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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 00182 — 07-01-26
BY: M.L. Nestel
Graphic by Melissa Eiler
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.
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⬛ MANHATTAN
▀ Chinatown: Spice Slinger Busted Dealing In Park
HE WASN’T PUSHING primo product.
A 36-year-old was far from discreet when holding court at Sara D. Roosevelt Park and slinging synthetic cannabis to a bummed out buyer.
Cops were watching on the late afternoon of June 9 while the suspect was allegedly standing on the corner of Chrystie and Broome Streets.
Cops coordinated a hand-to-hand where the spice was dealt for cash and the heat swarmed in and took him into custody.
They counted 15 small glassines sleeves of the synthetic MJ.
The 18-year-old customer who had hoped to be sucking on a pipe to get that sorta sweet knockout punch from the shitty fake weed was instead taken into custody as well.
Both are facing possession raps. The suspected seller was also hit with unlawful manufacture/distribution or sale of synthetic marijuana.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Soundview: Pistol-Pointing Fiend Bullies Man Buying Food Truck Chow Bragging, ‘I Run This Block’
THE SAVORING FOR a buttered roll and java were usurped by the King of Westchester and Wheeler Avenues.
A 40-year-old unhinged local apparently crowned himself the ruler of the swath of asphalt underneath the elevated train.
At around 6 a.m. on June 21 was when a 28-year-old man attempted to purchase some breakfast from a cart — he was thwarted by the rumbling royal.
“I run this block,” he gloated.
The two men bickered before the younger outsider retreated.
Thinking he had let the bigshot have his way and was in the clear — the younger man ventured to a nearby bodega to settle for a tasty beverage.
But the king crook shadowed him.
And this time he allegedly was out for blood.
The sovereign suspect pulled an iron out of his fanny pack and shouted, “I am going to kill you!”
He allegeldy pulled the trigger but the gun jammed.
What’s more, the magazine fell to the ground.
The victim perhaps seeing his life flashing before his eyes — had enough stuff to flag down a police detail.
They collared the man and collected his shoddy gun and magazine.
For defending his little intersection kingdom, the suspect now faces attempted murder, criminal use of a firearm, assault, criminal possession of a loaded firearm, reckless endangerment, and possession of an ammo feed device.
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⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Bushwick: Driver Caught With Stolen Treasury Checks While Parked Outside Police Precinct
MAYBE SANTA WAS working extra hours because a perp landed in the laps of the law like a foul ball at Yankee Stadium.
A 32-year-old rocket scientist was busted for parking his 2023 Kia outside the NYPD’s 81st Precinct at around midnight on June 8.
And lo and behold while lounging in the car — the cops took a looksee and piqued interest in the man’s knapsack.
The officers checked it out and there were 49 U.S. Treasury checks and 13 credit cards — and all of them “bearing different names,” according to the criminal complaint.
None of the names bore the defendant’s.
The situation called for the arrest of the driver and he was subsequently dinged for a truckload of stolen property counts.
⬛ QUEENS
▀ Jamaica: Kamikaze In Stolen SUV Led Cops On High Speed Pursuit, Hopped Sidewalk And Sent Scores Diving For Their Lives
A NOMAD STRIPPED of all driving priveledges went down with a bang.
The 35-year-old was not only forbidden from driving, but was spotted driving like a honyock on 101st Street in a stolen car and nearly killing several people in an attempt to lose the fuzz.
It was around 3 a.m. on May 28 when a police detail hit the lights and sirens to pursue the driver and his sidekick riding shotgun.
The cops tracked the 2014 grey Volkswagen Tiguan that they were tailing to being boosted a day prior.
As they locked on the suspects (both not wearing seatbelts) — the driver blew through a red light and eventually hopped a sidewalk causing several people to leap out of the way of the runaway SUV.
The cops finally pinned them in.
They soon learned the suspect not only had been convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle back in 2022.
But he was also revoked of his driving privileges since June 1, 2011.
The perps were busted for grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property (worth more than $3k), unauthorized use of a vehicle, reckless endangerment, flee police in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, driving without a license, and grand larceny auto.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Port Richmond: Grandpa Chased 12 Y.O. With Kitchen Knife Screaming ‘Come Here Motherfucker!’
IT WAS JUST like an episode of Denis The Menace except the curmudgeon this time was going to end everything in one episode.
A 69-year-old salty elder took umbrage against a boy.
At around 7 p.m. on March 9, the old man somehow lost his wits and took a knife to show the young kiddo who’s boss.
It was on a quiet block on Heberton Avenue where the geriatric erupted and went for the boy’s throat with his blade.
Cops were called and they took the unwise old man into custody.
He was nailed to the cross for acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 18, menacing, weapons possession, and harassment (physical contact).
⬛ LOCKED UP!
Graphic by Melissa Eiler
▀ Recidivist Burglar Inmate Dies In Prison (Wallkill, NY)
Sean O'Dubhghaill, Special to The Blotter
HE WON’T MAKE parole.
James Corey was found dead inside Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County, New York on June 26, according to the NYS Department of Corrections.
He was 72.
The cause of death is being investigated and has not been disclosed.
Corey was serving out a 16 year bit for burglary after DNA pulled from a blood stain at the scene of the crime tied him to Hell's Kitchen apartment break-in on July 7, 2014.
Three women in their twenties were living in an apartment in a five story walk-up at 723 11th Avenue near West 51st Street.
The last roommate left the apartment at 9 a.m. upon returning the women were aghast to find all three bedrooms ransacked.
Notably, a necklace was missing.
Investigators found a single blood stain on a bedsheet. An analysis by the NYC Medical Examiners Office determined that that it pinned to Corey.
The perp already had racked up two prior burglary convictions.
What’s more, his sister lived less than two blocks away from the scene.
He was also was captured on surveillance video outside a neighboring storefront, entering the building and leaving about 3:30 p.m. on the day of the thievery, prosecutors alleged at trial.
The late inmate had already served 17 years in prison for a pair of Manhattan burglaries and before earning his third in Hell's Kitchen — was paroled in October 2013.
Once arrested for the crime based on the surveillance video, and DNA analysis conducted by the Medical Examiner’s investigator confirmed the blood sample tied to Corey.
The man’s fate was hermetically sealed during a recorded phone call placed from Rikers Island prison, while awaiting trial, he propositioned a friend about bribing one of the victim’s; to entice her to lie about the value of the necklace and make the felony burglary charge disappear.
Even with all the evidence against him — Corey rolled the dice to fight the case at trial, challenging the DNA evidence.
He lost and was convicted of burglary on May 23, 2016. The judge in the case classified the burglaries of persons home as a violent felony crime.
An appeal’s court also upheld the jury decision, finding the DNA analysis of the Medical Examiners investigator, who had 12 years experience, to be a credible witness.
And then he was sentenced to serve another 16 years to life in prison.
Before he passed away, was almost 10 years into his punishment.
Had he lived, Corey was up for parole in January, 2031.
Corey's is the first death of an inmate in Shawangunk prison this year.
According to the NYS Department of Corrections, 83 inmates have died in state prisons so far this year.
⬛ GOTHAM, INK.
▀ Loud Paint (New York, NY)
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⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ Carjacker’s Gun (Bronx, NY)
▀ Perp Packing Heat (Bronx, NY)
▀ Bangs Seized (Brooklyn, NY)
FRUITS OF BUSTS made in Brownsville.
⬛ NYCTALGIA
▀ Green Giants (New York, NY)
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▀ Bomb Squad Carrying Out Pipe Device From Penn Station (New York, NY) - June 12, 1957
Credit: Tom Baffer
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▀ Grey Gardens-esque Gotti Mansion Sells (Scarsdale, NY)
The 1996 property at 6 Birch Hill Rd. is a sprawling colonial house that was home to Victoria Gotti and featured in the reality show “Growing Up Gotti’.
The 6,000 square-foot, plotted on two acres is a five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom mansion at 6 Birch Hill Court sat abandoned for years before selling for $1.1 million (but valued at over $2 million) in late 2024.
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ Tunneling (New York, NY)
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▀ E-Bike Scoundrels (New York, NY)
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▀ Second Thoughts? (New York, NY)
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▀ Side-eyeing (New York, NY)
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▀ Getting Serviced (New York, NY)
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▀ Fireworks In June Pt. 2?! (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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