NEW YORK -- A conniving crook has been busted for illegally towing a dozen vehicles off the streets of Brooklyn and Queens and selling them for scrap metal, police say. Franklin Payne was arrested Monday for allegedly swiping the vehicles from East New York, Brooklyn, and southwest Queens between February and May. Payne, 21, targeted Hondas, Nissans, Volkswagens, Kias and Fords as part of his audacious scheme, according to cops. He always made sure the cars and SUVs he nabbed were more than eight years old so he wouldn’t have to provide the Long Island junkyard he towed them to with the vehicl...