{"id":231213,"date":"2026-06-29T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/231213\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:22:09","slug":"man-charged-after-telling-troopers-on-pennsylvania-turnpike-he-had-bomb-in-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/231213\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after telling troopers on Pennsylvania Turnpike he had bomb in truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man is facing charges after he pulled over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and told police there was a bomb in his truck, the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said.<\/p>\n

Troopers on patrol near the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Route 31 in Donegal Township said they found Jeffrey Sever standing near a vehicle, holding an electronic device with an antenna and shouting, “there’s a bomb in the truck.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police said Sever told troopers to calm down and back up, and he appeared agitated as he told them there was a gun in his vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As police tried to handcuff Sever, the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said Sever swung at troopers and forcefully grabbed at a trooper’s duty weapon, which was secured in a holster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Troopers said they found ammunition in Sever’s pocket and saw a gun on the center console of the truck. Since Sever claimed to have an explosive device, police conducted a cursory search of his truck but didn’t find anything else, the district attorney’s office said.<\/p>\n

A search warrant turned up a pistol, three cell phones, including one that appeared to be a detonation device, electrical wiring components, pieces of cut PVC pipe and a rope soaked in a suspected fuel product, the DA’s office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Troopers said they learned the gun and truck belonged to another man, and Sever hadn’t been given permission to use the truck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sever is facing several charges, including terroristic threats, receiving stolen property, disarming a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and possessing an instrument of crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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