Sentences with phrase «county police chief»

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A former Suffolk County police chief charged with beating a handcuffed burglary suspect and pressuring detectives to conceal the encounter pleaded guilty Friday in federal court on Long Island.

Prison officials have reportedly discovered illegal drugs in the cell of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke.

Three resulted in convictions and prison sentences, for the former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, the former Town of Oyster Bay planning Commissioner Frederick Ippolito — who died in prison in June — and the former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, Edward Walsh.

The half - dozen cases that are now part of the investigation, which began in 2013 and has already claimed a county police chief, were all handled by Mr. Spota's top anticorruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland.

The indictment, before District Judge Leonard Wexler, alleges that Mr. Spota and Mr. McPartland — the chief of investigations and chief of the DA's Government Corruption Bureau — sought to cover up the assault of a handcuffed suspect by former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, who has since been sentenced to prison himself.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke was arrested Wednesday on charges he beat a handcuffed burglary suspect and then pressured detectives who witnessed the alleged encounter to conceal it, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

James Burke, the former Suffolk County police chief of department, was arrested on charges of assaulting a handcuffed suspect and conspiring to cover it up during a federal grand jury investigation, according to court documents.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke has pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

FBI agents take former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke into custody outside his Smithtown home on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

Criminal charges against a sitting district attorney are rare, but Spota and his office have been under scrutiny for years, and the indictment was the latest turn in a federal investigation that has transfixed Long Island and led to the downfall of the county police chief, James Burke.

The cases of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, former Oyster Bay Town planning Commissioner Frederick Ippolito — who died in prison in June — and former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh resulted in convictions and prison sentences.

Then - Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke speaks with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone after a news conference in Hauppauge on March 19, 2014.

The charges stem from the alleged cover up of ex-Suffolk County police Chief James Burke's beating of a suspect in 2012.

Spota and the chief of his anti-corruption bureau, Christopher McPartland, are accused of obstructing an FBI investigation that led to the conviction of former county Police Chief James Burke.

Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke is reportedly resigning as the federal Eastern District of New York has reopened a probe into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a Long Island man who broke into his car.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke was arrested on charges he beat a handcuffed burglary suspect and then pressured detectives who witnessed the alleged encounter to conceal it, according to a federal indictment unsealed yesterday.

James Burke, a former Suffolk County police chief charged with beating a handcuffed burglary suspect and pressuring detectives to conceal the encounter, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court on Long Island.

Among the cases DeMarco cited was that of former county police chief of department James Burke, a Spota protège, who pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating burglary suspect Christopher Loeb's civil rights and orchestrating a cover - up of the crime.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, left, at a news conference with District Attorney Thomas Spota in Riverhead on March 20, 2015.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief of Department James Burke is escorted to a vehicle by FBI personnel outside an FBI office in Melville on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

Diego Rodriguez, the head of the FBI in New York, said: «Today, former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke finds himself on the opposite ends of the very laws he was sworn to uphold....

Former county police Chief of Department James Burke, a Spota protégé whom Bellone appointed as the county's top uniformed cop, pleaded guilty earlier this year to beating a burglary suspect and orchestrating a cover - up of the crime.

The urgent need for this reform was highlighted by the recent news that disgraced former Suffolk County police Chief James Burke is collecting an annual pension of $ 145,485.

A federal grand jury indicted James Burke, the former Suffolk County Police chief of department, Tuesday, several sources said.

A Long Island escort says she performed sex acts on former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke near Gilgo Beach in 2011.

The email addresses of another Westchester County police chief and two police lieutenants have been identified as part of the stream of e-mail distribution.

Spota and top aide Christopher McPartland were indicted on a charge of a stunning display of prosecutorial arrogance: obstructing a federal investigation into whether then - Suffolk County Police Chief of Department James Burke assaulted a criminal suspect and tried to orchestrate a cover - up.

Drugs were found in the prison cell of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke at the federal detention center in Pennsylvania where he's serving a 46 - month sentence for beating a prisoner and orchestrating a cover - up of the assault, sources said.

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'' [St. Louis County Chief of Police] Jon Belmar gave a statement that he didn't know about [the new footage],» Pollock said.

Fulton County Police Corporal Partrena Smith said that at least ten people were hurt, including two critically, while Fulton County Fire Chief Larry Few said 21 were hurt.

«We were called there for an issue, the issue did not warrant any charges,» Northern York County Regional Police Chief Mark Bentzel told the Associated Press.

Giving one officer complete oversight over school - traffic issues is virtually unheard of in DuPage County, said Glen Ellyn Police Chief Howard Thiele.

The Auburn Police Department's deputy chief has admitted to drunken driving earlier this month in Cayuga County.

Besides the damaging claims likely to come out in the Walsh trial, a key Spota deputy, Christopher McPartland, is the target of a federal grand jury investigating allegations of a cover - up by the police department to protect James Burke, the former county chief.

And former Suffolk County Chief of Police James Burke pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting a handcuffed suspect and orchestrated a departmental cover - up.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his top aides were indicted in federal court on Wednesday for allegedly trying to cover up former Police Chief James Burke's beating of a suspect in 2012.

Lawrence Zacarese, assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, celebrates his upset win in September's primary for the Republican Party nomination to run for Suffolk County sheriff in 2017.

Assistant Schenectady Police Chief Jack Falvo says $ 1,050 in illegal contributions his non-profit foundation made to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple was an «honest mistake.»

Another race worth keeping an eye on today is occurring down on Long Island, where state Sen. Phil Boyle is fighting Larry Zacarese, assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, for the GOP line in the Suffolk County sheriff's contest.

Longtime Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his chief aides on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, were indicted on federal charges that they were involved in a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in chief aides on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, were indicted on federal charges that they were involved in a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.

Schaffer and Bellone traded barbs about the issue of public corruption following Bellone's State of the County address in March and the conviction of former Suffolk Police Chief of Department James Burke.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, with then - Chief of Police James Burke, in 2015.

Larry Zacarese, an assistant police chief at Stony Brook University making his first run for office, pulled off a resounding upset victory over veteran state Sen. Phil Boyle (R - Bay Shore) in the Republican primary for Suffolk County sheriff Tuesday.

FBI agents arrest the former chief of police of the Suffolk County Police Department, James Burke, outside his Smithtown home on Dec. 9,police of the Suffolk County Police Department, James Burke, outside his Smithtown home on Dec. 9,Police Department, James Burke, outside his Smithtown home on Dec. 9, 2015.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse University All - American football legend and a former Syracuse police chief are involved in a new Syracuse company that plans to manufacture medical marijuana in Onondaga County.

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races...

DeWitt Police Chief Gene Conway, who won the election for Onondaga County Sheriff earlier this month, said he was not aware the city had a new MRAP.

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races of the year.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr, joined by Oneida County Sheriff Rob Maciol and Utica Police Chief Mark Williams and the Mohawk Valley Police Academy trainees will announce and... Read more