Suspect who stabbed 3 officers in Times Square on New Year's Eve pleads guilty to federal charges

Trevor Bickford pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from a 2022 New Year's Eve knife attack.

Trevor Bickford pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from a 2022 New Year's Eve knife attack on three New York Police Department officers manning a checkpoint on the Times Square periphery.

Bickford, who was 19 when he carried out the alleged attack, came from Maine in December 2022 intending to carry out a jihadist attack on officers in uniform, prosecutors said.

Bickford pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted murder of government officials and three counts of assault on government officials.

He faces up to 120 years in prison.