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ft- Sii. Two Amish men get jail for selling drugs to youths Wwl Wm Ewffg Associated Press PHILADELPHIA As friends and relatives wept, two Amish men were sentenced to one-year jail terms for buying cocaine from a motorcycle gang and selling it to young people in their community. Abner Stoltzlus, 25, and Abner King Stoltzlus, 24, who are not re lated, were sentenced Wednesday as nearly 200 Amish packed the courtroom and hallway. All were clad in traditional Amish dress women in dark smocks and white bonnets, men in suspenders and straw hats. As the sentences were read, many cried or buried their faces in their hands.

The two men are members of the Old Order Amish, the most conservative Anabaptist sect. They eschew automobiles, electricity, computers, fancy clothes and most other modern conveniences. Both apologized to the judge and said they have turned their lives around since their arrest in June 1998, returning to their religious SENTENCED: Abner King Stoltzfus (left) and Abner Stoltzfus received jail time for their part in a conspiracy to sell drugs to youths in the Amish community. men's cooperation with investigators: They wore recording devices in their hats during discussions with members of the Pagans motorcycle gang. But he said he had to send a message about the severity "of he men's actions.

HVi Sold drugs at hoedowns" These defendants were' responsible for bringing disrepute lo themselves, their families and their community," Newcomer said. Prosecutors said the men bought $100,000 in cocaine from members of the Pagans from 1992 then sold the drugs at hoedowns for the Crickets, Antiques and Pilgrims youth groups. The men pleaded guilty toxon-spiracy to deliver cocaine and could have received four years in prison. On Tuesday, seven people connected with the Pagans were sentenced, most to four or five years in prison, for their roles in the ring. roots and spreading the word in the Amish community about the dan gers of drugs.

When I was a teen-ager, I got SOU ILtsms Mi. Mm, with the wrong crowd. I've changed my life around (and) gave my heart and soul to God," Abner Stoltzfus said. "I apologize deep from the bottom of my heart." Ira A sobbing Abner King Stoltzfus HUH nM I I 'JIM i said only a few words before he was overcome with emotion. "We lived a terrible life for a while.

We want to try to be better," he said. U.S. District Judge Clarence Newcomer said he appreciated the Escapee returns 15 years after fleeing The Daily Oklahoman McALESTER, Okla. Fifteen Food-' 1H1? years after he walked out of prison, convicted murderer Michael Wayne Brown walked back in. Michael Wayne Brown "said he was tired of running and looking over his shoulder," according to state Corrections Department spokes man Jerry Massie.

Brown, 42, unexpectedly strut ted up to the main control desk at Oklahoma State Penitentiary on DPDltSP Tuesday and announced his re turn. "He said he was tired of running SPECIAL nouns Open Monday inly 5th 10 am 7 pm and looking over his shoulder," said state Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie. With that, the former Death Row inmate was home. He arrived carry ing a toothbrush, toothpaste and $125 to restock his commissary account for toiletries and snacks. Brown wouldn't say how he got to the prison.

Its not uncommon for escapees to change their minds and surren der after a day or so. "But not after surprised Brown during an office burglary. He originally received a death sentence, but an appeals court commuted it to life. He was at the low-security prison for just two weeks before his escape. Brown told prison staff members Tuesday that he had spent the last 15 years doing odd jobs in Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Ohio.

The escapee's return may be connected to a phone call Massie received a couple of weeks ago from a TV reporter in Dayton, Ohio. The TV station had received a tip that Brown was working at a local video store, but when law officers checked it out, he was gone. Upon his return, Brown was placed in the general population at the maximum-security prison. He likely will return to Muskogee County to face escape charges. 15 years, Massie said.

Ive worked here 14 years, and it's never happened," said Lee Mann, an administrative assistant at the penitentiary. Brown was 27 in December 1984 when he walked away from the Jess Dunn Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison at Taft, Okla. At the time, he was serving a life sentence for the 1975 shooting death of an insurance man who Auto Nation Holiday Inn I E. 96lti Street How Do I Get There? Located between 1-69 a Northeast off of 96th street. Next to into Nation, 9310 Carney Dr.

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