Spice Linked to Man Accused in Bus Incident

3 p.m. UPDATE FROM POLICE REPORTS

Virginia State Police have charged a New Jersey man with multiple felony counts following an early morning incident on Interstate 95 in Prince William County. David A. Servais, 23, of Millville, N.J., is being held at the Prince William County Adult Detention Center on the following charges: threatening to bomb a mode of transportation; abduction by force; drunk in public; possession of synthetic cannabinoids (spice); and fugitive from justice.

A Greyhound bus was en-route from Richmond, Va., to New York City, when one of its passengers, Servais, began verbally threatening the other passengers. At one point he positioned himself at the front of the bus, thus preventing anyone from being able to exit the vehicle. He then barricaded himself in the bathroom at the back of the bus.

At 3:31 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 21), Virginia State Police received a 911 call about Servais making threats to the passengers and troopers immediately responded to the bus, which had stopped on the shoulder of the northbound, I-95 HOV lanes at the 156 mile marker in Dale City.

All 38 passengers and the driver were able to safely exit the bus. Prince William County Fire and Rescue made arrangements to have a county transit bus transport the passengers off the interstate to a local Greyhound Terminal.

Servais was taken into custody without incident. Due to the nature of his threats, State Police with the assistance of a Stafford County explosives-detection canine thoroughly checked the bus for any suspicious packages. None was found.

6;30 a.m. 

DALE CITY, Va. — The High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes on Interstate 95 are back open this morning after an incident at Dale City involving a Greyhound Bus.

Police found the bus at the 156 mile post at Dale Boulevard.

More in a press release from Virginia State Police:

At 3:31 a.m. Wednesday, Virginia State Police received a 911 call about a male passenger aboard a Greyhound bus making threatening comments. State police responded and quickly evacuated the bus of its passengers and driver.

The male subject initially refused to exit the bus, but was later, without any further incident, taken into custody.

Because of the man’s threats to harm the other passengers, State Police thoroughly explored and examined the bus for any suspicious packages. Nothing was found and the bus was cleared as of 5:58 a.m. The investigation into the incident remains ongoing at this time. The bus was en-route from Richmond, Va., to New York.