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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 00255 — 10-13-26
BY: M.L. Nestel
Illustration by Rob Weiss
⬛ MANHATTAN
▀ Washington Heights: Bank Robber Busted Months After Pittance Score
HE KNOCKED OFF a bank for some chump change and enjoyed five months of idle time until he was charged.
At around 1 p.m. on April 23, the bandit, 42, who hails from Andover, Massachusetts allegedly struck a Citibank branch located on Broadway and West 181st Street.
Authorities say the suspect swooped into town and passed a teller a note demanding currency.
The teller complied by returning to the suspect $500.
He took the notes and fled the scene.
The perp basked in the glow of getting away with the heist until
Sept. 8 when he was given the business.
He was nailed for robbery, petit larceny, and coercion.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Rikers Island: Accused Murder Inmate Visitor Busted Smuggling Scalpels
IF SOMEONE WAS hoping for a little extra protection while biding time on the inside, they may have to wait a tad longer.
A 22-year-old woman was attempting to visit an 18-year-old homicidal suspect late afternoon on Aug. 30 — was held up and fitted for a jumpsuit herself.
That’s because while attempting to sitdown with the jailbird, the woman dropped a strange item that was wrapped in black tape.
A corrections officer took notice of the object and collected it.
It happened to be three scalpels tightly taped together with the black tape.
The shiv discovery ended with the visitor getting hit with promoting prison contraband.
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⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Brownsville: Homophobe Swings Loaded Sock At Trans Woman, Flashes Breasts
SHE COULDN’T MIND her Ps and Qs.
A 32-year-old hurled hateful insults at a transgender woman and then tried to whack her with a makeshift weapon.
The not so lady-like goon charged at the trans woman back at around 3 p.m. on Sept. 14 while she was walking on Williams and Sutter Avenues.
The woman first ripped a chain off the victim’s neck.
But that was only temporary.
The trans woman snatched the chain back.
But that only provoked the assailant to get fired up, grousing slurs and then stuffing a glass bottle into a sock and swinging it at the victim again and again.
Adding insults to the near injury brought on by the bottle in a sock — the suspect pulled up her clothes to reveal her breasts.
That gotcha effort earned her an exposure charge together with menacing as a hate crime with a weapon, aggravated harassment (as a hate crime based on race or religion, and weapons possession.
⬛ QUEENS
▀ Maspeth: ‘I Will Kill You!’: Bottle And Vase-Tosser Goes Nuts Twice
THE FAMILY FEUD turned nearly terminal.
A 26-year-old unstable one targeted her cousin and grandfather in two separate attacks.
On the morning of Aug. 9, the woman’s first attack occurred inside her cousin’s home located on 73rd Street off 57th Avenue.
Authorities say the perp showed up and took a glass bottle and was spotted on CCTV “smashing a hole in her apartment door with a glass bottle.”
The maniac also confronted her grandfather who was in the building and growled, “I will kill you!” while whacking his front door with a glass bottle causing a hole, the criminal complaint details.
Overnight on Sept. 3, the suspect returned.
This time she took hold of several items in the home and launched them down a flight of stairs.
The projectiles included a blue vase that she tossed and smashed a window.
The family turned to the law and they took the woman into custody and brought charges of criminal mischief (damage property), endangering the welfare of a child, and harassment raps.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Port Richmond: Fiasco Ends In Barbarous Choking Of Cop
A BARBER SHOP was where a cop suddenly was strangled by a maniac for unknown reasons.
Midday on Aug. 16 outside Back 2 Life Barber Shop on Morningstar Road, a 22-year-old put his mitts on a police officer’s neck and squeezed hard.
And when a fellow officer charged at the choker to force him off the cop, he fell to the ground and scraped up his elbow and hand, the criminal complaint states.
The suspect was quickly met with the letter of the law when he was charged with assault, strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, assault, and harassment.
⬛ WANTED V. NABBED
▀ Man Punches Out 2 Elders, Nicks Tripod (Washington Heights, NY)
A BRUTE BICKERING with two men, ages 71 and 61, in front of a children’s hospital punched both of them and snatched their selfie tripod.
Cops say the perp struck at around 7 p.m. on Sept. 14 in front of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital located on Broadway and West 165th Street.
The beef the suspect had with the two seniors inspired him to throwdown.
⬛ GOTHAM, INK.
▀ Busy Bricks (New York, NY)
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▀ FALSE (Lower East Side, NY)
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⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ < Bang, Blade, Blow (Middle Village, NY)
⬛ NYCTALGIA
▀ Radio Ride (Brooklyn, NY)
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▀ Fire Watchers (New York, NY)
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▀ Cabbie Crash (New York, NY)
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ Broadway Flyer (New York, NY)
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▀ Sideswiper (Brooklyn, NY)
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▀ 3 V. 1 (New York, NY)
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▀ Hacked (New York, NY)
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▀ Peeved New Yorker To Joggers: ‘This Is A Sidewalk, Not A Siderun!’ (TK, NY)
"These dumb fucks! Why don't you go run in the park?
You're the only motherfuckers who practice this sport on the sidewalk.
Go fuck yourself!
Look at all you white motherfuckers running on the sidewalk. This is a sidewalk, not a siderun!
You fucking morons.
You don't see people line drills, defensive drills on the sidewalk.
You're thinly dumb fucks practicing this sport on the sidewalk.
Look at these fucking morons. Look at these fuck faces!
Run in the park you little bitch!”
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▀ Train Across Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn, 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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