Sunday, January 13, 2013
Giuseppe Tedesco charged with making terroristic threats as he was being transported to jail.
After being convicted of murder in state Superior Court, Giuseppe Tedesco was arrested on new charges of aggravated assault of a correctional officer and third-degree terroristic threats on Thursday. The officer he allegedly assaulted while being transported to a holding cell sustained a head injury and fractured fibula, according to Lt. Dave Rome of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office. Tedesco was also charged with obstruction of a governmental function. Tedesco, a 27-year-old Hopatcong resident, was found guilty of first-degree murder, possession of a gun and possession of a gun for an unlawful purpose Thursday. The murder charge stems from the shooting death of Alyssa Ruggieri, who was 22 when she was shot six times inside her Durban …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Giuseppe Tedesco could face life-plus-20 years in state prison.
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Thursday, January 10
Giuseppe Tedesco was found guilty of first-degree murder by jurors Thursday for the shooting death of Alyssa Ruggieri as a six-week trial came to a close, according to New Jersey Herald. Tedesco, a 27-year-old Hopatcong resident, was also found guilty of possession of a gun and possession of a gun for unlawful purposes. He could face life-plus-20 years in state prison, New Jersey Herald reported. Tedesco's trial for the shooting death of Ruggieri, who was 22 at the time of her death inside a Durban Avenue home on March 27, 2010, began Dec. 4. Ruggieri was shot six times in various places, including in the temple, nose, chin, hand, chest and abdomen. Ruggieri and Tedesco were friends, according to court proceedings. A .25-caliber handgun, …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Attorney's request for mistrial denied in case of accused Hopatcong killer Giuseppe Tedesco.
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Wednesday, January 9
A fight broke out Wednesday afternoon when a Sussex County Superior Court Judge dismissed the jury who did not reach a verdict after a second straight day of deliberations in the Hopatcong murder trial. The altercation was sparked by a comment made by a member of the public toward the defendant, Giuseppe Tedesco, according to the New Jersey Herald. Sussex County Sheriff's Officers controlled the chaotic scene and brought took both sides into separate rooms, the article said. Jurors in the trial in which Tedesco is accused of murdering Alyssa Ruggieri requested copies of the medical examiner's autopsy report in court earlier on Wednesday, according to the New Jersey Herald. Tedesco's trial has been ongoing since Dec. 4 and jurors could …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Trial of Hopatcong man accused of shooting friend to death continues.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
As the murder trial of Giuseppe Tedesco continued this week, Tedesco told jurors and a prosecutor that the gun used to shoot Alyssa Ruggieri six times to death was, at one point, pointed at his own face. Tedesco described the series of events leading up to the shooting in a Newton courthouse on Wednesday. According to NJ.com, he told Sussex County Prosecutor Seanna Pappas that Ruggieri had left him several brief text messages before he visited her home, in Hopatcong, and a physical dispute ensued. Tedesco is on trial for the murder of Ruggieri inside her Durban Avenue home. Ruggieri was shot six times on March 27, 2010, including in the abdomen, chest, hand, chin, nose and temple. A .25-caliber handgun, which was allegedly used in the …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Firearms identification expert describes murder scene evidence in Tedesco trial.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Evidence from Giuseppe Tedesco's handgun and material from the sweater Alyssa Ruggieri wore the night she was killed was used to replicate the murder scene and determine how close the gunshots were fired, a firearms identification expert testified in court on Thursday, according to the New Jersey Herald. In the second week of Tedesco's murder trial, Gerald Burkhart, of the New Jersey State Police, an expert in ballistics and firearms identification, said in his investigation he determinned Tedesco fired his gun at Ruggieri at close range, and the bullet wound to Ruggieri's abdomen was "greater than contact, but less than 12 inches," the report said. Tedesco is accused of fatally shooting Ruggieri six times in her Durban Avenue home on …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Start date scheduled for Tuesday in Sussex County Superior Court.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
A start date has been scheduled in the trial of a Hopatcong man accused of killing borough resident Alyssa Ruggieri in 2010. The trial of Giuseppe Tedesco will begin on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Sussex County Superior Court in Newton, according to the office of Judge Peter Conforti. Jury selection, which began Sept. 12, was completed more than a month after it began. The trial schedule runs to December, excepting Mondays and Fridays, and dates blocked out by Conforti’s other court duties and other contingencies. Tedesco, of Hopatcong, is charged with murder, illegal possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in Ruggieri’s March 27, 2010 death. If convicted, he faces a sentence of 30 years to life. In …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
No start date set more than a month after selection began in case.
NEWTON–The trial of Giuseppe Tedesco, accused of killing Hopatcong resident Alyssa Ruggieri in 2010, moved one step closer to starting with the selection of a jury. But no date has yet been set to hear opening arguments in Sussex County Superior Court, said Superior Court Judge Peter Conforti’s office Tuesday. Conforti is scheduled to meet Wednesday with Sussex County Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas and Tedesco’s attorney, Anthony Iacullo, to sort out the remaining pre-trial issues. The outcome of that meeting could determine when the trial would begin before the jury, with one possible date being Thursday. Jury selection began Sept. 12. The trial schedule runs to December, excepting Mondays and Fridays, and dates blocked out by …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Assistant prosecutor reportedly said trial could last until late December.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Opening arguments in the trial of accused killer Giuseppe Tedesco may not begin until about a month after jury selection began in Sussex County Superior Court, according to a report. Sussex County Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas said the trial may not begin until the middle of October, with it expected to last until late December, according to a report by The Star-Ledger. Tedesco is charged with murder, illegal possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the March 27, 2010, death of Alyssa Ruggieri. The allegations were placed on the record during a January pre-trial conference hearing during which Tedesco formally rejected the state’s plea offer of a 30 year prison sentence on the murder charge.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Request of the attorney of a man accused of murdering Hopatcong girl denied by judge, the New Jersey Herald says.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
The New Jersey Herald reports the judge presiding over the case of the Hopatcong man charged with murdering a borough woman denied a request from Giuseppe Tedesco's attorney to bar public and press from some hearings. Tedesco, 26, allegedly killed Alyssa Ruggieri, 22, of Hopatcong, in her home in 2010. He's being held on $1 million bail and faces up to life in prison if convicted. Defense attorney Anthony Iacullo petitioned Judge Peter Conforti to exclude the media from proceedings regarding Tedesco's alleged jailhouse confession to other inmates, the report said. But Conforti said the request was too broad, according to the report. In January, Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas said Tedesco became angered when Ruggieri refused to celebrate…
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Giuseppe Tedesco, accused of killing Alyssa Ruggieri, of Hopatcong, to likely have his final hearing before case goes to trial on Sept. 11.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
After more than two years of legal back-and-forth, the Hopatcong man charged with murdering a borough woman will most likely endure his last hearing before the case goes to trial. Giuseppe Tedesco will at the Sussex County Courthouse for a 9 a.m. status conference Wednesday before Judge Peter Conforti. Tedesco shot 22-year-old Alyssa Ruggieri to death at her Hopatcong home March 27, 2010, when she refused to celebrate his birthday with him, Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas said. The latest development in the slow-moving case came May 30 when Pappas replaced jailhouse informant Bradford Mayne with another inmate, Daniel Keyslack, who also told authorities Tedesco admitted to him the he killed Ruggieri, Pappas said. Mayne died while in …
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