Queens newspaper publisher arrested after spat with neighbor

A Queens newspaper publisher was arrested Thursday after an altercation with her neighbor led her to drive her car into a tree on his lawn, police said Monday.

Patricia Adams, 55, who runs The Forum, screamed, cursed and flailed her arms as officers tried to handcuff her in front of her Howard Beach home about 10 p.m., authorities said.

Do you know who the f--- I am? I run The Forum, Im going to have your job. F--- you, Adams told cops, according to a criminal complaint.

But Adams, who claims her neighbor had been harassing her for months, said the police report was mostly false.

Im not a person who looks for special treatment, which is why I resent what was in that report, she said. Im gonna have your job. I never said that! I never said one blessed word that Im going to have your job!

Adams said she introduced herself, telling cops she has been serving this precinct and community for 20 years.

Her car never got near her neighbors lawn, she said.

Im not a thug, Adams said. I will beware not to believe everything I read in a criminal complaint.

The weekly newspaper publisher said the neighbor had boxed her car into her driveway with five garbage cans Thursday, which started the argument.

She was taken to the 106th Precinct stationhouse and then to Central Booking, where she spent the rest of the night and much of the following day, getting out at 5 p.m. on Friday.

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Queens newspaper publisher arrested after spat with neighbor