Nathaniel Hill
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that Nathaniel Hill, 55, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in state prison for the killing of 40-year-old Bernard Potillo in July, 2024. Hill, who pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree in March, was sentenced by Supreme Court Justice James McCarty.
On July 4, 2024 in White Plains, Hill stabbed Potillo in the abdomen, killing him. Potillo was a resident of Yonkers.
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.”
This case was investigated by the White Plains Police Department and was prosecuted by ADA Adrian Murphy and Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau Chief James Bavero.
