The former Marine who was filmed choking Jordan Neely to loss of life final week has been formally charged with manslaughter after turning himself into authorities Friday morning, The Shade Room can affirm.
Penny didn’t enter a plea throughout Friday’s court docket look and was launched on a $100,000 bond. His subsequent court docket date has been scheduled for July.
This story was initially printed at 9:53 a.m. ET on May 12, 2023, up to date with new data at 2:05 p.m. ET. Read the preliminary report under.
Daniel Penny, 24, arrived on the fifth Precinct in Downtown Manhattan shortly after 8 a.m.–11 days after he strangled Neely to loss of life on an F prepare on May 1. The whole incident was captured on video.
Last week, the health worker dominated Neely’s loss of life a murder by the use of neck compression, as reported by The Shade Room.
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Penny was charged with second-degree manslaughter after initially being questioned and launched by police on the day of Neely’s loss of life. His arrest comes lower than a day after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office introduced it could be pursuing prices towards him, in accordance with the New York Post.
Meanwhile, Penny’s lawyer Thomas Kenniff claimed his consumer surrendered “voluntarily” and with “dignity” and repeatedly invoked his army service.
“This morning, Daniel Penny surrendered at the 5th Precinct at the request of the New York County District Attorney’s Office. He did so voluntarily and with the sort of dignity and integrity that is characteristic of his history of service to this grateful nation,” Kenniff informed reporters exterior the precinct Friday morning.
Daniel Penny has turned himself in on a manslaughter cost https://t.co/XWOKTmck1upic.twitter.com/IQfG4tqrf1
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 12, 2023
Penny Now Facing Upwards Of 15 Years In Prison, Arrest Comes Amidst Widespread Pressure On D.A.
Kenniff, who expects Penny to be arraigned someday Friday afternoon, refused to reply any questions from the press, the Post reviews.
Penny now faces upwards of 15 years in jail ought to he be convicted and/or discovered responsible. His arrest comes amidst ongoing stress throughout the metropolis following the loss of life of Neely.
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Manhattan prosecutors confronted excessive strain to cost Penny, with protests calling for the ex-Marine’s arrest. Neely, a former avenue performer/Michael Jackson impersonator, had struggled with psychological well being points for many of his life.
On Thursday, Penny’s legal professionals stated they had been assured their consumer could be cleared of wrongdoing.
Penny’s Lawyers Maintain Their Client Defended Himself, Fellow Passengers, Never Meant To Hurt Neely
They have maintained that Penny solely intervened to guard himself and different passengers and by no means meant to harm Neely. However, Neely’s household desires Penny to be charged with homicide as an alternative of manslaughter.
The Neely household and their attorneys held a short press convention at 11 a.m. Friday, courtesy of CBS News. There, the household claims he by no means attacked Penny or anybody else on the prepare, for that matter.
“Ask how you can help, don’t attack don’t choke, just because someone is in a bad place. No one said ‘here you go sir,’ (Penny) acted with indifference, that’s not who we are or who we want to be,” one of many Neely’s household attorneys stated.
Neely had been beforehand arrested 44 occasions for assaults, tried youngster abduction, medication, and indecent publicity, ABC 7 reviews. Officials stated he additionally had no less than 43 instances of an “aided case,” the place psychological healthcare employees took him in for therapy.
Jordan Neely was 30. He deserved to develop outdated. pic.twitter.com/qtSVy7Bmec
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) May 4, 2023