ThanatoGratus
02-17-2002, 10:23 PM
The story at NY Times (http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/39177.htm)
SELF-MUTILATING EX-BEAU
IN ‘PIECE' OFFERING
By Larry Celona, Phil Messing, Ed Robinson and Brad Hunter
February 15, 2002 -- A disgruntled Romeo celebrated
Valentine's Day by giving his ex-lover the finger - literally.
Cops say 24-year-old Forest Simon of Brooklyn chopped
his left middle finger off and then sent the detached digit to
his stunned ex-gal pal - who works at the tony Patricia
Fields Salon.
Fields is the celebrated designer behind the sultry styles of
"Sex and the City." But on TV, the suitor known as "Big"
sends only flowers.
"He was trying to impress her," a police source said of
Simon's macabre offering.
Apparently, Simon still pined for the 27-year-old Brooklyn
woman - even though they broke up 18 months ago after a
short courtship.
Sources said she had filed numerous harassment complaints
against her former paramour.
The woman - a hair stylist at the East Village salon - was
working when the perverse present arrived via private
courier.
The bloody "gift" came packed in a black ring box.
When she opened the envelope addressed to her, she pried
open the box, discovering three-quarters of a bloody
middle finger.
The horrified woman called 911 and, when cops arrived,
she told them Simon had already phoned her several times.
In one of the calls, a police source said, Simon called from
a bar and asked, "how do you like your Valentine's Day
present?"
Cops then traced one of the calls and Simon was busted on
St. Marks Place with his left hand heavily swathed in
bandages.
Police said he had already seen a doctor.
Simon gave his address as 151 First Ave. but that's only a
commercial mailing address. In reality, he lives in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, police said.
At the postal outlet that Simon used as his mailing address,
workers said Simon is "a little scary" and "quiet."
One employee of the outlet said: "He's very strange and
we've had a couple of run-ins."
The employee added she was unsure what the amorous
amputee did for a living.
He was held on a charge of aggravated harassment pending
a psychological assessment at Bellevue.
SELF-MUTILATING EX-BEAU
IN ‘PIECE' OFFERING
By Larry Celona, Phil Messing, Ed Robinson and Brad Hunter
February 15, 2002 -- A disgruntled Romeo celebrated
Valentine's Day by giving his ex-lover the finger - literally.
Cops say 24-year-old Forest Simon of Brooklyn chopped
his left middle finger off and then sent the detached digit to
his stunned ex-gal pal - who works at the tony Patricia
Fields Salon.
Fields is the celebrated designer behind the sultry styles of
"Sex and the City." But on TV, the suitor known as "Big"
sends only flowers.
"He was trying to impress her," a police source said of
Simon's macabre offering.
Apparently, Simon still pined for the 27-year-old Brooklyn
woman - even though they broke up 18 months ago after a
short courtship.
Sources said she had filed numerous harassment complaints
against her former paramour.
The woman - a hair stylist at the East Village salon - was
working when the perverse present arrived via private
courier.
The bloody "gift" came packed in a black ring box.
When she opened the envelope addressed to her, she pried
open the box, discovering three-quarters of a bloody
middle finger.
The horrified woman called 911 and, when cops arrived,
she told them Simon had already phoned her several times.
In one of the calls, a police source said, Simon called from
a bar and asked, "how do you like your Valentine's Day
present?"
Cops then traced one of the calls and Simon was busted on
St. Marks Place with his left hand heavily swathed in
bandages.
Police said he had already seen a doctor.
Simon gave his address as 151 First Ave. but that's only a
commercial mailing address. In reality, he lives in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, police said.
At the postal outlet that Simon used as his mailing address,
workers said Simon is "a little scary" and "quiet."
One employee of the outlet said: "He's very strange and
we've had a couple of run-ins."
The employee added she was unsure what the amorous
amputee did for a living.
He was held on a charge of aggravated harassment pending
a psychological assessment at Bellevue.