Suffolk Police Chief was convicted of beating a prisoner, drugs found in ex LI Police Chief cell..

[HipChick]

The disgraced Long Island police chief sentenced to prison last year in the beating of a handcuffed man who stole embarrassing items from the chief's SUV was found with Oxycodone pills in his prison cell, sources tell News 4.

Officials at the low-security federal prison where former Suffolk County police chief James Burke is serving a 46-month sentence discovered Oxycodone in his locker, sources say.

Burke claimed the painkillers were planted in his locker after he had a dispute with another inmate.

As punishment, Burke will be sent to the special housing unit for 30 to 60 days. The SHU is an isolation unit where he won't be able to have phone or computer privileges, the sources say.

Source: Oxycodone Found in Convicted Ex-Suffolk Police Chief's Prison Cell: Sources - NBC New York http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Oxycodone-Pills-Found-Prison-Cell-Convicted-Suffolk-Police-Chief-James-Burke-421753584.html#ixzz4oBBA75vA




http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Oxycodone-Pills-Found-Prison-Cell-Convicted-Suffolk-Police-Chief-James-Burke-421753584.html

[Leghorn21]

1. I got nuthin. No comment.

From second link:

Burke was convicted in February 2016 of orchestrating a department cover-up after beating a handcuffed man for stealing embarrassing items from his SUV. He pummeled the heroin addict who had taken his gun belt, ammunition, a box of cigars and a bag containing sex toys and pornography, prosecutors said.

Burke was sentenced in the fall to nearly four years in prison.

Burke became chief of the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the country's largest suburban police forces, in 2012 after serving for nearly a decade as chief investigator for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.

[HipChick]

2. Interesting..

[Leghorn21]

4. Okay, so my comment would be, hey, I bet if you put James Burke, LOSER 45, Jeffrey Epstein,

and Joey "No Socks" Cinque in a corner table at the Hi-Hat Lounge on a Friday night, why, they'd have them one helluva night, believe me!

[Danmel]

3. Burke was a disaster, but the current chief and Commissioner are professional

The Commissioner, Tim Sini, is a Democrat who ran for the County Legislature and is currently running for District Attorney. He is a stand up guy and a real straight arrow. I can't imagine how embarrassed and appalled he was by this. Also, just as an aside, the group of officers behind Trump were from all over the metropolitan area, not just Suffolk County.

[Leghorn21]

5. Great news, Danmel - nobody deserves a "Burke"-type heading up their local police. Oy.

Thanks for an insider's take on what we were looking at today!