OCPD Honors Man Who Helped Catch Bank Robbery Suspect

The Oak Creek Police Department will honor a man whose alertness helped catch a bank robbery suspect.

Josh Najda will be presented a Citizen Citation during the department's awards ceremony May 20. Last October, he spotted the suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at TCF Bank, 8995 S. Howell Ave.

Najda said in an interview he heard a description of the suspect on the police scanner earlier in the day. When he saw a man acting suspicious at Caterpillar's South Milwaukee plant, where he works as a security guard, he checked surveillance photos posted on Oak Creek Patch, realized it was the same person and called police.

The suspect, Joseph Janich, is due back in court later this month for a plea hearing.