NEW YORK — The accused Times Square machete attacker was indicted Friday on multiple terrorism counts including attempted murder for targeting three police officers during his crazed New Year’s Eve rampage, prosecutors said.
Self-declared jihadist Trevor Bickford, who remained in the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward six days after his Midtown arrest, will face the new charges brought in the 18-count indictment at his first Manhattan court appearance sometime next week, prosecutors said.
Bickford traveled from his home in Maine to Manhattan before appearing just north of the revelers gathered to ring in 2023, with the suspect later declaring his intent to “kill an officer in uniform,” prosecutors alleged on Wednesday. One of the wounded officers, a rookie working his first shift, suffered a fractured skull before another cop shot the suspect, authorities said.
