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Police Announce Additional Charge Against Teen Involved In Fatal Coney Island Beating

The Ocean Towers building on West 24th Street in Coney Island. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD has added an attempted murder charge against the teen involved in a fatal beating in Coney Island [/teenage-girl-beaten-death-coney-island/] last week, police announced Thursday. Authorities initially charged 18-year-old Sarina Agard-Forde with felony and misdemeanor assault

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Wheelchair-Bound Girl Hasn’t Been Able To Leave Apartment Since Sandy

Schania Burgess via CBS 2A wheelchair-bound 8-year-old girl, Schania Burgess, has been virtually trapped in her apartment since Superstorm Sandy knocked out her building’s elevator, according to a report by CBS NY [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/28/wheelchair-bound-girl-remains-trapped-in-apartment-four-month-after-sandy-hit/] . Burgess’s mother laments the situation. “As you could