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THE BLOTTER

ISSUE № 0068 — 02-18-26

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

Washington Heights: Armed Goon Intruders Storm Family Home, Roughed Up Dad And Make Off With $120 Pittance

A FATHER, HIS wife and their newborn were rousted awake in the predawn hour by fists hammering their door. 

It was 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 28, a 28-year-old man answered the door of his apartment dotted on Audobon Avenue and West 183rd Street. 

A pair of masked goons toting guns pushed their way inside. The intruders made quick work of the dad; tuning him up.

In the melee, the father incidentally struck his 10-month infant’s face.  

Both men then tied up the dad and his wide. They then ransacked the home and snatched $120 from his wallet and then they bolted. 

The parents untied themselves and dialed 911. 

Each was checked out at a local hospital. 

It’s unclear why the perps chose to target the family in the first place. 

Cops tracked down both deviants, 31 and 32. 

They were brought up on robbery (with a firearm and burglary (with a deadly weapon).

⬛ THE BRONX

Fordham Heights: Gonzo Nut Standing In Road And Stopping Traffic Told Cops, ‘I Am Not Fucking Moving!’, Then Kicked Cruiser

THE HUMAN PYLON wasn’t budging. 

A 28-year-old man seemingly clinging to a deathwish was standing in the middle of Grand Concourse and East 183rd Street as traffic flew passed him on the evening of Dec. 5.

Concerned witnesses dialed for help. 

When a detail arrived the officers asked if the man might take his roadway roulette routine elsewhere.

It was actually a lawful order. The man had been holding up all kinds of traffic. 

“I am not fucking moving,” he allegedly barked back. 

That inspired him to get the Plan B treatment; involving him getting cuffed and stuffed into the backseat of the marked patrol car.

The suspect fought back and attempted to slip away. But he was dumped in the backseat. And once seated there he protested, “I am going to break the door.”

And he made good on the declaration. 

The perp proceeded to kick the door in. 

He was subsequently taken away and charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, attempted criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct.  

Because of the man’s line in the sand logic and reckless outburst — the officer writing up the suspect was allegedly unable to complete documenting those duties.

⬛ BROOKLYN

Borough Park: Clumsy Driver Who Struck Walker Admits She ‘Didn’t See Gentleman Right Away’ 

HE HAD THE right of way. She had no idea he was there. 

A 35-year-old woman was at the wheel of a 2014 blue utility van along 46th Avenue back at around 11:45 a.m. on Dec. 22. 

When she made a left turn on 16th Avenue and as she did she clipped an 89-year-old man splat in the crosswalk. 

What’s more, he had been guided by the prompt of a crosswalk sign. 

The fallen man who was bleeding from his noggin was rushed to Maimonides Hospital where she was listed in critical condition.

Pressed about her driving decisions, the woman who was driving and remained on scene told officers she was oblivious to the man walking crossing the road. 

“I made a left turn here," she allegedly told officers. “When I was driving, I didn't see the gentleman right away.”

She was charged with failing to yield the right of way.

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⬛ QUEENS

▀ Jamaica / Ozone Park: Trio Wrangled For Running Pill Mill

A CREW WAS taken down by narco agents and cops who emptied their hiding spots where they stashed heaps of coke, fentanyl, meth, and fentanyl-pressed Oxycodone pills aka M30s aka blues. 

Arresting cops raided an apartment shared by all three men, according to the charging document. 

They executed warranted searches at a home on Raleigh Street in Jamaica and a storage unit on 98th Street in Ozone Park. 

Inside the home, the authorities confiscated from the den two pill presses (one was manual and another automatic).

A third pill press was taken from a bedroom. 

The haul also featured the seizure of several pill molds (varying in shapes and colors) – all intended to produce the bogus Oxys.

The kitchen didn’t boast many cans of Chef Boyardee. But actually finished pressed pulls along with “large quantities” of powdered fentanyl, coke, along with crystal meth. 

As for the storage unit, agents and officers bagged marijuana and kilos of magic mushrooms. 

The three were brought up on drug possession raps.

⬛ STATEN ISLAND

Stapleton: Dope Slinger’s Stash And Cash House Raided 

HE MET THE end of the hustling road. 

A 38-year-old was collared after cops, gifting him a less than comforting 6 a.m. house call on Jan. 8 — stormed an apartment inside the Stapleton Houses on Warren Street. 

They seized a stash of prepackaged heroin, crack, Molly pills (41 in total) along with a bounty of glut of glassine sleeves. 

They also plucked a fine bundle — $4,500.

The accused was charged with multiple counts of drug possession and criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

NYCTALGIC

▀ Bumper Clingers (Bronx, NY)

⬛ ET. AL

▀ The High Line? (New York, NY)

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Cop Cupids’ EXtradition Squad (Yonkers, NY)

WERE YOU SLIGHTED on Valentine’s? Do you want revenge?

Yonkers Police are eager to mete out Juliet justice.

On the Hallmark holiday, the agency posted on their socials an ad entreating “ghosted lovers” to take their grievances and cry on their warrant squad’s uniforms.

TB reached out to Yonkers PD to get a tally of how many busts/dime drops on deadbeat dads or fugitive Scrooges. Haven’t heard back yet.

BACKTALK:

Crystal Santana
Well played YPD! This is diabolical 🤣🤣👌🏼👌🏼

Cathy TheSicilianchick Albano
Tried calling all lines are busy.
Feels like I’m caller #9 trying to win Bon Jovi tickets on Z100. 📞😂

Michael Vincent: Lmao this is great! NYC should do this too lol

Melissa LJamison Lashonne":
How about if they don't have a warrant and I just don't like them does that count? BTW it's my ex mother in law 🤣

Yonkers Police Department (responding to^):
This made us laugh 😂sted 💌😂❤️

Sonia Sanchez: In my case the entire Dept would have to get arrested given that everyone did me wrong, and they know WHO THEY ARE. I still love you all though, but I guess that is the mentality of an abused victim that always willing to forgive with open arms. Abuse comes in many ways, forms and scenarios. Sad to know that the most I trusted and believed in turned out to be the most ruthless liars and corrupted beings. 😞

Dezi Dez:
Can I tag him? Last known whereabouts was Hillside, NJ but he did ask to visit.

Yonkers Police Department (responding to^):
Between us and Hillside Police Department we’ll figure it out.

Melissa Lopez: Would love to know how many ppl were arrested 💌😂❤️

Peter Carozza: Snitches get stitches.

▀ The Mall Takeover Will Not Be Exercised In Yonkers (Yonkers, NY)

THE BRONX MIGHT be a free-for-all when it comes to malls being sitting ducks for flash mobbers. But Yonkers PD made it known in a post on their socials: anyone who tries to pull off a “takeover” in their jurisdiction — they will be “SWIFTLY DEALT WITH”.

They even took a slight swipe at the city borough below them, writing “We are not like other jurisdictions.”

The authoritarian warning is likely Yonkers preemptive measure to ward off copycats to an incident on Monday at Bay Plaza Mall. 

There, NYPD cops (mostly patrol from the 45 Precinct) and other manpower pulled from the department’s Mobile Field Force and Technical Assistance Response Unit were made aware of 100 to 200 students who rushed the mall in a “takeover” that circulated while the pupils had President’s Day off. 

Clips circulating online from the mayhem show cops flexing with arrests after the teens were recorded lighting smoke bombs in a garage, launching cafeteria chairs, hopping on top of a city bus, and mospitting at a Chipotle among the rabblerousing.

While most of the mob escaped censure — but 18 deviants were captured. One of them was 19-year-old Victor Martin. He faces riot and unlawful assembly as an adult. 

Cops are reviewing surveillance footage to possibly rack up more arrests.

▀ Train Fare Dodger Earns A Pass?

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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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