Career
He was born in June 1866 in France to Italian parents. He solved the Michael Scimeca kidnapping case in 1910. His predecessor, Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, was murdered in Sicily in 1909, and Vachris had to go to Palermo to retrieve Petrosino"s list of Italian criminals operating in the United States.
Vachris was also involved in policing adult entertainment on Coney Island.
