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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 0089 — 03-20-26
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
▀ Hell’s Kitchen: 4 Gun Toting Teens Rip Off Couple For iPhone
FOUR SCOUNDREL PICKPOCKETS were busted after mugging a couple.
A pair, 56 and 47, were strolling along a residential block on West 47th Street near 10th Avenue back on the evening of Feb 4.
Authorities say the four-deep crew of jackals sidled up to them — three aiming pistols and demanding the man and woman hand over their valuables.
They balked, but one of the perps who didn’t show his arms rifled through the man’s pockets and took his iPhone.
All four then scattered with just the gizmo.
The victims called cops and officers found all four perps. Three of them were 18 and the other was 20.
Two BB guns were seized as well as a real pistol and a fixed blade knife. They also recovered the stolen iPhone.
Once in custody, the victims ID’d their muggers.
All were brought up on robbery (with a firearm) raps.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Soundview: Lunatic Knifes Grandma And Granddaughter
A BRUTE AMBUSHED an elderly woman and her granddaughter — slashing them both in their faces.
The 26-year-old man, who is homeless, was allegedly lurking int he recesses near the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard back on the night of Feb. 9.
Without provocation, the whacko with the blade swung and cut each in their faces and then then stole away.
Both gashed victims were spirited to Jacobi Medical Center and soon stabilized.
Three days later the suspect was tracked down and pinched with assault.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ East Flatbush: Bully Busted Posting Fellatio Pic On Facebook
A FIEND WAS nabbed months after allegedly uploading a pic of a person engaged in an intimate act.
The 32-year-old was fingered for posting the snap on the social media platform back on the afternoon of Nov. 17.
Authorities say the photo revealed the victim performing oral sex.
The exposed victim saw the photo and reached out to authorities to report the cruel action.
After making the dopey decision, the suspect was able to go on as if nothing happened.
It would take months for investigators to formally take the person to task.
And on Feb. 4, the poster was hauled away and hit with public display of sexual material and harassment (physical contact).
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⬛ QUEENS
▀ Flushing: Randy Grandpa Caught Forcing Hugs And Kisses On Woman
AN ELDERLY CREEP allegedly took advantage of a woman while inside an apartment.
The 67-year-old perv was allegedly hellbent on getting physical with a woman.
The incident allegedly occurred at around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 inside a brick residential building on Franklin Avenue off Union Street.
Authorities say the perp “hugged her and kissed her on the neck” and it was “without her consent,” according to the criminal complaint.
The cops were called and when they arrived they took the suspect away and he was arraigned on forcible touching, sexual abuse, and harassment.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ New Springville: Pants Dropper Chases Woman Around Shopping Mall
A SICKO SHED his pants and blurted out vulgarities in front of a horrified woman.
The 20-year-old was allegedly wandering around the Staten Island Mall at around noon on Feb. 26 when he trailed a woman in a corridor.
He allegedly pulled dropped trou and showed off his privates and professed his affections to the 24-year-old disgusted woman whom he didn’t know.
The mortified stranger ran from the fiend to find help. Cops moved in to capture the creep.
The sicko, hailing from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn was hauled away and charged with lewdness, harassment, and disorderly conduct.
⬛ TRI-STATE (NJ, PA, CT)
▀ Child Molesting Fugitive Netted In Florida After Nearly 40 Years On Run (Cochecton, NY / Tampa, FL)
HE WASN’T LAYING low enough.
Joseph Michaels, now 68, had allegedly lammed from Tampa Florida to allegedly assume a life under a false name in a small hamlet (population 1,500) two miles north of New York City back in 1990.
The suspect allegedly was running from Hernando County Sheriff’s Office for violating a child under 12-years-old back in 1990.
On Wednesday, U.S. Marshals busted the wanted man after receiving a tip that he was trying to play Joe Square Taxpayer in Sullivan County, NY.
Originally claiming they had the wrong man, Michaels eventually cracked under questioning, admitting his true identity.
He is awaiting extradition back to Florida to face the pedophile charges.
⬛ GOTHAM, INK
▀ Stealth Bomber (New York, NY)
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▀ Tindered (Bronx, NY)
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▀ Tow No!!! (Bronx, NY)
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▀ Strapshover (New York, NY)
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▀ Extinguish Drive-By (New York, NY)
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▀ Urban Acrobat (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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