Cops nab 3 after Amish family buggy is robbed at gunpoint

Cops nab 3 after Amish family buggy is robbed at gunpoint: "Cops nab 3 after Amish family buggy is robbed at gunpoint
April 19, 2005
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LAGRANGE, Ind. -- Three men robbed an Amish family at gunpoint as they rode their horse-drawn buggy along a country road in northern Indiana, police said.
Marc Duchatellier, 18, and Nicholas J. Knox, 21, both of Elkhart, and Clifton Lee Miller, 24, of Goshen were being held Saturday in LaGrange County Jail on charges of armed robbery, a jail officer said. Each man's bond was set at $50,000.
The family, whose names were not released, were riding on a county road about 30 miles south of the Michigan border when a Pontiac Grand Prix blocked their path at an intersection, police said.
Three men with handguns jumped out of the car and demanded money from the family, said LaGrange County Sheriff's Department Detective Sgt. Jeff Campos. One of the men in the buggy tossed his wallet to the robbers, who then fled in the car.
$1 stolen from wallet
A police officer in nearby Topeka later stopped a vehicle matching the description provided by the family. Police also recovered the guns, which they said the suspects had thrown from the car when they encountered the officer.
Police also recovered the $1 that was stolen and returned it to the robbery victim.
More than one-third of the county's population of 36,000 is Amish, according to information on the LaGrange County Chamber of Commerce Web site.
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