Locked In with Ian Bick

Brian Burke got into corrections in his early twenties, spent four years working inside the New York state prison system, and then spent twenty-nine years as a New York court officer — experiencing the full spectrum of what the American justice system looks like from the person responsible for maintaining order in the room where it all happens. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what four years in the New York state prison system taught him, what twenty-nine years as a court officer — the juries, the defendants, the prosecutors, the judges, and the heartbreaking and strangest moments the job produced — really looked like from the inside, and what his most significant professional experience actually involved: personally escorting Rex Heuermann — the Gilgo Beach serial killer — throughout his arrest, conviction, and sentencing, and what that specific proximity to one of the most disturbing criminal cases in recent New York history actually revealed about the person at the center of it.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Arraignment Shock
00:19 Growing Up in the Bronx
01:28 Childhood and Early Career
02:53 Choosing Law Enforcement
04:48 Starting in Corrections
06:39 First Prison Assignment
09:14 First Prison Experience
10:27 Transfer to Fishkill
11:34 Life at Fishkill
13:05 Working the Shoe
15:50 Shoe Conditions
16:42 Protective Custody
17:45 Perspective from Solitary
18:49 Corrections Experience Helps
20:40 Respect from Other Officers
21:37 Career Plans in Corrections
23:56 Types of Crimes at Fishkill
25:00 Advice from Veteran Officers
25:43 Prison Food and Cooking
28:00 Sponsor: Cash App Green
30:12 Becoming a Court Officer
31:51 Pay and Academy Differences
32:58 Court Officer Academy
33:58 Swearing in Witnesses
34:33 First Court Assignment
35:25 Family Court Cases
37:45 Emotional Family Court
38:50 Typical Family Court Day
39:31 Family Court Volatility
41:11 Celebrities in Family Court
41:54 Opinions on Lawyers
42:49 Divorce Case Stories
43:34 Promotion to the Bronx
44:24 The Amadou Diallo Case
45:45 Bronx Court Duties
46:44 Handling Prisoners in the Bronx
47:24 Building Rapport with Defendants
48:54 A Mob Enforcer Trial
51:13 Jury System and Sequestration
52:24 Juror Conversations
53:51 Predicting Verdicts
55:21 Juries and Social Media
56:34 Officer Conversations and Bets
57:09 Transfer to Suffolk County
58:35 The Tankoff Case
01:01:39 Verdict Reactions
01:02:27 Taking Convicted Felons into Custody
01:03:17 The Samurai Sword Case
01:07:00 Release and Redemption
01:08:31 Weighing Justice
01:09:16 Showing Grace to Vicious Criminals
01:10:08 Vigilante Thoughts
01:10:48 Drunk Driving Cases
01:12:36 The Schwalli Case
01:13:20 Judges Off the Bench
01:14:11 Judges' Sentencing Decisions
01:15:29 Prison Tours with Judges
01:16:21 Prison Tours and Shows
01:17:22 Court Officers vs. Cops
01:18:03 Courtroom Violence
01:19:47 Prosecutors and Their Styles
01:21:03 Defendant Representing Himself
01:22:25 Strange Defendant Behavior
01:23:28 Shocking Case Outcomes
01:24:56 Disturbing Cases
01:25:15 Closed Hearings and Undercover Testimony
01:26:08 Faking Mental Illness
01:27:55 Grand Jury Testimony
01:28:42 Weapons and Contraband in Court
01:29:16 Inmate Fights in Pens
01:30:58 Refusing to Go to Court
01:31:57 Feeding Inmates
01:33:14 Court Day Logistics
01:34:00 System Designed to Plead Out?
01:35:28 Hypothetical: Sharing Information
01:36:01 Fair Judges
01:37:00 The Rex Case Begins
01:39:52 Rex's Initial Arraignment
01:40:26 Rex's Court Appearances
01:43:20 Rex's Personality and Humor
01:45:36 Rex's Family and Background
01:47:49 Rex's Guilty Plea
01:48:56 Fear of Rex
01:49:27 After Sentencing
01:50:20 Rex's Future in Prison
01:52:41 Family and Friends' Reactions
01:54:00 Why Rex Didn't Go to Trial
01:56:06 Retirement After 29 Years
01:57:07 Watching Court Shows
01:57:39 Jury System Critique
01:59:21 Jury Understanding
02:00:04 Fair Trial for Serial Killers
02:00:20 The Valvet Case
02:02:22 Most Important Lesson
02:02:56 Final Thoughts and Thanks
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Sasha Sweets grew up in California as a natural hustler — selling candy before moving to drugs, working at a strip club, and always chasing the finer things in life while her father was in prison for part of her childhood — before getting into a scamming operation with the father of her child in her early twenties that produced a federal indictment, 3.5 years in federal prison across California, Kentucky, and Arizona, and over $2 million in restitution.
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 #crimenews #prisonstory #truecrimestories #scam
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: 6ix9ine and Sasha Sweets
00:19 Growing Up in California
01:07 Family Life and Dad's Prison
03:25 High School Fights and Moving
05:56 Being Out of Control
07:30 Career Dreams vs. Making Money
10:23 Work Ethic and Selling Chocolate Bars
11:55 Transition to Selling Drugs
13:37 Running Away and Parties
14:41 Starting to Dance
16:48 First Strip Club Audition
18:00 Dancing Lifestyle and Earnings
19:19 Dad Finds Out
21:30 Dad's Prison Stories
23:23 Pregnancy and Quitting the Club
24:47 Meeting Her Baby's Father
26:20 Introduction to Scamming
28:43 Motivation for More Money
31:21 Why Scamming Over Drugs
33:23 Unemployment Fraud Details
36:20 Getting Caught and Indicted
41:34 The Raid and Aftermath
45:40 Fighting the Charges
47:20 Pre-Trial Life and Waiting
48:51 Plea Deal and Sentencing
54:52 Preparing to Surrender
56:57 Self-Surrendering and the Raid
01:01:02 Dublin Prison Shutdown
01:03:04 First Cellmate and Prison Life
01:05:55 Prison Tattoos and Contraband
01:08:07 Advice from Cellmate
01:09:27 Prison Parties and Business
01:12:32 Cooking and Potato Balls
01:14:00 No Visits and Video Calls
01:15:37 Prison Relationships and Fights
01:19:22 Moving to Vegas and Kentucky
01:23:03 Life at Atwood Camp
01:25:39 Moving to Arizona Camp
01:27:23 Heat and Prison Conditions
01:28:24 Reflecting on Time Served
01:30:06 Values and Lessons Learned
01:31:50 Getting Out and Halfway House
01:33:20 Halfway House Rules and Struggles
01:35:55 Going Viral in Prison
01:38:00 Free the Finest in the Feds
01:40:43 Fascination with Women in Prison
01:41:59 Fake Prison Photos and Fame
01:43:14 Life Now and Rebuilding
01:44:04 Daughter and Her Father
01:45:44 Restitution and Future Plans
01:50:23 Biggest Lessons and Final Thoughts
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Scott Gussin grew up in New York, lost his mother at seven years old in a moment that changed the direction of everything that followed, fell into selling weed and hash and LSD coming of age in the 1960s and 70s, and eventually built one of the most specific and most audacious international drug smuggling operations available — bringing hash from Morocco to the United States across a career that spanned thirty years before it finally ended.
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#crimestory #drugsmugglers #truecrimestories
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Timestamps:
00:00 Roadblock with hash on board
00:37 Guest intro: Scott's story
00:57 Growing up in Portchester
01:21 Losing his mom at 7
03:37 A parade of housekeepers
06:59 The housekeepers get weird
08:03 Getting into weed at 15
10:42 Meeting Reuben and the LSD
13:58 Hash vs. weed explained
17:28 Pricing the product
20:00 Spotting 'heads' back then
22:45 Only two straight jobs
25:05 The ignorant law enforcement
26:18 Cops don't recognize hash
27:25 A trippy traffic stop
32:26 Acid buddy becomes a JW
37:23 After high school
38:18 Dodging the Vietnam draft
40:56 College for connections
44:40 Hitching with a pound of weed
46:16 The business mindset
47:42 Leaving college for California
48:09 Meeting Cassidy and the Morocco plan
50:47 The cocaine trip that wasn't
54:30 Selling the boat, new plan
57:03 Bringing Stella along
58:59 Buying the VW bus
01:01:39 Buying hash on the mountain
01:05:28 Driving with 44 pounds
01:07:09 Coming upon a roadblock
01:10:47 Getting past the roadblock
01:13:52 Setting up at the beach house
01:16:34 Building the secret stash bed
01:18:57 A month in Morocco
01:20:00 The sign to leave
01:22:45 The Moroccan customs search
01:27:20 The ferry and the dolphins
01:28:24 Easy entry into Spain
01:32:40 Cassidy's anger and laughter
01:33:46 Shipping the bus to Montreal
01:35:28 Swapping the bed in Canada
01:37:53 Crossing into the US with the bed
01:39:13 Selling the hash, big profits
01:43:36 Trust in the old days
01:44:29 Bust risks in Spain and Morocco
01:46:19 The failed second attempt
01:49:01 The near-disastrous boat trip
01:54:15 How long did the career last?
01:54:55 Back to New York, then Arizona
01:59:32 The Laguna Beach connection
02:02:20 Cowboy Neil's operation
02:04:41 The North County partnership
02:07:12 Weighing and distributing
02:09:00 The two-year plan
02:10:16 Thai stick and new markets
02:14:19 The big deal in Laguna
02:17:20 The gift suitcase
02:18:51 The DEA roadblock
02:21:17 Three hours of interrogation
02:25:00 The search comes up empty
02:27:24 Scared straight by the DEA
02:29:04 Overall earnings and taxes
02:32:59 The DEA's advice: leave California
02:36:41 Moving to Florida and new businesses
02:38:00 The mistake that ended it all
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Supreme McGriff Jr. grew up in Queens not fully understanding who his father was until the stories, the attention, and the weight of the name Kenneth Supreme McGriff started shaping everything around him — while his mother worked to keep him away from the path that had defined his father's legacy and the federal prison sentence that followed it. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what finding out his father is Kenneth Supreme McGriff actually produced in him, what his upbringing in Queens really looked like with that name attached to everything, what his own trouble with scamming and his time on Rikers Island actually involved, what deciding to create an Instagram account with his father's name attached to his own actually set in motion — the celebrities who reached out, the stories with Mike Tyson, the 50 Cent beef, and the complete truth about what carrying one of the most recognized and most feared names in New York street history actually costs the son who never chose it.
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 #TrueCrime #RikersIsland #supreme #50Cent #prisonstories
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Timestamps:
00:00 Growing Up In Queens
01:02 Discovering My Father's Identity
03:13 My Dad's Life And Their Split
05:17 Life Before Knowing The Truth
07:31 Learning About My Dad From The Streets
09:39 The 50 Cent Connection
10:02 Law Enforcement's Perspective
11:21 Meeting My Dad For The First Time
13:41 First Phone Call With Supreme
14:28 Advice And Avoiding The Streets
16:17 Inevitable Pull Of The Streets
17:37 Uncle Comes Home From Prison
18:08 Street Culture Today
19:40 Dad's Fear For My Safety
22:16 Bill Courtney And The Movie
24:29 Sponsor: Hungry Root
27:11 Finding Myself In My Late Teens
29:25 Introduction To Scamming
30:38 Mom Discovers The Truth
32:36 Dad Finds Out I'm Scamming
35:26 Turning Myself In
36:44 Incarceration And Identity
38:23 Why Scamming Over Drugs
39:17 My Rikers Experience
43:28 Keeping My Identity Private In Jail
48:48 Life After Rikers
51:33 Finding My Path
53:17 Going Viral With 50 Cent's Son
55:20 Trolling And Building A Brand
56:04 The Brother Rumor
59:59 First Celebrity Encounters
01:01:31 Interviews And 50 Cent Questions
01:03:06 Biggest Conspiracy Theories
01:04:43 Dad's Take On My Interviews
01:06:47 Supreme Clothing Brand Connection
01:08:13 Mike Tyson Saved My Life
01:13:23 A Movie About My Dad
01:14:48 Thoughts On Meech
01:19:39 Challenging Lil Meech To A Fight
01:25:09 My Current Businesses
01:27:16 Relationship With My Dad Now
01:30:08 Hope For My Dad's Release
01:32:24 My Dad's Legacy
01:33:09 Changing My Last Name
01:33:34 Meeting My Half Sister
01:34:11 My Mom's Thoughts On My Fame
01:35:27 The Hit On My Mom
01:37:28 What If I Never Knew
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Ralph Friedman is the most decorated detective in NYPD history — with 2,000 on-duty arrests, 5,000 additional assists, and 219 awards — and in this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he finally tells the complete truth about what policing in New York City's most dangerous precincts really looked like from the inside during the most violent and most lawless era available. Stationed at the South Bronx's notorious 41st Precinct — known as Fort Apache — he served during one of New York City's most dire periods, recording 2,000 on-duty arrests, 5,000 additional assists, and 15 shootings — four of them fatal — before a rookie in a radio patrol car T-boned his passenger door at high speed on August 1, 1983, leaving him with 23 broken bones including a pelvis broken in four places and a shattered hip that forced him into medical retirement at 34. He shares what the Bronx streets in the 70s and 80s really required of the officers working them, what criminals putting hits on him actually involved, the worst things he ever saw on the job, and what the stories from a career that produced the most decorated record in NYPD history actually sound like from the detective who lived every one of them.
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#NYPD #cops #truecrimestories #police
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Detective Ralph Friedman
00:22 Reflections on a Legendary Career
01:08 How He Became a Cop
03:25 First Day in the Bronx
04:34 An Officer's Gear in the 1970s
06:16 The Mental Toll of Policing
07:47 Public Respect and Deterrence
10:00 Case: Stopping a Justifiable Homicide
12:53 Public Sentiment Today vs. Back Then
15:08 First Arrest and Early Impressions
17:04 Specialization and the Black Liberation Army
19:34 Daily Danger and Chaos
22:40 Corruption and the Knapp Commission
24:16 A Rookie's Brush with Corruption
27:43 Changing Views on Women in Policing
29:57 Path to Detective
33:05 Plainclothes Work and Tactics
35:31 Shootout in the South Bronx
41:17 Aftermath of a Shooting
43:31 Close Calls and Street Survival Tips
47:20 Quirky Emergency Service Stories
51:03 Old School vs. Modern Training
53:52 Detective Work and Arrests
58:40 A Typical Day as a Detective
01:02:32 Taking Down a Gun and Grenade Cache
01:05:05 Reputation and Informants
01:07:55 Riding with Friends and a Street Crew
01:12:40 The Worst Call of His Career
01:14:40 When the System Fails
01:16:51 Fitting In with the Squad
01:18:04 Off-Duty Life and Arrests
01:21:28 The Attempt on His Life
01:27:07 A Date with an Assassin
01:29:25 The Trap Unfortunately Foiled
01:30:42 The Emotional Weight of Taking Lives
01:32:28 Respect eroding in Society
01:35:10 Detective Ranks Explained
01:38:41 Handling Bosses and Paperwork
01:40:41 The Frances Tavern Case That Haunts Him
01:45:40 Fighting Layoffs
01:48:41 The Accident That Ended It All
01:53:20 Recovery and the Next Chapter
01:58:40 Life Advice from a Legend
02:00:00 Final Thoughts and Thanks
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