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A former New York detective who made the moonlight working for a Mafia family And he helped feed a mini-Mobs war on Long Island while trying to protect his game operations was sentenced Wednesday for lying to the FBI.
Héctor Rosario, 51, former Detective of the Nassau County Police in Long Island, was also acquitted of justice obstruction, the highest position he had faced. The verdict took place after a seven -day trial in the Federal Court of Brooklyn.
“Hector Rosario worried more about aligning their pockets With money from the Bonanno family and protecting their own interests that his fidelity to the law, “said Nassau County District Prosecutor Anne Donnelly.
Héctor Rosario, 51, former Nassau County Police detective on Long Island, was sentenced Wednesday for lying to the FBI. (Gregory P. Mango)
Federal prosecutors said Rosario conspired to attack members of the Genovese rival family in a dispute that spilled after organized crime The clans reached an unusual agreement to divide the revenues of the garnish of the Gamato store, the New York Post reported.
The Bonannos and Genoese, two of the five families of the Mafia in New York City, generally kept their spheres separate during the 1980s and the early 2000s, said a mafia researcher for a long time.
Peace did not last long. Rosario even organized a false police incursion into an undercover casino led by genovesis, prosecutors said.
A former New York detective illuminated the moon working for a Mafia family and helped feed a mini-Mobs war in Long Island while trying to protect their game operations. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM)
American prosecutor John Durham called Rosario, 15 years Police veteranA “corrupt detective” that chose loyalty to the mafia “about the public that swore to protect.”
He was interviewed by FBI agents in 2020 while investigating the criminal activity of Bonanno and Genovese in the suburbs east of New York City. He falsely said that he had no information about the mafia or the illegal play places, authorities said.
Rosario was fired from the force in 2022. He was among the nine defendants after the federal authorities broke the game racket. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
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Rosario was fired from the force in 2022. He was among the nine defendants after the federal authorities broke the game racket.
Their lawyers argued the case depending on the Non -reliable testimony of mafia who now cooperate with prosecutors while facing their own criminal charges.
The other clans of the mafia in New York are the Colombian, Gambino and Lucchese families.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
