Abdinasir Abshir, who allegedly attempted to tamper with a witness in the ongoing Feeding Our Future trial, was arrested Monday and is being held in federal custody until a hearing on his case Friday.

According to court records, a judge revoked the pre-trial release for 30-year-old Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir for his alleged "attempt to tamper with and intimidate a government witness."

The alleged tampering took place last Tuesday before Feeding our Future co-defendant Sharmake Jama, 37, was to testify for the prosecution in the ongoing trial of Aimee Bock, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, and co-defendant Salim Said, a former co-owner of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis.

Abdinasir Abshir was arrested for allegedly intimidating a witness last week in Aimee Bock’s Feeding Our Future trial.

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/WCCO) – New allegations of witness tampering in a Feeding Our Future trial have rocked a federal courtroom in downtown Minneapolis. Now, new security measures are going into place while there’s an investigation into what happened.

A judge ordered a co-defendant in the Feeding Our Future case be sent to jail after prosecutors say he attempted to intimidate a witness last week.