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A New York City jury on Monday found Daniel Penny not guilty of the crime of killing Jordan Neely in a New York subway car in 2023. Prosecutors attempted to convict Penny on the charge of reckless ...

Penny, 26, was charged with manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely ... manslaughter at the request of prosecutors. Neely’s father, Andre Zachary, filed a civil suit against Penny last ...

Penny, who was recently found not guilty in the subway chokehold death of homeless man Jordan Neely ... angry response from Neely's side, including his father, Andre Zachary, who was escorted ...

Jordan Neely’s father, Andre Zachary, has since filed a civil lawsuit against Penny in New York Supreme Court. The suit alleges negligence, assault and battery, seeking damages exceeding the ...

The facts of the case were straightforward: In May 2023, Jordan Neely, 30, a deranged homeless man high on K2 — a synthetic form of marijuana — boarded a subway car and began threatening ...

In another high-profile case, a Manhattan jury Monday acquitted Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely ... this either,” Andre Zachary said.

Andre Zachery, father of Jordan Neely, at a press conference outside the criminal court ... When Neely would refuse to give his father money, a friend said, Mr. Zachary would take away his son’s keys.

Daniel Penny was found not guilty in the criminal case, but he now faces a civil suit from Jordan Neely’s father, who was absent most of his son’s life. Andre Zachary filed his wrongful death ...