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Wells man who admitted attacking NYPD officers convicted

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The Maine man accused of a stabbing attack on New Year’s Eve 2022 will be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in January. Trevor Bickford, from Wells, was 19 when he attacked three police officers with a machete about two hours before the start of the New Year. According to prosecutors, Bickford wanted to carry out a jihadist attack on officers in uniform. Bickford will be sentenced Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The prosecution is asking for a 50-year prison sentence, while the defense is asking for a 10-year prison sentence. The charges to which Bickford pleaded guilty included three counts of attempted murder of government officials and three counts of assault on government officials. In February of last year, Bickford pleaded not guilty to expanding state charges against him. A Manhattan grand jury returned an 18-indictment charging Bickford with attempted first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism and multiple counts of assaulting police officers in connection with the December 31, 2022, machete attack. According to court documents, one of the officers attacked was working on his first day after graduating from the NYPD academy. He suffered a fractured skull and a laceration to the back of his head, received more than a dozen stitches and was unemployed for more than three months. Court documents show that a second officer who was attacked continues to suffer pain from his injuries and is afraid to return to Manhattan. According to court documents, the third officer who was attacked continues to suffer from migraines, speech and memory problems and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He still hasn’t been able to return to full-time duty with the NYPD, saying that “everything” in his life has changed and that the attack could end his career. All three officers have told the United States Parole Board that they believe Bickford should receive a life sentence. “Officers caused serious injury,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said when Bickford pleaded guilty.

NEW YORK –

The Maine man accused of a stabbing attack on New Year’s Eve 2022 will be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in January.

Trevor Bickford, from Wells, was 19 when he attacked three police officers with a machete about two hours before the start of the New Year. According to prosecutors, Bickford wanted to carry out a jihadist attack on officers in uniform.

Bickford will be sentenced Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The prosecution is asking for a 50-year prison sentence, while the defense is asking for a 10-year prison sentence.

The charges to which Bickford pleaded guilty included three counts of attempted murder of government officials and three counts of assault on government officials.

In February of last year, Bickford pleaded not guilty to expanded state charges against him.

A Manhattan grand jury issued an 18-count indictment against Bickford, charging Bickford with attempted first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism and several counts of assault on police officers in connection with the December 31, 2022, machete attack.

According to court documents, one of the officers attacked was working on his first day after graduating from the NYPD academy. He suffered a fractured skull and a laceration to the back of his head, received more than a dozen stitches and was unemployed for more than three months.

According to court documents, a second officer who was attacked continues to suffer pain from his injuries and is afraid to return to Manhattan.

According to court documents, the third officer who was attacked continues to suffer from migraines, speech and memory problems and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He still hasn’t been able to return to full-time duty with the NYPD, saying that “everything” in his life has changed and that the attack could end his career.

All three officers have told the U.S. Probation Office that they believe Bickford should receive a life sentence.

“The defendant in this case traveled to New York City to commit violent acts with violent extremist views and assaulted three police officers, causing serious injury,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said when Bickford pleaded guilty.

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