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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 00109 — 04-21-26
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
▀ New Jersey Man Draws Glock On Attendants In Parking Garage Spat
HE WAS READY to go to the mattresses over a parking ticket.
A 20-year-old hailing from Woodland Park, New Jersey lost his gourd on the morning of March 16.
Authorities say the suspect squared off with one parking attendant manning a garage located in the heart of the Theatre District on West 44th Street off 8th Avenue.
The brute started jawing with one of the garage workers after he allegedly ditched his white 2013 Acura and slipped behind the wheel of a much more lux black 2024 Audi A-6.
He then attempted to reverse to get out of the garage.
This had the attendant in fits.
He prevented the Audi from exiting. The accused then got out of the car and they started scrapping. At one point the parking attendant’s co-worker leaped in to join the throwdown.
While forcing the pugilist from the premises, one of the attendants felt the shape of a pistol in the man’s sweater pocket.
He then snatched it and took it to the garage office and locked it in a drawer, according to the criminal complaint.
Cops arrived and took the car crook into custody.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Fordham Heights: Wanted Stabbing Goon Caught After Conking Cop’s Head
HE WAS ALREADY on the run for stabbing a straphanger. Then he bashed a cop’s head.
A 41-year-old ruffian did a poor job of lying low after he allegedly stabbed a person aboard a subway train.
The suspect reared his mug again early evening on March 5.
He allegedly was made while standing on the mezzanine, awaiting the arrival of the B and D trains to arrive into the Fordham Road station.
Two uniformed cops noticed the man who matched a description of a wanted stabber from earlier in the day.
When one of the officers approached the suspect to question him — he allegedly struck the service member’s noggin with an unknown object.
He then slithered away out the station exit.
The mope didn’t get far.
On March 6, cops were onto him and this time he was quickly placed under arrest.
He faces assault of a police officer, weapon possession, menacing, and harassment.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ East New York: Seatbelt Shirking Teen Tagged In Cab With Pistol And Dope
A YOUTH WAS riding in the rear of a livery cab without his seatbelt on.
On the night of March 5, cops took interest in the cab driver’s infractions.
They took action by affecting a traffic stop at the intersection of Crescent Street and Linden Boulevard.
They aimed their flashlights and they discovered a pistol on the floorboard.
They then took a 17-year-old passenger and found he was also carrying on him a sack of dope.
He was pinched for the drugs and the gun possession.
It’s unclear if the livery cabbie was cited for the shoddy driving.
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⬛ QUEENS
▀ Ozone Park: Pyromaniac Nabbed After Charring Wife’s Wardrobe
A LOVER’S QUARREL ended with a woman’s wardrobe going POOF.
A 39-year-old hellraising hubby was feuding with his better half around suppertime on March 22 inside their 102nd Road abode.
Something sent the man over the edge and he allegedly darted to her closet and piled her garments into a pile.
He then fetched a gasoline can and doused the woman’s attire with the accelerant.
Authorities say the man lit a flame and set his wife’s closing on fire.
Once the fire was put out, authorities took the man into custody and formally charged him with arson and criminal mischief.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Tompkinsville: ‘I Am Going To Stab And Shoot You!’: Scrounger Barked At Employees After Boosting TV
THE THIEF CLAIMED to be homicidal.
A 54-year-old raider ransacked a business and trotted off with various (and a bit curious) belongings.
It was around 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 28, when the suspect lurched into a home located on Burgher Avenue off Wayne Street.
He brazenly grabbed a TV set, a power washer — and even a broom (because he’s all about tidiness).
The total take was valued at around $1,500.
When a couple staffers steeled their nerves to confront the thief, he allegedly threatened their lives.
“I am going to stab and shoot you,” he allegedly griped, according to the criminal complaint.
Cops were summoned and they netted the perp.
Among the charges against him include robbery, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and criminal trespass.
⬛ ‘OL SKULLDUGGERY
▀ Mystery Blaze Routs 200 Terminal Hotel Guests In Jammies (New York, NY)
▀ Cop Saves Patrolman Jumped By Blackjack-Whacking Throng
▀ Guy On Side Parades Court In Robe Before Divorce Jury
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES
⬛ WANTED V. NABBED
▀ Vroomer Sought For Acting With ‘Depraved Indifference To Human Life’ (Middle Village, NY)
⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ Moto Crackdowns (New York, NY)
COPS ARE COMING down hard on riders who are rolling around town without “unregistered” mopeds.
Sunset Park…
Rockaways…
Bay Ridge…
Bensonhurst…
Sunset Park…
Brownsville…
▀ He Blew It (Plattekill, NY)
A MAN IN a Honda was caught heading along I-87 with questionable cargo.
Sherod Wiggons, 47, was busted on April 15, 2026 when state troopers dispatched K9 Kell to sniff around.
The pooch turned up a sack filled with a substantial amount of cocaine (total weigh-in was 352 grams).
The Catskill motorist was hauled away and facing several felonies.
HAUL: 352 grams cocaine
RAP(S): Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 8 ounces or more, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree, intent to sell, obstructing governmental administration in the 2nd degree, resisting arrest, multiple uniform traffic tickets
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▀ Sky Sneaking (New York, NY)
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▀ Streetfights (Brooklyn, NY)
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▀ Day & Night Riders (New York, NY)
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▀ Breaking Century Mark On Roadway (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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