50,000 bond , which was paid by Bishop Sam Mullet , who , according to Abdalla , is the leader of an extreme Amish splinter group . Three of the suspects are Mullet 's sons ; a third is his nephew . Abdalla is not the only one who believes Mullet may be behind the attacks . `` This renegade leader is like a cult , '' said Donald Kraybill , an Amish scholar at Elizabethtown College . `` He -LRB- Mullet -RRB- masquerades under the Amish name , using religion as a way to create a kind of barrier between him and law enforcement . '' `` Nothing moves in this -LRB- particular -RRB- Amish community unless -LRB- Bishop Mullet -RRB- says it moves , '' Abdalla said . According to the sheriff , Mullet instigated the attacks after being `` shunned from his faith some years ago . '' `` His behavior contradicts all the standard Amish expectation for behavior , '' Kraybill said . The assaults are considered a particularly egregious offense in the Amish society , and can be considered an attack on the Amish identity . `` It 's very shameful , '' said Kraybill
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five purported Amish splinter group members , who are suspected in a string of hair-cutting attacks on Amish men and women in their community , are scheduled to be back in court Wednesday morning for arraignment , said the sheriff of Jefferson County , Ohio . Four separate incidents are being investigated in the eastern Ohio counties of Jefferson , Holmes , Carroll and Trumbull , said Frank Abdalla , the Jefferson County sheriff . Officials report the first assault happened on September 6 . The last attack was on October 4 , just days before three of the five suspects were arrested . The men are accused of breaking into multiple homes and holding the victims down before using scissors or battery operated clippers to forcibly cut off women 's hair and men 's beards . Lester Mullet , 26 , Johnny Mullet , 38 , and Levi Miller , 53 , were arrested last Friday in Jefferson County , Abdalla said . Daniel Mullet and Eli Miller turned themselves in to Holmes County authorities a few days later . All five men are charged with kidnapping and burglary . They were released on $