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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 0072 — 02-24-26
BY: M.L. Nestel
Illustration by Rob Weiss
The Blotter.* A roundup of happenings in Gotham’s mean streets (and from time to time the tri-state region). Each item provides a staticky glimpse into the sleepless city’s peripheral misdemeanors, felonies, and misadventures.
⬛ MANHATTAN
▀ Washington Heights: ‘Where’s The Money?’ Ski-Masked Pistol-Pointing Intruders Barge Into Man’s Bedroom, Rough Up Dad, Strike Infant Son For $100 Score
A FATHER, HIS girlfriend and their 10-month were stirred awake in the predawn hour by two toughs aiming a pistol at them.
It was 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 28, a 28-year-old man answered the door of his apartment located on Audobon Avenue and West 183rd Street.
A pair of ski-masked goons (one Hispanic man wearing a black jacket that was inside out, a black hoody, black sweatpants, and yellow Timberland boots and the other toting a black and brown pistol) broke into the apartment.
They unloaded several punches at the father. One swing missed him and struck the dad’s baby.
Both men then duct taped up the man and his galpal’s hands and mouths. One screamed again, “Where’s the money?”
They ransacked the home and snatched $100 from her purse along with an iPad.
“If you call the cops, we will know we have police scanners, we know where you live, I'm gonna kill you tonight if so! We have pliers to get into the apartment."
The victims said they heard one of the invaders on a phone say, “We're here, where's it at?"
When they were ready to take off, the one goon warned the pair to keep mum or else.
He added, “If you call the cops, we will know we have police scanners, we know where you live, I'm gonna kill you tonight if so!
“We have pliers to get into the apartment."
Then they finally left.
The parents untied themselves and dialed 911.
Each was examined at a local hospital.
It’s unclear why the perps chose to target the family in the first place.
Cops tracked thieves, 31 and 32, took off in a black BMW.
They then pitstopped on West 177th Street where they switched up vehicles — hopping into a Toyota Rav 4 and rode off.
But cops were already on their tail, tracking them to the Bronx.
They finally called it a day at 6 a.m. at a Briggs Avenue address.
Once lassoed, both were brought up on robbery (with a firearm and burglary (with a deadly weapon).
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Claremont: Desperado Caps Off Inside Subway Station
IF IT WAS a hit job in the subway station, the assassin missed his target.
The 18-year-old man was allegedly hellbent on going after a contender over some sort of row.
The feud occurred on the night of Jan. 5 inside the southbound B/D subway station at East 170th Street and Grand Concourse.
Authorities say the gunman fired off several shots and then turned on the turbos and vanished on foot.
Incredibly, none of the rounds struck anybody in the station.
The accused shooter was picked up on Jan. 27, where he was tasked for the gun possession, attempted murder, harassment, and disorderly conduct.
He already was on the wrong side of the law stemming from a May 7, 2025 bust for assault with a weapon, weapons possession, and harassment.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ East Flatbush: Check Cashier Caught Pocketing Customer’s Funds
THE QUICK CHECK cashout chain was allegedly swindled by a grubby worker.
The 41-year-old was working at Paymatic located on Bedford Avenue back on the afternoon of Jan. 28 of last year.
Authorities say the suspect collected a check from a customer payable to their rental company.
But the clerk allegedly comandeered the monies meant to remit the rent to their account.
Authorities tracked the deposit to the suspect’s financial institutions, replete with photos of the check itself.
A year later, on Jan. 15, the suspect was formally brought up on forgery (deed/will/contract), criminal possession of stolen property, and possession of a forged instrument.
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⬛ QUEENS
▀ Cambria Heights: ‘Yeah, I Peed In That Bottle!’: Incontinent Bus Rider Caught Relieving Himself At Stop
THE BUS STOP in front of Yummy Kitchen was baptized by a man struggling to control his faculties.
It was 5 p.m. on Jan. 7, when the 28-year-old was apparently waiting for the Q4 bus on Linden Boulevard and started to turn the spot into his personal urinal.
The suspect was witnessed exposing himself and peeing in a bucket.
When officers arrived, and prompted to explain to him in certain terms that the bus stop isn’t a john — he protested aggressively.
“So you were trying to stop me from peeing before,” he allegedly snapped. “What the fuck are you going to do now?”
Lacking any modesty, the drizzler appeared to almost take pride in his outdoor potty antics.
“Yeah, I just peed in that bottle,” he boasted.
The suspect was charged with public lewdness and littering of swill, brine.
⬛ Gotham, Ink
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⬛ NYCTALGIC
▀ Boombox Booster Bagged! (New York, NY) - 1970s
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▀ I Dream Of Aliens (New York, NY) - 2009
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ TK (TK, NY)
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▀ Mean Powder (New York, NY)
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▀ Not Cleaning Up Their Act (Elmhurst, New York)
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▀ Blazer In Search Of Lost Blunt: ‘Snow Violated… That Was Pain!’
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▀ Chain Swinger V. Batman (New York, NY)
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*When perusing The Blotter, know that arrests do not constitute guilt, and all suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Moreover, the reported items are merely a snapshot of a criminal matter – what is known at the time of publishing. In most cases, the persons arrested for breaking the law haven’t been convicted (yet). It’s also possible that the charges brought against them may be reduced or even withdrawn.
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