Man pleads guilty to deadly New Year’s Eve hit-and-run in Gates

MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — A man from Rochester, charged in connection with a deadly hit-and-run on New Year’s Eve, pleaded guilty Wednesday.

Prosecutors say Michael Brodman was driving on Buffalo Road in Gates shortly after 6 p.m. that evening when he hit and killed Jose Rivera, then left the scene. He was arrested weeks later.

As part of a plea deal, Brodman will spend between two and six years in prison.