Police Blotter: Thief Steals $400 Cash and Wallet from Franny’s

The following information was supplied by the 78th Precinct of the NYPD. It does not indicate a conviction.

Wallet Snatch  

A quick-handed crook stole a man’s wallet from the newly-opened Franny’s on Flatbush Avenue and got away with $400 in cash, a $200 designer leather wallet and four credit cards on April 15.  

The 32-year-old victim told police that he was eating at Franny’s, which opened its new location Sterling and St. Johns places recently, and paid the check at around 11 p.m. with his Platinum American Express credit card. He replaced his Amex card inside his wallet, but left the wallet on the table and left Franny’s with his friend. When he realized he didn’t have his leather Barney’s wallet five minutes later, he went back inside and looked for it, but it was gone. The restaurant’s staff said that they did not see it. The crook got away with $400 cash, the Barney’s wallet worth $200, his New York driver’s license, and four credit cards with a total credit line of $80,000. 

iPhone Snatch at Grand Army Plaza  

Another quick-handed crook stole an iPhone out of a woman’s hand while she exited the Grand Army Plaza subway station on April 16.  

The 26-year-old victim told police that she just left the 2/3 train subway station at Grand Army Plaza at around 2:40 p.m. and was standing at the southeast corner of Plaza Street West and Flatbush Avenue when a crook grabbed her iPhone out of her hands and ran. The crook, described as a black 18-year-old man was wearing a white jacket and got away with the white cellphone.