Suspect in NYPD machete attack indicted by grand jury on attempted murder charges
The 19-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the blade attack against New York City cops was indicted on several charges. A grand jury in New York returned an indictment Friday against Trevor Bickford, charging him with a longer slate of offenses than before in connection with the New Year’s Eve knife attack on NYPD officers. The 19-year-old suspect has been charged with 18 criminal counts including three counts of attempted murder in the first degree in furtherance of an act of terrorism, and one count of aggravated assault on a police officer as a crime of terrorism. Bickford was shot and arrested by officers on Dec. 31, not too far from Times Square, after he allegedly attack ed three NYPD officers with an 18-inch kukri knife near West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, outside the secure area that had been set up for New Year's Eve celebrations. MORE: Failed risk assessment emerges in Times Square machete attack "All eyes are on Times Square on New Year’s Eve and these c...