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THE BLOTTER

ISSUE № 010 — 11-14-25

BY: M.L. Nestel

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

Inwood: Machete Man Wheels Away In Victim’s Moped

A MOPED OWNER was menaced out of their ride by a big blade toting bandit.

At around 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 9, authorities say the owner of the moped was forced to step away from the ride when a machete-wielding hoodlum commandeered it.

Police were called and netted on the suspect.

He was hit with using a deadly weapon in commission of a robbery.

At his arraignment the accused pleaded not guilty. He is expected back in court on Dec. 18, records show.

East Village: Gal Nabbed After Clobbering ‘Cracker’ Straphanger

A WOMAN LANDED a series of blows on a man after she allegedly hurled racial insults.

The 19-year-old was travelling on southbound “L” subway train as it was arriving into the 1st Avenue and East 14th Street station back at around 2 a.m. on Sept. 14, according to the criminal complaint.

The suspect allegedly shouted at the subway rider, calling him “white boy” and “cracker” before lunging at him and punishing him with a combination of punches to his face.

The woman was picked up shortly after allegedly roughing up the victim and hit with assault as a hate crime.

⬛ THE BRONX

Morrisania: ‘You Hit My Mom!’: Unhinged Son Whacks Woman With Metal Pipe

A PROTECTIVE SON went kamikaze on a woman whom he claimed struck his mother.

The 54-year-old accused was allegedly standing outside of 176th Street and University Avenue at around 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 when he saw his mom having an exchange with a 46-year-old woman.

The son apparently thought his mom was accosted.

“You hit my mom,” he allegedly charged.

The suggestion that his matriarch was hurt sent him into the red. He allegedly grabbed hold of a metal pipe and clobbered the woman, striking her on the head and then punching her several times in the face.

The pulverized woman was rushed to a local hospital where she was treated for a series of facial and bodily wounds.

Two hours later and a couple blocks away — the same suspect allegedly used a metal pipe to whack the back of a 15-year-old girl’s head at the intersection of Louis Niñé Blvd and Crotona Park East.

The suspect’s rap sheet dates back to the summer of 2018, according to a law enforcement source. He racked up seven prior busts; five for assault and two for robbery.

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Gravesend: ‘You Already Know What’s Up!’: 3 Thieves Pistol Whip And Beat Woman With Metal Baseball Bat

THEY WERE ARMED with a metal bat and pistol.

And they used each.

A trio of toughs inflicted a savage attack on a defenseless woman over the summer.

Back at around 3 a.m. on June 7, the three initially showed their teeth by making ominous threats to a relative of the victim outside a courtyard of the Marlboro Houses located on 86th Street and Avenue V.

“You already know what’s up,” 24-year-old suspect allegedly snarled to the victim’s kin, according to the criminal complaint.

Her 26-year-old counterpart added, “We will be back when the kids are not around.”

The crew made good on leaving at that moment.

But they returned with an especially brutal brand of violence.

The defenseless victim was met by the swing of a metal bat that connected several times on both of her elbows.

Her cohort then drew a black pistol and announced, “I’ll let this shit off.”

All three started to tune up the victim with kicks and punches. The gun toter then allegedly started whipping the woman to her face “multiple times” — cracking her tooth, the papers say.

As the woman was bleeding and bludgeoned, the three rifled through her purse to snatch her cell phone and debit card.

They then fled.

The pistol-whipper was pinched the day after.

But it would be months (Oct. 15 to be exact) before investigators put bracelets on the 24-year-old metal bat slugger.

Each faces a barrage of charges including robbery with a firearm, assault, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and menacing.

⬛ QUEENS

Jamaica: “Are You Going To Turn It Down Now?’: Madman Pulls Pistol After Pleas To Lower Music Volume Are Ignored

Source: NYPD

A FED-UP GOON showed the business end of his weapon to muffle his neighbors.

Back at around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, the showdown allegedly had the man erupting with a show of lethal force.

For an hour of supposed misery for his ears — the 53-year-old was suffering inside of his home located on Glassboro Avenue near 147th Street; forced to listen to the booming tunes played by four of his neighbors across the street.

“Are you going to turn it down, now?”

He allegedly marched up to the four victims’ doorstep and “asked” them to “turn down the music”, according to the criminal complaint.

When they apparently didn’t immediately comply with the man’s demands — he allegedly walked over to his parked car and returned.

Standing at their stoop was a nonplussed maniac, holding a black pistol at his waist and he allegedly crowed: “Are you going to turn it down, now?”

The no-mess move sent shivers through the music aficionados. They rang the cops and they were front and center minutes before 4 a.m.

It was there that the officers took a closer look at the gunman’s home. There, they found in a suitcase a 9-mm Glock pistol loaded with a magazine fitted with nine 9mm rounds of ammo.

When pressed if he could produce a valid New York City permit for the piece, the man allegedly answered no, but that “In North Carolina, I do.”

He then provided the cops with an ID card confirming a home address in the Tar Heel state.

Authorities brought weapons and menacing raps against the out-of-towner.

⬛ STATEN ISLAND

Brighton Heights: Dope Fiend’s Pills And Crack Stash Exposed After Making Consequential U-Turn

HE SHOULD HAVE read the signs.

A driver was witnessed cruising along in a 2011 Nissan Maxima when he popped an illegal U’ey.

It was around 10 a.m. on Oct. 3 when the 28-year-old man was spotted disregarding street signs to make a U-Turn nearby Central Avenue and Hyatt Street, according to the criminal complaint.

Cops pursued the motorist and ran his plates. They quickly determined the suspect had his driving privileges revoked or suspended not once, or twice — but three times.

A traffic stop was executed and when pressed to produce a valid driver’s license he allegedly came up empty.

The suspect’s Maxima was given the search treatment and the officers discovered a plastic silo belonging to someone other than the suspect. It contained 15 orange pills determined to be Amphetamine, three blue pills and one white pill — identified as Alprazolam.

What’s more, the suspect also had a clear baggie with a twisty on top gripping a “white rocky substance” described in the papers as crack.

Authorities brought drug possession, drug paraphernalia along with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and a license violation.

The suspect pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and must return to court on Dec. 9, court records show.

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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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