Crime & Safety
Police Charge Convict with $50K Burglary of Tarry Place Home
On Nov. 13, David Hili, 45, of Port Jefferson Station, NY was arraigned on a C-Felony charge with a return court date and taken back to Nassau County Jail.
DNA evidence found in a burglarized Tarrytown home led local authorities to a prisoner of the Nassau County Jail.
David Hili, 45, of Port Jefferson Station, NY, was charged by Tarrytown police on Nov. 13 with a felony burglary dating back to July 1. He allegedly broke into a home through a back window and got away with jewelry, cash and a fur coat from the residence valued at about $50,000.
Lt. William Herguth said Det. Stiloski processed the scene and was able to get DNA evidence which when submitted for analysis matched Hili. Herguth said Hili has a record with previous burglary convictions and nine counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh.
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Tarrytown police picked Hili up from Long Island and brought him to headquarters for an arrest warrant for burglary in the second here.
Hili was arraigned on the C-Felony charge with a return court date and taken back to Nassau County Jail.
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Note: An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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