Kate Anderson on January 2, 2023
According to the Daily Caller News Foundation, the New York Police Department has charged Trevor Bickford with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two counts of assault.
A 19-year-old man, Bickford, allegedly attacked three police officers outside Times Square on New Year’s Eve and struck two of them in the head with an 18-inch machete. Following an announcement by the FBI and NYPD that they were investigating Bickford’s online activities, federal investigators charged Bickford Monday afternoon.
“I want to be clear the FBI and the terrorism task force is working very closely with the [NYPD] to determine the nature of this attack and we will run every lead to the ground,” Mike Driscoll, FBI assistant director in charge, said during the press conference. “[A]s you heard the mayor and the commissioner state earlier, that there is no ongoing threat, we believe this was a sole individual at this time, there’s nothing to indicate otherwise.”
Bickford allegedly told police after his arrest that he had been planning to specifically attack police officers, according to CBS New York. A diary reportedly belonging to Bickford detailed his turn toward radical Islam in recent months, writing his brother Devon, a Marine, had “joined the ranks of my enemy” and begged his family to “repent to Allah.”
The FBI did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Alleged New Year’s Eve Machete Attacker Charged With Attempted Murder, Assault
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