Overview

• On June 19 in Rocky River, Ohio, Rep. Max Miller said a man honked at his car, drove him off Interstate 90 and waved a Palestinian flag while threatening him and his family.
• Authorities identified the suspect as 36-year-old Feras Hamdan, who voluntarily surrendered on June 20 and was arraigned on aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation charges.
• A Rocky River Municipal Court judge set Hamdan’s bond at $500,000, ordered GPS monitoring and granted a no-contact protection order at the arraignment.
• The Rocky River Police Department is collaborating with the U.S. Capitol Police, FBI and Ohio State Highway Patrol in the ongoing investigation.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned the incident as part of a concerning rise in political and antisemitic violence against elected officials.