AMISH MAN MAKES HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE ON HIT-AND-RUN CHARGE
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 -- 2:01 PM
An 18-year-old Amish man made his initial appearance Thursday morning on a serious hit and run charge.According to the criminal complaint, Rudy Gingerich of the Greenwood area borrowed a neighbor's vehicle for a joyride. He crashed it in a ditch on Sterling Avenue, between Greenwood and Mead Lake.
His passenger, 21-year-old Tobias Hershberger, was thrown from the vehicle and killed.
Gingerich suffered a head injury.
Gingerich wasn?t at the scene when authorities arrived. He returned two hours later and explained what happened.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of $100,000 and 25 years in prison.
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