Man Stabs Wife, Sets House on Fire, Jumps Out Window: NYPD

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.

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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