Doctor charged with threatening US congressman in road rage incident

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A man in Ohio is accused of threatening Republican Rep. Max Miller and his family in a road rage incident.

Rocky River Police said 36-year-old Feras Hamdan turned himself in at the department with his attorney.

According to police, Miller called 911 at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday and said he was on Interstate 90 and driving to work when a man laid on his horn. The man then ran him off the road when he couldn’t get his attention, Miller said, all while trying to show the Palestinian flag.

Miller also said the man yelled, “Death to Israel,” and threatened to kill him and his family.

Hamdan is charged with aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday. It’s possible he will face additional charges.

WOIO learned Hamdan is a doctor with a private practice in Avon, Ohio.

“I don’t have to tell you last week, where we had two Minnesota senators were murdered, these are very serious charges, we’re talking about a sitting United States Congressman,” Judge Joseph Burke said. “These are real serious allegations here, and it’s not going to happen on my watch.”

He received a $500,000 bond during his arraignment in Rocky River Municipal Court Friday.

The judge ruled Hamdan must surrender his passport and is not to contact Miller or his family.

He is due back in court on July 8.

The incident remains under investigation by Rocky River Police, U.S. Capital Police, Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Ohio.