Overview

• A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Feras S. Hamdan on felony counts of ethnic intimidation and tampering with evidence plus misdemeanor menacing charges for threatening U.S. Rep. Max Miller.
• Prosecutors say Hamdan tried to run Miller off Interstate 90 East in Rocky River on June 19, displayed a Palestinian flag on his phone and hurled antisemitic slurs and death threats.
• Evidence tampering charges stem from allegations that Hamdan recorded the highway confrontation, shared the footage and then deleted it from his phone.
• Hamdan pleaded not guilty, was released on a $500,000 bond and is contesting the seizure of his phone on First and Fourth Amendment grounds.
• The investigation involves coordination among local police, county prosecutors, the FBI and U.S. Capitol Police as the case moves to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.