TAMPA - Two Saudi men were arrested Friday after they boarded a school bus and rode to Wharton High School in New Tampa.
Students on the bus became alarmed, as did the bus driver, who called ahead. Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies met the bus at the school and detained the men. No one was injured and nothing out of line occurred on the bus, deputies said.
Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, who lives in Apt. 302 in The Point apartments, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20 Monticello Gardens, Apt. 304-A, each were charged with trespassing on school property. Both remained in Orient Road Jail on Friday evening. Bail for each was set at $250.
“Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school,” said Hillsborough County sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway. “They said they wanted to go to Wharton to look around, and then they said they wanted to go there to have some fun, and then they said they wanted to enroll in the English classes there,” Callaway said.
“We’re not sure if this was a situation of them just being new to this country, or if they were confused or what it was,” Callaway said. “We were unsure as to exactly what the final reason was, but it did cause great concern for the students on the bus and for us. One of the guys was wearing shorts with a black trench coat.”
While on the bus, the men laughed and spoke in Arabic, Callaway said.
Ahmed Bedier, Tampa director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the men likely meant no harm and that because “they were from Saudi Arabia, that escalated the situation.”
He blamed the incident on cultural differences. “They didn’t differentiate between a school bus and public transportation,” he said.""
"""Two adult males, one wearing a trench coat and shorts, get on a schoolbus in the summer""....sounds like an old richard pryor bit...."two dudes dressed like nuns wit` they dicks hangin` out"...lol
what`s odd about that?...i mow the lawn in my trenchcoat.... :yup
""“Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school,” said Hillsborough County sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway.""
i can understand 2 foreigners making a mistake....but they`d been here for 6 months.... the dissembling should raise red flags.....
sounds like a dry run to me. ....very scary...
anybody remember this?....
""WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military in Iraq has discovered two computer disks containing photographs, layouts and other material pertaining to American schools in six states, U.S. government officials said.
The schools are in ""Fort Myers, Florida""; Salem, Oregon; Jones County, Georgia; New Jersey; Michigan; and California.""
if this had happened in downtown baltimore,everything would have been cool...there would have been at least 2 kids on the bus with 9mm`s in their backpacks.....
in israel,these guys would have bombs under the trenchcoat.....
really sounds like it could have been a test run...
Students on the bus became alarmed, as did the bus driver, who called ahead. Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies met the bus at the school and detained the men. No one was injured and nothing out of line occurred on the bus, deputies said.
Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, who lives in Apt. 302 in The Point apartments, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20 Monticello Gardens, Apt. 304-A, each were charged with trespassing on school property. Both remained in Orient Road Jail on Friday evening. Bail for each was set at $250.
“Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school,” said Hillsborough County sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway. “They said they wanted to go to Wharton to look around, and then they said they wanted to go there to have some fun, and then they said they wanted to enroll in the English classes there,” Callaway said.
“We’re not sure if this was a situation of them just being new to this country, or if they were confused or what it was,” Callaway said. “We were unsure as to exactly what the final reason was, but it did cause great concern for the students on the bus and for us. One of the guys was wearing shorts with a black trench coat.”
While on the bus, the men laughed and spoke in Arabic, Callaway said.
Ahmed Bedier, Tampa director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the men likely meant no harm and that because “they were from Saudi Arabia, that escalated the situation.”
He blamed the incident on cultural differences. “They didn’t differentiate between a school bus and public transportation,” he said.""
"""Two adult males, one wearing a trench coat and shorts, get on a schoolbus in the summer""....sounds like an old richard pryor bit...."two dudes dressed like nuns wit` they dicks hangin` out"...lol
what`s odd about that?...i mow the lawn in my trenchcoat.... :yup
""“Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school,” said Hillsborough County sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway.""
i can understand 2 foreigners making a mistake....but they`d been here for 6 months.... the dissembling should raise red flags.....
sounds like a dry run to me. ....very scary...
anybody remember this?....
""WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military in Iraq has discovered two computer disks containing photographs, layouts and other material pertaining to American schools in six states, U.S. government officials said.
The schools are in ""Fort Myers, Florida""; Salem, Oregon; Jones County, Georgia; New Jersey; Michigan; and California.""
if this had happened in downtown baltimore,everything would have been cool...there would have been at least 2 kids on the bus with 9mm`s in their backpacks.....
in israel,these guys would have bombs under the trenchcoat.....
really sounds like it could have been a test run...
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