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• James Burke probe: FBI digging at former Queens home of famed mobster

  to have buried victims in familiar places.The digging started Monday in Queens' South Ozone neighborhood. It was home to James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent."A character based on Burke was played by Robert De Niro in the   Read more »

• Police: Chief went to theft suspect's home

  after Suffolk County Police Chief of Department James Burke's gun belt, ammunition and handcuffs were snatched from his department-issued SUV last year, he went to the home of one of the suspected thieves, law enforcement records show.Burke appeared at the   Read more »

• Late kick qualifies Shoreham-Wading River's Ryan Udvadia for state 3,200

  said. "They didn't even make an effort to try and catch me."As Udvadia was kicking his way toward victory, Port Jefferson's James Burke sat watching. Burke was set to face Udvadia in Saturday's 1,600 and he wanted to make sure he was in the best position to   Read more »

• 4 teens charged in a beating at party

  charged with gang assault after, police said, they crashed a weekend house party in East Islip and attacked a 17-year-old. James Burke was hospitalized after twice being held down and repeatedly kicked in the face and body, according to Suffolk police. The   Read more »

• Long Island track and field stars shine at states

  County boys, composed of Ward Melville 's Vincent Cicale and Connor Christian, Whitman's Gerald Riley and Port Jefferson 's James Burke completed the showcase medley relay in 8 minutes, 50.95 seconds -- a meet record. Not to be outdone, Suffolk's girls team,   Read more »

Around the web

• Bulger to Soprano: Mob makes headlines this week

  house once occupied by a famous gangster, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. The work started Monday at the home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent." He was the inspiration for Robert De Niro's character in the 1990 6/19/13 from Beaumont Enterprise Read more »

• FBI finds possible human remains at former home of late gangster James Burke - the man who inspired Goodfellas

  agents have begun a search of a New York City home that was once occupied by James Burke, the infamous mobster who inspired Robert De Niro’s character in the 1990 movie Goodfellas. Investigators arrived at the red-brick terraced house in the Ozone Park neighbourhood 6/19/13 from The Independent Read more »

• Possible Remains At Goodfella Home

  an investigation, but declined further comment. On Monday, agents began a digging operation at the former Queens home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate, who inspired De Niro's Jimmy Conway in Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob movie. Known as Jimmy 6/19/13 from Sky News Read more »

• Feds find possible remains at NYC mobster's home

  city house once occupied by a famous gangster, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. The work started Monday at the home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent." He was the inspiration for Robert De Niro's character in the 6/19/13 from Beaumont Enterprise Read more »

• Source: Material at mobster's home 'may be human remains'

  to public records, the house is now owned by Burke's daughter, Catherine Burke, who declined Tuesday to comment to CNN. James Burke died in 1996. According to his obituary in the New York Times, he was serving a 20-years-to-life sentence in a New York prison 6/19/13 from CNN Read more »