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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 00146 — 07-09-26
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.
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⬛ MANHATTAN
▀ Midtown: Not So Niceo
A STREET HEAVY in the graffiti game who goes by the moniker “Niceo” was nabbed.
His stickers featuring his namesake and a cannon of Kyrlon were discovered on March 19.
Two stickers were affixed on a wooden MTA construction fencing along the southbound paltform inside the Columbus Circle / 59th Street station.
The cops caught up to the 55-year-old prolific piecer on May 1.
He was hit with making graffiti and criminal mischief (damage property).
⬛ QUEENS
▀ Jamaica: Slugger Who Popped Senior Admits ‘I Punched Him Once And Kept Walking’
A COLD CLOCKER punched the lights out of an old man walking on the street.
The 21-year-old allegedly copped to landing a haymaker on an 88-year-old man who was walking along Jamaica Avenue and 148th Street in broad daylight on April 21.
The rogue’s devastating punch was captured on CCTV with the slugger seen dressed in blue jeans and a black jacket.
Cops captured the suspect on May 7.
They showed him a still photo from the assault and he allegedly came clean stating, “That’s me. I was wearing that.”
Without cause or provocation the suspect admitted, “I punched him once and kept walking.”
The cruel act was met with assault and harassment raps.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Highbridge: Worker Caught Skimming Meat Market For $75K Worth Of Top Choice Cuts
Graphic by Melissa Eiler
A LOIN LARCENIST was outed for ripping off his meat supplying employer’s inventory.
The 28-year-old man allegedly pocketed nearly $75,000 worth of steak and chuck from JD Meat Market located on Ogden Avenue.
Investigators say the crook started the carnage crime dating back at the end of January and up until June 2.
That marked the end of the thievery (that is believed to be estimated at $75,000) because cops showed up and took the thief down.
It’s alleged that his scheme was to do his daily duties at the warehouse and then at some point distract coworkers while he would go about selecting various choice cuts to knick.
He now faces grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and petit larceny.
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⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Canarsie: 2 Drivers Caught Burning Rubber In Street Takeover
TWO HELLIONS WERE tearing up the roads amongst a gaggle of onlookers and revelers.
The pair, both 20, were part of the street takeover at the intersection of Avenue J and East 83rd Street at around 2:45 a.m. on May 3.
The deviants were dazzling the swelling crowd.
One was behind the wheel of a black 2014 Infiniti Q50 with New Jersey plates and the other was driving a black 2015 Infinity Q250.
Cops say they were witnessed guiding their Infinitis through several red lights and crossing over double yellow lines as well speeding into oncoming cars.
At one point they raced and as they hit a hard right — a pedestrian was forced to leap out of the way of nearly getting clipped.
The perps were captured and hauled away for reckless endangerment and one court of reckless driving.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Village Greens: Woman Hate Texts Grandma To Add Her To Child’s School Records Or She ‘Will Blow The Place Up!’
THE GRANDMA WAS in a tough spot.
A 30-year-old woman was waging war on her for apparently neglecting to include her on a son’s official school docs.
And on the morning of May 8, the suspect aired her grievances.
Directly.
Cops say the woman lashed out on her phone with quite the certifiable screed.
“Listen to me carefully if you don’t put me on the school records and my address there we will have issues,” reads the first of many text messages sent from the supposed guardian or mother.
She explained she is going to court and needs her name and title to be on her young boy’s records with the school.
“Understand me: I will take him away in court… my lawyer is going to make sure and you will never be with him again.”
The school, in this case referring to P.S. 4, wasn’t giving in to the demands.
So the woman allegedly stated in a note that if its administration “wants to keep playing” that she would “go up there and they will see what I will do.”
And the plan she schemed up in her head wasn’t to lay out her case or to load them up with reams of legal paperwork.
Her plan was much more immediate.
“I will blow the place up and tell that [sic] daughter of yours she’s getting jumped and arrested,” the note reads, according to the criminal complaint.
She then mordantly continued, “You’re a good mother, wait till the court hear [sic] how you let an autistic retard have a boyfriend who sucks his dick all day.”
The crestfallen woman was dealt a tougher blow by the law for her digital soliloquy.
Prosecutors took her texts to the bank and brought her up on making a terroristic threat, aggravated harassment, and making a threat of mass harm.
⬛ MISC.
▀ Top Cop Cheers ‘Momentum’ After Taking 2K Illegal Guns Off Street
"The NYPD is in the business of saving lives" Commissioner Jessica Tisch preached.
The sentiment was expressed on Friday ahead of the summer (where shootings stats spike) after declaring that the NYPD took more than 2,000 illegal guns off the street so far this year. (In all of 2025, the NYPD removed a total of 5,200 illegal guns off the street, police said.
Tisch was joined by four of the five city's top prosecutors above dozens of table-topped guns, including assault rifles.
Bronx DA Darcel Clark noted half of guns seized came from the Bronx, including nine guns recently sold to undercover NYPD investigators in a Bronx park, in broad daylight.
That led to four arrests.
Tisch says 60% of the shootings citywide have a gang ties. She also stressed that the city is on the upswing. That’s based on the numbers. So far this year, the city has witnessed the lowest number of shooting victims and shooting incidents as well as the lowest number of murders in recorded history.
"Two thousand guns is not the finish line, it's momentum," she explained, adding that the NYPD is on track with the same gun seizures last year.
And Tisch vowed, "we are not letting up."
⬛ URBAN JUNGLE
▀ Peregrine Falcon (New York, NY)
©2026 Francois Portmann
(Falco peregrinus - Faucon pèlerin)
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⬛ GOTHAM, INK.
▀ Train Stain (Brooklyn, NY)
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⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ Blasters (Highland Park, NY)
NEIGHBORS CRYING FOUL over the octave levels booming out of subwoofer speakers sourced from four separate cars led to their seizure and summonses issued..
⬛ NYCTALGIA
▀ Wall Street High Rollers (New York, NY)
▀ Narco Bust (New York, NY)
Credit: Bib Black
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ Knicks Postgame Bedlam (New York, NY)
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▀ Parked Car Mirage Causes Jam (New York, NY)
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▀ Blue Swarm (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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