Woman Freed In Amish Road-Rage Incident

Buggy Driver, Cop Consent To Plea Bargain - The Greater Philadelphia NBC10.COM post reads as follows:

A woman accused of repeatedly ramming her car into the horse and buggy of a Nottingham, Pa. man and slashing a police officer with a knife last fall has been ordered released from prison under a plea bargain.

As part of the agreement, Emma Jo Bandy, 49, of Rising Sun, Md., received credit for time spent in prison since the Sept. 27th incident....

Assistant District Attorney William Ross Stoycos told an initially skeptical Chester County Court Judge Juan Sanchez on Friday that "the commonwealth has concluded that what Mrs. Bandy needs is mental-health treatment."

The judge ultimately approved a sentence of 83 days to 23 months for resisting arrest and reckless endangerment.

Bandy must spend two years on probation and undergo mental-health treatment. She must also pay restitution of $3,000.

Stoycos said both victims, Eli Stoltzfus King, 19, and West Nottingham Township Police Officer Donald McIvor, were comfortable with the plea agreement.

Defense attorney Francis Miller said Bandy, who suffers from bipolar disorder, had her medicine changed several weeks before the incident and became delusional, suddenly believing her children were being kidnapped by the Amish.

I know this is old news, and quite sad. And I know the picture doesn't quite match the story. But I can't help finding both the story and the picture a tad amusing. Amish kidnappers? Eli Stoltzfus? Amish road rage? I know, I know, I know ... Pertinacious is a bit twisted in his sense of humor. But, hey, why are you reading this? Step on it, Yoder!