BREAKING: NY - James Burke, ex-police chief of Suffolk County, arrested for soliciting a male undercover officer, 22 Aug 2023

[Justice101]

Dumb question.. .since this guy was the former police chief, does that even matter since the new police chief in town was the one who go the cold case going and solved?

 

[Betty P]

Dumb question.. .since this guy was the former police chief, does that even matter since the new police chief in town was the one who go the cold case going and solved?

Yes and no. Rodney Harrison was the new "outsider" police commissioner who came in and put together a task force to catch LISK. Rodney did a good job, but asked too many questions when the investigation started to shut down after Heuermann's arrest for the murders of 3 women.

Harrison's task force consisted of the police chief who replaced James Burke as well as a few other members of the county prosecutors office (Ray Tierney) who also didn't vigorously pursue the LISK case. Harrison made the county prosecutor and police chief work with the NY State police, the FBI and others. They made their arrest in about 1 years time.

So, James Burke didn't work on Harrison's task force, but some of his friends did. It's believed there are people within the Suffolk County PD who are still loyal to James Burke. They did force Rodney Harrison out after Rex was arrested, something that didn't have to happen. With Harrison gone, some folks are working to make sure things dont go back to "business as usual".

Also, the attorneys representing Rex Heuermann, his wife and his kids are all part of the old Suffolk County machine that James Burke was part of.

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[jessr927]

I wasn't sure what thread to post this under but settled here since she had ties to Burke. Lowrita Rickenbacker passed away last December.

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[Betty P]

I wasn't sure what thread to post this under but settled here since she had ties to Burke. Lowrita Rickenbacker passed away last December.

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Yes, this is the right thread for posting it, JMO. For those wondering, Lowrita was a prostitute who was also the girlfriend of former Suffolk Co Chief of Police, James Burke. Burke was accused of failing to fully investigate the Gilgo Beach murders for many years. He was also a drug addict who had along term relationship with another woman who ran a prostitution ring.

Cop who bungled Gilgo Beach investigation was a cross dresser

A Long Island attorney of two Gilgo beach murder victims calls out former Suffolk County Police Chief for deviant behavior of prostitution, drugs and 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[jessr927]

Yes, this is the right thread for posting it, JMO. For those wondering, Lowrita was a prostitute who was also the girlfriend of former Suffolk Co Chief of Police, James Burke. Burke was accused of failing to fully investigate the Gilgo Beach murders for many years. He was also a drug addict who had along term relationship with another woman who ran a prostitution ring.

Cop who bungled Gilgo Beach investigation was a cross dresser

A Long Island attorney of two Gilgo beach murder victims calls out former Suffolk County Police Chief for deviant behavior of prostitution, drugs and 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Lowrita was also an amateur bodybuilder and graduated from college on LI with a degree in horticulture. She also said that Burke fathered one of her daughters who she raised with her husband who was a corrections officer at Sing Sing.

 

[Betty P]

Lowrita was also an amateur bodybuilder and graduated from college on LI with a degree in horticulture. She also said that Burke fathered one of her daughters who she raised with her husband who was a corrections officer at Sing Sing.

She sounds like a interesting character. An unusual match, too - a corrections officer married to a prostitute whose boyfriend was a cross dressing, drug addicted Chief of Police.

Did she change and later give up prostitution, drugs and the criminal life? I hope her daughter was able to have a normal life.

 

[Forest_Wood]

She sounds like a interesting character. An unusual match, too - a corrections officer married to a prostitute whose boyfriend was a cross dressing, drug addicted Chief of Police.

Did she change and later give up prostitution, drugs and the criminal life? I hope her daughter was able to have a normal life.

Is this the same lady who claimed she and her cop boyfriend picked up Karen Vergata and took her to RH's house for a night of swinging?

 

[jessr927]

Is this the same lady who claimed she and her cop boyfriend picked up Karen Vergata and took her to RH's house for a night of swinging?

No, not as far as I'm aware. I think the woman who spoke of the swinging was dating or married to an NYPD cop.

 

[jessr927]

She sounds like a interesting character. An unusual match, too - a corrections officer married to a prostitute whose boyfriend was a cross dressing, drug addicted Chief of Police.

Did she change and later give up prostitution, drugs and the criminal life? I hope her daughter was able to have a normal life.

I don't know what her last days looked like but I did find a couple of articles on arrests in the 2000s. It appears her children are all doing well and are well adjusted.

 

[Betty P]

Is this the same lady who claimed she and her cop boyfriend picked up Karen Vergata and took her to RH's house for a night of swinging?

No, I don't believe so. John Ray met and talked with both women at different times (one as the tipster, the second as a legal client). I assume he would have known if they were the same woman.