Man guilty but insane in machete attacks

by Sheryl Kornman on Feb 06, 2009, under Local

Citizen Staff Writer
LAW AND ORDER REPORT

SHERYL KORNMAN

skornman@tucsoncitizen.com

Rickey F. Russell, 26, pleaded guilty “except insane” Wednesday to three felony charges in a machete attack at a bus stop on July 7, 2008.

He is to be sentenced March 2, according to court documents.

Tucson police said Russell injured two teenage girls in the attack shortly after 10 p.m. July 7 at a Tucson bus stop. One girl was “severely injured,” said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a spokesman for Tucson police.

Russell was arrested after a failed carjacking and failed armed robbery on July 12 and later linked to the machete attack by investigators.

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