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Edward Zurec
WILKES-BARRE – A 73-year-old Wilkes-Barre man struck his sleeping wife with a glass mug and stabbed her in the chest with a steak knife early Thursday morning, police said.
Edward B. Zurec, of Puritan Lane, was charged with aggravated assault and simple assault in the attack on his wife, 69-year-old Patricia Zurec.
Edward Zurec was arraigned Thursday morning at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital by District Judge Paul Hadzick and later jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $50,000 bail. He was being treated at the hospital for a minor cut on a finger.
Patricia Zurec was transported to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.
Police did not disclose a possible motive for why Zurec allegedly assaulted his wife as she slept.
According to the criminal complaint:
Zurec admitted to police he struck his wife in the head with a glass mug shortly before 2:30 a.m. Patricia awoke, went to the bathroom, and while she was in the bathroom, police said Zurec went downstairs and got a steak knife from the kitchen.
He returned to the second floor and called his wife, according to police. When she opened the door, he told police, he stabbed her twice in the chest, the criminal complaint says. Patricia Zurec told police she struggled with her husband and managed to wrestle the knife away from him.
Police and paramedics found Patricia Zurec in the bathroom and Edward Zurec in the bedroom.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 21 in Central Court.