A New York jury on Wednesday convicted a former detective of lying to authorities in an effort to protect the mafia family whom he moonlighted for.

Hector Rosario, a former detective for the Nassau County police on Long Island, was also acquitted of obstruction of justice, ...

A former New York detective who moonlighted by working for a mafia family and helped fuel a mini-mob war on Long Island while trying to protect its gambling operations was convicted Wednesday of ...

Hector Rosario was among nine people charged; prosecutors say the other defendants had colorful nicknames like "Joe Fish" and "Sal the Shoemaker." ...

At The Times and elsewhere, he wrote about wrongful convictions, fake methadone clinics and the five powerful Mafia families in New York. By Clyde Haberman Selwyn Raab, an investigative reporter ...

Hector Rosario had hoped to earn big from his work for the Bonanno crime family. He wound up with about $8,000 and an ...

NEW YORK — A former police detective was convicted Wednesday of lying to the FBI in order to protect a Mafia family’s illegal gambling operations in the New York City suburbs. Hector Rosario ...