Posted on 10/22/2021 4:24:38 PM PDT by mylife
An Amish teen is facing driving under the influence charges after an officer stopped his traveling horse and buggy and reportedly found him passed out inside, according to a police account.
New Wilmington police have charged 19-year-old Enos S. Byler of 129 Leesburg Station Road following the stop that occurred around 1:30 a.m. Oct. 8 on Route 208 in New Wilmington Borough.
According to a criminal complaint, a Westminster College public safety officer notified the police that he had passed the horse and buggy going west and saw a male driver who appeared to be unconscious.
A responding officer unsuccessfully tried to stop the horse and it continued with the passed out driver inside onto North Market Street through a flashing red signal, swerving into the oncoming lane, the report said.
Another buggy driver helped the officer to stop the horse and buggy. The officer woke up the buggy driver after a couple of attempts, noting that he and the buggy smelled of alcohol, the complaint said.
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Hmmmm… Amish self-directed vehicle programmed to go home.
Don’t make love in a buggy, because horses carry tales.
Rumspringa
bingo!
OK, one rule of Rumspringe: don’t drink and buggy!
Wow...headline news....😂😂😂
You mean he didn’t attack the cop like most of the Amish do?
dint share cider with yer horse.
Wrong spirit.
Obviously an early self-driving Tesla. ;-)
“The current population of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania is 2,179 based on our projections of the latest US Census estimates.”
We now know it does indeed have more than one horse in town.
I guess there are too many policemen there if he has nothing better to do.
LOL!!
I used to have a strong desire to build a house in that area. It was so pretty and not a lot of people.
Drunk driving of a horse and buggy—this has to be a _really_ old statute!
I had my defense all ready too until the horse ran a red light.
It could have been hurt so the cop was right to call a halt to the proceedings. Then he can’t ignore that a drunk guy was driving a wagon. Amish Guy needs help before he or the horse or someone else gets hurt. Now maybe he’ll get that help.
Home of Westminster University. A great school!
The guy has more to fear at home than from the police. Horses are important and cared for because they need them. Had it been injured, the kid would be in a world of hurt from Dad. By endangering the horse, he’s still in big trouble at home.
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