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Good Samaritan beaten after trying to help woman whose boyfriend slapped her on NYC street: cops
Mendieta turned on the intervening stranger and repeatedly punched him in the face – leaving him with a bruised nose, a cut on his forehead, swelling and substantial pain, according to cops and a c…
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Brian Mendieta, 26, chased his 27-year-old girlfriend into the street and slapped her in the face on East 76th Street near First Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Friday, authorities said.