Babylon Man Gets 16 Years To Life For Residential Burglary: DA

BABYLON, NY — A Babylon man was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison on Monday for burglarizing a home in 2022 while on parole for another crime, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced.

On May 4, 2022, Joe Osorio, 58, broke into a home in Babylon through a basement window and stole numerous items, according to evidence.

One of the items he stole - a key fob for a vehicle - was equipped with an Apple air tag, which allowed the Suffolk County Police Department to track its location to the vicinity of the Osorio’s address, prosecutors said.

After his arrest, police recovered additional proceeds of the burglary during a search of Osorio’s home.

His criminal history includes two prior violent felony convictions. In 1995, he was convicted
of second-degree burglary for which he was sentenced to four to eight years in prison, and
in 2003, he was convicted of second-degree attempted burglary, for which he was
sentenced to 12 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.

Osorio was released to parole supervision in 2019. After further investigation, Osorio was arrested at a local pawn shop, where he was attempting to sell proceeds of the burglary.

On November 30, 2022, Osorio pleaded guilty before Supreme Court Justice, the Honorable Timothy P. Mazzei, to second-degree burglary. He was represented by the Legal Aid Society.