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whynot_31
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In addition to giving the photo to the police, please send them to me, and tell me about this guy.

If circumstances warrant, I will let the local mental health programs know that one of their clients requires additional intervention....

If the guy is doing this to your door because he has a grudge against you for something, this would seem to be more of a police matter and less of a mental health matter.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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He is a neighbor that moved into the area right next door of me literally in late winter of this year, which coincides with these reported poop attacks. (God this is so improbable.) Our camera catches him walking out his own door with his dogs, walking to the right (out of sight of the camera) coming back into the frame about two minutes later and smearing the poop in a smooth swiping motion.

Later, he comes back to watch two ladies discover his surprise, following them back down the street, watching htem, then turning around. THEN, he comes back about 15 minutes later and CLEANS IT UP!

SO BIZARRE!!! Honestly, I'm not sure what to do. He's a next door neighbor, very distinctive if you live in the neighborhood. If i described his person, you would likely know who i'm talking about. We're going to the police to report both vandalism of the building and harassment of the ladies in question (he's been stalking them/screaming at them), but i'm also considering putting it to local news and press because, honestly, once you get over how weird it is, it's kind of hilarious? And also everyone should know that he's been seen and taped smearing poop. AND HE should know that everyone knows that he's been caught and taped smearing poop, which may deter him.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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That he wants to see the effect of his actions on others fits a pattern in these types of incidents.

[Ex. Serial masturbators and exhibitionists like to see the disgusted expression on women's faces. Serial arsonists like to see the people flee the building and the fire fighters put it out. Etc.]

Despite you having photos, the police may choose to take no action, or action which is not effective. ...which leaves you in the role of the problem solver.

While taking this to the level of the press may be fun, you might be able to most effectively deal with this very local problem, -um- very locally.

A little research by you could result in you learning his name.

Then, start small, and (if need be) escalate.

For example, You could send him a letter that states "We, the 50 people who have signed this letter, know where you live, and want you to cut it out." On the letter, provide him with the number for lifeline: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cis/cis_lifenet.shtml

If the problem continues, you could create flyers about the incident and put them on local telephone poles, and/or meet with your neighbors to brainstorm.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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I know his name, his address (next door to me, ugh), everything. I was considering flyers. thanks for the good advice. As soon as i get the go ahead on the videos i'll try to post them here (just want to make sure there's no legal trouble with posting them.)

Thanks again, i'll keep everyone advised. Also, clearly, i'm posting under my real name so if you have more questions i should be pretty easy to find via a quick google or fb search.

# Posted 7 mos ago
OpossumQueen
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Does anyone in your building have a dog? I've heard people getting really mad at dog owners for not picking up poop, and fantasizing about doing basically what he did, only with the poop of the dog that lives in the building. Maybe he wanted the dog owner to see it but didn't want all the tenants to have to deal with it. Or he's a little nuts.

Also, I am impressed that you got this on film. Thanks for reporting back!

If Bored to Death hadn't been cancelled, I'd bet good money that this would end up in an episode.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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@Opossum, we do have a couple of dogs in the building, but this is not a dog retaltiation thing. The two ladies in question don't have a dog and this was clearly done in retaliation for a perceived slight (he was blocking their driveway, they asked him to move, he was furious and will not leave them alone about it, like, for DAYS.)

# Posted 7 mos ago
OpossumQueen
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Yikes, good luck resolving it!

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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Hmmm. That definately puts some more light on this matter. He seems as if he isn't serial poop spreading, as much as he is DIRECTED poop spreading. (...he might not be the guy spreading it elsewhere in the neighborhood)

He needs to be told by an authority figure that his actions aren't appropriate.

If the police won't step up, is he a renter? Could his landlord be contracted....

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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He may also be the guy spreading it in the neighborhood. He is not angry just at these ladies. As far as I can tell, he is also angry (for all different reasons) at two other residents of our building and also at the fruit seller on the corner, and the co-op up the street (he has told me he's filing violation complaints about them to harass them). He may get into rages at various people in the neighborhood and then smear their doors, you know what I mean? I have also heard him threatening people on the phone and also his own workers (he bought the brownstone next door, he WILL BE a landlord, yikes!)

I mean, the way he goes into uncontrollable rages and finds ways to retaliate. I could fully see him poop-smearing someone's door because they were "looking at him funny."

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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Thanks, Opposum!

# Posted 7 mos ago
Urbanexplorer
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I'd send the tape to NY1 news, the Post, F'd in Park Slope Blog, Gothamist, and put it up on youtube etc. in addition to handing a copy to the police. Once the press is on it the cops will follow.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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Serial and Directed!

I sense we are in the middle of an epic.

Related reading materials:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_explosive_disorder

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
JDS
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@heidi.heilig I'm an editor at Gothamist and would be very interested in seeing this video, and possibly publishing it. Please email me us at tips@oghamist.com or you can email me specifically at johnd@gothamist.com Thanks!

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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Thanks John, i will email you, although in general i'm going to wait to share video until we speak to the cops today to file an official complaint! But thanks. I'll email you shortly.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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John, please cite Brooklynian in your article.

Thanks

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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Just spoke to the cops, they spoke to him. They were laughing in disbelief. They said that the next time it happens they'll arrest him. No police report though.

# Posted 7 mos ago
arches
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Time for public shaming...bring on the videos and pictures!

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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When you own a dog in NYC, most other local people who own dogs have made a mental note of you and your dog.

I think all I would need to know is a general description of the guy and his dogs. Then I would add "gets really pissed off for almost any perceived slight", and be able to get some additional info....

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
Urbanexplorer
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So the cops want to keep crime rate stats low and not charge him with vandalism. You should insist on a police report for your own protection. A restraining order might be required in the future when this psycho comes up with another form of retribution. I feel bad for anyone who rents from this creep, posting the video could prevent others from falling victim to this deranged individual.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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I am waiting on advice on whether or not i can safely post security camera footage, after which i'll be happy to post it. I'd like everyone to know what happened.

# Posted 7 mos ago
Mamacita
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You can post whatever you want, you are only as anonymous as you allow yourself to be -if that's what you are asking? I would not doubt that this person or his acquaintances know of this message board and probably this thread, but you are technically posting as an anonymous user.

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# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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Mamacita, I inferred that Heidi was in the process of getting advice from trusted friends as to whether posting this material and involving the media would be safe given this man's history, and her proximity.

If I were her, I think I would wait and see how he responds to the message "if you smear poop on my door again I will involve the police".

I think I would let the next move be his. Hopefully he will realize that Heidi is not to be messed with.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
rpiatt
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I live in the neighborhood and our building has been hit twice by this guy. We're a new building and the security cameras were not operational for the first incident but we were online for the second (July of this year), which allowed us to capture some great shots of him.

We used these image stills and the video to file a police report with the 77th precinct.

If anyone recognizes him, I'd really appreciate any information you can provide.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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As stated above, dog owners may be your best resource.

In addition to his photo, the fact that your guy has two medium size dogs (one sheppard mix, one blond mutt) will help folks identify him.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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This is not my poop smearer! OMG! WE'VE GOT MULTI-POOPERS.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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Poopetrators are not as rare as anyone would like.

If you have ever worked at a prison or psychiatric hospital, you know that some inmates/patients use feces as a way to rebel against the walls and staff.

Smearing the poop of your dog on someone or something is also pretty common: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=smearing+dog+feces&oq=smearing+dog+feces&gs_l=serp.3..0i22.3199.7569.0.9177.23.14.0.0.0.4.655.2015.1j5j0j2j0j1.9.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.FdnvPmvoPXc&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=137d8b9419a41683&biw=1024&bih=662

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
cremate
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Its Kobe Bryant!

BTW, what program are you using for the cam recordings?

# Posted 7 mos ago
ribbons
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OMG this tread keeps getting better. Multiple people smearing poop on doors!! How can this be?

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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@Ribbons i keep hearing your posting as coming from your avatar's face, it's even better

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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The wanna be mental health worker in me wonders if the motivations behind some of these smearings is similar to "institutional rebellion" I describe above.

I.E. Could people who perceive themselves as controlled and oppressed be rebelling against those whom they perceive as their rulers by smearing dog feces against their new fancy, gentrified doors?

...it is just a theory. I probably was just exposed to too much Che in college. I continue to root for the "tools of the oppressors": the police.

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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Why-Not, perhaps in some cases? I know personally that with my own little Indignado, he's a 60 something year old white man who just moved into the neighborhood. I've lived here for 15 years, conversely. So, eh.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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Yours seems to have that Intermittent Explosive Disorder thing.

People with that condition seem to be attracted to the various extremes of the political spectrum. There are so many famous examples that could be provided, but I will refrain.

Although fleeting, your spreader seems to have a cause: Being asked to move his car.

Meanwhile, Rpiatt's seems to be The Fecal Rebel Without a Cause

...if only they had made that writing in brown, not red (sorry, I couldn't resist).

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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[+] Embed this video

Text-Link:

HTML-Link:

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Here is a link to the playlist featuring our poop smearer.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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I see a guy walking a dog at the beginning and the end. I was thinking you had a video of the actual smearing.... Am I missing something?

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago
arches
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I see him smear something from the newspaper on the fence in the last few seconds of the video.

# Posted 7 mos ago
Smokin' Joe
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that's hardly what i expected. he didn't seem crazy, angry or even focused on the job. sort of a drive-by poop smearer. so he walks by, does the deed -- and this is confirmed by the two ladies, right? because you can't tell in the video -- doesn't even break stride as he doing it, and then comes back and cleans it up? strange indeed.

"Here's a little tip I would like to relate: Many fish bites if you got good bait."

# Posted 7 mos ago
onandon
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Wow - I haven't been on here in a while, I didn't realize this thread had gotten so much traction. Heidi - my building's back yard bumps up to that guy's back yard. (I didn't know his name was Lenny.) He has been renovating and has been having disputes with everyone surrounding him, including someone in our building. He's (from what I understand) suing the condo building that was PS9 on the corner for taking down a brick wall that was crumbling and aligned his property. That could totally be our guy. I don't recognize the black guy in the still shots...

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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@Why_Not, look at minute 3:59. He walks by with a bag in hand, smears it, and keeps walking. Very smooth. In the second video on the playlist, you can see the people who discover it taking pictures -- i have posted them below. In the second pic you can see that he used an ENTIRE turd which fell to the ground after he smeared it on the lock. In the third video you can see him wiping it away with a towel.

@Onandon, if you had poop smeared after a dispute with him, i would bet money that it's him. He's very vindictive and doesn't really seem entirely in control. The cops have said if he ever does this again they'll just straight up arrest him -- you may want to report it if/when it happens again, and make the cops aware that Lenny is threatening you. His full name is Leonard Goodstein, i have been told. You can search him, he's got some weird pics online for an art gallery where he's dressed like Moses and the address for the gallery is a park? Weird stuff.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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Ugh, denied size, let me try again?

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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@Greenleaf i wonder if you, too, or someone at your building, found themselves in an altercation with Lenny?

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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If you go to the actual Youtube link, there is a playlist of 3 videos from that night, showing the smear(1), the discovery (2), and the cleanup(3).

# Posted 7 mos ago
arches
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Are you sure he's the owner? The property records for the neighboring brownstone show someone other than Leonard Goodstein as the purchaser (back in late Aug 2011).

http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/Scripts/CoverPage.dll/lookup

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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Arches, as far as I'm aware, his wife (Raquel) is listed as the owner.

# Posted 7 mos ago
h.
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@Onandon do you know what the dispute was about with your neighbors and Lenny?

# Posted 7 mos ago
onandon
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I think it was about construction noise - but I have to talk to her to confirm and she's out of town..I'll follow up.

# Posted 7 mos ago
whynot_31
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I post this link here because it is also a "crappy thing to do":

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/11/fla-man-faces-federal-charges-for-using-enemas-and-returning-to-pharmacies-that/

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 7 mos ago

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