FDNY Firefighter Stole Credit Cards From Dead NYer, DA Says

NEW YORK CITY — An FDNY firefighter stole credit cards from a dead New Yorker during an ambulance call and tried to rack up more than $1,100 in purchases on them, prosecutors said.

Sylus McKenzie, 33, of The Bronx, was arraigned last week on a slew of charges including identity theft and grand larceny, authorities said.

McKenzie is accused of stealing an American Express card and a Mastercard while responding to a 911 call from the Manhattan home of a man who died, said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark.

"A day later, the defendant allegedly went to various stores in the Bronx and made purchases using the stolen cards," Clark said.

"These alleged actions are reprehensible, even more so because he is a member of the city’s Bravest and violated the public trust."

It's not the first time a New York City first responder has been accused of stealing from a patient, whether dead or alive.

Last year, a Queens EMT was accused of swiping a woman's debit card during an ambulance call and using it to buy buffalo wings and champagne.

McKenzie seems to have had different tastes, at least according to the accusations leveled against him by prosecutors.

After McKenzie left an East 50th Street apartment and credit cards were discovered missing Jan. 12, 2021, authorities tracked more than $1,100 in purchases at a Sunoco Gas Station, a Food Bazaar supermarket and for AirPods at Target, prosecutors said.