A 31-year NYPD veteran who battled his way back from cancer collared his last criminal in Times Square yesterday. Detective Nelson Dones saw 26-year-old Fernando Francis allegedly swipe an iPhone from an undercover detective on the N/Q/R platform. “It was closing the door the way I would have loved to close the door on my career,” Dones told DNAinfo. “I wanted to be proactive.” A colleague says Dones, who worked for the Transit Police when it was a separate bureau, is skilled at spotting subway thieves: “He has the eyes. He has the X-Ray vision.” He also apparently has a voice “just like Al Pacino.” HOO-AH. [ more › ]
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Cancer-Beating Cop Collars iPhone Thief On Eve Of Retirement