ACTOR LILLO BRANCATO SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR AN ATTEMPTED BURGLARY WHICH LED TO THE DEATH OF AN OFF DUTY NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that 32-year-old actor Lillo Brancato was sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in a botched burglary which resulted in the death of off duty New York City Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui.
Brancato, of Yonkers, was found guilty on December 22, 2008 on one count of Attempted Burglary in the 1st degree at the home of an acquaintance on Arnow Place in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx.
State Supreme Court Justice Martin Marcus sentenced Brancato to ten years in prison, although the People had argued that he should receive the maximum term of 15 years imprisonment in light of the loss of Officer Enchautegui’s life. Enchautegui left his home to investigate the incident when he was shot and killed shortly before dawn on December 10, 2005.
Enchautegui was fatally shot by Steven Armento, Brancato’s accomplice, who was found guilty of Murder in the 2nd degree and currently is serving a sentence of 25 years to life imprisonment. Although Brancato was convicted of participating in the attempted break-in, the jury acquitted him of felony murder in Enchautegui’s death.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Trial Assistant District Attorney Theresa Gottlieb and Assistant District Attorney April Cohen of the Trial Division.
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