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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 0091 — 03-24-26
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
▀ Hamilton Heights: Box Cutter-Toting Thug Tells Man ‘I’m Going To Cut You’ For Ogling Him In Locker Room
A SUPER SENSITIVE jock went nuclear on a man inside a recreational facility’s locker room.
The 25-year-old fragile soul was inside River State Park’s locker room back at around 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 17.
At some point the punk suspected a stranger, 30, was making eyes at him and so he pulled a red handled box cutter and stepped toward him.
Only to tell him, “If I see you again and you look at me, I'm going to cut you."
He then took the blade in his left hand and motioned it toward the victim.
The suspect was nabbed at his West 141st Street home shortly afterward.
He’s now dealing with menacing (with a weapon), criminal possession of a weapon (with intent to use), and harassment.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Kingsbridge: School Beef Leads To 3 Teens Shot, 1 Slain
AN YOUNG RUFFIAN unloaded on three kids hours after a school squabble got out of hand.
On Feb. 11, the suspected 17-year-old instigator allegedly strolled along West 238th Street where he confronted three teens — two boys, 16 and 15, and a 13-year-old girl – demanding they cough up whatever clique that they rep.
At some point the inquisitor was done talking, and took a gun and blasted all three youths.
The younger of the three took one each to the right leg.
But the 16-year-old was hit in the back and was later pronounced dead.
Investigators are probing the shooting as potentially gang-related.
The suspected shooter was taken into custody the next day and landed himself a murder rap along with attempted murder, assault, and possessing a loaded gun.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Cypress Hills: Loose Canon Pulls Gun On Niece
A NO GOOD uncle was busted for getting gangster with a young relative.
On Feb. 8, the 27-year-old was inside the Warwick Street home of his sister’s daughter when authorities say he lost his cool.
The suspect, who had been banned by a judge last September from being in contact with the sister or her family.
He allegedly ignored the protection order and while he was in the house started piping off at the the youth and showed her how tough he was.
The man went to the bedroom where he opened a drawer and took a loaded black Taurus 9mm pistol and held it by his side in front of his niece, according to the criminal complaint.
Cops were called and they took the gunman away.
Prosecutors threw the book at the suspect — hitting from a laundry list of charges including burglary, weapons, menacing, weapons possession, and harassment.
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⬛ QUEENS
▀ Jamaica/NoHo: Con Cabbie Nabbed For Taking Fare For Nearly $600 Ride
HE DROVE A Hyundai, but he was charging fares private jet rates.
Sometime between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Nov. 28 the perp, 46, allegedly feigned being a legit taxi service outside a baggage claim at JFK Airport.
A susceptible traveler fresh off the arrival took the bait and hired the man.
‘You owe me $520!’
He drove the woman to the Now Now Hotel on Bowery in Manhattan.
When it was time for the driver to get paid for the transportation — he must have thought he drove her to Argentina and back.
“You owe me $520,” he allegedly sneered.
The fare was sticker-shocked. As were cops.
When pressed to produce TLC documentation, the suspect was unable. He was subsequently taken out of his Hyundai and charged with unlawful solicitation of ground transportation services.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Tottenville: Mom Dresses Down Son Over IG Post
MOM WASN’T WON over by her son’s social media judo.
A 20-year-old man squared off with his mom over some questionable decisions to splash something on Instagram that she found disagreeable.
When the woman explained how nonplussed she was over the man’s post — he allegedly went into fits and destroyed the lock on a bedroom door.
That inspired the fearful mother to dial cops and they took the son into custody.
He now faces criminal mischief (damage property) for the temper tantrum.
⬛ ‘OL SKULLDUGGERY
▀ Restaurant Raiders Done In By Crafty Dancers Who Flagged Cops (New York, NY) - March 24, 1926
⬛ ET. AL
▀ Hack V. Fuzz (New York, NY)
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▀ Gymnast (Harlem, NY)
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▀ Jerry-Rigged (New York, NY)
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▀ Drifters Takeover Street (New York, NY)
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▀ Brawlers Turn Tables On Batman (Somewhere In New Jersey)
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▀ Court Dodger (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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