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 ...

A former New York detective who moonlighted by working for a mafia family and helped fuel a mini-mob war on Long Island while trying to protect its gambling operations was convicted Wednesday of ...

Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of New York’s Finest, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop. NYPDSVU/X “I have no words,” one disgusted detective said.