Police beat
Police find mother and son dead
inside of their Chelsea apartment
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Cops in Chelsea
found a nonagenarian
mother and
her son dead inside an
apartment while making
a wellness check on Saturday
afternoon, it was
reported.
Offi cers from the 10th
Precinct came to the
home on West 23rd Street
between 10th and 11th
Avenues at about 2:41 p.m.
on Jan. 30.
Sources familiar with the
investigation said the building’s
superintendent let the
offi cers in as they made the
wellness check, prompted
by a call to police from a
relative who hadn’t heard
Video shows brutal assault of
robbery victim inside Dunkin’
shop at Fulton St. subway stop
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
The NYPD released
disturbing video
Sunday showing a
group of robbers attacking
a man during a robbery at
the Dunkin’ Donuts store
within the Fulton Street
subway station in Lower
Manhattan.
from the victims in some
time.
Upon entering the apartment,
police said, they
found Agnes Wedell, 93,
unconscious on the couch,
and her son, William Wedell,
48, unconscious inside
a bedroom.
EMS units responded to
the scene and pronounced
the victims dead.
Cops said the robbery
occurred at 11:10 p.m. on
Jan. 29. The video shows
several suspects pummeling
the 26-year-old male victim
as he waited for service at
the counter.
According to law enforcement
sources, the
perpetrators — including
four men and two women
— repeatedly punched the
The bodies were transported
to the Medical Examiner’s
offi ce for autopsies
to determine the cause of
death.
At this point in the investigation,
NYPD sources
said, detectives are not
certain if foul play was
involved.
The investigation is ongoing,
police said.
man, then blasted him with
pepper spray. The suspects
proceeded to remove his
wallet and backpack before
fl eeing the store.
Officers from the 1st
Precinct and NYPD Transit
District 2 responded to the
incident. The victim suffered
minor injuries and
refused medical attention
at the scene.
Police did not provide
specifi c descriptions of the
suspects.
Anyone with information
regarding their whereabouts
can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
(for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA). You can
also submit tips online at
nypdcrimestoppers.com,
or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
Violent man stabs two people
in Midtown during storm: NYPD
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Cops are looking for the violent man
who stabbed two people in the
back on a Midtown street during
Monday’s major snowstorm.
Law enforcement sources said the incident
happened at about 11:56 a.m. on Feb.
1 in front of 525 8th Ave., near West 36th
Street.
According to police, the two victims — a
man and a woman, both aged 31 — were
in front of the location when the attacker,
who exited from a gray four-door sedan,
approached them.
Authorities said the perpetrator stabbed
both victims in the back with a sharp object.
Sources familiar with the investigation
said it appeared to be a random attack, as
The suspect in a double stabbing in Midtown on Feb. 1, 2021, and his getaway
vehicle.
Mystery surrounds death of
93-year-old woman found
inside Manhattan bathtub
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives are investigating the
death of a 93-year-old woman
whose naked body was found
inside a bathtub in the Hudson Heights
section of Manhattan on Friday.
Offi cers from the 33rd Precinct responded
to a 911 call about a person in need of
assistance at about 1:05 a.m. on Jan. 29 at
an apartment building on Fort Washington
Avenue near West 178th Street.
Upon arriving at the home, they located
the victims did not know their attacker.
Following the assault, cops said, the
stabber retreated to his sedan, which then
left the location amid the snowfall. Police
released video of the perpetrator fl eeing the
scene on Monday night.
Officers from the Midtown North
Precinct responded to the incident. Both
victims are now in stable condition at Bellevue
Hospital.
Cops described the suspect as a Hispanic
man wearing a gray t-shirt and black pants.
Anyone with information regarding
his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips
online at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on
Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.
the unconscious and unresponsive woman
inside the bathroom. Cops said she was
naked in the tub, with a black garment
wrapped around her neck and bruises on
her knees.
Responding paramedics pronounced her
dead at the location. Police have withheld
her identity, pending family notifi cation.
Her body was transferred to the Medical
Examiner’s offi ce for an autopsy to determine
the cause of death.
So far, no arrests have been made in the
ongoing investigation, police reported.
The suspects wanted for a Jan. 29 robbery and assault
at the Dunkin’ Donuts store located within the
Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan.
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