PLEA AND SENTENCE IN BURGLARY CASE

DELHI – Acting District Attorney Shawn Smith announced today that Kyle Oakley, 32, of South Kortright, New York, appeared in Delaware County Court on December 18, 2023, and pleaded guilty to Burglary in the Third Degree.      

Oakley appeared before the Honorable Gary A. Rosa, Acting Delaware County Court Judge, for a court conference on December 18th.  After the conference, the defendant pleaded guilty to Burglary in the Third Degree, a Class D Felony.  

These charges arose from an investigation of forced entry into a seasonal residence during March of 2022.  Delaware County Sheriff Deputy Cody Tromblee responded to the crime scene on March 8, 2022, after the homeowner reported damage to his front door. During his investigation at the scene, Deputy Tromblee recovered a Nike sweatshirt that did not belong to the homeowner.  Deputy Tromblee and Undersheriff Kim Smith processed the sweatshirt and submitted it to the New York State Police Crime Lab for DNA extraction.  Forensic evaluation detected the presence of Kyle Oakley’s DNA, and he was subsequently arrested by the Sheriff’s Department. 

After pleading guilty, Judge Rosa sentenced the defendant to a 5-year term of felony probation supervision.  The Court further ordered the defendant to pay $1,000.00 in restitution to the homeowner for damage caused to his property.  If the defendant violates probation supervision, he faces a possible resentencing of up to 2 and 1/3 to 7 years in state prison.  

Acting District Attorney Shawn Smith commended Delaware County Sheriff Deputy Cody Tromblee and Undersheriff Kim Smith for their hard work on this case. “The Sheriff’s Department’s thorough investigation is what led to the discovery of the defendant’s DNA at the crime scene. That DNA evidence is what enabled us to secure a conviction.”   

Shawn J. Smith 

Acting District Attorney 

Delaware County