NYC machete attacker arrested, faces charges of attempted murder

The suspect who attacked three New York City police officers with a machete just outside a security checkpoint for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square and expressed militant support for Islam was arrested Monday and is facing two counts of attempted murder, police said.

Trevor Bickford, a 19-year-old resident of Wells, Maine — a town nearly 300 miles from Times Square — is also facing charges of two counts of attempted assault for the violent attack, police said.