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- Born: 1987, EgyptABC: Megahed found not guilty on federal explosives charges (April 6, 2009)
- Engineering student at University of South FloridaABC: Megahed found not guilty on federal explosives charges (April 6, 2009)
- Said he was on an innocent trip to the beachABC: Megahed found not guilty on federal explosives charges (April 6, 2009)
- Said Mohamed put the explosives in his trunk without his knowledgeABC: Megahed found not guilty on federal explosives charges (April 6, 2009)
- Megahed said the "explosives" were home-made model rocketsTampa Bay Online: Megahed Arrested On Immigration Charges (April 6, 2009)
- FBI agreed that they were "low explosives"Tampa Bay Online: Megahed Arrested On Immigration Charges (April 6, 2009)
- Megahed and his parents are legal residents of the United States who have lived in Tampa for over 10 yearsTampa Bay Online: Megahed Arrested On Immigration Charges (April 6, 2009)
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Youssef Megahed is an Egyptian national and a student at the University of South Florida who on April 3, 2009, was acquitted of federal explosives charges. On April 6, 2009, he was taken into custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to answer for the same charges.CNN: Student acquitted on explosives charges now facing immigration charges (April 6, 2009)
Case Against Magahed
In August 2007, Youssef Magahed and Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamedwere pulled over for speeding. One of the men closed a laptop computer and put it in the back seat after the car was stopped.The trunk of the car was discovered to contain what the FBI has classed as "low explosive" making materials, including a PVC pipe containing potassium nitrate, about 20 feet of safety fuse and containers filled with gasoline and a potassium nitrate mixture. The The laptop had a large number of folders with information related to the manufacturer and use of bombs, and a video of Mohamed explaining in Arabic how to turn a remote control car into a bomb detonator. Mohamed had uploaded the video to YouTube.
Mohamed pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists and was sentenced to 15 years. Megahed chose to face a jury and was acquitted on April 3, 2009. But the ICE arrested Megahed three days after his acquittal, accusing him of "civil violations of the immigration and Nationality Act" and basing the charges on the same event that he had been acquitted of three days before.CNN: Student acquitted on explosives charges now facing immigration charges (April 6, 2009)
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