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THE BLOTTER
ISSUE № 00131 — 05-19-26
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.
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⬛ MANHATTAN
▀ Hell’s Kitchen: Man Caught Crying Wolf After Flipflopping Ex Galpal Knife Attack Story
HE CALLED IN the calvary fearing his ex-lover was deadset on carving him like a pumpkin.
Only when the cops arrived, the freaked out man suddenly caught a spell of amnesia.
The 54-year-old man was inside a home on West 52nd Street off 9th Avenue back on the afternoon of May 3.
The man rang 911 claiming his ex-girlfriend was holding a knife and attacking him with it.
The officers dashed into action. But when they arrived the caller changed his tune.
He was just fine. It was the woman who had the knife and was allegedly trying to harm herself.
When he was pressed to cough up more details — the man waffled. And that led to him getting dinged for filing a false report.
⬛ THE BRONX
▀ Crotona: Dope Caught Stealing Kindergarten Van
A NUMSKULL WAS tooling around in a stolen van.
The 35-year-old man, already wanted for an outstanding car theft, caught another grand larceny case.
The mope was spotted on CCTV rolling awat in a van on Stebbins Avenue at around on noon on March 30.
The van belonged to the Bright Future Kiddie Care and the owner there reported it stolen.
On April 26, cops caught up to the thief, thus calling curtains on the suspect’s joyriding adventure.
He was charged with grand larceny auto, criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny and then facing the music for the grand larceny auto stemming from a January 29.
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⬛ BROOKLYN
▀ Sunset Park: Goons Mug Then Sic Pet Dog Maul Man
A TRIO UNLEASHED a vicious attack on a man and then robbed him of his cell phone.
The suspects, one 45-years-old, ganged up on a man back at around 6 p.m. on April 8. They landing a series of punches and then shoving him down a flight of stairs inside a building located on 6th Avenue off 57th Street.
But that was just the warmup.
It seems that one of the sick bunch attacking the innocent had a pet dog.
The pooch was ordered to “bite” the victim.
And the dog did as s/he was commanded.
As the man was suffering immeasurable pain being chomped at by the anima — the fiends took off with his cell phone and left him to suffer.
Cops tracked down one the dog-siccing suspect but his cohorts remain on the loose.
⬛ QUEENS
▀ Woodhaven: Cane-Swinging Pops Goes Postal On Son’s Doorbell Cam, Windows
HIS DAD DIDN’T come in peace.
A man called the cops on his dad for wrecking his Ring camera and bludgeoning his 86th Street home’s front door.
The unwanted arrival occurred on the afternoon of March 29.
The son called 911 claiming his 76-year-old father was acting erratic.
Specifically, he claimed his old man was swinging a cane and destroying a Ring camera and whacking at his door causing dents and forcing it off its frame.
He also used the same cane to shatter the home windows.
The old man hobbled off to make his escape. But the heat was on him and by April 8, he was taken down for harassment and criminal mischief.
⬛ STATEN ISLAND
▀ Clifton: Check Forger Busted With Bullets
A COUNTERFEITER WAS disarmed and had to forfeit his substantial forged checks.
At 19, the suspect was moving in the fast lane when he was met by badge flashing cops who with a warrant cleared him out of his shoddy checks and ammo.
It was early morning on Nov. 15, when the raid on his Park Hill Avenue apartment.
The authorities counted nine forged checks (seven of which were issued by the U.S. Treasury).
Investigators determined the checks were manufactured and “did not exist,” the criminal complaint states.
One of the checks, had a value with the amount of $95,889 and another Royal Bank of Canada with $14,670.87.
Each was determined to be forged.
But the Royal Bank check happened to be printed on bonafide check stock paper.
The raid also neutered the suspect of some of his bullets.
They collected two Ruger .45 caliber bullets, an S&B caliber bullet, and one Winchester .40 caliber bullet that was inside the bedroom closet.
It doesn’t appear there were any guns recovered.
Nonetheless, the perp was charged with possession of a forged instrument, possession of a forged instrument, and possession of ammo.
⬛ WANTED V. NABBED
▀ WANTED: ‘18 Robbery Suspect (New York, NY)
▀ Subway Door Switcheroo (New York, NY)
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⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ Decibel Deviants (Highland Park, NY)
SILENCE IS RESTORED. The cops confiscated these massive speakers that were “disturbing the Quality of Life for local residents.”
▀ High Capacity (Brooklyn, NY)
COPS SEIZED TWO irons (one of them a ghost gun) and a high-capacity drum magazine.
⬛ NYCTALGIA
▀ Frank ‘The Prime Minister’ Costello
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▀ Commission Meet - May 15, 1984 (Staten Island, NY)
THEY GATHERED AT 34 Cameron Avenue in Staten Island. It was the home of Tommy Bilotti's cousin. In attendance were Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano, caporegime Frank DeCicco, soldier Thomas Bilotti, Genovese crime family boss Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno, Colombo crime family acting boss Gennaro "Gerry Lang" Langella, caporegime Ralph Scopo, and representing the Lucchese crime family was underboss Salvatore Santoro and caporegime Aniello "Neil" Migliore. Feds took photos of the clandestine gathering.
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⬛ ET. AL
▀ Sometimes You Need A Nudge (New York, NY)
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▀ Aspiring (New York, NY)
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▀ Parking Lot Tinderbox (New York, NY)
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▀ Cop To Muscle Car Driver: ‘Look Bro Your Car’s Too Loud!… Do It Again — I Promise You’re Gonna Get A Ticket!’ (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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