Wife of Man Charged In Shooting DoorDasher Indicted On 17 Counts Of Evidence Tampering, Hindering Prosecution

TOWN OF CHESTER, NY — The wife of a man who is accused of shooting a lost delivery driver has herself been charged.

Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that 45-year-old Selina Nelson-Reilly, of Chester, was arraigned on Wednesday on an indictment charging her with second-degree hindering prosecution and seventeen counts of tampering with physical evidence. She was released on her own recognizance and is scheduled to appear back in court on January 5.

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According to court documents, during the evening of May 2, an unarmed DoorDash driver who was lost with a dead phone battery walked up to the home of John Reilly and Selina Nelson-Reilly, in the Town of Chester, with a bag of food, asking if Reilly had placed the order.

Reilly then ordered the man to leave and when the driver tried to leave in his vehicle, Reilly came out of his home with a shoulder holster and armed with a .45 caliber Glock pistol, police say. He racked the gun and discharged a round into the front lawn, according to cops.

Reilly shot at the vehicle, and immediately aimed the gun at the car and fired again, according to investigators. A round pierced the vehicle and struck the victim in the lower back, causing "devastating" injuries.

The .45 caliber projectile was recovered from the victim's abdomen during emergency surgery, which resulted in the removal of over two feet of the victim's small bowel.

A search warrant executed at Reilly's home resulted in the recovery of .45 caliber casings in the kitchen and front lawn, the projectile from the front lawn, the shoulder holster and loaded .45 caliber Glock pistol, and seven other illegally possessed pistols from the home, according to police.

Law enforcement discovered that while Reilly held a Federal Firearms License (FFL) in order to sell firearms, he had no state firearms license or pistol permit, and could not lawfully possess those guns in New York.

On the following day, state police came to the home to investigate further. When they spoke with Nelson-Reilly, she reportedly denied knowing anything about the incident from the evening before.

However, state police allege that after speaking with investigators, Nelson-Reilly then deleted 17 videos from a smart doorbell camera installed at the home. While she was deleting the videos, an investigator came back to the home and Nelson-Reilly again denied knowing anyone came to the home the night before. She then sent a text message to a friend saying that she permanently deleted the videos, according to investigators.

DA Hoovler thanked the New York State Police for their investigation which led to the arrest of Nelson-Reilly. He also thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who assisted in the investigation.

"The investigation into the unjustified violence allegedly perpetrated in this case was stymied by this defendant's alleged calculated actions to delete video footage of the crime," Hoovler said. "We will not be thwarted from our pursuit of justice by those who seek to undermine the efforts of law enforcement to uncover the truth. To the contrary, we will relentlessly follow the evidence and the law to hold accountable those responsible for violent crime. We will continue to advocate on behalf of crime victims."