Justice was delayed on Wednesday for the man who pleaded guilty in January to stabbing homeless New Yorkers throughout Manhattan in 2022.
Trevon Murphy appeared in a Manhattan criminal court on Feb. 28 with his hands cuffed behind his orange jump-suited back. Murphy pleaded guilty in January to going on a stabbing spree during July 2022, during which he targeted homeless New Yorkers.
An apparent change in attorneys led Judge Gregory Carro to quickly adjourn Wednesday’s sentencing hearing; it is now scheduled to take place on March 27.
He first struck during the early hours of July 5, plunging a knife into a 34-year-old man sleeping on a bench in Hudson River Park. His victim perished as a result of the unprovoked attack.
Murphy then knifed another sleeping man, this time targeting a 58-year-old rough sleeper on July 8 at Madison Avenue and East 49th Street. The victim ultimately survived his injuries.
Murphy managed to stab one more individual on July 11 on East 95th Street and FDR Drive before cops finally caught up with him. On July 13, a cuffed Murphy insinuated that he performed the heinous crimes due to some perverse act of revenge.
“Because of what they done to me,” Murphy said when amNewYorkMetro asked why he committed the crimes.
Murphy was famously caught on security footage fleeing his crimes on a Citibike, something cops used to help identify him.
Police received a report from a retired correctional officer identifying the suspect by his neon sneakers and outfit from NYPD surveillance photos at West 128th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem. Responding officers arrived at the scene, apprehending the suspect without incident.
Almost two years later, Murphy was scheduled to finally be sentenced for the attacks that left unhoused New Yorkers in fear and Mayor Eric Adams calling for those living on the street to flee to the shelter system.
