Staten Island Teenagers Arrested for Merciless Gang Beating

Five Staten Island teenagers have been arrested and charged with second degree gang assault for jumping another teen outside his high school and beating him so bad that his jaw had to be wired shut. The victim ended up with a broken and dislocated jaw, a broken cheek bone, cuts on his elbows and arms, and a concussion. The gang showed up at St. Joseph's by-the-Sea in Hugenot and 18-year-old Mark D'Ambrosi (pictured) called out the 16-year-old victim, who is a student there. After the victim started getting the best of his aggressor, the other four then jumped in and gave him the beating of his life. A police source tells the SI Advance that the victim was able to "hold his own at the very least. And that's not good enough for (D'Ambrosi). So they decided to pummel the kid." The Advance reports that the beef was over the victim allegedly "using the Internet to chat with a high school girl who was dating a friend of the five arrested."

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By Billy Parker in News on May 21, 2009 8:10 AM

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JLRodP

And I thought minorities didn't have class.

Spirit of 76

Mark D'Ambrosi looks like a wuss there. Here's a tip, kid. Don't start a fight unless you're absolutely sure you can win. By yourself.

everyAframe

Next stop, middle age wasted on low to middling criminal endeavors, aaaaannnnnnnd raped in jails because of those girly mouths and gorgeous eyes. Enjoy it all, boys.

theevilone

"Beating him so badly", or are we just going with local Staten Island-ese?

robingee

Fantastic, way to uphold Staten Island Guido Douchebag stereotypes, a-holes. Don't try to be your own man or think for yourself or have consideration for others, that's too hard!

Brooklynbobby

Guido nights!!!

felixthecat2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwtYivkDUw

Italian girls. so pretty.

felixthecat2

Italians girls are so pretty even though they have a loud mouth.

r1b2

Keepin' it classy, Shaolin.

Rocknrope

Five teens, no brains.

Bernie Madoff-Goetz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0g-O-Vq7G8

Wza

hahaha!

put em in da bat-troom!

Clickety-Clickety Clack

This Sopranos-wanna-be, lowest-common-denominator nonsense is disgusting and insulting to real Italians.

felixthecat2

ah, brings me back to my young days in Arthur Avenue, Little Italy. But at least they didn't use weapons but 4 on 1 guy is dead wrong, Punks.

felixthecat2

i meant 5 on 1 is dead wrong. PUNKS Bitches.

JacqueMehoff

more of that guinea code crap. whoaaaaaa!

and for those transplants, the brooklyn and queens italians are all moving to Staten island.

that is until a minority moves in and then they move to NJ.

it's a natural progression.

felixthecat2

This happen in Arthur Avenue, Little Italy, most of the Italians moved to Westchester. when the Albanians, Russians and Hispanic moved in Little Italy, there was a lot of friction. Then the Italians sold their building to the Albanians who were SLUMLORDS and deteriorated the area. The original Italian owner would never rent to a non-italians but the Albanians rent to whomever at HIGH rents and never maintained the building since the tenants were minorities. Anyhow, most of the business owners are Italians since Fordham University is a great cash cow for the area.

BrooklynBredTom

I'm a native and I agree, at least partially, with the bias. Of course here in Brooklyn we have Bensonhurst and small areas scattered elsewhere infested with these low lives (and no, not Italians [I'm Italian], but Italian-American teens with delusions). But Staten Island, for whatever reason, certainly has the bulk of them per square mile. I'll certainly vouch for that.

arrogantnative

Wow..Nothing makes the transplants more excited than the opportunity to insult people from Staten Island...

You're all right though, teenage boys fighting is strictly a Staten Island thing...

GoToHell

Is the word "transplant" supposed to be an insult or something???

hotstepper

i hear ya. a lot of commenters are stuck in their "gangs of new york" phase. so cute.

Think2wice

"using the Internet to chat with a high school girl who was dating a friend of the five arrested."

Ay yo! I mark my terrah-tory with piss, so youse ain't supposed to goes neah my terrah-tory. Capice!

yg

Still hoping that Staten Island secession movement is serious.

felixthecat2

Also Texas.

gtraindelay

attack of the guidos

hotstepper

racist.

GoToHell

This is why Staten Island should be part of New Jersey. New Jersey is FULL of those nasty gutter class Italians.

openheads

Apparently so is NYC. As hard as you try, you can't pin Staten Island on NJ.

These are YOUR native sons.

JMH

New Jersey isn't.

NannyState

Ok, not North Bergen, but the rest of NJ..

The Edge

So is Long Island.

Splicer

Be fair -- they watched every episode of the Sopranos so they must be tough.

Clarice City

Or Growing Up Gotti. Another show that teaches low class Italian Americans how to uphold the stereotypes. Thanks guys! Keep up the good work, stupid!

KING

you fucken goofy white people are so big & bad when your in front of your screen. thats so funny ha ha. talk shit in front of those people. they'd snap you in half. then you'd be screaming like queers for Mayor & the police- Which you all hate. Smart People you are. Must be so aweful & un-hip to be you all