Maine man sentenced to 27 years in machete attack on NYPD officers in Times Square
A Maine man who attacked three New York police officers with a machete in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in 2022 was sentenced to 27 years in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors said.
A Maine man who attacked three New York police officers with a machete in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in 2022 was sentenced to 27 years in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors said.
Trevor Bickford, who was 19 at the time, said he attacked the officers because he wanted to wage jihad, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said.
Three officers were injured but survived. Bickford used a machete-style knife and said “Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is great” in Arabic, as he slashed at their heads, prosecutors said.
The prosecutor's office called it a premeditated "violent rampage." Before Bickford traveled from Maine to the world-famous Times Square New Year's Eve event to attack police, he immersed himself in the teachings of the Taliban and considered going overseas to support the Islamic extremist group, the U.S. attorney's office said.
The machete used to attack three police officers in New York.NYPD via AP file"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," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.
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