A 65-year-old former Easton man with a long criminal past and slew of aliases pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of fraud and tax evasion, authorities said. Timothy W. Burke, who goes by the various street names of “Bill Burke,” “William Burke,” “Kerry Saunders,” “Pat Riley,” “Jim Caldwell,” “Jim Saunders,” “Tom Morrisey,” “Jimmy,” “Phil Burke,” “Phil,” “Burt,” “James Burke,” made the plea in a Hartford court, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for Connecticut.
