This undated photo provided by the Platte County Missouri Sheriff's Department shows Khurshed Haydarov. Haydarov a trucker whose hours-long standoff at a Missouri rest stop snarled a freeway's traffic for miles heading into the holiday weekend remained jailed Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Platte County prosecutors charged Haydarov with making a terrorist threat with what turned out to be a pellet gun. (Platte County Missouri Sheriff's Department via AP) (The Associated Press)
PLATTE CITY, Mo. – An armed trucker whose hours-long standoff at a Missouri rest stop snarled a freeway's traffic for miles heading into the holiday weekend has been charged with making a terrorist threat.
Prosecutors in Platte County charged 25-year-old Khurshed Haydarov of Philadelphia with the felony following last Friday's disturbance along Interstate 29 north of Kansas City.
Haydarov required a Russian interpreter during a court appearance Tuesday. A judge entered a plea of not guilty on Haydarov's behalf and scheduled a Jan. 3 hearing to decide whether his $100,000 bond can be reduced. Haydarov remained jailed Wednesday.
Authorities shut down the freeway for several hours after witnesses reported seeing a man pointing a gun from the cab of a tractor-trailer parked at a rest stop. Haydarov later surrendered.
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