NEFA Foundation Update on Goose Creek, SC Car Stop Case
The NEFA Foundation has released an update of its “Target: America” report on the August 2007 Goose Creek, South Carolina car stop. This update includes new information introduced in Yousef Samir Megahed’s criminal trial.
In the course of a routine traffic stop, police discovered explosive materials in the trunk of a car that was occupied by two Egyptian nationals who were students at the University of South Florida.
The driver of the car, Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, pleaded guilty to material support of terrorism and was sentenced in December 2008 to 15 years in federal prison. On April 3, 2009, the passenger, Youssef Samir Megahed, was acquitted of the charges against him by a federal criminal jury. Megahed was re-arrested on April 6, 2009 by ICE officials. He remains in detention, pending a hearing in immigration court.