The idea for the fake raid came from Bonanno associate Salvatore Russo, who was a close friend of Rosario, and got the green light from made Bonanno member Damiano Zummo, prosecutors said.

former Bonanno associate Salvatore Russo testified Wednesday. Russo said he hired Rosario, a former Nassau County detective, to attempt and intimidate rival crime families into shutting down their ...

numbers and loan-sharking rackets by transforming his Brooklyn-based fief into a hereditary barony and installing his son Salvatore (“Bill”) Bonanno, 35. In retaliation, the four other Cosa ...

A Nassau County police detective allegedly moonlighting for the Bonanno crime family held ... accused of targeting and breaking equipment in Salvatore “Sal the Shoemaker” Rubino’s backdoor ...