You can run, but you can't hide

"Fast Eddie" Gingerich, our local Amish manslaughter convict, and his band of brothers are facing trial in connection with concealing the whereabouts of Gingerich's daughter, Mary.

The Erie Times-News reports today that a rift has developed between the New Order and Old Order Amish living near Cambridge Springs. Apparently, things are getting a little crazy in the community, with incidents of harassment, trespass and disorderly conduct.

I've always been a little weirded out by the Amish--and I know they're trying to be different and don't really care what I think--but it's odd for me to think of them as people who would resort to violence and harassment. But I guess at the end of the day they're just people--prone to the same feelings of jealously and anger that we all sometimes are.