Man accused in I-85 bomb threat appears in bond court

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The man accused in a bomb threat that shut down several miles of Interstate 85 in Greenville County appeared in bond court Friday.

28-year-old Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi went before a judge on charges of breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature, conveying false information about a bomb threat, and operating an unregistered vehicle.

Alhendi was arrested Thursday following a traffic stop on Interstate 85 near mile marker 44.

According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, a State Transport Police officer pulled over a tractor trailer due to a missing license plate.

During the traffic stop, the Illinois driver told the officer that an explosive device was inside the commercial vehicle, officials said.

All lanes of the interstate were closed and bomb squads from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division responded to the scene.

No explosive devices were found and the interstate reopened about five hours later.

Alhendi is being held in the Greenville County Detention Center on $20,238 bond.