BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A customer at a Franklin Avenue Chinese food restaurant wrestled a robber to the ground after the suspect tried to take off with cash, police said.
The would-be-thief entered Hong Kong Cafe at 357 Franklin Ave. near Lexington Avenue on Feb. 13 around 11:20 p.m. and jumped behind the counter, according to an NYPD spokesman.
The suspect took approximately $400 from the register and tried to flee but was stopped by a man who wrestled him and took the money back, police said.
The good Samaritan returned the cash to the 34-year-old employee, according to police.
The suspect fled the eatery, heading northbound on Franklin Avenue. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket, black hooded sweater and blue jeans, officials said.
Workers at Hong Kong Cafe declined to comment.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit their tips on the Crime Stoppers website.
