Ex-Marine Daniel Penny is being charged with death by strangulation of Jordan Neely
Ex-Marine Daniel Penny is indicted by a grand jury for death by stranglehold of homeless schizophrenic Jordan Neely on the subway – after being arrested on second-degree manslaughter charges
- Daniel Penny, 24, was indicted Wednesday afternoon by a grand jury in Manhattan
- The indictment allows DA Alvin Bragg to move on to trial where prosecutors will allege Penny committed second-degree murder
- a Enter SendGo because Penny’s legal fund has raised more than $2.8 million
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted ex-Marine Daniel Penny after the death of homeless Jordan Neely during a subway confrontation last month.
Exact charges are not yet known and will not be revealed until Penny, 24, appears in court at a later date – expected on July 17. He was initially arrested on charges of second-degree manslaughter.
Penny is currently free on $100,000 bail. He surrendered himself to law enforcement on May 12 — nearly two weeks after the fatal incident occurred.
In an episode that sparked protests across New York on May 1, Penny Jordan placed Neely — a homeless schizophrenic — in a chokehold on an F train. Neely lost consciousness and eventually died.
The grand jury’s decision means that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will be able to face trial, where Penny, if convicted, could face up to 15 years in prison.
Daniel Penny was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon
A GiveSendGo for Penny’s legal fund raised more than $2.8 million
Lawyers for Penny have argued that their client acted in self-defense. Neely, who had previously been arrested some 40 times, is said to have yelled, yelled and threatened other passengers on the F train, according to eyewitnesses.
a Enter SendGo campaign to fund Penny’s legal defense has raised more than $2.8 million.
Lawyers for Penny have argued that their client acted in self-defense.
The city’s medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, saying Neely died from “compression of the neck.”
After the troubled homeless man’s death, Neely’s family has pushed for Penny to be charged with murder.
Neely, who was homeless at the time of his death, had an extensive documented history of mental health problems.
It is not clear which relatives he had contact with before he died.
He had previously been arrested for violent incidents on the subway, although it is not known if any of those arrests led to any convictions.