Nathaniel Hill, 55, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to 16 years in state prison on Thursday for the July 2024 death of 40-year-old Bernard Potillo, according to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace. Hill, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in March, received his sentence from Supreme Court Justice James McCarty.
Hill murdered Potillo on July 4, 2024, in White Plains by stabbing him in the belly. Potillo was a Yonkers inhabitant.
DA Cacace said: “This is another sad example of a senseless and tragic killing. The impact of this horrible crime will be felt by the victim’s friends and family forever. My hopes are that this sentencing offers the family at least some measure of solace and closure.”
In a victim’s impact statement read in court, Caprisse Hall, Potillo’s girlfriend said: “Our future was taken. The family we dreamed of, the businesses we wanted to build, and the life we were crafting together. All of it vanished in one devastating moment. I was supposed to become his wife. We were supposed to create a legacy together. And now, I’m left holding the pieces of a broken heart and a shattered life.”
ADA Adrian Murphy and Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau Chief James Bavero prosecuted the case, which the White Plains Police Department investigated.
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