So did the shlub forget his wallet or didn’t he want to pay? The media has made S&W out to be the bad guy in this matter. Another example of the media’s fine reporting standards.
From this article, it sounds like he had his wallet on him and just didn't want to pay - although the wording could be clearer. If he just tried to stiff the restaurant and lied to the media, as well, I hope he gets booted from the US and denied future entry for his trouble.
The coverage on this yesterday had dozens of FReepers swearing they would NEVER go to that godawful S&W. The story then was the he’d left his wallet at his friend’s apartment, offered to leave his cell as collateral, and take a busboy with him to his friend’s place to retrieve the wallet. That would apparently be the wallet NYPD Commissioner Kelly said contained $100+