Ex-Nassau Detective Convicted of Lying to FBI in Mob-Linked Case
Hector Rosario was acquitted of obstruction of justice but faces up to five years for misleading federal investigators about his ties to the Bonanno crime family.
- Hector Rosario, a former Nassau County detective, was found guilty of lying to the FBI but acquitted of obstruction of justice in a Brooklyn federal court trial.
- Prosecutors alleged Rosario spent nearly a decade aiding the Bonanno crime family by tipping them off about law enforcement activities and conducting fake raids targeting rival crime families.
- The jury deliberated for two days before delivering a split verdict, which spares Rosario the potential 20-year sentence for obstruction but leaves him facing up to five years for lying to federal agents.
- Key evidence included wiretapped conversations and testimony from cooperating mob associates, who described Rosario’s involvement in illegal gambling and drug-related activities.
- Rosario, who was fired from the police force in 2022 after his indictment, denied the allegations during FBI interviews despite recorded evidence linking him to the Bonanno family.
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