OUTRAGE BOILS IN BATH COUNTY AS FEDS JAIL RESPECTED AMISH FARMER AS HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL BEGINS IN IN A MONTH ON “DRUG CHARGE” INVOLVING HOMEMADE HERBAL MEDICAL SALVE AND OTHER NATURAL MADE SUPPLEMENTS
by WKYT//WYMT
BATH COUNTY SHERIFF REFUSES TO ARREST, ACCUSED U.S. GOVERNMENT OF “ONGOING RUTHLESS AND RELENTLESS ATTACK AGAINST ONE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS”
Since October of 2015 Amish farmer, Samuel Girod has been facing a 12-count federal indictment. The charges against him include conspiracy, distributing misbranded drugs, and threatening a witness.
Girod’s troubles started back in 2013 when someone reported his products to the state health department in Missouri.
A federal judge in Missouri put an injunction in place, banning Girod from making some of his products until he met certain conditions. Part of those conditions were inspections of the property where Girod made his products which is where Kentucky comes into play.
Girod’s makes his products on the family farm along Satterfield Lane in Bath County. The farm is home to Girod and his wife, along with their 12 children and 25 grandchildren.
Due to their Amish religious beliefs, no one in the Girod family was able to talk with WKYT on camera. However, they told us they just want to see the leader of their family freed.
“I think everybody in the community has heard about it,” said Bath County resident, Suza Moody.
Many in Bath County are confused as one of their own sits in jail.
“I can’t even figure out what he has done wrong,” said Moody. “They live at the foot of the cross and the thought of one of them intentionally doing something wrong is outrageous.”
“They are just devastated. I mean when they brought him out in handcuffs. It was awful,” said family friend, Sally Oh.
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