According to witnesses, police investigators swarmed the former home of James Burke aka "The Gent" in the Ozone Park area in Queens yesterday. They were looking for a possible dead body buried somewhere on the property. Onlookers say, the police arrived in droves with jackhammers and shovels. They began busting up the drive way and digging up the backyard. They also focused on the basement of the home. The search is related to a 30 year-old cold case. Police were led to the home after a tipster reported that the skeletal remains of a mobster and possibly some missing money obtained during the Lufthansa heist could be found there. Jimmy Burke was an Irish gangster who gained national...
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