Police Praised In Arrest

Nassau Chief Commends 9 Here for Capture of Burglar

The New York Times, June 14, 1936

July 27, 1937

Nine members of the New York Police Department were commended yesterday by Abram W. Skidmore, chief of the Nassau County Police Department, for their assistance in the arrest of Josef Sroczynski, “the unlatched window burglar,” who pleaded guilty to a series of crimes that had baffled the police for more than six years.

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