Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 38-year-old Nicholas J. Rosado, also known as Nicholas J. Boaz, of Mayville pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek to one count of Leaving the Scene of an Incident Resulting in Death (Class “D” felony). The defendant pleaded guilty to the highest count in full satisfaction of the indictment against him.
On Thursday, July 7, 2022, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the defendant was driving a pickup truck northwest on Abbott Road when he hit a bicyclist near Kenefick Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The defendant left the scene without reporting the incident to police. The victim, 27-year-old Theodore Dionne of West Seneca, died from his injuries.
Rosado faces a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison when he is sentenced on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. He continues to be held without bail.
DA Flynn commends the Buffalo Police Department Accident Investigation Unit and the West Seneca Police Department for their work in this investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Christopher M. McCarthy and Chief Paul J. Glascott of the Vehicular Crimes Unit.