That Guy

Last time we read about Joel Krupnik, his front-yard Christmas display was freaking out the neighbors. Today we learn that he is now accused of smearing Chihuahua feces in the hair and on the clothes of its 13-year-old owner:

The Manhattan real-estate dealer who terrified neighborhood kids at Christmas with a grotesque display of a bloody Santa yesterday cursed a 13-year-old girl and smeared dog feces in her hair after her Chihuahua pooped on his sidewalk, cops said.

Joel Krupnik, 57, allegedly went ballistic when he spotted 4-pound Bambi relieving himself in front of Krupnik’s $3 million brownstone at 318 E. 18th St. as the girl took her pet for a walk.

A furious Krupnik picked up what Bambi left behind and trailed the unsuspecting girl — whose family asked that her name not be printed — to the vestibule of her nearby apartment building, authorities said.

The hulking, 6-foot-2, 250-pound man cursed the terrified teen, then smeared the dog feces into her hair, according to cops and her mother.

Then he smeared it across her Catholic-school uniform jacket, according to the girl’s outraged mom.

“She was scared and she was traumatized,” the mom said.

“This man followed her home and followed her into her building and started cursing at her.

“She’s always picking it up, but it just so happened that Bambi did it in front of his house, but there was a tree there and my daughter didn’t see him go.”

After the attack, the girl ran to her apartment and called her mom — a single parent and buyer in the fashion industry — who rushed home.

The mother went to Krupnik’s house to confront him. When his wife refused to open the door, the mom went to cops.

“I was upset and angry, but he wouldn’t come to the door,” she said.

“She’s just a baby. She’s scared and afraid. He’s the creepiest person in the neighborhood. He’s not friendly at all. He’s scary looking.”

Cops busted Krupnik for criminal mischief and menacing, and he was expected to spend the night in custody.

The mom said when cops told Krupnik the girl was only 13, he said dismissively that he thought she was older.