Jury Convicted Him of Third-Degree Assault; Victim Died After Head Hit Pavement
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to 364 days in jail for assaulting an Alabama man on a Morrisania street, which led to
the death of the victim.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant struck a father of two who was visiting the
Bronx for his sister’s baby shower. Although the defendant did not intend to kill him, the
victim died that day after sustaining blunt trauma to the head.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Jimmy Rosario, 35, of 1234 Boston Road, was
sentenced today to 364 days in jail, the maximum sentence, by Bronx Criminal Court Judge
Frances Wang. A jury found the defendant guilty of third-degree Assault on October 11, 2019.
According to the investigation, at about 12:45 a.m. on June 22, 2019, inside a Kennedy
Fried Chicken located at 1335 Prospect Avenue, the defendant and Troy Scott, 40, of Alabama,
argued. Rosario grabbed Scott and pushed him down several stairs that led to a sidewalk, and a
fistfight ensued between the two. As Scott began to withdraw from the altercation, Rosario
punched him in the head, knocking him to the ground. Video of the incident shows Scott falling
back on his head onto the pavement.
The defendant fled the scene before two Police Officers of the 42nd Precinct found Scott.
The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
District Attorney Clark thanked Trial Bureau 20 Trial Preparation Assistant Gregory
Gentry, Bronx DA Detective Investigators, the Crime Victims Assistance Unit, and Video
Technician Felipe Cardoso of the Bronx DA’s Video Unit. District Attorney Clark also thanked
NYPD Detective Sean Butler of Bronx Homicide and NYPD Detective Martires Perez of the
42nd Precinct Detective Squad for their assistance in the investigation.
