The owner of two West Babylon transportation companies was sentenced to 5 years of probation for tax evasion, state officials said Thursday.

Dean D'Elia, 53, the operator of D'Elia Express Inc. and DEXP Inc., also has agreed to pay the state $321,235 in withholding tax over the next five years, the state Department of Taxation and Finance said in a news release.

D'Elia, of Flushing, pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Court to first-degree offering a false instrument for filing. He had been charged with filing false withholding tax returns from 2004 to 2008 "in an effort to evade taxes" he owed the state, tax officials said.

Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week. Credit: Randee Daddona, Gary Licker, Anthony Santino

Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.

Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week. Credit: Randee Daddona, Gary Licker, Anthony Santino

Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.

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