-BACK TB FOR $1/MONTH…

UPGRADE

felonies, misdemeanors, and misadventures

-CHIP IN:

-CLICK ADS: Each issue features an ad. If readers could simply click the ad(s) — it would be a small little token that the company pays out. Please consider this. Yes it will open a window. But think of it as clicking it for goodness sake.

TWO DEADBEATS SHOOKDOWN a man as he was pacing in the middle of the night in the heart of Midtown. 

The 66-year-old was jumped while he was taking a stroll at around 3 a.m. on May 10. 

Authorities say the man was passing by East 51st Street and Lexington Avenue when he was suddenly clobbered by two thugs who slugged his face several times then then flashed a piece demanding he cough up all his hard currency. 

The pummeled man may have been seeing stars, but had enough sense to offer $250. 

That chunk of change apparently was enough for the thieves to leave him to lick his wounds as they stole away on a subway. 

Cops arrived to find the man woozy and wounded man recount the clobbering and cash snatch. 

Officers canvassed the area and found two men waiting on the northbound 6 train platform at the Lexington/East 51st Street station.

One of the men was found to be packing a 9mm pistol and the other was armed with a Taser. 

The perps were taken away and hit with robbery (with a firearm), and criminal possession of a weapon and assault (person 65 or older).

A GRUBBY JAILER got caught fattening his pockets to smuggle dope into the city's notorious lockup.

Eric Rivera, 54, was deep in it when he was taken into custody on Wednesday to face down charges of introducing contraband to prison, receiving a bribe and official misconduct, after investigators say he smuggled drug-laced paper into the jail and delivered it to an inmate.

Between June 1, 2025 and September 15, 2025, investigators say Rivera compromised his position of authority by taking $5,000 to smuggle paper soaked in a mystery drug to an inmate on the inside.

“Documents soaked in dangerous narcotics such as K-2 and fentanyl threaten the safety of inmates and staff," said Bronx DA Darcel Clark, in announcing the bust. "This defendant allegedly received money to bring in papers treated with drugs, ignoring the hazard of such contraband, and putting lives at risk.”

The cloak-and-dagger smuggling technique (colloquially known as “wet letters” and “strips”) is becoming increasingly common in NYC jails and State prisons.

Of a reported 15 deaths in NYC DOC custody on Rikers Island in 2025, eight of those deaths were suspected drug overdoses, according to the NYC DOC's Special Investigations Unit, which investigates and issues quarterly reports on deaths in custody.

In the case of Ramel Powell, 38, found dead in his cell at Rikers on Feb 19, 2025 — staff found documents inside a folder in his cell that tested positive for a coating them with "Spice" aka K-2, a synthetic marijuana, as well as 121 pills, the DOC investigation into his death determined.

Over 4 million people have had the same lightbulb moment.

Morning Brew is a free daily newsletter that breaks down what's happening in business, finance, and tech — clearly, quickly, and with enough personality to make it the best email in your inbox.

No yelling. No filler. Just the news, finally making sense.

Try it for free

HE REGRETTED NOT being enough of a sex pest. 

The 20-year-old ghoul allegedly compromised his ex-girlfriend’s Instagram account. 

On April 6, while in control of her cache of pics and content he allegedly switched her password. 

And while he was exploring all of the woman’s private material — he lucked on a compromising snap (featuring the woman’s face and breasts).

And he allegedly decided why not curate her feed with the indecent image for all of the public to gasp.

Chagrined by the move, the woman contacted the usurper to retrieve the new password. 

And while he allegedly gave her the new credentials, he also gave her one last text smackdown. 

“I should have kept the phoто up longer,” he told her. “Fuck you.”

The law intervened and on April 29, the suspect was given the business with a double dose of unlawful disclosure of an intimate image, unlawful publication of an intimate image, and harassment.

A TRAIN TRAVELER decided to turn a train station into a crack den. 

At around 1:30 p.m. (that’s lunchtime for some) on April 16 the 29-year-old was taking a load off inside the LIRR train station at Sutphin Boulevard. 

Authorities say the fiend was tripping the life fantastic with a pipe loaded with rocks. 

His quick fix was interrupted by the sober sight of uniforms taking him away and giving him a one-way ticket to the hoosegow. 

They took away his vape pen and then also found a yellow container filled with coke. 

He was then brought before a judge at arraignment where he pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance, and prohibited uses (smoking).

A POOR SOUL in an SUV crossed paths with a roughneck in a pickup. 

At around 2:15 p.m. on April 28, the driver of a black 2026 Nissan Rogue tangoed with a 51-year-old hard ass manning a grey 2015 GMC pickup. 

The Rogue driver claims that as they were clashing on Hylan Boulevard and New Dorp Lane — the pickup driver rammed the Rogue driver’s rear without stopping. 

The Rogue driver claimed the suspect allegedly had stopped in the road to let him drive past.

Then the pickup driver hit the gas and intentional slammed into the Rogue sending it careening into a utility pole, totaling the ride. 

The impact also shattered the windows, and caused him suffer lacerations. 

After the collision, the pickup driver allegedly motored away. 

Cops picked up the Rogue terminator and he was extricated from his GMC and nailed to the cross for a truckload of charges including assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, and leaving the scene of an accident.

Sean O'Dubhghaill, Special to The Blotter

"THE LAST DONE" is gone.

A Staten Island heavy player, whose crew allegedly peddled marijuana, crack and smack out of the Stapleton Houses and traveling all the way up to Vermont — is being sent away for the rest of his life.

John "the Last Don" Pena, 34, was sentenced on May 20 in Brooklyn Federal Court for his role in a pair of gang-related murders, dating back to 2021; including one in which he shot dead a man dead in his sleep.

Pena was the reputed head of the Gorilla Stone Mafia, a faction of the nationwide Bloods gang, was convicted of the murder of Mark Bajandas, 26, a former GSM member who apparently switched allegiances to a rival gang. 

On March 10, 2021, Pena, who was also known by the moniker "Tragedy" had accompanied Bajanas to a memorial service for another homie Bajanas had killed a year earlier — only to gun him down later that night outside the Stapleton Houses for his alleged betrayal.

“I spliffed him and walked off like I was John Gotti,” he told a witness, who testified against Pena at trial.

Pena was also convicted of the June 22, 2021 murder of Francisco Gonzalez, 23, another GMS cohort, who was tagged three times while he slept in a bed next to Pena's ex-girlfriend in a New Brighton home.

While awaiting trial at the now defunct Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan, authorities found notebooks in his cell in which he allegedly penned lyrics to songs referencing the two murders.

"I feel like the reaper, for turning opps (opposition) into ghosts," the lyric reads.

Of the Gonzalez murder, he allegedly wrote "left his brains on them sheets" a reference to shooting the man three times while he slept, prosecutors contended.

Pena was convicted of the murders, as well as racketeering and gun charges in September 2024.

"This should serve as a warning to every gangster who believes they are above the law: we will find you, we will prosecute you, and we will put you away for the rest of your life,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Barnacle, following the judges lifetime prison sentence. “Our communities deserve to live without fear, and today, because of the FBI’s Metropolitan Safe Streets Task Force, they are one step closer.”

«SOURCE»

THE LITTLE GUN was put on display following a 2023 bust (the visual inventory is light these days so retrospective is called for) revolver, a blade, powder, bullets, cash, sleeves, and capsules.

«SOURCE»

TWO PERPS PINCHED with three guns, and a lot of brass.

«SOURCE»

A SACK OF blow, nuggs, lean libation and other no-nos seized from a takedown on Morris Ave and Adams Street.

«SOURCE»

«SOURCE»

CAFE CAGGIANO (209 Avenue U) IN Gravesend where Gambino family members congregated.

«SOURCE»

«SOURCE»

«SOURCE»

«SOURCE»

«SOURCE»

-30-

*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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------X

Say hey…

[email protected]

«facebook»

«instagram»

@theblotter_xyz