Man Who Attacked Detective With Meat Cleaver Near Penn Station Indicted: DA
(DNAINFO) Kathleen Culliton | October 18, 2016 — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Akram Joudeh has been indicted for attempted murder.
The man who attacked police with an 11-inch meat cleaver near Penn Station and slashed an off-duty detective’s facein September was indicted, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday.
Akram Joudeh, 32, pulled out the meat cleaver after two officers caught him trying to remove a boot on his car, parked on the corner of Broadway and West 30th Street around 4:40 p.m. on Sept. 15, the DA said.
Officers Robert Moti and Douglas LaPenta chased Joudeh who fled down West 32nd Street toward Sixth Avenue and;Brian O’Donnell, an off-duty detective walking toward Penn Station at the end of his shift, the DA said.
O’Donnell tried to stop the man but Joudeh struck him in the face with the cleaver and left a 6-inch long gash, police said.
Joudeh was shot several times by police, the DA said.
“I thank the members of the NYPD who bravely pursued this defendant as he ran through Midtown with a deadly weapon,” said District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. “Because of their courage, Joudeh was stopped before he could harm anyone else.”