Tuesday 2 August 2022 01:33 AM Wife of Queens 'duck sauce killer' arraigned on weapons charges trends now
The wife of Queens 'duck sauce killer' was arraigned on weapons charges after cops raided her Briarwood home and found eight handguns and ammunition weeks after her husband shot dead a Chinese restaurant delivery driver over duck sauce.
Dorothy Hirsch, 62, pleaded not guilty during her arraignment on Monday in Queens Supreme Court as her attorney Mark Bederow stood nearby.
On June 3, Hirsch was arrested after police conducted a raid at her home two days after her husband and alleged killer, Glenn Hirsch was charged in the April 30 shooting death of Zhiwen Yan.
During the bust authorities seized 8 handguns and ammunition from Hirsch's Briarwood home, officials said.
Police records show the couple live in separate homes with Glenn Hirsch living in nearby Jamaica.
Dorothy Hirsch, 62, during her arraignment on Monday in Queens Supreme Court. On June 3, Hirsch was arrested after police conducted a raid at her home two days after her husband and fanatic customer, Glenn Hirsch was charged in the April 30 shooting death of Zhiwen Yan
Hirsch, 62, pleaded not guilty after as her attorney Mark Bederow stood nearby
Arrested and charged with criminal possession of a firearm for the deadly shooting and the murder of Zhiwen Yan, who was dropping off a Chinese food delivery in a dispute over duck sauce. Photo at Queens court by John M. Mantel for Daily Mail, June 27, 2022
Zhiwen Yan, 45, (pictured) with his wife in what appears to be a wedding photo. Yan, who worked as a Chinese food delivery man, 45, is shot dead in New York City: Cops eye disgruntled customer, 50, who had 'multiple' disputes with the restaurant over his orders and twice threatened workers with a gun
Hours after the Monday arraignment, attorney Mark Bedow told DailyMail.com that his client [Dorothy Hirsch] has 'nothing to do with the allegations against her husband and is absolutely innocent,' he said in part.
Bedow said that Dorothy, who works as a registered nurse, has not lived with her husband, Glenn for years.
'The DA is fully aware that he had access to her apartment and that the guns were recovered in boxes and garbage bags, among Glenn Hirsch’s other junk in a closet used by him,' Bedow said.
'The DA’s own paperwork acknowledges that the other items recovered from the closet were his things. He is linked to at least one and possibly more of the firearms by forensic evidence.'
He added: 'To prosecute Dorothy, a decent 62 year old woman who has never been arrested with knowingly possessing his firearms—with the intent to use them unlawfully—is preposterous.'
Bedow told DailyMail.com that even his client's bail was set at an exorbitant amount that was well over $150,000. He said at her July 12 court hearing he was able to get it substantially reduced to $30,000.
'She is a good and decent, law abiding woman who is being prosecuted merely because she is legally married to the person who is accused of committing a heinous murder.'
'She should be judged on the merits of the credible evidence against her, not the alleged criminal acts of her husband.'
'She is absolutely innocent of possessing any firearms in her apartment certainly with the intent to use unlawfully,' Hirsch's attorney Mark Bedow (pictured left) said. 'She is a good and decent, law abiding woman who is being prosecuted merely because she is legally married to the person who is accused of committing a heinous murder.'
A photo of the contents of the closet that authorities searched during the June raid
Eight fireams concealed in garbage bags and kept in a closet in the Briarwood home of Dorothy Hirsch. Dorothy hasn't lived with her husband Glenn Hirsch for year, the attorney said
Hirsch had nine prior arrests and while he has been in custody, a police search was conducted at the home of his wife, who he doesn't live with, during which eight guns were recovered.
Over at Hirsch's Briarwood home, cops discovered his refrigerator
