FBI agent testifies ex-Nassau Det. Hector Rosario repeatedly denied working for Bonanno crime family
A 20-minute interview with FBI agents, which makes up the key evidence in the case, ended with them informing Hector Rosario that lying to federal agents was a crime.
Nassau cop’s fake raid at gambling spot on behalf of Bonanno crime family didn’t fool anyone, informant testifies
Hector Rosario, 51, was sent by the Bonanno crime family to intimidate four separate gambling spots run by competing mafia clans, but he wasn’t particularly convincing, Bonanno turncoat Sal
Trial starts for Nassau cop who ‘sold himself’ to the Bonanno crime family: prosecutors
When the Bonanno crime family wanted to send a message to a rival mafia family encroaching on their gambling turf, they knew who to call: Hector Rosario, “a police officer they knew was for sale,” Assistant U.
Trial opens in federal trial of former Nassau detective accused of working for Bonanno crime family
The former detective's lawyer cast doubt on the prosecution's witnesses, saying they had all been convicted of crimes.
Gambling den owner describes fake police raid at trial of ex-Nassau detective feds say was on Bonanno payroll
Salvatore “Sal the Shoemaker” Rubino tool the stand in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday, describing how now-fired Nassau County detective Hector Rosario raided the back-room gambling
Former Mafia associate testifies against Nassau County detective at trial
Salvatore Russo, former Bonanno crime family associate, said Hector Rosario helped him try and intimidate rival crime families from operating competing gambling parlors.
Mob-connected Long Island detective gave authorities coffee-connected password to rivals’ backroom gambling den: witness
On the trial’s opening day, prosecutors introduced the jurors to a laundry list of alleged mobsters and mapped out a ...
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Bonnano crime family hired Long Island detective to raid mafia rivals, prosecutors say
Prosecutors said the raid happened about a decade ago at a gambling parlor run by the Genovese crime family in the back of a ...
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Ex-Detective on Trial for Mafia Collusion, Alleged Bonanno Crime Family Cohort Disrupts Rival Genovese Gambling Ops in Long Island Sting
Ex-detective Hector Rosario's trial began on charges of staging a fake police raid for the Bonanno crime family.
Long Island cop allegedly on mob payroll staged fake raid that didn’t fool illicit gamblers: ‘These are not real police’
These are not real police,” Mario the Landscaper told the other gamblers. “They don’t just come in breaking [things].” ...
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Mafia-connected gambling parlor owner testifies staged police raid was unconvincing
Hector Rosario, 51, is on trial for staging at least one fake police raid on rival mafia gambling parlors at the direction of ...
Detective Did Jobs for the Mafia on the Side, Prosecutors Say
Hector Rosario, a Nassau County detective, raided a gambling operation that competed with the Bonanno crime family, according to federal charges.
Crooked ex-LI cop who moonlighted as a Bonanno soldier helped fuel mini-mob war with rival Genovese: ‘Crime family over public’
Mob justice is best served cold. A crooked Nassau County police detective moonlighting as a Bonanno soldier helped fuel a ...
FBI agent testifies ex-Nassau Det. Hector Rosario repeatedly denied working for the Bonnanno crime family
Special Agent Orlando Tactuk showed up at the Mineola apartment of Hector Rosario with secret recordings, cooperating witness ...