- Trevor Bickford, from Wells, Maine, is scheduled to stand trial on federal charges on March 18, 2024, for attacking New York police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve, 2022.
- Bickford faces federal charges, including four counts of attempted murder and terror charges. He had previously pleaded not guilty to state charges.
- Prosecutors allege that Bickford specifically targeted police officers with the intent to kill them, influenced by Islamic extremists in the months leading up to the attack. One officer suffered a fractured skull during the incident, which occurred on his first day on the job. Read More