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THE BRONX, N.Y. ( PIX11 ) – A former New York City Department of Correction officer tried to frame an inmate by placing a weapon in his Rikers jail cell, officials said.

The crooked corrections officer will serve 90 days in jail for his actions, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and NYC Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn E. Straube announced on Friday.

Dionisio Rosario, 35, was found guilty by a jury after a two-week trial of tampering with physical evidence, falsifying business records, and placing a sharpened piece of plexiglass in an inmate’s

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