Man accused of stabbing Senate staffer after prison release

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Senate staffer remained hospitalized Tuesday after police say he was attacked leaving a restaurant in Washington this weekend by a person who had been launched from federal jail a day earlier.

The suspect, Glynn Neal, 42, was arrested on a cost of assault with intent to kill after Saturday’s assault. The federal Bureau of Prisons informed The Related Press Neal had been launched from a federal jail in Maryland on Friday.

Investigators consider the assault was random. The sufferer, Philip Todd — who works for Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — informed investigators he had by no means seen his attacker earlier than and that Neal didn’t say or demand something earlier than he stabbed him.

He stated Neal had appeared from round a nook and attacked him as he was strolling with a buddy.

Neal had been launched after incomes so-called “good time credit score” as a part of a bipartisan prison justice overhaul often known as the First Step Act that was signed into regulation by former President Donald Trump.

Police discovered Neal after officer noticed a mobile phone that was dropped on the scene. Courtroom paperwork obtained by AP stated Neal informed officers he heard a voice “telling him that somebody was going to get him” shortly earlier than the assault.

Todd suffered a punctured lung and potential mind bleeding, based on courtroom paperwork.

A protection lawyer for Neal didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail in search of remark.

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Related Press author Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this story.