SANFORD, Fla. – Law enforcement agencies in Seminole have reopened the eastbound lanes of I-4, after concerns about explosives in a truck on the interstate.
I-4 eastbound was blocked in the area of County Road 46A. That’s near the old Seminole Towne Center.
“Honking, road rage, people with their hands out the windows,” driver Gio Ruiz told News 6. “You have explicit things coming out the windows.”
The Florida Highway Patrol tells News 6 that troopers arrested the driver of the truck, 49-year-old Kelvin Harp of Tennessee, during a traffic stop, but then they became concerned about possible explosives on the truck.
According to investigative records obtained by News 6, troopers had received a call around 3 p.m. about a threat that Harp had reportedly made.
“(FHP) received a phone call from [REDACTED] stating that one of his drivers had made a threat that he had bombs in his commercial motor vehicle (truck tractor//semi trailer),” troopers wrote.
Upon finding Harp’s truck along the highway, troopers pulled him over, and he surrendered without incident, an affidavit shows.
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office was brought in to clear the vehicle, and the road was shut down.
The affidavit says that his truck and trailer were searched, though no explosives were found. As a result, the roadway was reopened.
“It was an ocean of cars,” Ruiz added. “It looked like one of those A.I.-generated (videos), when they’re like rush hour, they try to make something funny. But no, it was an endless forward, endless backward.”
FHP says this is part of an active criminal investigation.
Meanwhile, jail records show that Harp now faces the following charges:
- Written/electronic threat to kill/harm another person
- Use of a two-way communications device in the commission of a felony
- Terrorism to affect the conduct of government
- Threatening to discharge a destructive device
- False report of bombs, explosives or weapons of mass destruction
His bond was set at $105,000. No additional information has been provided at this time.