"Amish Mafia", drinking of minors, responsibility of the host

The new TV program "Amish Mafia" has caused considerable confusion in both Plain and English communities. The report is the most successful program among the programs released on Discovery Channel so far and shows that the number of viewers exceeds 3 million for each episode.

A small group of Amish men and maisonite men and women are portrayed as organized criminal families, "Lebanon Levi" instructing their activities and directing their activities. Levi Stoltzfus, the son of actual Amish Dacon (David Peachey), has many soldiers including Alvin, John and Jolin. In the first episode, Alan Beiler (the son of the Lancaster Mennonite family and the colleagues of the show mentioned "Schwarz Amish") was shown to be a major Levi colleague, but criminal charges landed him I met him with hot water together with both the gang and the police in Pennsylvania. Although he disappeared from the subsequent episode, it reappeared at the end of the season and was shown to leave the prison. Levi has interests of love called Esther Schmucker, drawn on the son of John Schmucker's sister, Eishan Galleb, in both the show and the reality. Drawed and painted as Irwin, Alvin Lanz is working as Levi's right hand. He is second in command and Levi takes over from eser and goes to the beach of Florida.

John and Esther express dissatisfaction with John 's limited role in Levi's operations. Their father was heading for this organized criminal act before it died. For some reason, John could not trampling or was not ready. Levi stepped on to fill the void. John is also dissatisfied with the limited income received for his efforts. He is the only gang member who does not have enough money to buy a car yet. This is a cause of serious conflict between John and other people. As a result, John became a simple recruiter for Merlin, Amish-man of Holmes County in the Netherlands, trying to expand his criminal enterprise to Lancaster County. He has plans to force Levi and take over his duties at Lancaster.

Merlin, explaining that it was tough as he sent a judgment after the criminal charge as the only Amish prisoner in Ohio's prison, Levi will come to Lancaster to compete in the competition "Pimp Your Buggy". This event is held with a small car show and includes several buggies. Merlin arrives at his very flashy buggy and expects to win the first prize money based on his previous understanding with John. Levi's friend, Ringer, appears in a hot rod bucket type buggy, the plan is wrong. At that point Merlin understands that he is surprised. He is very angry and describes how he becomes even.

In the last episode of the first season, Merlin's efforts to realize this are portrayed. He arranges a buggy race and recruits John to move to the stage. This show shows that such a race is very popular in Ohio and is a source of income for the operation of Merlin. Levi does not allow this kind of race in Lancaster. John has succeeded in putting the race together. Several entries have many bets. Alvin and Jolin are proceeding to find out about the race, display it, and destroy John's buggy at the end of the race. Merlin, who was dissatisfied with this intense show by Levi men, goes to Lancaster's bar following Levi and Alvin. Levi and Alvin are in the drink, but one of Merlin's robbers is stabbing the front window of Levi's Cadillac with an ax. In order for Levi to understand the person behind this act, a business card named Merlin is left under the driver's side wiper. After that, Marlin 's fellows destroy Levi' s office and torch a temporary trailer he used as an office.

Levi and Alvin then head for Ohio to meet Merlin's Bishop. When Merlin goes to collect money from one of his "customers", the client does not face him. Merlin is said to be avoided by bishops' instructions and may take up to six months to return to the community. Merlin is angry and he promises to be equal. At the same time, Alan Beiler is released from prison. He borrows a mobile phone to call Levi. He told Levy that he was angry because he spent four months in prison after Levi called him a policeman. He warns Levy "to watch his back".

The stage is set for the drama that follows the 2nd season.

An important question among viewers (which has been proved by posting of a number of bulletin boards corresponding to newspaper articles about the show), bloggers and media, whether the show is depicting actual events, whether the show is complete It is showing whether it is production.

According to Discovery's website promotional materials, for years, it has turned to this organization to maintain peace and order within the Lancaster County Amish community "for distrust of external law enforcement agencies." This site provides the following explanation.

"This is one aspect of the Amish society under the radar, the Amish church denies the existence of the group, Amish Mafia provides sighting information of incidents, misconduct, fraud in the Amish community. Specific information and property have been changed to protect participants and their families, and some scenes have been reproduced. "

There are a number of scenes where gang members are involved in violence, using blasphemy or acting in such a way that many people do not seem to positively point to the Amsterdam community. In one episode scene, Gang responds to a report of Bishop Amsterdam in a motel's room with a prostitute. In another thing, Esther currently crazy for Jolin has a range of guns and is shooting Jolin's AR-15 rifle. Esther attended the fair with the girlfriend and is shown to be on a mechanical bull. She comments that both of these activities are not allowed by Amish women.

The show says that these gangs collect money from business owners paying protection from gambling, "fixing" the problem by doing barn battle, cabin party or other illegal acts I suggest that. Unfortunately, the show promoter uses the tragedy of the Nickel mine school incident to promote the show on the website:

"In the shooting at the school in Lancaster County 2006, five young Amish girls were killed and five were seriously injured by the driver of a milk truck other than the Army people, the citizens of the Amas community It causes vulnerability and protection.

Archangel Investigations is investigating the show in detail, its actors and events in order to determine whether there is truth in the existence of this organized crime activity or in the depicted incident. The results of that investigation will be shared with readers of the resulting problem.
In this issue I would like to touch on a topic that is very delicate and somewhat controversial, that is, the drinking of young people. The drinking of this minor is a risk of criminal fines for children and their hosts, financial finance faced by the host of the parties when one of the participants in the party provided with alcohol is involved in the accident Non-plain There is a possibility to start alcohol abuse for community members and children. And many people believe that alcohol is a substance of the gateway, leading to the use and abuse of more serious illegal drugs. The purpose of this article is not to address social, religious or community issues surrounding this problem. Rather, it is also important for businessmen who periodically assess the risks involved in business transactions to assess the risk of unintentionally exposing your business assets in your personal life.

In the first season episode of this show, there are several scenes showing the scenes of young men and women in Army, Mennonite, and Britain who participate in the "Hat" Party. The suggestion presented by the show is that these stakeholders attend regularly and are important source of revenue for gang member promoters. At this time, we do not confirm the existence of the party hosted by Lancaster's proposed Amish Mafia, but there is a long tradition in the party where young people in the Plain community provide alcohol. As a businessman or property owner, it is important to understand your freedom and asset risks that you are assuming to host by hosting your property, or to host these parties.

Some parents may feel that underage drinking is similar to "passing rituals" and children and their friends are not for children but for their own property under the supervision of an adult To drink in another place good to indulge in alcohol consumption. This is a perfectly understandable impression, but unfortunately it is entirely wrong legally and may lead to very serious criminal and costly financial results. In fact, in almost all situations, providing alcohol to minors violates the law and the police will arrest you if you discover that it has occurred (provided, however, that you are in doubt Exclusion if you think on the above criminal law The religious ceremonies and rituals carried out in private houses and places of worship where the amount of wine to serve does not exceed the amount traditionally and traditionally required is reasonable It does not apply to expressions.

Parents of an equal community are undoubtedly reporting minor drinkers to the police, but young men and women who are not equal seem to be present frequently to these parties. If one of these children arrives in the house drunk and parents know, the chances of the police being called are very high. If that happens, the police will call and not for social visits. Even if you act with the highest intention, you may be arrested.

Providing alcohol to minors is a crime. The definition of alcohol supply to minors is stated in Pennsylvania State Crime Code 18 Pa.CS Section 6310.1. This law is entitled "Sales or Procurement of Liquor or Maltese or Brewed Beverages to Minors". In order to be convicted by providing alcoholic beverages to minors, the federal government must prove beyond rational doubt as follows.

(1) You deliberately or deliberately;
(2) Sold, procured or purchased with the intention to sell.
(3) alcoholic beverages or malt or brewed beverages (ie, any alcoholic beverages;
(4) For those under 21 years of age.

If the Federation fulfills the burden of proof on all elements of this crime, a third degree of misdemeanor is in your record and you must pay a fine of $ 1000 or more for the first damages . For compensation of the result 2500. The misdemeanor of the third degree shall be executed for up to one year. This means that the maximum trial period for conviction of providing alcoholic beverages to minors is one year. In the first offense of this crime, one year of probationary observation and a mandatory 1000 dollar fine will be the traditional judgment.

The above criminal sanctions are considered to be gentle so that you do not like it. The financial impact that arises if one of the minors who have "alcoholated" you "hosts" drunk and caused serious injury to themselves and others. The court in Pennsylvania retains all persons responsible under the Social Responsibility Act, if you are familiar with a small number of alcohol.

Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Congini v. Porterville Value Company, 504 PA. 157, 470 A.2 d 515 (1983) argued that social hosts may be responsible for supplying alcohol to minors. In this case, the court judged that an adult who is providing alcohol to minors in terms of toxins can be ignored by themselves and can be responsible for injuries resulting from minor poisoning . The court held that the reason for having different regulations for minors is that adults who social organizers offer alcohol "... the legislature said that people under 21 years old can not handle alcohol I made a legislative decision. " "In the latter case, even though alcoholic beverages are not being supplied to the point of detoxification, the ruling is increasing that social organizers' service to minors of venom liquor is" negligence ".

Naturally, the social organizer must bear the responsibility for damages due to a small number of drunkards. An important element is knowledge and intention. The Pennsylvania Court set up the following three partial tests to determine whether a social host is responsible for injuries arising from minor poisoning.

1 Defense shall be intended to act in a manner that agrees to provide or promote providing alcohol to minors.
2 Defense must act in a manner that provides or promotes the supply of alcohol to minors. And
3 The act of the advocate must have been a fundamental element about the supply, provision or provision of alcoholic beverages to minors.

In general terms, this is a major risk that arrest and punishment are subject to punishment, such as punishable penalties, serious fines, and even important civil lawsuits if you provide alcohol to minors You will bear liability for damages due to things minors provided alcohol to you. Certainly, if young people, including toxins, cause damage to property and cause simple fender vendors without injury or minor injury, the financial impact may not be perceived as an earthquake. However, let's consider situations where accidents are not so important, places where third parties have suffered permanent injuries such as paralysis, and situations requiring long-term lifelong care of disaster victims. Under the American tort system, victims and their families are seeking remuneration from all possible people, and "socialists" are the main targets. Your financial assets (including personal property and real estate) can be targeted by plaintiffs in lawsuits with your office.

The consequences of ambitious desires that minors hope to enjoy the ritual of passing through your property that is safe and supervised while absorbing alcoholic beverages can be catastrophic. The decision to allow such events can be a valuable expense. Fortunately, this is a fairly simple matter to avoid. Whatever the tradition, do not offer alcohol to minors and do not allow alcohol to drink with your property.