James Burke is an American convicted criminal and former law enforcement officer from the state of New York.
Burke's work on the Gilgo Beach case, "including a decision to end cooperation with the FBI",[4] drew criticism from other law enforcement officials.
[1] In May 2013, the FBI and the US Attorney's Office opened an investigation into Burke's alleged beating of a suspect in police custody, a subsequent cover-up, and coercion of witnesses.
[5] Burke was charged with assaulting Christopher Loeb after Loeb was arrested for allegedly breaking into Burke's unlocked vehicle and stealing a "gun belt, ammunition, a box of cigars and a bag containing sex toys and pornography".
[7] In January 2017, Burke began serving his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low.