Twelve charged in Amish beard-cutting attacks

Federal prosecutors have expanded their case against members of a
breakaway Amish sect for their roles in shaving the hair and beards of
people considered to be their religious enemies.

An indictment
issued in December in U.S. District Court in Cleveland lists 12
suspects, including the sect's leader, Samuel Mullet, 66. The FBI
originally arrested Mullet and six other men November 23 when
authorities feared that more attacks were imminent.

Among the five
additional people implicated December 20 are two women: Linda Shrock,
who is Mullet's daughter, and Anna Miller, who is married to one of
Mullet's nephews. All but one of the 12 are related directly or through
marriage to Mullet.