911 suit vs. cops

Slay vic’s ma demands NYPD turn over tapes

THE MOTHER OF a Brooklyn woman strangled and thrown down a flight of stairs sued the NYPD on Wednesday, demanding it preserve records regarding cops’ response to a 911 call an hour before her murder.

Elizabeth Rivera, the mother of Tonie Wells, filed a petition in Manhattan Supreme Court asking that a judge order the NYPD to turn over 911 tapes, police logs and other documents.

Officer Wael Jaber and his partner, Officer Wing Hong Lau, were suspended last week after the NYPD learned the two cops failed to properly respond to a 911 call on Dec. 27 from Wells’ home on Sterling Place in Crown Heights.

Information on the cops’ botched response is necessary for Rivera’s anticipated wrongful death lawsuit against the city regarding her 22-year-old daughter,

“The officers originally dispatched to my daughter’s home arrived there, but did not get out of their patrol car to check on her. I understand that they reported the call as unfounded,” she said in documents. Rivera said in her suit, citing news reports.

An hour after the 911 call, Wells was found unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell. Her 2-year-old daughter’s cries led cops to her body.

Rivera also demanded the NYPD turn over the traumatized child’s health care information card so she can attend therapy. “I have been advised that my infant granddaughter must appear for counseling regarding the death of her mother. As such, it is necessary for me to obtain my daughter’s personal effects, which include my granddaughter’s health insurance identification card,” Rivera said in papers.

Tonie Wells’ husband, Barry Wells, was apprehended by cops and taken to the hospital for a psychological exam, cops said.

A Law Department spokesman declined to comment.

Tonie Wells (left) was found dead last week at her Brooklyn home, and two cops were suspended for not properly responding to a 911 call. Her husband, Barry (right), was apprehended.