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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 0090 — 03-23-26
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.
⬛ MANHATTAN
▀ Midtown: Crack-Puffer Caught Scribbling Tag At Subway Station Toll Booth
HE WENT TOOLING around with a Sharpie after hitting the pipe.
A 48-year-old was picked up shortly after he was found marking up the inside the subway hub on West 34th Street and 6th Avenue back on Feb. 7.
The suspect was not so crafty at being ghostly with his moves.
When cops were called, they searched the tagger and found in his pocket a crack pipe.
Then, they ran his name and determined he was wanted in two separate incidents involving a failure to appear from a thieving rap in Brooklyn back on Aug. 24 of last year and a Feb. 3 bust for stolen property in Manhattan.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Tremont: Wounded Fowl Saved
A HAWKEYED DENIZEN spotted a hurt rooster and rang the cops.
The 911 call helped authorities tend to the beaked pal.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Brownsville: Blowhard Delivers Pounding To Stranger, Rips Door Off Hinge
A YAHOO APPEARED at a random man’s doorway and starting verbally sparring with him before slugging him and then wrecking the door.
The 25-year-old allegedly was standing at the 29-year-old man’s front door on Howard Avenue off Dumont Avenue back on the night of 9 p.m. on Jan. 4.
After trading some jabs — the suspect allegedly leveled the homeowner several times to his face.
He then allegedly yanked on the front door so hard that the hinge popped off.
The accused was nabbed a month later on Feb. 5. He was formally dinged with burglary (of a dwelling/causing injury), assault, criminal trespass, and harassment.
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⬛ QUEENS
▀ Jamaica: Pest Caught Headbutting And Ripping Off Granny’s Shopping Cart
A SCUMBAG WITH no scruples decided he’d pick on an elderly woman for whatever she was pushing along a sidewalk.
The 36-year-old zero allegedly targeted a 75-year-old lady who was rolling along Sutphin Boulevard outside a pizzeria back on the evening of Jan. 21.
The sucker headbutter allegedly dropped the granny and took off with her shopping cart and whatever possessions she had in it.
Help was called and a detail found the fleecer not far from the bushwhacking.
He was put under arrest and charged with robbery and assault (person 65 or older).
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Port Richmond: Crack Big Caught At Home
A SUSPECTED ROCK slinger was retired by savvy tipsters.
It was around 6 a.m. on Jan. 23 when investigators, led by peanuts to an elephant, showed up at the front door of a 61-year-old’s Maple Avenue home.
The accused had no choice but to host the welcoming committee.
They entered his home and quickly found and inventoried the crack and also a large knife.
They then tried to put the suspect into custody, and he allegedly resisted.
Once under, the man was formally taken down for selling narcotics, possession of crack with the intent to sell, and resisting arrest.
⬛ WANTED V. NABBED
▀ Trucker Sucker (New York, NY)
A RECKLESS TRUCKER “struck” more than a dozen overpasses last week while hauling a massive excavator that was “over-height”, according to the Thruway Authority. Luckily the majority of the bridges sustained “minor to moderate” damage.
The max height on the NYS Thruway is 13-feet-six-inches.
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⬛ NYCTALGIC
▀ John ‘Teflon Don’ Gotti Funeral (Ozone Park, NY) - June 15, 2002
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▀ Highline (Chelsea, NY) - 1990
Credit: Matt Weber
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ Feeling Like A Vigilante (New York, NY)
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▀ Blazing Subway (New York, NY)
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▀ Walk-Off (New York, NY)
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▀ Sketchy Smoke Shop (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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