck then turned on its bright lights and thereafter, the
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man was hit in the eye with an egg, causing it to bleed. The man’s wife drove them to a friend’s house down the road, and from there a driver took them to University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center. He later was transferred to UH Cleveland. The man was released from the hospital on May 27 and was told he would be permanently blind in his left eye. “We started investigating it and we heard some rumors,” Hildenbrand
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said. “Our detectives went out and viewed some video from different stores of people buying large quantities of eggs, got some names, did some follow up. They ultimately found out that these kids had purchased seven dozen eggs from the Dollar General in Huntsburg and were throwing them at the Amish.” He added the four teenagers, all from Middlefield and ages 15 and See Charges • Page 5
Nathan Lunger, Arts Honors Diploma
Valedictorian:
Sabrina Clinger, Academic Honors Diploma
Class Officers:
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Co-Salutatorians:
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President: Ava Gough, Vice President: Madison Hemrock Secretary: Audrey Avalon Treasurer: Kelsi Collins
Top of Class:
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