This happens when you hire a bargain basement sage.
The Nassau County police officer, who allegedly worked for the Bonanno Crime Family, packed so badly with assaults on the gambling den of rival families that he was unable to completely deceive the victimized gangster, including a gambler named “Mario the Landscaper.”
“It wasn't done professionally – you could see it was a fake,” gangster Sal Russo testified Wednesday that he played a role as a Bonannos soldier in the fight against former staffer Hector Rosario's trial and fighting rival Genovese criminal family.
“I just heard them scream and scream, 'This is the police! This is the police!” Russo testified about the shocking attack. “They broke the screen with one of the machines and kept screaming. This police!” before they left the store. ”
However, the fake sortie targeting the illegal casino of Salvatore “Sal Shoe Shop” Rubino inside the repairs of his Merrick store, the monkey shoe, is not shy, so none of the illegal gamblers were actually thinking of the Rosary and his small crew.
“These are not real police,” landscape architect Mario, who described Russo as “a monkey steady player,” is said to have told others after the initial shock disappeared.
“They aren't just broken [things]Russo said, quoting Mario.
Russo testified that the low-budget raid by the Rosary, which was paid only $1,500 a month by the mafia, looked so fake that he feared he would be clipped by the boss of Genovese in retaliation.
When asked what he thought would happen to him, Russo replied, “Hospitals, cemeteries… anything.”
The B-grade attack on the gambling den was not hanging out with suspicion of damfella.
At some point later, Rosario played like a film's mafios, trying to speak to Russo about the pot-growing manipulation of chords, including movies he saw on Netflix.
“When you get the name of the film, take a look at it, Rosario said in a recording of a call made in court.
But Russo said he didn't know what the police officers were talking about and thought he was really on the phone to talk about the movie.
“I thought he was talking about the film,” he said.
Rosario, a 51-year-old former detective, conspired to target rival Genovese Mafios in a feud that erupted after Cosanostra's family struck out a rare agreement to split the profits of the gelato shop's backroom gambling nest, federal prosecutors said.
But the volatile peace deal didn't last long – and the Rosary “selled itself” to Bonanos before carrying out the false attack, Brooklyn prosecutors said.
Rosario, first arrested in 2022 and released on a $500,000 bond, was placed on payroll by two Bonanno family members and is said to have been told to target Rubino betting parlors in 2013 or 2014.
Rosario is charged with obstructing the investigation of the large ju judge and lying to the FBI.
On the first day of the trial, prosecutors introduced the ju judges to a laundry list of suspected gangs and mapped the constellations of illegal gambling operations.
“He chose criminal families over the public who vowed to protect him,” Anna Karamigios, a US lawyer for the Eastern District, told a ju judge in Brooklyn federal court.
However, despite his criminal loyalty, the Rosary appears to have not been an unning ally.
Still, the Rosary took home $2,500 after the second rate raid and launched three other ones aimed at various backroom casinos run by the Genovese and Gambinos gang.
But they didn't go well.
The Rosario will flash badges with cameras, the gang said from the stands. But they didn't make a fuss about him to let him raid the joints.
Still, Bonannos paid a total of about $8,000 for his escape. Russo urges the Grancaff to close and encourages Bonannos to set up gambling spots at soccer clubs in Valley Stream.
“If Gran Café closes, I'll put it [Rosario] Regarding the salary of the soccer club, Russo added that he makes Russo about $1,500 a week.
But the plan never came to fruition.
The ju umpire also heard a series of eavesdropped conversations between Russo and the Rosario. Russo includes those that include Russo who said he wanted another false assault on the “Rob Mexican” who dealt with heroin.
The Rosary agreed – and would have taken home the $50,000 payment.
However, the attack never happened.
In another recording, Russo attempts to move the buyer a weed stash in the Rosary.
However, the Rosary pushed back and insisted that the federal government was watching him.
“They got you in the ball, buddy,” Rosario said. “They're looking at you, they're looking at you. They're just waiting for you to raise f-k again.”
“Do you hurt your ass? They're looking at you,” he said. “They are waiting for you to s-t.”
The two never sold marijuana.
