The suspect who made a bomb threat that shut down I85 on Thursday afternoon, has now been identified. Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis joined the Tara Show Friday morning to provide more information on the incident.
Sheriff Lewis has identified the suspect 44 year old, Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi. Lewis says the suspect is Jordanian national residing in Illinois.
Suspect Ahmad Jamal Khamees AlhendiGreenville County Sheriff
He is from Illinois and was pulled over by State Transport Police near White Horse Road in Greenville due to a missing license plate on the trailer of the 18 wheeler, he was driving.
Lewis said " For him to be traveling on the interstate and not have everything in order, and for it not be registered, certainly set off a warning flag. He (suspect) has some previous charges that made this officer feel this (bomb situation) could be possible. Especially with the most recent events in America, so there was a lot of moving parts and pieces."
The incident shut down I85 in both directions until it was re-opened around 7:30PM. No bomb was found in the investigation. Al-Hinde is charged with Breach Of Peace, False Bomb Threat and a registration violation. He is in the custody of the State Transport Police.
