A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 2, 1991 PFA Pays Out First Reward In Rural Crime Fight CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) The Pennsylvania Far mers’ Association (PFA) has paid out its first reward under a recen tly introduced program to combat rural crime. A neighbor of PFA member David Lovett of Schnecksville, Lehigh County, received a $3OO reward for information which led to the conviction of a 23-year-old man for criminal mischief on Lovett’s 140-acre potato and grain farm. The culprit, who was apprehended while trespassing in one of Lovett’s potato fields in a four-wheel drive vehicle, was fined by a district magistrate and ordered to pay $5OO in restitution for damages to Lovett’s potato plants. The only reminder of the inci dent is a blue and white $lO,OOO REWARD” sign Lovett posted on a repair shed near his house. “From where the farmhouse sits in a hollow, I wouldn’t have been able to see anyone trespassing in the field,” said Lovett. “The reward is definitely a worthwhile service.” The reward was the result of the Rural Loss Prevention Program, P Hot-Dipped Bins > Augers And • - Galvanized a Al M A A-iV~V Building Automatic Sow FARMER BOY AG. Solid Steel T Products Feeding Systems Stabling Let FARMER BOY AG’s Experienced Staff Design To Build, Remodel Or Repair Your Facility To Your Specifications. launched by PFA’s Insurance Ser vice last summer to help deter crime in the countryside. “The first reward payment is proof that the program can and will work to punish those who commit criminal acts against farm property,” said William Deeds, manager of PFA’s Insurance Ser vice. “As more reward signs arc distributed and word of the rewards gets out, we hope it will make a person think twice before trying to get away with criminal activity out in the country.” The Rural Loss Prevention Program offers a reward of up to $lO,OOO for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a per son, or persons, for the crime of arson, theft, criminal mischief, burglary, robbery, insurance fraud or criminal trespass committed on an insured PFA member’s real properly in Pennsylvania. To be covered, a member must have a farmowner’s or homeow ner’s insurance policy through PFA. The reward program is being underwritten by PFA Insurance Service, the Highland Mutual Insurance Co., of Berlin, and the Great American Insurance Com panies, Farm Division, Kansas LOOKING FOR A GUARANTEED INCOME? Talk To Us About A Family Size Swine Or Poultry Operation! (Contracts Available) Gestation Farrow Thru Feeder Pig Swine THIS UNIT FEATURES: Farmer David Lovett (second from left) and Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association Insurance Service agent Tim Dyer hold the $lO,OOO REWARD sign which was posted on Lovett’s farm, the site of a rural crime which produced the first reward paid out under PFAs Rural Loss Prevention Program. Also shown are PFA State Board Direc tor David Wurster (far right) and John Pergosky, Lehigh County Farmers’ Association president. Farrowing INTERIOR VIEW FARMER BOY AG. 410 E LINCOLN AVE MYERSTOWN, PA 17067 Facility Swine & Poultry Systems Specialists HOURS: Monday Thru Friday 7:00-5:00 Saturday 7:30-11:30 *C4 Nursery PH 717-866-7565 ■- ’ \ INC. 24 Hour Service
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers