A Niagara Falls man was charged this morning with criminal impersonation following an investigation of an automobile accident in the Town of Lockport on Friday.

According to the report filed by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, 54-year-old Timothy Rose, 319 38th St., Niagara Falls, had been driving a 1994 Ford around 2 p.m. on Friday when it was involved in an accident on Robison Road.

The report says that Rose paid another man $100 to state that he was driving the vehicle because Rose has active warrants out of Erie County and Amherst Town courts. He also does not have a valid driver's license, NCSO said.

Rose was charged with second-degree criminal impersonation, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. He was held on detainers for Amherst Police and Erie County Sheriff's Office. He is to return to Town of Lockport Court on May 6.

There were no charges listed for the man who told patrol he had been driving.

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