THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 0082 — 03-10-26
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: Dine And Dasher Caught After Skipping Court
HE DISAPPEARS WHEN it’s time to square away the tab at the fine supper spots he freeloads.
And maybe if 100 Centre Street offered a five-course meal with cloth napkins and table service — the 28-year-old hungry heister might appear with his appetite and raise a glass to the bailiff.
But the courthouse is pretty spare when it comes to sustenance (there’s vending machines, and the cafeteria on the first floor has greasy spoon offerings like a bacon, egg, and cheese, coffee and sandwiches) are proving not fetching enough.
The stomach growler was busted duping an eatery in town.
And also getting caught stealing dating back to 2024. That’s when the cheapskate was busted right after trying to steal away from the Midtown establishment. In that case he pleaded guilty and forced to pay a civil penalty.
But when he was supposed to show up again to remit the penalty — he gave the court one of his disappearing acts.
He also found himself wanted for shoplifting back on March 13, 2025.
Warrants were issued for his arrest in both cases. And so cops finally nabbed him.
And yet again the suspect was supposed to appear before a judge and he disappeared.
Cops finally tracked him down on Jan. 12 to face the music and maybe score a candy bar at the cafeteria in the process.
He’s facing the petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property for the shoplifting and failure to pay based on stealth for cutting out on the restaurant.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Olinville: Feuding Pair Wallop Woman In Her Home
THEIR WORDS HURT. Their fists hurt more.
Two invaders launched hurtful words and then escalated into a rumble.
Sometime around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 20 authorities say the couple, a man and woman both aged 42, were kicked in the door of the woman’s apartment located on Dekalb Avenue near East 212th Street.
First came some mean words. And then when talk was over, the two people with the same last name allegedly delivered a punch pounding on the one woman.
They landed a half dozen blows causing the lone target to suffer bruising and a bloodied lip.
The pair now face assault, criminal mischief (damage property), and harassment.
⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Boerum Hill: Man Caught Trying To Torch Subway Train
AT THE CRACK of dawn, a sinister goon allegedly tried to set fire to a subway train using scraps of paper as kindle.
Minutes before 5 a.m. on Jan. 19, cops and firefighters hustled to a northbound F train holding at a station underneath Jay and Willoughby Streets.
There, they discovered a blaze believed to have been set by a 52-year-old man.
The cops saw him sitting inside the subway car and holding “multiple pieces of paper that were actively burning inside the subway car”, the criminal complaint reads.
The flames scorched the floor of the train and melted several seats.
Once in custody by transit police, the suspect was discovered holding a lighter.
Prosecutors formally charged the pyro with arson, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief (damage property).
⬛ QUEENS
▀ Flushing: Serial Pickpocket Caught Packing Heat
HIS LOWLIGHTS WERE gaping. And they earned the 28-year-old’s mug to be plastered on Wanted flyers from racking up a series of thefts and fiending dope.
Among the many busts the flim-flam artist racked up he was being sought for a Dec. 3 incident on COllege Point Boulevard involving swiping a wallet and credit cards out of a woman’s handbag. That incident was captured on CCTV.
On Jan. 21, the suspect fleeced a wallet from a woman by bumping into her while she was aiting for a bus on Main Street. His cohort, a 35 year-old woman, was also netted in that score (along with a separate shoplifting incident at an Old Navy store).
On Jan. 27, two officers on foot patrol spotted the suspect meandering around a subway station on Main Street and having recently seen his Wanted poster — approached him with his hands in his pockets.
They ordered him to remove his hands for his coat.
But when he did, the cops noticed there was still a distinct bulge.
They then found there was a .22 caliber revolver in the pocket.
He was brought into custody and charged with grand larceny.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Bulls Head: Rogue Defies Ban To Tell Ex ‘Go Fuck Yourself!’
SINCE LAST YEAR a woman thought her ex-boyfriend could take a hint.
Two different judges ordered him to stay away from even shopping int he same cereal aisle.
And yet he allegedly disobeyed several times.
The 55-year-old was supposed to keep away after a judge imposed a protection order that would stay in effect until Nov. 15, 2026.
He didn’t.
Authorities say on the afternoon of Dec. 2, the suspect sent the woman a text that read, “What the?”
That prompted a second judge to slap a second protection order that was to keep him away from her another month.
Again, the legal process didn’t seem to deter the deviant for he was spotted on New Year’s Day morning wheeling around in his white Dodge Durango at her apartment building’s parking lot on Dinsmore Street.
On Jan. 3, the suspect was driving his Durango and allegedly crossed over two double yellow lines on Victory Boulevard near Graham Avenue. After crossing he whizzed passed and swerved into the woman’s car that she was driving, according to the criminal complaint.
When she made it to work that morning, the suspect allegeldy was loitering nearby and at one point drove his Durango up to her and blabbed, “Go fuck yourself,” while giving her the bird.
Four days later the suspect allegedly returned to the woman’s home parking lot and when she discovered him lurking there — he allegedly yapped, “Drop the charges!”
He was brought into custody on Jan. 12 and arraigned on criminal contempt, (follow/communicate/violation order or protection), stalking (follow), tampering with a witness, reckless endangerment, and harassment.
⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ 70 LBS. Of Questionables (East Harlem, NY)
THE SMOKE SHOP was freelancing and selling all kinds of bad stuff not far from a school.
Sheriffs inventoried 68 pounds of THC and weed product and 157 pounds of flavored vape items.
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⬛ NYCTALGIC
▀ 28th Street and 11th Ave (New York, NY)
⬛ ET. AL
▀ Capsized Boat NYC Street (New York, NY)
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▀ Balmy Brouhaha (Brooklyn, NY)
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▀ One Man’s Detainment Is Another’s Enrichment (NY, NY)
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▀ ‘Come Off The Bus! Come Off The Bus!’ (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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