Meet 100-year-old retired NYPD detective Howard Bach -- who met infamous bank robber Willie Sutton during his three decades on the force

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Meet 100-year-old retired NYPD detective Howard Bach -- who met infamous bank robber Willie Sutton during his three decades on the force
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U.S. Navy veteran Howard Bach, who turned 100 in July, joined the Force in 1948 after serving four years on a battleship in the Pacific during WWII.

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Knife-wielding suspect in ‘friendly fire’ NYPD subway shooting menacingly told cops, ‘You’re going to make me kill you’Bach was born on the Fourth of July in 1924. Prohibition was still in effect, and the Big Apple saw its first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “This is indeed excellent work and your alertness, intelligent action and strict adherence to duty are deserving of the highest praise,” wrote then-Police Commissioner Arthur Wallander.

He missed out on the collar because he was out at the store, but he met the stickup man when he returned to the 78th Precinct stationhouse. Sutton had just been strip searched.

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