Christopher Loeb stole the wrong person.
He just wants to develop a habit.
Loeb with heroin, 26-year-
According to court documents, the old man often breaks into parked cars near Long Island to fund his addiction.
In December, he broke into a Yukon.
2012. he made a long trek.
A gun belt, ammo, a box of cigars, a Hummer and a canvas bag with sex toys and porn videos.
But he did not know the trouble he was going to face.
On December 14, 2012, police arrested him at his mother\'s home in Smith town.
Hours later, he found himself handcuffed and taken to the floor of the interrogation room at the headquarters of the fourth district of Suffolk County police station in Hauppauge.
The driver in the Yukon proved to be James Burke, Suffolk County police chief.
Burke strode into the room and wanted to give Leeb a lesson.
According to court documents, a solid policeman, with a painter\'s brush beard, and his eyebrows spat over bending the rules to the point of collapse, Burke began to maliciously attack the helpless LEB.
He slammed the suspect\'s face with his fist.
Burke then sent a death threat to Loeb, promising to give him a lethal dose of heroin \"hot needle \".
When Loeb tucks that Burke\'s stuff in the car was abnormal, the police chief\'s attack was speeding.
Another detective had to pull him down.
\"Boss, that\'s enough, that\'s enough,\" the official said . \".
The aftershocks were quite serious.
Continue today.
Burke\'s attack triggered a federal investigation into the police chief\'s behavior.
In turn, Burke and others in the department are behind the scenes planning a plot to undermine the disclosure of destructive evidence by investigators and personnel inside the gun department.
Although Burke finally admitted federal charges related to the Loeb attack, 46-
After being jailed for a month, prosecutors found a secret to cover up the facts, which they said extended to local law enforcement in Suffolk.
Last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and another senior county attorney were charged for alleged federal charges to cover up the truth.
The next day, Spota resigned from his position and resigned from one of Suffolk\'s most politically influential jobs, according to the news daily.
Despite the Long Island politician\'s denial of any wrongdoing, the allegations have thrown the entire local criminal justice system into chaos, with a population of nearly one in New York\'s second-largest county. 5 million.
\"The district attorney is the district attorney\'s office,\" former Suffolk County chief executive Patrick haaping told the Daily News last week.
\"Everything comes from DA, in which case the office is contaminated, which means everything in the office is contaminated.
\"The history of the disreputable police chief and the indicted local prosecutor has been entangled from the very beginning.
In 1979, Burke was a teen star witness in a murder involving 13 deaths. year-
According to the New York Times, a rock was found to have blocked his throat.
This experience led Burke to a law enforcement career.
The prosecutor is Thomas Spota.
During Burke\'s rise, the two maintained a close relationship, which peaked in 2012 when he was promoted to the highest position in a department with more than 2,500 officials.
But on federal charges admitted by Burke, the director often flouted the rules and the law.
He messed up a state.
The car owned while driving under this influence left the scene and \"paid thousands of dollars\"of-
\"To cover up his crimes, he needs to repair the pockets of the vehicle,\" court records said . \".
Police in Suffolk County will later tell investigators that they \"often provide personal assistance to Burke during duty.
Including illegal, as with the installation of GPS devices on a political enemy of Burke within the department, \"trying to get information that would enable him to extort or force the officer to step down.
\"Burke showed the same attitude to the law when dealing with Leeb, who broke into the chief\'s car on the day of December.
When the police arrested him, the chief of police seized the bag he had stolen.
Including porn and sex toys
The prosecutor wrote in the sentencing memo that the suspect\'s house was \"in direct violation of the SCPD procedures and agreements \".
\"In other words, [Burke] tampered with and removed the evidence of the crime scene because he was the \'chief, \'knowing that no one would stop him, because some of the items taken from his SCPD car would make him very embarrassed.
\"It is reported that the director\'s reckless behavior was protected by his close relationship with the county\'s district attorney.
On 2016, a former police officer told Vice that \"[H. e] was the son of Spota . \".
\"That\'s his hook.
According to federal prosecutors, the allegations of beating were first made public in 2013, triggering a federal investigation.
Burke summoned senior members of the department to his office to clarify everyone\'s \"story \".
\"Burke told the witnesses that they should agree that he just\" suddenly \"put his head in to see the Leeb in the jurisdiction, but nothing else happened,\" court documents said . \".
\"Knowing Burke\'s reputation for violating the law and seeking revenge against those who violate his corrupt order, witnesses fear that if they do not join Burke\'s plot to cover up the Loeb attack, their careers will be destroyed.
The government now claims that Spota and a senior prosecutor he leads the public corruption department, Christopher McPartland, have been involved in Burke\'s efforts to cover up his footprint and hinder federal investigations.
According to the federal indictment filed last week, two prosecutors were accused of obstructing justice and tampering with witnesses, who \"held multiple meetings and telephone conversations to discuss the\" beating with Burke \", they \"agreed to conceal Burke\'s role in the attack and to block and try to block federal investigations.
According to the indictment, mcpatlan and Spota used persuasion means of intimidation, threats and corruption to pressure one or more witnesses. . .
Do not cooperate with investigators and \"provide false information, including false testimony after oath,\" regarding the attack \".
Both lawyers were summoned last week.
According to the New York Times, Spota\'s lawyer said after the hearing: \"Tom Spota has no crime . \".
\"In fact, during his long and distinguished career, Tom has worked hard for years to investigate and prosecute crimes and to bring justice to the inhabitants of Suffolk County.
Tom flatly denied the government\'s charges and looked forward to defending himself in court.