Strict conditions for alleged gunman
Duck-sauce 'killer' bail
The deranged customer charged with gunning down a Queens Chinese food deliveryman in a beef over duck sauce was freed Monday after his brother fronted his $500,000 bail.
Glenn Hirsch, 51, who is charged with murder in the April 30 shooting death of Zhiwen Yan, was cautioned by Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder that he must adhere to strict release guidelines, which include monitoring by an ankle bracelet and restrictions on where he can go in the Big Apple.
“Anywhere you go that is outside your apartment is going to be restricted in terms of the time that you leave, the time that you remain out and the time that you return,” Holder told Hirsch.
“You go outside of the area, the location, if you end up in Manhattan, other areas of Queens, if you end up in Brooklyn or anywhere except a direct route to where you’re supposed to go, the sheriff ’s department will pick you up and bring you back before me, and I will remand you.”
Ongoing dispute
The judge said Hirsch must also stay away from Great Wall restaurant in Forest Hills, where Yan worked, and Lulu Laundry, about a block away, where Yan’s wife runs a laundry business.
Holder also warned Hirsch that if he enters the restricted areas, his ankle monitor would go off — and said locals who recognize him would likely report his whereabouts to the authorities. “There are enough people apparently around who just hate you that I’m sure they’re going to take a picture of you, if they see you in an area where you should not be, and send it to the court,” the judge said.
Hirsch was released later Monday, walking into his Jamaica apartment around 6:30 p.m. — as he declined comment to The Post.
Workers at Great Wall could not be reached for comment. Hirsch’s brother, Lee Hirsch, also declined to comment.
Hirsch had a dispute with the eatery stemming from his claim they shorted him on duck sauce.
The restaurant’s owner said Hirsch had repeatedly harassed him and his workers, saying the accused killer vandalized his car and showed up at the eatery with a gun in January.
Earlier this month, a high-ranking police source told The Post that cops found a huge stash of condiments in his fridge — which was also “filled with duck sauce.”
Hours before Yan was gunned down, police said surveillance footage captured Hirsch circling Great Wall in his car. Yan was shot and left to die on the pavement.
Hirsch’s lawyer Michael Horn denied his client had anything to do with shooting Yan.