Hes not being cooperative about exactly how all of this went down. Thank you for those details. Breaking right now, the man who once ran the Suffolk County Police Department has just pleaded guilty to federal charges making specific admissions in court. News4s katherine craigfuls in the courtroom. At this very moment, were waiting for the attorney for james burke to step out of the courtroom and give a pcess conference. At times james burkes voice was quite firm, quite clear, and sometimes loud. He told the judge, i plead guilty, your honor. He said ome of these other items we want to show you. That person being a robbery suspect and it happened in december of 2012. Burke went onto tell the judge, conspired to take steps not to cooperate with the investigation. Burke was arrested in december. This past december on obstruction of justiug and civil rights violations. The charges accuse burke of beating and abuse ing a man who hadnd been arrested after stealing a duffle bag from burnes Po
Editor’s Note: The following is a part of a series of profiles on candidates running in contested Harrison County primaries in the upcoming May 14 primary election.
Tom Harrison, back row, center; Joanne Landy, second row, right This interview was originally published in Left History. This version is reposted from New Politics, where it was republished in 2018. Joanne Landy died in 2017. See here for a brief obituary. Introduction