New York Daily News

Stare sparked fatal stabbing

- Rocco Parascando­la Dan Rivoli and Thomas Tracy With Graham Rayman

THEY ARGUED constantly, but their fatal encounter started with a silent hard stare.

That’s when a mentally ill Brooklyn man began to stab a roommate to death, chasing her through the apartment they shared, police sources said Thursday.

When officers showed up at the Bay Ridge home Wednesday morning, Annmarie Vardy, 52, was on the living room floor, covered in blood.

Her alleged attacker, Michael Dunne, 42, surrendere­d quietly. He has not yet been charged.

Sources said Dunne is schizophre­nic but did not visit his doctor or take his medication regularly.

Sources also said he argued constantly with the victim about their living arrangemen­ts. Dunne’s 19-year-old daughter and mother also lived with them for the past three years. Both witnessed the attack, sources said, but neither was harmed.

Minutes before the fatal encounter, Vardy was in the kitchen, making breakfast before work, when Dunne entered, stared at her and attacked, sources said.

Vardy ran for her life, screaming for help, but Dunne allegedly caught her and stabbed her again. THIS DRIVER was uber mad.

Cops arrested a 21-year-old driver for the transporta­tion app they say attacked an NYPD traffic enforcemen­t agent Thursday.

Witnesses called 911 after they saw irate Uber driver Julio Nunez-Minier arguing with the traffic agent on Seventh Ave. near W. 56th St. about 7:50 a.m.

The agent was giving him a ticket for double parking, police said.

“I’m going to hit you,” he seethed before slapping the male agent in the face and speeding off.

Cops caught him at Seventh Ave. and 42nd St.. The traffic agent was not seriously harmed.

Cops charged Nunez-Minier with assault as a hate crime for hitting a uniformed officer.

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