Posted on 05/23/2016 4:30:22 PM PDT by PROCON
Five Amish teens face alcohol-related charges after their 2001 Dodge Caravan was clocked at 110 miles per hour.
The teens were spotted Friday night while driving southbound on US 31 in Fulton County.
As the Indiana State Police troopers caught up with the van, the teens allegedly started throwing alcohol containers out of the vehicle.
An investigation found that the 17-year-old male driver was operating the vehicle on a learner's permit and had consumed alcohol.
Inside the vehicle, troopers spotted numerous alcohol containers, multiple cases of beer, and a jug of whiskey.
There were two female passengers, ages 16 and 17, in the van. There were also two 16 year-old boys in the van. Police believe all of the teens had consumed alcohol.
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All five were released into the custody of a relative of one the teens. The troopers say they initially had trouble contacting the teens' parents because, due to Amish tradition, the parents don't use telephones.
But now they drive minivans?
Just dayum.
Rumspringa, yeehaw!
Never thought those buggies could go that fast.
Amazing they let them go at all. 110mph, drunk, throwing cans out the window... LOL!
‘a jug of whiskey.’
I’ve only seen whisky in bottles. Is it a custom in Amish country to sell it in jugs?
But they were very polite.
I thought the only way Amish could go that fast would be terminal velocity reached falling off a cliff. ;-)
My first thought when seeing the headline was thinking FR “Amish.”
They should have been more careful out among the English.
I’d like to see the horse that did that!
Father, can I “pimp my ride”?
Oh come on! Stupid teens doing stupid things. Nothing new. If they had been FR Amish there would have been a body count. Just because they are Amish doesn’t mean they can’t be morons.
LOL, you’re probably right at that.
‘a jug of whiskey.’
Amish White Lightning. (Maybe they found Miss Mamie’s and Miss Emily’s “Recipe”!)
Oh yeah, I got busted by the cops for drinking too when I was a dumb teenager.
I can’t tell if you’re joking, or if you’re saying that some Amish brew their own whisky. I thought Amish didn’t drink? (Other than a few teens, tooling around in a very spry minivan.)
I want to know what the horses were drinking.
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