Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi, a Jordanian nationwide, has been recognized because the suspect accountable for the hours-long shutdown of Interstate 85 close to Greenville, South Carolina.
The chaos unfolded after Alhendi allegedly issued a bomb menace throughout a routine visitors cease on Thursday, prompting a large regulation enforcement response involving SWAT groups, bomb squads, and federal businesses.
The South Carolina Division of Transportation reported extreme backups close to Exit 44 at White Horse Street as authorities scrambled to handle the menace.
Greenville County deputies, together with the State Regulation Enforcement Division (SLED) bomb squad and the FBI, have been deployed to neutralize the potential hazard. Governor Henry McMaster confirmed that the shutdown was a precautionary measure taken “out of an abundance of warning.”
“I-85 close to mile marker 44 is briefly closed out of an abundance of warning as a result of a bomb menace issued throughout a routine visitors cease this afternoon by SC Transport Police,” Governor McMaster mentioned.
“SCDOT and state regulation enforcement are on the scene, and regular I-85 visitors will resume as soon as the tractor trailer is swept and cleared by SELD’s bomb squad.”
BREAKING: Police have shutdown I-85 in Greenville County, South Carolina as a result of a bomb menace involving this 18-wheeler. pic.twitter.com/BUmY6LXSnK
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Alhendi, 28, was arrested and charged with a number of offenses, together with breach of peace of a excessive and aggravated nature, conveying false details about a bomb menace, and working a car and not using a legitimate license. His bond was set at $20,238 money, in keeping with WYFF4.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has positioned a detainer on Alhendi, figuring out him as a Jordanian nationwide who entered the USA legally in 2018 however subsequently violated the phrases of his admission.
He now faces deportation proceedings, with a listening to scheduled for August 2026.
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JUST IN: The suspect who prompted a shutdown of I-85 in Greenville, South Carolina, with a bomb menace has been recognized
Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi is charged with “breach of peace of excessive and aggravated nature,” “conveying false details about a bomb menace,” and “no… pic.twitter.com/senwUyn2V7
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