Police arrested the two men suspected of killing—and tying and gagging—a man in his Chelsea apartment: The Post reports, "Ex-con Edwin Faulkner, 30, and suspected cohort Juan Carlos Martinez-Herrera, 26, were caught without incident by the NYPD’s Manhattan Violent Felony Squad at a home in Orlando at about 11:30 a.m. and are awaiting an extradition hearing, sources said."
Police discovered the body of John Laubach, 57, in his West 22nd Street apartment earlier this month; while his apartment was ransacked and laptop and credit cards stolen, there were no signs of forced entry. Laubach, who recently suffered a stroke, may have hired the pair as caretakers (a friend said he was introduced to "grifters").
Apparently cops tracked the pair's phone calls. A source tells the Post about the arrest, "There was a little hesitation. They didn’t open the door right away, but there was no struggle. I don’t blame them. If I knew I was getting arrested, I’d hesitate too."
