Medina County deputies investigating possible hate crimes against Amish

The Medina County Sheriff’s Office is investigating possible hate crimes against the Amish in Homerville.

Vandals are allegedly targeting their homes and businesses at night, with one residence getting hit three times.

Detective Sergeant Larry Covy says the sheriff’s office has received 14 calls between June and August of this year, reporting that people are throwing odd objects, including railroad spikes, water bottles filled with rocks, pop cans and unopened tuna cans at Amish properties.

“They’re throwing them through windows, throwing them hitting the house, breaking siding.” says Covy. “They’ve damaged a couple of roofs from those items, just kind of odd, weird, things. Our biggest fear is that at some point. someone’s going to get hurt with this, especially throwing the railroad spikes through windows. If there’s a small child, even an adult gets hit with one of those things, it can cause some damage.”

Read more: WKYC (Cleveland, OH)