ICYMI: Off-Duty Officer, Neighbor Honored For Stopping Bethpage Burglar

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in Farmingdale Patch:

MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY - An off-duty officer and his neighbor were recently honored for stopping a burglary in process that occurred in Bethpage back in December.

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored Kristopher Kozlowski, a Muttontown Police Officer, and his neighbor Michael Frisone, both Bethpage residents, for stopping a burglary in progress during at ceremony on Monday.

Both were given with citations for their commendable actions at the Nassau County Police Academy in Massapequa Park.

On December 27, shortly after 12 p.m., Kozlowski was off-duty at his home in Bethpage when his wife, Sarah, mentioned a suspicious person in the neighborhood.

He went out to search the area, and found a man about to smash a neighbor’s window with a cinderblock in order to gain entry to the home.

Kozlowski was able to stop the man and hold him with help from Frisone until police arrived.

The man was then placed under arrest, and upon further investigation, was determined to have been responsible for three additional burglaries.

Pictured above from left to right: Julie Albernas, Muttontown Police Commissioner and Trustee; Phillip Pulaski, Muttontown Chief of Police; Julianne Wesley Beckerman, Mayor, Village of Muttontown; Honoree Kristopher Kozlowski, Muttontown Police Officer; Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano; Honoree Michael Frisone, Bethpage resident; Patrick Ryder, Deputy Commissioner, Nassau County Police Department