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Friday, April 15, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 15
N E W H Y D E PA R K
HOME DESIGN, LAWN & GARDEN
DEMS, BLAKEMAN CLASH ON COUNTY GAS TAX
SUOZZI SLAMS HOCHUL ON BUDGET, BENJAMIN
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NHP woman arrested for $750K theft Elizabeth Reilly accused of stealing from 91-year-old for personal use BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A New Hyde Park woman was arraigned last Wednesday after allegedly stealing $750,000 from an elderly woman, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. Elizabeth Reilly, 48, allegedly wrote checks to herself and used the 91-yearold victim’s credit card to purchase beauty products, airline tickets and other expenses, according to a news release from the district attorney’s office. Reilly obtained the money through her employer, a Floral Park attorney with whom the 91-year-old woman entrusted her finances, according to the DA. As part of Reilly’s employment, officials said, she had access to checkbooks, credit cards, bank statements and other financial instruments, officials said. The identies of the victim and the employer were not disclosed. Officials said more than 250 checks were written from the victim’s bank accounts from 2016 to 2020. The checks, ultimately totaling more than $675,000, were either made out to Reilly or to cash and then deposited into accounts owned by Reilly or her husband, according to officials. Aside from airfare, a gym membership and beauty products, the victim’s
credit card statements also showed hundreds of PayPal transactions to a local animal shelter, according to the news release. Officials said the credit card balance was paid online using the victim’s bank accounts, with the investigation revealing a device in Reilly’s home being the source of the payments. “The victim believed she was doing the prudent thing when she entrusted her finances to her attorney’s office,” Donnelly said in the news release. “Instead, Reilly took advantage of her employee access, allegedly siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from the victim by writing herself checks, saving the victim’s credit card information to the defendant’s PayPal account, and also using the victim’s credit card to shop for beauty products, airline tickets and pay for a gym membership on the victim’s dime.” On Thursday, Reilly was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of seconddegree grand larceny. Reilly, who is due back in court on May 6, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Reilly’s attorney, Marc Gann, told Newsday that his client “is embarrassed to be even accused of these kinds of charges.” Efforts to reach Gann for further comment were unavailing.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Herricks students Leonardo Gomez as Sebastian, Joseph Puvogel as King Triton and Sonya LiCalzi as Ariel in the recent high school production of “The Little Mermaid.” See story on page 19.
Bay Shore man charged in Northwell employee slaying BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
Quay-Sean Renard Hines, 30, was arrested on Friday and charged A Bay Shore man was charged with second-degree murder after he with murdering a Northwell Health allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend Ameemployee by the Nassau County po- lia Laguerre in the parking garage of 1999 Marcus Ave. in New Hyde Park lice last week.
on March 31. Officials said several team members attempted to treat Laguerre, a 33-year-old Queens resident, at the scene before she was transported to a nearby hospital. Continued on Page 38
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