Woman in subway death arrested before
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January 2, 2013, Wednesday
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THE family of a woman accused of shoving an Indian man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she had not been taking prescribed medication and she was difficult to deal with.
Erika Menendez, 31, was being held without bail on a murder charge in the death of Sunando Sen. She told police she pushed the 46-year-old India native because she thought he was Muslim, and she hates them, according to prosecutors.
They'd never met before she suddenly shoved him off the subway platform, because she "thought it would be cool," prosecutors said. The victim was Hindu, not Muslim.
It wasn't clear whether Menendez had a diagnosed mental condition. But her previous arrests and legal troubles paint a portrait of a troubled woman.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly would not say what medication she was taking or whether she had a psychiatric history. Authorities were called to her home five times since 2005 on reports of an emotionally disturbed person. In one instance, she threw a radio at the responding officers.
Menendez had been arrested several times, starting when she was young. In 2003, she was arrested on charges she punched a 28-year-old man in the face inside her Queens home. She pleaded guilty later that year to assaulting a stranger on the street near her home. The victim, retired Fire Department Chief Daniel Conlisk, said the attack was violent and relentless.
Sen owned a print shop and lived in Queens for decades.
Erika Menendez, 31, was being held without bail on a murder charge in the death of Sunando Sen. She told police she pushed the 46-year-old India native because she thought he was Muslim, and she hates them, according to prosecutors.
They'd never met before she suddenly shoved him off the subway platform, because she "thought it would be cool," prosecutors said. The victim was Hindu, not Muslim.
It wasn't clear whether Menendez had a diagnosed mental condition. But her previous arrests and legal troubles paint a portrait of a troubled woman.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly would not say what medication she was taking or whether she had a psychiatric history. Authorities were called to her home five times since 2005 on reports of an emotionally disturbed person. In one instance, she threw a radio at the responding officers.
Menendez had been arrested several times, starting when she was young. In 2003, she was arrested on charges she punched a 28-year-old man in the face inside her Queens home. She pleaded guilty later that year to assaulting a stranger on the street near her home. The victim, retired Fire Department Chief Daniel Conlisk, said the attack was violent and relentless.
Sen owned a print shop and lived in Queens for decades.
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