Regional
12:23 pm
Wed June 13, 2012

Bowling Green Terrorism Suspect Moved from Isolation

Mohanad Shareef Hammadi (left), Waad Ramadan Alwan (right)

An Iraqi man facing terrorism charges in Kentucky will be moved from isolation at a jail until he faces trial in August. Mohanad Shareef Hammadi had been held separate from other inmates at the Grayson County Jail since his arrest in May 2011.  During a hearing on Wednesday in federal court in Louisville, Defense Attorney James Earhart said he would not seek to have the 24-year-old Hammadi released pending trial as part of a deal with prosecutors.

Hammadi is set for trial Aug. 27 in Bowling Green on 12 charges, including attempting to send material support to Al-Qaida. 

A co-defendant in the case, 31-year-old Waad Ramadan Alwan, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing Oct. 2.