Rikers guard who planted weapon in detainee cell convicted

A former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a detainee he had recently beat up.

Dionisio Rosario, a 34-year-old from Wantagh, New York, was found guilty of tampering with physical evidence, falsifying business records and official misconduct charges for attempting to plant a shard of glass in the cell of a man being held in the dangerous jail complex.

Rosario’s conviction was largely based on incriminating body-worn camera footage of the incident he recorded himself…

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