Mahopac Residents On Lookout For Restaurant Banner Bandits

MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Area residents are on the lookout after three brazen thieves made off with a banner touting Frankie's Waffles & Burgers on Route 6 for its Daily Voice's DVLicious victory as Best Soup in Putnam County.

Daily Voice talks to Carina Evangelista of Frankie's Waffles & Burgers about the theft of the restaurant's DVLicious contest victory banner.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman

One of the alleged thieves police are searching for following Saturday night's incident.
Photo Credit: *Contributed*

This is the banner that was stolen from Frankie's Waffles & Burgers in Mahopac. Above, Carina Evangelista, far right, and Marian Feliciotto of Frankie's with Daily Voice Director of Media Initiatives/Managing Editor Joe Lombardi in March.
Photo Credit: *Skip Pearlman*

Skip Pearlman

04/27/2016 1:48 p.m.

Frankie's husband-and-wife owners Frank and Carina Evangelista mounted a large banner proclaiming the win outside of the Route 6 restaurant.

Surveillance cameras caught the thieves in action swiping the banner late Saturday night, and now police and residents are trying to assist in bringing the culprits to justice.

Check out the video to see Daily Voice (which is in the process of replacing the stolen banner) speak with Evangelista about the theft.

To see Daily Voice's story on the theft, posted Monday, click here.

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