MANHATTAN ? Not even advanced cancer could hold him back.
A tough-as-nails detective who overcame stage IV lymphoma helped derail an iPhone thief in the Times Square subway station just days before his retirement, police said yesterday.
"This is a fitting culmination of an outstanding career," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Det. First Grade Nelson Dones, a 31-year veteran of the force, who is assigned to the anti-crime task force in the Manhattan Transit Unit, had been part of a team that was monitoring an officer posing as a straphanger Saturday evening.
Dones, who is set to retire Tuesday, and the other officers spotted the suspect, Fernando Francis, 26, of Brooklyn, approach the decoy from behind as she went from the N/Q/R platform to the Times Square Shuttle.
That's when Dones saw Francis allegedly grab an iPhone from the detective's backpack and put it into the front pocket of his sweatshirt.
Just after 6 p.m., the officers moved in and took Francis, who has prior arrests for assault, criminal contempt and criminal possession of a weapon, into custody.
He was charged with grand larceny.
Dozen of new decoy officers were trained in recent weeks to address a spike in thefts in the subway system, cops said.?
Decoys mimic behavior of likely victims of theft and often ensnare repeat offenders, police said.
Dones was diagnosed in 2000 with advanced cancer of his lymph nodes that had spread to his bone marrow, but was able to overcome the disease with the help of a bone marrow transplant from his brother.
Five years later, after extensive rehabilitation, he returned to work full time as a Field Training Officer ? a senior officer who act as mentors for younger members of the force.
He was honored in 2010 with the Theodore Roosevelt Award for Continued Service After Overcoming Severe Medical Hardship.
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