Crime & SafetyUpdated: Nov. 16, 2025, 9:10 p.m.|Published: Nov. 16, 2025, 9:10 p.m.
The Rikers Island detention facility in New York. A former corrections officer was charged with tampering with physical evidence and falsifying business records, after placing a sharpened piece of plexiglass in an inmate’s cell.(Associated Press/Seth Wenig)
A former New York City corrections officer will serve 90 days in jail after being convicted of planting a weapon in an inmate’s cell at Rikers Island and then falsifying reports about the incident, according to PIX11.
Dionisio Rosario, 35, was found guilty by a jury of tampering with physical evidence and falsifying business records, after placing a sharpened piece of plexiglass in an inmate’s cell, according to court records.
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