The disgraced former top cop on Long Island who had been arrested in a sex solicitation sting pleaded not guilty to the charges he faces.
Former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke entered a not guilty plea Monday afternoon to the public lewdness and indecent exposure charges. Neither Burke nor his attorney offered comment while leaving court.
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. He initially faced four charges, including criminal solicitation and offering a sex act, but both of those charges were dropped, the county's police commissioner confirmed.Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox.
At the time of his arrest, the commissioner said Burke tried to use his name to avoid arrest, asking the officers if they knew who he was. "He was expressing to us how this would be a public humiliation for him," Sgt. Brian Quattrini, with the park rangers, said.
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