LI Man Gets 17 Yrs. To Life In Prison For Fatal Attempted Robbery: DA

MINEOLA, NY — A Hempstead man was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of a 24-year-old man during a 2021 attempted robbery in Uniondale, prosecutors announced.

Khamari Elie, 20, pleaded guilty on September 30, to second-degree murder, first-degree attempted robbery and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.

He also pleaded to three counts of first-degree robbery and second-degree menacing, prosecutors said.

"Khamari Elie and his friends lured Kyle Midtlyng to Uniondale to rob him, contributing to the young man’s tragic and senseless death," Donnelly said. "While Mr. Elie did not pull the trigger and kill Kyle Midtlyng himself, today’s sentence reflects the gravity of this defendant’s actions and his participation in Kyle’s death."

Donnelly said, on the night of November 10, 2021, Elie, co-defendant Kyle Colthirst, and two additional co-defendants, Tariq Pitaud and Tyrel Cason Jr., went to a Uniondale home to rob 24-year-old Kyle Midtlyng.

Pitaud lured Midtlyng to the location under the pretense of wanting to buy marijuana, texting him to set up the purchase, Donnelly said.

Elie drove Colthirst and the co-defendants to the scene, where Colthirst exited the vehicle to rob Midtlyng. Cason Jr. also allegedly accompanied Colthirst to confront Midtlyng.

Colthirst entered the front passenger side of the victim’s vehicle and during the attempted robbery, shot Midtlyng once in the right side, piercing both lungs and his aorta.

Colthirst, 20, was wearing an electronic monitoring device at the time of the murder, and GPS data placed the monitor at the scene during the time the crime was committed. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on April 2, after being convicted of second-degree murder. prosecutors said.

Pitaud, 21, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on November 1, after he was convicted of first-degree attempted robbery and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Donnelly said.