Man accused of threatening female driver with plastic gun

Mohamad Qasim Al-Amiri

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — A man arrested for allegedly threatening a driver with a plastic gun during a road rage incident in Bloomfield Township has been charged with assault.

Mohamad Qasim Al-Amiri was arraigned on the misdemeanor charge Feb. 5 at the 48th District Court. He was issued a $10,000, 10% bond.

The charges stem from a road rage incident near the intersection of northbound Telegraph and Maple roads Feb. 2.

Bloomfield Township Police received two 911 calls pertaining to a possible assault involving a gun. The first call was from a witness who reported that the male driver of a gold Cadillac was holding a gun and telling a female, in a Tesla, “I’m going to take your life right now” and “act like I won’t take your life right now.”

Shortly after, the alleged victim called 911 to report that a man in a gold Cadillac was angry at her because she honked at him when he cut her off and was threatening her with a gun.

Police said both callers gave the same description of the man and the car.

Al-Amiri was arrested at his home Feb. 4. Police recovered a black plastic handgun under the driver’s seat of the vehicle.

A pretrial hearing was scheduled for Feb. 24. His attorney, Hassan K. Bazzi, could not be reached for comment at press time.