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☆ Man who attacked 3 NYPD officers with machete on New Year’s Eve 2022 sentenced to 27 years in prison
  + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Rob Frehse | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —The man who attacked three New York City police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve in 2022 has been sentenced to 27 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. “Inspired by radical Islamic extremism, Trevor Bickford brutally attacked three NYPD officers who were just doing their jobs by protecting the public during the Times Square New Year’s Eve festivities,” US Attorney Damian Williams said in a Thursday statement. He then swung the blade at a third officer, who shot him in the shoulder, according to police. Bickford later admitted he intended to kill as many military-aged, government-employed men as he could before himself becoming a martyr, CNN has previously reported. He had planned to travel overseas to support the Taliban but ultimately decided to turn his attention to an attack in the US, the release said.
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☆ Justice Department Charges Alleged NYC New Year’s Eve Attacker With Attempted Murder
  + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NYPD was on alert New Year’s Eve after a machete attack on police officers near the Times Square celebrations. The Justice Department on Tuesday charged a 19-year-old alleged Islamic extremist with federal crimes stemming from a New Year’s Eve machete attack on three New York police officers, a case law-enforcement officials said underscores their challenge in preventing attacks by people acting alone. Federal prosecutors charged Trevor Bickford with four counts of attempted murder of officers and employees of the U.S. government, saying he traveled to Manhattan from his family’s home in Maine to attack police in an effort to achieve martyrdom.
☆ Times Square Machete Attack Highlights Challenge of Preventing Lone Wolves
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The 19-year-old alleged Islamic extremist charged with attacking three New York City police officers with a sword is the latest example of what law-enforcement officials say continues to be one of their most challenging threats: attacks by people acting alone. The mother of accused attacker Trevor Bickford called police near their home in Maine in early December after her son, who had recently converted to Islam, expressed a desire to go to Afghanistan and join the Taliban, said Thomas Galati , NYPD’s chief of intelligence and counterterrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed him, requested that he be prevented from traveling overseas and continued to investigate, Mr. Galati said.
☆ New York Machete Attack Highlights Challenge of Preventing Lone Wolves
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The 19-year-old alleged Islamic extremist charged with attacking three New York City police officers with a sword is the latest example of what law-enforcement officials say continues to be one of their most challenging threats: attacks by people acting alone. The mother of accused attacker Trevor Bickford called police near their home in Maine in early December after her son, who had recently converted to Islam, expressed a desire to go to Afghanistan and join the Taliban, said Thomas Galati , NYPD’s chief of intelligence and counterterrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed him, requested that he be prevented from traveling overseas and continued to investigate, Mr. Galati said.
☆ Times Square Attack Suspect Said He Wanted to Kill Police
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The man charged with attacking police near Times Square on New Year’s Eve told a detective after being arrested that he wanted to kill an officer in uniform, according to a complaint made public Wednesday. Trevor Bickford, 19 years old, told the detective that he saw the officer and waited until he was alone. “I said Allahu Akbar,” Mr. Bickford said, adding that he used a kukri, or type of short sword, to hit the officer over the head, according to the complaint. “I charged another officer but dropped the knife and I tried to get the police officer’s gun but I couldn’t.”
☆ Suspect in NYC Machete Attack Faces Attempted Murder Charges
  + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A 19-year-old man accused of attacking police with a machete near Times Square in New York City on New Year’s Eve was arrested on charges of attempting to murder police officers, according to authorities. The attack took place steps from where crowds had gathered to watch the annual ball-drop ceremony. The suspect, Trevor Bickford of Wells, Maine, walked up to a police officer at the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 52nd Street shortly after 10 p.m. and tried to strike his head with a machete before hitting two other officers in the head, said New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell . One of the officers then shot the attacker in the shoulder, Ms. Sewell said at a news conference.
☆ New Year's Eve attack on New York police linked to Islamist extremism
  + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Jan 3 (Reuters) - The teenager accused of attacking three policemen with a machete on New Year's Eve near Times Square and charged with attempted murder was linked to Islamist extremism, a senior New York City Police Department official said on Tuesday. The FBI interviewed the suspect, Trevor Bickford, last month in Maine after his mother reported her concern that her son was possibly becoming radicalized, Galati said. "He is not representing, you know, the Islamic religion but rather, you know, a very, very small percentage of people that get radicalized," Galati added. The attack, which officials say was unprovoked, took place before midnight outside a secure area set up for New Year's Eve celebrations. Before the attack, Bickford wrote a farewell letter to his mother in a diary, according to the New York Times report quoting a law enforcement official.
☆ NYC machete attacker arrested, faces charges of attempted murder
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office told NBC News Monday afternoon it is unclear when he will be arraigned "based on a number of factors." The three officers were hospitalized, according to Sewell, who said one had a fractured skull and another had a bad cut. The sources added that Bickford is believed to have traveled from Wells to lower Manhattan on Thursday mainly via Amtrak. FBI agents were outside Bickford's Wells home on Sunday, NBC affiliate WCSH of Portland, Maine reported. Neighbors told NBC affiliate WJAR of Providence, Rhode Island they were shocked by the attack.
☆ Suspect in New Year's Eve NYC police attack reportedly linked to Islamic extremism
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Jan 2 (Reuters) - A teenager accused of attacking three policemen with a machete on New Year's Eve near Times Square was charged with attempted murder and attempted assault, New York police said on Monday, in an incident the New York Times said was linked to Islamic extremism. Authorities did not comment on the motivation for the attack, but the Times reported that the suspect was driven by Islamic extremism. The newspaper quoted an unnamed senior law enforcement official, who said that Bickford may later face extremism charges. The Times said Bickford had converted to Islam sometime in the last year and a half. Before the attack, Bickford wrote a farewell letter to his family in a diary, the Times reported.
☆ NYPD officers injured in machete attack near Times Square New Year’s Eve event, officials say
  + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Tom_Winter_Nbc_News.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Three New York City police officers were injured after being attacked with a machete near New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, authorities said. The suspect approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with the machete, Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Multiple law enforcement officials told NBC News they were looking into whether the suspect had previously posted what they called jihadist writings online and traveled to New York to target police on New Year’s Eve. Four senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that the man had been identified as Trevor Bickford from Wells, Maine. The NYPD mounts a massive security operation every year during New Year’s Eve celebrations, with thousands of officers deployed in the area around Times Square.
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