The disgraced former top cop on Long Island who had been arrested in a prostitution sting has had two of the four charges he faces dropped, according to the county executive’s office.
has had two of the four charges he faces dropped, according to the county executive's office.
Former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke had been arrested on Aug. 22 at Suffolk County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Selden, after a law enforcement source told NBC New York that the county park rangers set up a sting operation at the spot. Burke, 58, was accused of soliciting a male prostitute and exposing himself. He was charged with public lewdness, indecent exposure, criminal solicitation and offering a sex act, according to the county executive's office.
The charges of criminal solicitation and offering a sex act were dropped on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County executive's office said. Burke still faces indecent exposure and public lewdness charges, however.Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said county park rangers made the arrest at the start of an undercover operation, responding to complaints about sexual solicitation at the park.
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