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THE BLOTTER

ISSUE № 0029 — 12-18-25

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.

⬛ STATEN ISLAND

Dongan Hills: Knob Shiner Put On Doorbell Cam Creepshows For Over A Year To Win Woman’s Heart

HIS WOOING ADVANCES were not reciprocated.

A 68-year-old desperatly seeking sicko was busted after a rotten year of turning up at a woman’s Mallory Avenue home and attempting to win her over with his missives and masturbation performance.

The prick allegedly first turned up at the woman’s home doorstep (fitted with a Ring camera) on the early evening back on Oct. 15, 2024.

He allegedly took a piece of mail and then walked away, according to the criminal complaint.

‘As the world rejoices in the wonder of his birth, may you be blessed with beautiful Christmas and with every happinness in the new year.’ -Note penned by 68-year-old creep to woman

Then on Oct. 21, 2024, he returned at around 12:15 p.m. and knocked on the door.

The same suspect reappeared on Christmas Eve to gift the woman a note he penned. It read: “As the world rejoices in the wonder of his birth, may you be blessed with beautiful Christmas and with every happinness in the new year.”

A few months past, and the suspect returned around dinnertime on March 30 of this year. He allegedly brought flowers and included a note “From: [his name]. Cuba.”

Some time past again and the suspect came back on July 2, 2025 and attempted to ring the doorbell. No answer.

The dejected bleeding heart then tried again on Oct. 21, 2025. This time he was recorded “turning the door handle,” the papers say. He left a know with his name, address and included “American Cuban” and also the request, “Please call me.”

Halloween likely brought the common tricksters and treaters to the woman’s home. But the same lascivious nut also made an appearance as none other than himself: a disturbed lech.

And he allegedly didn’t offer notes or flowers. Just him dropping his pants and drawers to show his appendage and proceeded to manipulate it until he ejaculated and allegedly “rubbed his hands on [woman’s] doorknob.”

That final performance led to the arrest of the suspect (it wasn’t hard to find him since he offered his info during the previous attempts to unnerve the woman.

On Nov. 2, the suspect was brought up on stalking (threat of injury/causing fear), lewdness, harassment, petit larceny, and criminal possession of stolen property for stealing the woman’s mail.

⬛ MANHATTAN

▀ Washington Heights: Slumbering Man Wakes To Find Neighbor Blasted Bullethole In Ceiling

A MAN’S SIESTA was rudely cut short when he heard a loud noise coming from his upstairs neighbor’s apartment.

It was around 4 p.m. on Nov. 17 inside of a home on West 19th Street near Wadsworth Avenue.

The 22-year-old man called cops complaining of a gaping bullet-sized hole in his ceiling that he suspected was a gunshot.

Officers checked it out and discovered a 19-year-old had indeed accidentally fired off one round into his floor below.

The officers also pored over CCTV showing a trio entered the shooter’s apartment just before the bullet was fired, according to the criminal complaint.

It also showed them file out the door after the blast.

The suspect apparently attempted to knock on his rattled downstairs tenant’s door.

The teen was booked on criminal possession of a firearm. The shot pistol was seized as evidence.

⬛ THE BRONX

Hunts Point / Longwood: ‘What Are You Going To Do About It?’: Road Warrior Terrorizing Motorists By Flashing Pistol

HE’S AN OUTLAW who hung an illegal Louie and now facing music for flashing firearms.

The 31-year-old was behind the wheel of a 2021 Audi Q5 riding along Bruckner Boulevard and Bryant Avenue back at around 10 p.m. on Nov. 20 when he flipped the U-Turn to the displeasure of a state trooper rule stickler.

And when the smokey performed a traffic stop, they realized he was a wanted man.

The suspect was being pursued for two separate scenarios where he had menaced drivers by showing off his iron.

A week prior in the morning underneath the elevated train when, the suspect locked horns with a woman who was ticked-off for parking his Audi too close to her car.

The tough showed the mother waiting to pick up her child who was the real boss.

So he allegedly pulled out a piece and exclaimed, “What are you going to do about it?”

On Nov. 11, at the same location the suspect tussled with a 62-year-old man who allegedly passed him on the street. Again, the suspect drew the gun and asked, “What did you say?”

He then allegedly pointed it at the innocent before rhetorically prompting, “What’s up? Watch yourself!”

When he was finally brought into custody after the driving infraction, the trooper searched the Audi and found in the glove box a loaded black Taurus 9mm G-3 pistol with 16 rounds in the magazine.

He was hit with weapons possession and menacing charges.

The perp has three priors.

⬛ BROOKLYN

Greenpoint: ‘I Was Burning Stuff On The Stove!’: Firestarter Snared Torching Kitchen 

HE MASSACRED THE napkins.

Just before sun-up on July 29, a miscreant was caught in the act of smoking out a floor after allegedly setting fire to a stack of tissues. 

At around 4:45 a.m., the concierge of a posh residential building on Box Street near Manhattan Avenue dashed over to peg the source of the smoke. 

‘I was burning stuff on the stove.’ -pyromaniac suspect, 40

The specific apartment was breached and there was the tenant brewing up a barnburner. He was allegedly kindling “tissues stacked on the stove burner,” according to the criminal complaint. 

When confronted, the alleged 40-year-old pyromaniac replied, “I was burning stuff on the stove.”

The tissue bbq fest caused extensive damage to the stove and the kitchen countertop, the papers say. 

Months ticked away and it wasn’t until Nov. 19 until formal charges were brought against the suspect. 

He was hit with arson, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief. 

⬛ QUEENS

East Elmhurst: Fondler Admits He Accosted Woman At La Guardia Airport

HE GRABBED HER by the genitals.

A 60-year-old allegedly came clean about his actions inside La Guardia Airport.

It was around 3 a.m. on Nov. 10 inside of Terminal B (hubs for JetBlue, United, Southwest, and Canada Air) when he was captured on CCTV molesting a woman’s privates.

According to the criminal complaint, the suspect clad in a black baseball cap, spectacles, a black jacket, black pants, white sneakers, and carrying a blue backpack “rubbing his hand and grabbed her vagina over her clothes without her consent.”

The woman was appalled and sought help.

Port Authority cops intervened and showed the sicko the footage of his vile deed and he allegedly told them: “Yes, that is me in those photos.”

If he was going anywhere that day — the accused clearly was grounded.

He was summarily brought up on forcible touching, sexual abuse, and harassment.

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⬛ SEPIA NYC

▀ Alphabet City Stoop (1984)

THE MANGLED WROUGHT iron fire escape, beaten masonry, cement-bricked front door, peeling paint, and graffiti tattoos — all make up the signature facade of an abandoned building.

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⬛ ET. AL

Hack Heist (New York, NY)

SOMEBODY SCORED SOME third-hand, bald, pothole-disfigured rims from a cab.

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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