MOUNT HOPE, N.Y.—The former town of Chester highway superintendent was sentenced to 17 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision on May 18 for shooting a delivery driver in 2025.
John Reilly III, 49, of Chester shot the driver as he was trying to leave Reilly’s property on the evening of May 2, 2025. Reilly faced assault and weapons charges.
Court documents said a lost and unarmed food delivery driver with a dead phone approached Reilly’s residence. Holding a bag of food, the driver asked Reilly if he had ordered any, but Reilly ordered the man to leave. As the man was leaving in his vehicle, Reilly came out of his house with a shoulder holster carrying a .45-caliber Glock pistol. Reilly shot the gun into the front lawn. As the car was driving away, he shot at the vehicle. A few seconds later, Reilly aimed at the car again and shot, and the round pierced the vehicle and hit the driver in the lower back….