Scandal-plagued former Gilgo Beach police chief arrested for soliciting sex from undercover officer in park

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The scandal-plagued former police chief accused of botching the investigation into the Gilgo Beach serial killings has now been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from an undercover officer in a park in Long Island, it has been revealed. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison – who now heads up the department that Burke once led and who secured an arrest in the Gilgo Beach case last month – said at the briefing that the ranger was at the park as part of an undercover operation. Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, second from right, is escorted to a vehicle by FBI personnel after his arrest in 2015 Commissioner Harrison said that Burke could be hit with further charges over the incident. Court records show that Mr Heuermann was linked to the “Gilgo Four” murders through a tip about his pickup truck, a stash of burner phones, “sadistic” online searches, phone calls taunting victims’ families, his wife’s hair found on the victims’ bodies – and a pizza crust.