Wife of man who shot lost DoorDash driver admits to deleting doorbell video
GOSHEN, New York — The wife of a New York man who was recently convicted of shooting and injuring a lost DoorDash delivery driver admitted to deleting doorbell camera video of the incident.
Selina Nelson-Reilly, 46, of Chester, pleaded guilty Friday to tampering with evidence, according to the local prosecutor’s office. The plea came just weeks after her husband, John Reilly III, was convicted of assault for shooting at the driver’s car as the man tried to leave their property in May 2025.
Reilly, then superintendent of highways in Chester — located nearly 60 miles north of Manhattan — had argued that he was defending his family after the lost 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 intestines 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 Prosecutor David M. Hoovler’s office. But after investigators left, she deleted 17 videos from a doorbell camera in the home, the office said.
She then sent a text message to a friend saying she had permanently deleted the videos, prosecutors said.
Some clips from their doorbell camera nevertheless emerged after the shooting, one showing the driver walking up to Reilly’s front door with a plastic bag. Another showed the driver apparently back in his car, as Reilly left the house with a handgun and fired shots into his lawn, saying, “Go ahead.” As the driver made a three-point turn into the driveway, the footage appeared to show Reilly shooting at the car.
Nelson-Reilly’s plea deal calls for her to be placed on probation for one year and to complete 200 hours of community service, according to Hoovler’s office. If she does so, she will be allowed to return to court and have her felony count of tampering with physical evidence dismissed, while still being sentenced on the misdemeanor count of attempting to tamper with physical evidence.
If she violates the terms of the plea agreement, she faces up to four years in prison, prosecutors said.
Her husband faces up to 25 years in prison on the main assault charge when he is scheduled to be sentenced on May 18. He remains in detention and his lawyer has announced his intention to appeal the conviction.
Nelson-Reilly’s attorney, Andrew Jason Proto, did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment.
