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The new charges also allege defendants used a disposable camera bought at Walmart to take pictures of the victims, then hid the camera from authorities until eventually turning it over on March 16. Several members of the group living in Bergholz carried out the attacks in September, October and November by forcibly cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women and then taking photos to shame them, authorities have said. Mullet told The Associated Press in October that he didn't order the hair-cutting but didn't stop his sons and others from carrying it out. He said the goal was to send a message to other Amish that they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they were treating Mullet and his community. Ohio has an estimated Amish population of just under 61,000 -- second only to Pennsylvania
-- with most living in rural counties south and east of Cleveland.
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