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THE BLOTTER

ISSUE № 0020 — 12-05-25

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

Hell’s Kitchen: White Castle Slider Swiper Unleashes Cell Phone Whipping On Old Timer

A HANGRY SCOUNDREL punished an elderly man for recording him after ripping off his chow.

The wallop took place just before 1l a.m. on Nov. 4 at the White Castle on 8th Avenue and West 39th Street.

Authorities say the goon wrested awat the 75-year-old man’s purchased meal from the hamburger joint. As he was attempting to flee with the stolen food — the victim took out his cell phone and started recording the thief.

That only infuriated him more.

He charged his victim, yanking the phone from his mitt and whacked the old man in the head with the device.

The suspect then headed south on 8th Avenue with the man’s food along with his cell phone. Stealing the gizmo would lead to his demise.

Cops tracked the suspect down to 14th Street where he was netted and formally charged with assault and robbery.

Meanwhile, the victim who lost his lunch and phone was treated for his head gashes at Bellevue Hospital.

⬛ THE BRONX

Kingsbridge Heights: 80 Y.O. Busted After Stabbing 46 Y.O. Galpal

A LOVER’S QUARREL between an octogenarian and his younger sweetheart — 36 years his junior — ended with the elder going for first blood.

The grandpa and 46-year-old woman woke up their neighbors just before 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 15, when their feud escalated into fisticuffs.

The pair was inside a first-floor flat located on Villa Avenue near East 205th Street. Having his fill of talk, the senior allegedly grabbed knife and slashed the much younger lover’s upper back “multiple times” causing bleeding, according to the criminal complaint.

Cops were called to respond to the domestic incident and discovered the geriatric’s blade dangling from his belt.

The woman refused medical attention.

Her likely ex-beau was cuffed and hit with assault (domestic) and criminal weapons possession.

He initially pleaded not guilty at arraignment and is due back in court on Jan. 29.

⬛ BROOKLYN

Stuyvesant Heights: Woman Stabs Beau In Rectum Over During Parenting Imbroglio In Front Of Kids

HE WAS BLEEDING from behind.

A mother and father’s horn locking left a father of two in dire shape in the ER.

The 32-year-old mother of the 32-year-old man’s two children, 16 and 1, was inside her 9th floor apartment on Fulton Street back at around 9 a.m. on Nov. 1.

The pair were squaring off over child care as the youngsters were present.

As their beef crescendoed, the woman claimed the man stabbed her in her foot and thight. To answer, the woman allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the baby daddy’s bag — causing it to drop the floor.

She then is described as stabbing him twice in the right buttock. One of the knife wounds struck the man in his rectum, causing him to bleed.

Authorities didn’t buy the woman’s self-defense yarn and instead brought charges of assault (with a knife), acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17-year-old, weapons possession, and criminal mischief.

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⬛ QUEENS

East Flushing: Cops Finger Bracelet Bandit Off DNA Hit From Dropped Glove

ONE CAT BURGLAR did himself in by dropping his latex glove after a score. 

A 42-year-old man was one of the suspected raiders who ransacked a home and made off — with among other stolen things — two gold bracelets worth over $4,000.

At around 5 p.m. on Jan. 12 earlier this year the occupants left their home located on Quince Avenue near Parsons Boulevard.

The maked duo, wearing a dark puffer jacket and dark hooded sweatsuit — popped out of a BMW (one was carrying a wooden planl) and swooped in almost instantly after the house emptied.

They went to work with a quickness. 

And in less than an hour, according to CCTV footage documented in the criminal complaint, confirming the time stamps.

But one of the suspected thieves made a critical whoops: he dropped a latex glove to the ground before peeling off in the beamer. 

An eagle-eyed neighbor saw this and collected the glove and turned it over to the police. That glove was then DNA-swabbed.

With an ID hit, steadfast investigators pursued and ultimately busted the suspect on Nov. 9. 

He's facing burglary, possession of burglary tools, grand larceny, and criminal mischief.

⬛ STATEN ISLAND

New Dorp / New Springville / Rossville: Serial Hair Dryer Heister Snagged

HE’S SUCH A blowhard. 

A serial thief with a penchant for top-shelf hair dryers was finally fitted for bracelets. 

The 19-year-old (now 20) had been on a tear for the month of September. 

On the night of Sept. 8, the suspect targeted an Ulta store on Hyland Boulevard and allegedly trotted off with three Dyson blow driers and one Dyson Air Wrap that were partitioned behind a display shelf, according to the criminal complaint.

He took his swiping streak to another Ulta stor on Bricktown Way minutes later handpicked one Dyson Nural Hair Dryer, as well as a Dyson Airstrait Straightener, and a Dyson Air Wrap from the store's shelf and then fled the shop without paying for any items. 

The same suspect on morning of Sept. 18, was trespassed from an Ulta store on Veterans Memorial Highway in Smithtown on Long Island. (It’s unclear if he stole items or was flagged when his identity was confirmed.)

He apparently laid low until the late evening of Sept. 26 when he allegedly entered another Ulta store on Richmond Avenue and snatched  

A Gamma Hair Dryer as well as a Bioionic Iolex Hair Dryer from the store shelf and sprinted off. 

On Oct. 29, the suspect was finally reeled by investigators who brought a bevy of charges against him including grand larceny (retail goods scheme,) burglary, and criminal possession of stolen property.

⬛ SEPIA NYC

Alphabet City, NY - 1990

Photo by Chris Boarts Larson

A CLUTTERED STOOP littered with mounting detritus in a lost world that was the Lower East Side.

BACKTALK:

Sergio Valentin: When I was bombing in the neighborhood my old Dast one tag to the left of the door.

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⬛ ET. AL

Food Fight (Jamaica, NY)

VENDORS APPARENTLY VYING for real estate collided with fists flying and cooking wagons being tipped over.

The scene reportedly occurred at the corner of Parsons Avenue and Archer Boulevard days before Thanksgiving.

Two women can be seen trading blows as a man in a skullcap tips over her food cart. Ponytails were pulled, and all hell was about to break loose until a cops can be seen stepping in to restore some order.

The videographer takes notice of the vendor lifting up the fallen cooking workhorse and recovering the tossed menu on the sidewalk and dares to implement the old 30-second rule and repurpose it for consumption.

Gross.

WATCH:

SOURCE: TKTK

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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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