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Tongue-Wagging Perv; Killed 70-Year-Old; Mail Rat: PM Digest

Also: A posh ice cream shop was closed down for being disgusting.

NEW YORK CITY, NY – The subway's crisis is down to you not being able to put your trash in a can, according to the MTA's chief. That and other stories to talk about tonight, July 18, as pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.


A 70-Year-Old Woman Was Found Tied Up And Killed In Her Brooklyn Home

Her daughter found her in the bedroom with an electrical cord tied around her legs, police said.

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The MTA Blamed Passengers For The Disaster That The Subway's Become

Apparently the constant delays, fires, derailments and underground entrapments are caused because you can't put your litter in a trash can.

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'Mail Rat' Became A Thing.

The little guy was living comfortably in a nest made of 35 stolen letters until a woman realized she wasn't getting her bills. Then the critter got killed.


You Can Add Rose Petals, Gold Leaf And Himalayan Salt To These Posh Ice Creams, But You Don't Want To Know What The Workers Are Putting On Them

The Meatpacking District's Magnum Ice Cream was closed by the city after it was discovered workers had no way to wash their hands.


And Magnum's Not Alone.

Here's your list of filthy kitchens closed by the city this week.


A Subway Pervert Was Photographed Wagging His Tongue As He Molested A Woman

The man fled after rubbing himself against the woman on the L train in Gramercy


A Super Rich Manhattan Investor Broke A Teen's Nose In The Southampton House That Features On 'Showtime's' Billions

Michael R. Loeb was apparently furious because the teen's friend fell asleep when he should have been working.


A Drunk Guy Impaled Himself Climbing A Midtown Fence

He was reportedly taking a short cut home.


A Stark Performance Of 'Hamlet' Is Coming To Prospect Park

Stark naked that is. The all male cast will be completely nude.

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