him to assault prisoner chrystler lobe and coerce other officers to help him keep the crime a secret. he repeatedly met with those who saw to agree on ways to keep your stories straight. he admitted to stealing the chief s police duffel bag. inside that bag were the chief s police belt and ammunition insisting he found pornography and sex toys. burke himself showed up at lobe s home to confront him and while he was later chained burke sought revery long repeatedly beating him. when i asked for a lawyer i got hit, choked, slapped, punched, kicked. he is a danger to the community with a long history of coercion, corruption and conspiracy. admits to the charges against him. no one is above the law. janelle reporting there. we ll continue to follow it and traffic and weather on the 2 s john good morning. good morning mary. chris said it winter is back and snow north and west too. it s that cold and the wind that you are really going to feel. wind out of the west to
those are the cold hard facts. steve langford cbs 2 news. thank you. new at noon the stunning fall out in court today james burke pleaded guilty to charges. he assaulted a man and tried to cover it up. janelle burrell is live with more. we are accustomonned to seeing james burke in his police chief uniform. today he appeared in court in khaki prison scrubs withdrawing his not guilty plea taking this plea deal from prosecutors admitting to not only beating investigators. a tumbling fall from grace from a highest ranking police officer to a federal prisoner. james burke pled guilty telling the judge today in part i willfully used unreasonable forced slapped and hit the individual causing bodily injury. burke in public back in december when f.b.i. agents first arrested him. his attorney denying the allegations. today the 51-year-old admitting to violating christopher loeb s civil rights by beating him and forcing people to cover it up. he met with the police department t
street 7th avenue station, and the accused attacker is still on the run. news 4 s andrew siff in midtown with new information. andrew? reporter: chuck, this happened right here at rush hour. the man was on his way to get on a train here at the n, q, r station at 57th street and 7th avenue. he was heading eastbound. we re going to show you an image of the victim. you can see the slash marks to his faae. he got slashed in the face and needed six stitches. also a slash mark on his thumb. according t polh,e, the attacker may have been blocking the entrance to a packed train. we talked to commuters who said they continue to be scared about the increase in slashings in new york city this year. they don t know if it s a statistical fluke or some part of an alarming trend. that is a terrifying thing that they can just out of nowhere, someone can come out or fatally injure you. just on your morning commute. in the subway, we have to be careful every time. we look we don t know
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attorney william petrillo who defended officer logiudice says a federal investigation of his client is unlikely because of kyle howell s own admissions at trial. he knew the entire time that what he was doing would cause them to believe that he had a weapon or had reached for a weapon and concealed one and despite that, and despite continued commands to stop, continued in that conduct. reporter: he says a federal prosecution, even if it were mounted, would be unsuccessful. a spokesman for the u.s. attorney s office for the eastern district of new york which has jurisdiction here declined to comment tonight. live in mineola, long island, n.j. news. turning now to weather, showers are on the way as we normal temperatures. meteorologist lee goldberg outside our studio on the upper west side with the timing of the rain and how much of it we can expect. lee. sade, october, the sequel, 60 degrees here, another warm night, not much wind out. it feels great. but i will need t