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
I told him explicitly, if you are lying to me, ill be the guy that walks in and put the handcuffs on you. Reporter ryder went out of his way to address critics who doubted the Police Department could do an independent investigation. Im telling you the truth with the evidence i have in front of me. Reporter ryder even presented his findings to the fbi and the nassau d. A. But says he still cant say who is behind the hoax. Now while the sexting investigation may be closed, the nassau da said it continues to investigate the two no bid contracts given to caros company for about 48,000. Live in now to the clean up after a powerful storm system dumped heavy rain while blasting the tristate area with wind so strong they damaged buildings, cars, trees, and knocked out power to tens of thousands of this is one example where the large trees were blown over on to the house. In new jersey psge teams were busy repairing utility poles that were snapped in half. News 4 is standing by with more on the
But the wind, rains and rough seas proved to be challenging to all those who tried to save them. We have 10 to 15foot seas right off the coast here. The boat has been at sea for eight days. The nypd unit was called and so was fdny and five coast guard crew members who tried to save the fishing members, their boat capsized. Five members of their crew were moved to the shore because of the severe wind and water continues. The curious gathered on the shore to watch the rescues and fishermen. They were not hurt. As to the fate of this boat, many wonder how long it would take to move it. Hes in trouble and it will be a job to get them out. And the seven fishermen from this boat and theyre apparently doing well enough and they if someone gives you an idea of how hearty they are. As for the boat itself, the coast guard is waiting to see if it will float out of the sandbar on its own or theyll have to get vessels in here to pull it out. Reporting live, katherine creag, news 4 new york. Wildfir
For now were live in west new york. Im sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. Turning now to weather. Heavy rain and strong winds could make for a messy morning commute. Meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all. Hes outside our studio on the upper west side. Nice tame start to the month. Were going to bring the march wild out as we go through the next few days. Well start with rain and thunder and eventually talk about a little snow down the road. Right now its nice and quiet. You wouldnt know we have rain and thunder coming in. A look over manhattan skyline. See some high clouds. Thats the approaching system coming in. Were down to 45. Weve got a wind getting brisk. Weve cooled off a little bit. Inland numbers still near 50 degrees. Obviously nice and mild out ahead of the storm. Wind coming off the water. It all equals rain. There it is coming in at pennsylvania, west virginia. That snow over michigan is going to stay off to our north and west. Look for a couple showers to b
Systemic level. There was not just one bad case. Reporter he and the City Buildings Department stepped up inspections and added new procedures and training. Unprecedented measures says a spokesperson to prevent malfunctions of this kind from occurring in the future, to ensure we never see a tragedy like this again, end quote. Residents say their elevators are still unreliable. Im scared to get in the elevator. Boston road. The fdny was here a couple days ago to rescue people trapped in an elevator. The doi is recommending an investigation of ten of the staffers. Thank you. Investigators tonight are trying to figure out if high new jersey. The roof of a seven story building. Tim flesher is live tonight with the story. Reporter this is a tragic accident. As you point out police are anxious and want to find out if high winds that we are still experiencing at this hour, caused this mans death. As the Police Investigators surrounded the scene where 57 yearold clifford la mays body was found