Egyptian facing explosives charges out on bail

A last-minute appeal has delayed the trial of an Egyptian college student facing federal explosives charges after a traffic stop in South Carolina.

Youssef Samir Megahed, 22, was released on $200,000 bail later Monday, the day his trial had been set to begin. It is the first time he has been free since he and a fellow student were arrested in August near Charleston.

Deputies say they found explosives in the trunk of the students’ car. Attorneys for Megahed and Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed say the materials were merely ingredients for homemade fireworks.

Prosecutors are appealing a judge’s ruling made Friday that excluded certain video evidence from the trial.

It wasn’t clear when Megahed’s trial will start.

EASLEY

• Bail hearing set for teen charged in killing family

A bail hearing for a teen charged with killing four members of his family in their Easley home has been scheduled for May 23.

Nineteen-year-old Nathan Dickson is set to appear before a judge in the Anderson County courthouse.

Authorities say Dickson killed his father, stepmother, stepsister and younger brother with a shotgun April 26.

He is charged with four counts of murder and is being held at the Anderson County jail.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY

• Attorney seeks to end evaluations for teen

An attorney for the Chesterfield County 18-year-old accused of plotting to blow up his high school says his client doesn’t need further mental evaluation.

Ryan Schallenberger already has been deemed competent to stand trial by a defense psychiatrist, lawyer Bill Nettles said Monday.

A judge did not immediately issue a ruling, but did grant a request by Schallenberger’s attorneys to delay any further evaluation pending an appeal his lawyers have pledged to file.

Prosecutors have asked that Schallenberger be evaluated at a federal facility.

Schallenberger was arrested April 19. He faces several charges, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, in the plot

GREENVILLE

• Rock and knife fight leaves one man dead

Authorities are trying to sort out what happened when an argument turned into a rock and knife fight that left one man dead at a Greenville mobile home park.

Copertino Esteban-Villar was stabbed Sunday and died at a hospital, the coroner’s office said.

Villar got into a fight with another man before the stabbing, then left and came back with several other people, all armed with rocks, according to deputies.

The other man was being hit with the rocks when he stabbed Villar, authorities say. The man attacked with the rocks also was injured and taken to the hospital, according to authorities.

Investigators have not filed charges in the incident.

Contributing: The Associated Press