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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - It's a case of trouble times two.

Twin brothers from Port Richmond Center attacked a victim in Westerleigh almost three months ago, puncturing his lung, allege prosecutors.

Brandon Wood, 22, stabbed the victim with a knife, while his sibling, Kevin Wood, hit the 31-year-old man with a baseball bat, said criminal complaints.

The assault occurred at around 1 a.m. on Nov. 7 behind a location on the 200 block of Watchogue Road, the complaints said.

The victim was transported to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton, a police spokesman previously told the Advance/SILive.com. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, said the spokesman.

The criminal complaints did not say what precipitated the alleged attack.

The defendants live at the same Crystal Avenue address, said authorities.

Brandon Wood was indicted on charges of first-, second- and third-degree assault, along with criminal weapon possession.

Kevin Wood was charged with second- and third-degree assault and criminal weapon possession.

The defendants pleaded not guilty at their arraignments Tuesday in state Supreme Court, St. George.

They were released under supervision.

Their next court date is Feb. 19.

Maria Guastella, Kevin Wood's lawyer, declined to comment on the case.

Brandon Wood's attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

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Twins charged in knife, bat attack in Westerleigh; victim suffered punctured lung

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - It's a case of trouble times two. Twin brothers from Port Richmond Center attacked a victim in Westerleigh almost three months ago, puncturing his lung, allege prosecutors. Brandon Wood, 22, stabbed the victim with a knife, while his sibling, Kevin Wood, hit the 31-year-old man with a baseball bat, said criminal complaints.

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The world is full of schizophrenics and psychopaths and we are all aware of that. Thanks to the movies that we have been creeped out enough by such people and their gruesome behaviors and it goes without saying that most of these movies are inspired by true stories. And to add a little more spice to the fear, check out some of the weirdest twin-crime stories that are horrific enough to not let you sleep at least for a month.
1. The Berndt Brothers
One of the Berndt Brothers suffered from autism called Asperger's syndrome and the other one was so mentally disabled that he wasn't really functional. Edwin and Edward Berndt were charged with felony murder after police discovered their mother's body covered in bugs in their Houston home. She had apparently slipped and fell and the brothers left her on the floor until she died after 3 days. This duo was so mentally sick that they continued to stay in that house with the foul smell and the house flies.
2.The Gibbons Sisters
The Silent twins June and Jennifer Gibbons spoke only with their immediate family members. They were the victims of bullies at the school. Since they faced speech impediments, as the years went by, their secret twin language became more unique and less intelligible to outsiders. The twins committed crimes like arson and petty theft who later on were diagnosed with schizophrenia. According to Marjorie Wallace's 1986 nonfiction book, The Silent Twins, the sisters had an intense love-hate relationship and eventually made a pact: one had to die so the other could lead a normal life. Jennifer even admitted to Wallace during a visit: "I'm going to die. We've decided." In 1993, hours after their release, Jennifer, at the age of 29, died on her sister's shoulder from a sudden inflammation of the heart muscle. The cause remains a mystery.
3. The Han sisters
The identical twins from South Korea Sunny and Gina Han led a normal teenage life until money troubles took a toll on their lives. Sunny was jailed for taking a friend's credit card and going on a shopping spree, Gina reportedly stole $40,000 from family and friends, and Sunny pressed charges against her for burglary and grand theft. Their psychotic behavior was taken to a whole new level when Gina planned an execution on Sunny. One hell of a sibling rivalry I must say.
4. The O.Brothers
Advantage of committing a gruesome crime while you have a twin is that the genetic identification through a DNA test isn't possible to find out about actual convict. Three masked men stole $6.5 million worth of merchandise in Berlin, but left behind a sweaty rubber glove. Police used traces of DNA from the sweat to find Hassan and Abbas O., 27-year-old twins. Since they share 99.99% of their genetic information, there was no way for investigators to determine which sibling was linked to the snippets of DNA found at the crime scene.
5. The Kray Brothers
Known as the most notorious identical set of thugs, the Kray twins, born in 1933, ran deadly mafia-style operations in London's East End throughout the '50s and '60s. Though they started off as amateur boxers, Reggie and Ronnie Kray moved on to extortion, armed robbery, arson, hijacking, assault, torture and murder.
6. The Spahalski Brothers
We've all heard of twins doing acts "together" but this strange duo were both homicides, unaware of each others' tendencies. Manslaughter with killing of girlfriends and prostitutes was what this pair was famous for. The brothers' extensive criminal history, detailed in Killer Twins, a 2010 book by true-crime author Michael Benson, continues to fuel the nature-vs.-nurture debate regarding violent criminals.

7. The Adiwal Brothers
Manjit Singh "Mike" Adiwal and his twin brother Parminder Singh "Peter" pleaded guilty to a drug-related kidnapping in 2005 in British Columbia. The 31-year-old brothers were among the subjects of a lengthy investigation by a gang task force that used wiretapping to collect evidence for a number of cold murder cases, according to the Vancouver Sun. In May, Mike was charged with extortion and released on bail, but Peter has kept a low profile since 2009, when he survived 26 bullet wounds to his face, torso and foot.
8. The Eriksson Sisters
The suicidal Eriksson sisters Ursula and Sabina Eriksson made headlines in 2008 after video cameras caught them running into oncoming traffic on the M6 motorway in the U.K. Both were hit by cars, and Sabina was arrested for punching the police officer who attempted to restrain the twins. She was eventually convicted of a much more gruesome crime committed later that year. On May 20, 2008, shortly after Sabina's odd brush with the traffic cops, she killed a father of two by stabbing him repeatedly with a kitchen knife. After the slaying, paramedics who arrived at the scene saw her hitting herself on the head with a hammer before jumping off a 40-ft. bridge. She recovered from the fall and was arrested.
9. The Whitehead Sisters
Teenage twins Jasmiyah (Jas) and Tasmiyah (Tas) Whitehead were accused of stabbing their own mother to death. And the creepy part doesn't even end there. While they were summoned about the brutal murder of their mother, they claimed to be non-guilty at all. Tas and Jas were reportedly difficult to handle, to the point that their great-grandmother had to deadbolt her bedroom door to keep the twins from stealing from her.

Albert Ebenezer Fox and Ebenezer Albert Fox had very similar names and a penchant for poaching. They took their matching mugs to their advantage reprimanding the officials of accusing the wrong brother. Talk about a smart move to escape from a crime scene, we must take a lesson from the Fox Brothers. So, finally their criminal resumes helped lead to the discovery that fingerprints could be used to identify culprits -- because although twins share DNA, their fingerprints are different.

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Thanks to the movies that we have been creeped out enough by such people and their gruesome behaviors and it goes without saying that most of these movies are inspired by true stories. And to add a little more spice to the fear, check out some of the weirdest twin-crime stories that are horrific enough to not let you sleep at least for a month.

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Double trouble: 3 twisted tales of criminal twins

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Three highly unusual cases of what can happen when twins turn bad right here in Britain...

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Identical twins-either of a pair of twins who, as a result of developing from a single fertilized ovum, are alike in all genetic characteristics (including sex) and typically very similar in appearance. fraternal twins- either of a pair of twins who, as a result of developing from separate fertilized ova, are genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar in appearance than other siblings.

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Other studies, such as the Christiansen 1977 study had a large sample size of 3,586

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Twins Get Revenge On Single Mom - (Pt. 1) - Crime Watch Daily

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Monozygotic (MZ) twins (identical twins) share 100% of their DNA (MZ twins come from one egg; mono – single, zygote – egg), whereas Dizygotic (DZ) twins come from two separate eggs and share 50% of their DNA.

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Natural experiments meaning it has a greater ecological validity.
The results of twin studies have helped in the prevention of vulnerable disorders.
Objective and Scientific
Reliable as it is consistent.

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Small sample size may not be representative of the general population.
If twins are brought up in the same environment, criminality could just as easily be related to nature as genetics.