(Speaking of recurring themes.)
The answer to that question is apparently at home.
Mr. Sash, who was arrested several times for making and selling replica badges, quit the business after his last arrest in 2002, for which he served nearly four years in prison.
The linked article is a pretty good slice of NYPD life, but I’d really like to know more about Mr. Sash and his story. If all these folks in the NYPD knew he was the unofficial go-to guy for replica badges, what were the circumstances that actually led up to his arrest?