{"id":233990,"date":"2026-07-02T18:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233990\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:40:07","slug":"man-arrested-after-claiming-to-have-bomb-in-vehicle-along-pennsylvania-turnpike-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233990\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after claiming to have bomb in vehicle along Pennsylvania Turnpike, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 Police say they arrested a man who claimed to have a bomb inside a vehicle along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Court records obtained by Channel 11 show state police saw a pickup truck parked along the Turnpike near the intersection with Route 31 in Donegal Township Saturday just beofe 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Jeffrey Robert Sever, 46, was standing on the roadway, waving his arms at passing traffic, state police say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">When troopers approached him, Sever allegedly held up an electronic device with an antenna and said, \u201cThere\u2019s a bomb in the truck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Troopers went to detain Sever, but they claim he resisted, striking one trooper and trying to grab his gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Due to there being a possible explosive device near the highway, troopers searched Sever\u2019s vehicle. They didn\u2019t find an explosive, but records say they did find a pistol wrapped in a platic bag in the center console.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A later search warrant yielded three cellular devices, including the one purported to be a detonation device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Troopers later interviews a man who said he\u2019d let Sever stay at his home. Sever allegedly took the man\u2019s vehicle and his gun without permission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police note that Sever is barred from having a gun due toi a prior conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sever is facing multiple charges, including facsimile weappn of mass destruction, possession of a firearm prohibited and disarming a law enforcement officer, online court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He\u2019s being held in the Westmoreland County Prison and has been unable to post bail, which is set at $25,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 Police say they arrested a man who claimed to have a bomb inside a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7011,1874,8565,6748,4030,16830,2663,79,7355,31,784,6753,7356,53394,2582,740,742,7026,4369,20534,1405,4042,4043,4370,7362,28,30,29,206,13560,10692,4047,6014,99846,7363,3860,7364,99847,8574,7365,92915,209,1704,2155,6967],"class_list":["post-233990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-abstract","tag-accident","tag-auto","tag-automobile","tag-blue","tag-blur","tag-car","tag-city","tag-cop","tag-crime","tag-criminal","tag-emergency","tag-enforcement","tag-fast","tag-incident","tag-justice","tag-law","tag-light","tag-lights","tag-motion","tag-night","tag-officer","tag-order","tag-outdoor","tag-patrol","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-police","tag-protection","tag-raid","tag-red","tag-road","tag-roadblock","tag-safety","tag-security","tag-siren","tag-sirene","tag-speed","tag-street","tag-taxi","tag-theft","tag-traffic","tag-transportation","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}