A Northeast Philadelphia man accused of killing his wife – who was found wrapped in plastic in a closet – holed up in a motel near the New Jersey Turnpike before he was found by police and taken into custody on a gun charge, a court hearing revealed Wednesday.
Vladimir Lushevskiy, 65, appeared virtually from the Burlington County Jail for a detention hearing in Superior Court in Burlington County. A Russian-fluent interpreter was present.
This hearing concerned gun charges filed in the Garden State after Philadelphia police requested assistance in locating Lushevskiy in connection with the death of his wife, Lola Karabaeva.
Police in Westampton, New Jersey, went searching for Lushevskiy in response to that request, Judge Craig Ambrose said, referencing the affidavit of probable cause in the case.
Westampton officers went to the Red Carpet Inn in Westampton Township and found Lushevskiy in the hallway exiting a room there, holding three bags, Ambrose said. The officers then detained Lushevskiy after he admitted one of the bags had a gun inside. Officers searched the bag and found a loaded .38 caliber revolver handgun.