Goshen, New York – The wife of a man from New York was Recently convicted Of shooting and wounding a missing DoorDash delivery driver, he admitted to deleting the doorbell camera video of the incident.
Selina Nelson Riley, 46, of Chester, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of tampering with evidence, according to the local district attorney’s office. The petition came just weeks after her husband, John Reilly III, was convicted of assault for shooting into the driver’s car as the man was trying to leave their property in May 2025.
Riley, who was then superintendent of the highway in Chester — located about 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of Manhattan — had argued He was defending his family after missing driver Alpha Barry insisted on entering the house. But Barry testified in court that he had just asked to charge his phone. After the shooting, he underwent emergency surgery and had to have part of his small intestine removed, according to prosecutors.
State Police investigators went to the home the day after the shooting and spoke with Nelson Reilly, who denied any knowledge of the incident, according to a statement from Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoefler’s office. But after investigators left, she deleted 17 videos from the home’s doorbell camera, the office said.
She later sent a text message to a friend saying she had permanently deleted the videos, prosecutors said.
However, some clips from the doorbell camera emerged after the shooting, with one showing the driver walking to Riley’s front door carrying a plastic bag. Another showed the driver apparently returning to his car, while Riley left the house with a gun and fired a shot into his garden, saying: “Go.” As the driver made a three-point turn in the driveway, the footage showed Riley shooting at the car.
Nelson-Riley’s plea agreement calls for her to be placed on probation for a year and complete 200 hours of community service, according to Hoofler’s office. If she does, she will be allowed to return to court and have the felony charge of tampering with physical evidence dismissed, while she will be sentenced to the misdemeanor charge of attempted tampering with physical evidence.
If she fails to abide by the terms of the plea deal, she could face up to four years in state prison, prosecutors said.
Her husband faces up to 25 years in prison on the most serious assault charge, and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 18. He remains in detention, and his lawyer said they intend to appeal the ruling.
Nelson Reilly’s attorney, Andrew Jason Proto, did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment.