Mira Wassef

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — An NYPD school safety agent is accused of punching an autistic man in the eye at a Staten Island high school last week, according to police, sources and the victim’s family. Carmine Menzella, 24, called his mom hysterical crying after the incident at Susan Wagner High School on April 8. “Mommy, mommy, he punched me in the eye,” Rita Menzella told PIX11 News Tuesday about their phone conversation.

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CORONA, Queens (PIX11) — A man is accused of stabbing a robber to death during a fight over a bike on a Queens street Monday, police said. Nelson Torres, 33, allegedly attacked 22-year-old Anderson Archila-Martinez when the victim tried to steal his bike near Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona at around 12:45 a.m., according to the NYPD. Archila-Martinez was stabbed in the abdomen and rushed to the hospital but could not be saved.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — The kids of some Wu-Tang Clan members will take the stage to perform at a three-day weed festival on Staten Island this weekend. Just in time for Weed Day, the Flowery Festival will celebrate cannabis culture with art and music from Friday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 3022 Veterans Road West, organizers said. The children of Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and U-God will rock the stage to represent the legendary hip-hop group from Staten Island.

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CORONA, Queens (PIX11) — A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death during a botched robbery in Queens early Monday morning, according to police and sources. The suspect allegedly attacked Anderson Archila-Martinez while trying to steal his bike near Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona at around 12:45 a.m., police and sources said. Archila-Martinez was stabbed in the abdomen and rushed to the hospital but could not be saved.

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BAYSIDE, Queens (PIX11) — A man shot and killed a teen who was dating his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Queens on Saturday night, according to police sources. Neo Secaira, 17, was fatally shot in the chest and Frank Liu, 28, died of a gunshot wound to the head near Oceania Street and 48th Avenue in Bayside at 10:08 p.m., according to the NYPD. They were rushed to the hospital but could not be saved, police said. Secaria was dating Liu’s ex-girlfriend, sources said.