Staten Island Man Stabs Wife, Sets House on Fire, Jumps Out Window: NYPD - NBC New York

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• A Staten Island man stabbed his wife and set their house on fire before jumping out a window, the NYPD said

• The attack took place inside the couple's home on Monroe Avenue in St. George around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police said

• The woman was listed in stable condition after the attack; her husband was listed in critical condition, according to police

A Staten Island man stabbed his wife and set their house on fire before jumping out a window, the NYPD said.

Rogelio Mendez-Rodriguez, 49, allegedly stabbed his 48-year-old wife three times and tried to strangle her inside their home on Monroe Avenue, in St. George, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police.

The woman managed to escape the house and ran to a neighbor’s home to ask for help, police said. That’s when Mendez-Rodriguez lit the house on fire and jumped from a second-story window, according to police.

Both Mendez-Rodriguez and his wife were taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition and he was listed in critical condition, the NYPD said.

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Four firefighters sustained minor injuries battling flames at the house, officials said.

Mendez-Rodriguez faces charges including assault, strangulation, arson, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

His attorney information wasn’t immediately available Sunday.

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