The flick's mob characters were made famous by the stellar cast of Hollywood stars, which also included Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco and Samuel Jackson. In the seminal 1990 movie directed by Martin Scorcese, Burke's home plays a key role in his crew's plans to steal a roomful of cash and jewels from nearby JFK airport. Neighbors living next door say an elderly couple lives in the house with their daughter. "I just came down the block and there's a circus going on," he said. Jim returned home early in the afternoon to see FBI gear and tarps set up next door. The driveway of the Ozone Park home was covered with a blue tent with tarps extending to the street Monday afternoon as agents walked in and out of the blocked area.Ī neighbor named Jim, 73, who declined to give his last name, said he has lived on the block for more than 40 years, but didn't know Burke. She also said she didn't know the current tenants of the home and declined to comment further. "I have no idea," said a woman who answered the phone at Burke's daughter's home. The house is in the name of one of Burke’s daughters, Cathy, who is married to Bruno Indelicato, the imprisoned son of slain Bonanno capo, Sonny “Sonny Red” Indelicato, sources say and records show. His widow continued to live there after his death for an undetermined amount of time. Only the body of Burke's closest friend, Thomas DeSimone, who was played by actor Joe Pesci, has never been found, but sources say they are not looking for his remains at Burke’s home.īurke, who was never able to be fully inducted into la cosa nostra because he was not 100 percent Italian, died in prison in 1996, after he was convicted of being involved in a Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal and for a mob murder in Brooklyn. Many of the suspects eventually were murdered. The sources say the dig is not related to the fabled 1978 Lufthansa Heist, where Burke, portrayed as Jimmy Conway by De Niro in "Goodfellas," and his fellow wiseguys pulled off an $8 million robbery at JFK, which at the time was the largest robbery in history and was featured in the film. Sources said the feds recently obtained information from a new cooperating informant who told them he believed a hood who disappeared decades ago was buried in Burke’s basement or backyard. armed with jackhammers and sledge hammers. QUEENS - The FBI began digging for a body Monday in the former Queens home of notorious mob power James “Jimmy The Gent” Burke, who was famously portrayed by Robert De Niro in the movie "Goodfellas," sources told DNAinfo New York.įBI Evidence Collection specialists and agents from the Organized Crime Division descended into the basement of Burke’s family home at 81-48 102 Rd. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook.
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