Allegedly Sex-Abusing Cops Upstaging Each Other

Lest you think yesterday's arrest of an allegedly sex-crazed abusive narcotics detective is just an isolated incident, there's yet another rapist cop in the news. Yesterday ex-cop Wilfredo Rosario (who was previously found guilty of telling a teenager that if she performed oral sex on him he'd destroy a summons for trespassing in Riverside Park) went on trial for two other alleged violations: that he sexually abused two women after luring them with promises of applications for jobs and programs for their children. And a fourth trial for rape looms for Rosario after this one.

Yesterday one of his alleged victims told her story for the first time, testifying that in March 2008 Rosario, now 41, showed up at her house in response to a request she put in at the 26th Precinct in Upper Manhattan for an after-school program for her son. She claims Rosario lured her to her car in order to explain the application to her in Spanish, but then started driving. He allegedly pulled over at one point and told her he wanted to feel her heart, then began groping her breasts. After she pushed his hand away, she says Rosario showed her a Santeria necklace and told her it "gave him the power to feel people" and he could tell that she "had suffered a lot in this lifetime."

Insisting her he wanted to help her, Rosario allegedly demanded that she show him her lower back tattoo, then forced her hand down his pants. After dropping her off at home, he called her and told her, "I know where you live—don't tell anybody what happened"—a threat that the victim caught on tape. According to prosecutors, Rosario followed a similar pattern in the other abuse incidents; in the 2003 rape Rosario "allegedly appeared unannounced at the female victim’s apartment after she sought assistance and information about an after-school program for her young daughter. He entered the victim’s apartment, fondled her then forcibly raped her."

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By John Del Signore in News on May 19, 2010 11:00 AM

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Wza

NYPD - Biggest gang in the city.

Sinchy

Does committing a crime under color of authority confer a harsher sentence?

It should. How about double the sentence if a cop commits a crime using his badge as a weapon.

Automatic loss of pension even if it is just extorting a donut.

ddhboy

No way, with all cops around the world there's a brotherhood mentality, and even if you get involved in the deepest shit, the brotherhood will stand behind you. Look at what happens whenever a cop turns into a whistleblower, cops come from left right and center to denounce him and stand behind the accused.

m015094

How do you trespass in a public park?

Nyctini11

A bunch of parks have "hours of operation", so probably caught during off hours, sounds like this cop lived to work beats like this, where there would be few around to witness his despicable acts.

Mermaid Fornicator

new york's finest

Kitty Graves

someone commented on this subject yesterday saying that any of the sex that happened was consensual... I wonder what their opinion is now.

longacre

This case appears much different from the other one, as it involves kids and he's actually charged with r ape.

napalm

Anything to defend the crooked corrupt and disgusting acts of the NYPD. Even if they're out raping children huh?

longacre

You're bad at reading.

Polite New Yorker

Who are the NYPD turning away?

just saying

Good point. Does the NYPD do their recruiting from the populace at Riker's?

I was on a grand jury a few years ago which was a real eye-opener. Almost every time a cop testified against a defendant, the case was dismissed. All the defendant had to say was that the cops set him up. You should have heard some of the personal stories the jury members told about their own bad experiences with cops. (Even the jury forewoman ranted about the cops who barged into her house because they mistaken her law-abiding adult son for a criminal with the same name.) Along with its reputation, the NYPD has also lost its credibility.