ST. GEORGE, Staten Island (WABC) -- Police have arrested a man accused of stabbing his wife and setting their house on fire on Staten Island Saturday night.
49-year-old Rogelio Mendez-Rodriguez is facing multiple charges, including assault, strangulation, arson and reckless endangerment.
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Police say Mendez-Rodriguez choked and stabbed his wife several times at the house on Monroe Avenue in St. George, then set the home on fire and jumped out the second-floor window.
He was hospitalized in critical condition.
Police say his wife escaped the home after her husband attacked her.
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She was stabbed in the stomach and arm, and is in stable condition at Richmond University Medical Center. Her name has not yet been released.
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