(Daily Mail) Marine veteran Daniel Penny has handed himself in to the NYPD to face a second degree manslaughter charge for the chokehold death of Jordan Neely.
Penny, 24, handed himself into the NYPD’s 5th Precinct this morning. He will go to court shortly to be arraigned on a second degree manslaughter charge which carries a sentence of up to 15 years.
He put Neely – a mentally ill, homeless man with a record of 40 prior arrests including violent attacks – in a chokehold after Neely shouted that he was ‘fed up’ and wanted to go to jail.
Daniel Penny, 24, handed himself into the NYPD’s 5th Precinct this morning. He will go to court shortly to be arraigned on a second degree manslaughter charge which carries a sentence of up to 15 years. He is pictured with his attorney
Penny, wearing a slim -fitting black suit, Vans and a white shirt, said nothing as he entered the precinct
The 24-year-old was accompanied by his attorney and a security guard
His attorneys last night released a statement saying he doesn’t deserve the charges.
A 66-year-old female witness to the incident spoke anonymously to The New York Post last night on the eve of Penny’s arraignment.
She said there are more videos of the altercation that led up to the chokehold that she believes will absolve Penny of wrongdoing.
‘So I believe that those videos are going to come forward, maybe people will do it anonymously.
‘I hope he has a great lawyer, and I’m praying for him. And I pray that he gets treated fairly, I really do.
‘Because after all of this ensued I went back and made sure that I said, “thank you” to him.’
Daniel Penny is yet to make any kind of public statement though his attorneys have released statements on his behalf
Penny (left) will today hand himself into the NYPD and is due to be arraigned on a second degree manslaughter charge for putting Jordan Neely (right)
