Former police detective convicted of lying to FBI to protect Mafia family in NYC suburbs: "Bought by the mob"

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, a former detective for the Nassau County police on Long Island, was also acquitted of obstruction of justice, the top charge he had faced. The jury in the case had been deliberating since Tuesday following a seven-day trial in Brooklyn federal court.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York John Durham, whose office prosecuted the case, called the 15-year police veteran a "corrupt detective" who chose loyalty to the mob "over the public he was sworn to protect."