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Police Seek Suspect in Fatal Chelsea Stabbing, Cops Say

By Mathew Katz | June 4, 2013 4:45pm
 Croney is described has having a facial tattoo of a red star with the letter B on his left cheek.
Suspect in Fatal Chelsea Stabbing
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CHELSEA — Police were looking for a man with a facial tattoo Tuesday in connection with a fatal stabbing in Chelsea late last month.

Cops said Norman Croney, 20, stabbed Jonathan Fonseca, 28, of Brooklyn, outside of a porn shop at the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 26th Street on May 24.

Fonsesca was stabbed in the stomach outside of the Erotica about 2 a.m. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Witnesses said the alleged stabber fled after the attack.

Cops described Croney as 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, with a tattoo of a red star with the letter B on his left cheek.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).