Cops: Thief targets SUV warming in driveway
Photo credit: NCPD | John Brito, 42, of Franklin Square, has been arrested in connection with the theft of an SUV from a Franklin Square resident's driveway, police said. (Jan. 24, 2013)
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A man warming his Honda in the driveway of his Franklin Square home Thursday looked out the window to see someone taking it, ran outside, jumped into the vehicle and, with the aid of a passerby, subdued the man trying to steal it, police said.
But not before the alleged car thief, who Nassau County police said turned out to be both intoxicated and under the influence of drugs, had driven the...
