Times Square machete attack: Man accused of attacking NYPD officers wanted ‘to kill people and carry out jihad,’ prosecutors say

CNN — Trevor Bickford, the 19-year-old accused of attacking New York Police Department officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve, traveled to the city “in order to kill people and carry out jihad,” prosecutors say. Bickford allegedly went to the Times Square checkpoint just after 10 p.m., authorities have said. At the security area, … Read more

Diary investigators believe belongs to Times Square machete attack suspect includes last will and testament, sources say

CNN — A diary investigators believe belongs to the suspect in the attack on three police officers outside Times Square on New Year’s Eve ends with a last will and testament. According to multiple law enforcement sources, the last entry, dated December 31, begins with, “This will likely be my last entry,” and goes on … Read more

Suspect in New Year’s Eve machete attack on police near New York’s Times Square expressed desire in diary to join Taliban, die a martyr, sources say

CNN — The 19-year-old being held by New York City police as the suspect in a New Year’s Eve machete attack against three police officers just outside a Times Square security screening zone carried a handwritten diary that expressed his desire to join the Taliban in Afghanistan and die as a martyr, law enforcement sources … Read more

Naked man hurled machete at surveyor in DeLand, police say

ABOVE: Video of the man’s arrestA man has been arrested after deputies in Volusia County say he attacked someone at a gas station. According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to an area near the Volusia County Fairgrounds shortly before 10 a.m. Monday. A surveyor reported a naked man approached him while … Read more