Local businesses stayed open to serve visitors, and food trucks and stands were parked all around, giving people a taste of Butler. Main Street and a number of other downtown streets were filled with people - both local and out-of-town - crowding the thousands of Jeeps parked and on display. Throughout the evening, Rivera spoke to passersby as they stopped to take a closer look at his ride. “This is an event I will never miss because the people are so kind, and they appreciate the Jeep.” “What makes it special to me is how friendly the town is,” Rivera said. But it’s not just his appreciation for the Jeep that keeps him coming back each year. JR Rivera traveled from Niagara Falls with his blue 1976 CJ-7 to attend the festival, as he has every year since the event began. That support also was appreciated by the Jeepers, many of whom drive for several hours to Butler to attend the festival each year. Jack Null, of North Canton, Ohio, shows off a vehicle with Off The Grid Motorsports during the 11th annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival’s Jeep Invasion on Friday in Butler. “It's wonderful to have support from them all.” “It takes hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of volunteers, lots of cooperation between the city and the county, mayor, police, PennDOT,” Lambert said. She said the event would be a success because of the time put into planning and organizing from many people. Patty Jo Lambert, event organizer for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, said about 2,300 Jeeps had registered prior to the event and a few hundred more were expected to register on Friday. “I watched ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ and that’s how I fell in love with Jeeps.” “It brings so many smiles to people,” Whitling said. Joseph Ressler/Butler EagleĪfter years of attending the festival, Whitling said she finally scored two prime parking spots on Main Street Friday evening, where her Cookie Monster Jeep and her Minions Jeep could spread many smiles.Ī mail carrier, Whitling said she has tricked out her Jeeps in a few ways, including moving the steering wheel to the right side of her vehicles, but the vehicles’ appearance were most important to her.
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He expects to discuss an undisclosed issue with the judge and a new trial date.Liz Folckemer and Morgan Huegel, of Erie, welcome Bessie Pellar, 3, of Richfield, Ohio, to pet their Old English Sheepdog Ellie during the 11th annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival’s Jeep Invasion on Friday in Butler. They're going to get justice but justice (is) just delayed."īutler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser will personally attend the next court hearing Tuesday afternoon. "The kids want justice for their mother as well cause this coward didn't kill one mother that day," Hans said. He said Singh's children, who live in the same house in California where Hans is staying, want closure too. Hans said family members plan to attend every hearing and expect the next trial to be different. "It was shocking for the whole family," Hans said. He and his family members suffered through weeks of testimony and gory details of their loved ones' final moments.Ĭourt transcripts document "bickering," "screaming" and "hostility" between two jurors over one member's doubt about DNA evidence linking Singh to the murders. Since then, Hans barely sleeps and he refuses to go back home to Melbourne, Australia until he sees resolution. "Still, we are crying every day because of that," Hans said.
Then, he looked toward the sky hoping his loved ones would see justice. Moments before Judge Howard announced the jury's decision, Hans sat bowed in prayer.
He and his family hoped jurors found Singh guilty. "I just want to say thanks to all the jurors and the rest of the American people and the Sikh community," Garry Hans said on a video call Wednesday afternoon.įive days ago, Hans sat in the super courtroom inside Butler County's courthouse expecting to hear a verdict. Though disappointed, Amarjit's son sees reason for hope. HAMILTON, Ohio - The family of four people executed in West Chester spoke publicly for the first time since a jury failed to reach a verdict in the Gurpreet Singh trial.īutler County prosecutors spent three weeks trying to prove Singh executed his wife Shalinderjit Kaur her parents Hakiakat Singh Pannag and Parmjit Kaur and Parmjit's sister, Amarjit Kaur.
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