Crime & Safety
Tedesco to Challenge State on Jailhouse Informant
Hopatcong man charged with the 2010 murder of a borough woman will be in court Tuesday.
Giuseppe Tedesco will be back in court Tuesday.
The attorney of the Hopatcong man charged with murdering a borough woman will "challenge the State’s failure to provide discovery regarding a jailhouse informant," according to an email from the office of Nutley-based attorney Anthony Iacullo. The hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Sussex County Courthouse.
Discovery is a legal term often used to describe evidence.
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Tedesco was charged with the 2010 murder of Alyssa Ruggieri. Tedesco shot Ruggieri six times at her Durban Avenue home after Ruggieri refused to meet Tedesco, , Sussex County Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas said on Jan. 23.
Tedesco, being held at Sussex County Jail en lieu of $1 million bail, faces life in jail if convicted.
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Tedesco has also previously rejected the state’s plea offer of 30 years in jail. Judge Peter Conforti set a June 5 trial date. Tedesco is expected to claim self-defense.
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