Crime & Safety
Guilty Plea In Fatal Dobbs Ferry Hit-And-Run
Rocco DePaolo, 91, was walking home from a football game when he was struck by a car that left the scene.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY — A Hastings man who was accused of killing an elderly Dobbs Ferry man in a hit-and-run crash admitted his guilt in court Tuesday.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Johnny Machado, 28, of Hastings-on-Hudson, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without reporting and criminally negligent homicide, both felonies.
He is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 25.
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According to prosecutors, on Sept. 20, 2019, Machado drove near Dobbs Ferry High School on Broadway, Route 9, in Dobbs Ferry when his car struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk.
Rocco DePaolo, 91, had been attending a high school football game and was walking home around 9:25 p.m. when he was hit.
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DePaolo was taken to Westchester Medical Center where he died from his injuries.
Machado drove away after hitting DePaolo, police said.
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