THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 0049 — 01-22-26
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
▀ West Village: Recidivist Crack Fiend… Caught With Crack Again
SINCE JULY ONE fella with hankering for puffing or pushing the rock has racked up nine busts.
The 40-year-old was allegedly lighting up for breakfast back on Dec. 4.
The suspect had been truant from court for a series of outstanding bench warrants.
So when they saw the suspect getting his rocks off outside a park on 6th Avenue and West 4th Street — they took brought him under arrest.
They also searched his pockets. Shocker… they found yet more crack!
For the freshest bust, the suspect was brought up on three drug possession.
That would mark nine times that the suspect had been dinged for dope dating back to July 11.
He has crack hits (all of them either possession/intent to sell — and within the same 6th Precinct) on July 18, July 25, Aug. 19, Oct. 7, Oct. 23, Nov. 11, Nov. 21.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Crotona Park East: Pistol Whipping Bodega Heavy Stocks Up On Free Smokes
A NICOTINE JONESING brigand was caught more than a month after allegedly roughing up two bodega clerks for a few packs of cigs.
The 28-year-old goon entered the Top Deli And Convenience market located on Boone Avenue back at around 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 2.
The suspect quickly showed he meant business by drawing a pistol and ordering the clerks, 22 and 24, to give him merch on the house.
When they didn’t move fast enough for his liking — the crook pistol-whipped the 22-year-old, wham, on the right side of his face.
He then helped himself to several cigarette packs and took off for a tobacco extravaganza somewhere.
The clerk who suffered the gun bashing refused medical attention.
Investigators pursued the perp (and circulated a snap of him with a T-shirt resting on his head). And they hunted him for weeks until Jan. 13, they finally put cuffs on him.
He’s facing robbery, attempted murder, and assault raps.
The suspect has racked up nearly double digits busts including robbery and grand larceny.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ DUMBO: Neighbor Floored Woman On Subway Station Platform, Then Ran Off With Her Purse
COPS DIDN’T HAVE to look hard to find her robber.
A 43-year-old man was warring with his neighbor, a 66-year-old woman at the York Street train station on the morning of Dec. 23.
The neighbors’ row had the younger aggressor bodyslam the woman in a violent crashing to the station ground.
While the woman was seeing stars — the brawler allegedly grabbed her purse and high-tailed it out of there.
The victim finally came to and returned to her home where she called authorities. The cops knew the bruiser lived in her building and quickly found him and the stolen purse.
He was hauled away and nailed for robbery, assault, petit larceny, and criminal possession of stolen property.
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⬛ QUEENS
▀ Astoria: Time Bomb Mom Scolds Son At Grocery Store
IT’S THE STORY of a mom and her son crossing paths at the grocery store. The two rip each other’s heads off.
And then after the dressdown, the son tries to call 911.
But the maniac matriarch allegedly yanks the phone and tosses it to the ground.
The 73-year-old women was outside Cherry Valley Farm grocery store back at around 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 29.
She was allegedly erupting at her grown son. The same spawn who secured an order of protection against her in June, the criminal complaint states.
What they were arguing about could have been anything from picking the son’s poor choice in cheese or irking her for choosing to chow down on sweets hours before lunchtime.
No matter what spawned the family fireworks at the market on 21st Avenue escalated to combat. The spooked son then reached for his phone and tried dialing 911 to stop his mad mother.
But she allegedly took it from him and tossed it hard to the ground.
Cops arrived and separated the mother-son squabble.
Authorities sided with the son and slapped criminal mischief and criminal contempt charges against the mother.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Port Richmond: 100 MPH Speed Freak Caught Snoozing In Hot Wheels
HE WAS BLAZING around town and won the cat-and-mouse game in a stolen Audi until a day later he was nabbed nodding off.
At around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 29, the suspect was behind the wheel of a black 2015 Audi Q7 punching the gas along Heberton Avenue.
A marked cop car started the siren and lights approach. That had the suspect go supersonic and try to show them how much was really under his hood. In fact, the driver hit 100 MPH multiple times, blew a stop sign, and failed to slow down or signal whenever he made hard turns.
He also was witnessed charging straight into oncoming traffic — forcing other motorists to swerve or hit their brakes and dodge collisions.
They would eventually lose him as a precaution.
But they found the same maverick in the stolen Audi power napping in the backseat.
They affected the arrest and he was formally charged with reckless endangerment, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and several violations like failure to stop at a stop sign.
The suspect was also tasked for a Sept 8 incident involving criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny, and ID theft (credit card).
⬛ GOTHAM, INK
▀ Bas2, Cope2, Wesp (New York, NY)
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▀ SAINT (New York, NY) - 1980s
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⬛ NYCTALGIA
▀ Jones Diner (East Village, NY) - 1980s
Credit: Gregoire Alessandrini
JONES DINER WAS a staple for nourishing artists, nightcrawlers, and cabbies.
▀ Pool Room (Bronx, NY) -1970s
Credit: Stephen Shames
Bronx boys in a pool room, New York City (1970s)
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Canal Street (Lower Manhattan, NY) - 1970s
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▀ ‘Dinksville’ (East Village, NY) - 1998
Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein
EVICTED TOMPKINS SQUARE Park residents formed an alliance in an abandoned lot and called it “Dinkinsville” as a knock on Mayor David Dinkins.
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ Hanger-On (New York, NY)
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▀ Boot Gets The Boot (New York, NY)
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▀ Busy Gothamists Training And Bussing From A To Z (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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