MONTICELLO, NY — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two parolees in connection with an extortion plot against a Monticello resident. On New Year’s Eve, deputies investigated a report of an attempted extortion of a citizen who is an employee of Sullivan County. Deputies recorded the extortion attempt on the telephone and were waiting when the defendant, Peter Dilauro, age 51, of Monticello, showed up to receive cash from the victim. Dilauro was taken into custody without incident.

Deputies soon learned that Dilauro was on parole from a burglary that he committed at a seasonal residence in the Town of Liberty in April of 2012. He was sentenced to two to seven years in state prison but was paroled in March of 2015. Dilauro has an active parole warrant for failing to abide by his conditions of release. Dilauro was charged with felony grand larceny in addition to the parole violation and sent to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.

During the investigation, deputies found out that Dilauro’s estranged wife, Toni Dilauro, 30, of Livingston Manor, allegedly had a role in the extortion plot. She was also arrested.