Joseph Rossi of Verona was killed year ago Sunday at Floyd Avenue business.
Jose Luis Rivera, the Plainfield man accused in the February 2012 murder of Verona resident Joseph Rossi at his Bloomfield arcade business one year ago, had a court conference postponed Monday, Feb. 25, according to a NorthJersey.com report Tuesday. Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Kathy Carter said Rivera, who is not expected to be in attendance at the rescheduled March 25 hearing, has already been indicted by an Essex County grand jury. Rossi, 58, was found shot to death on Feb. 24, 2012 at his Floyd Avenue business, an arcade company called Phoenix Amusements. Agents from the FBI and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Task Force jointly conducted the homicide investigation. At the time of his arrest, several …
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Days after the fatal shooting, details emerge about Rossi's life and death
As police continue to investigate the shooting death of local businessman Joseph G. Rossi, at least one long-time acquaintance is wondering whether his cash business may have been a motive for a robbery that led to his death. Rossi, 58, of Verona, was shot to death Friday night and his body was found inside his Floyd Avenue business, Phoenix Amusement Company, that provided game machines to businesses in New Jersey. Police have not released additional details about the homicide except to say the death of Rossi, a father of two, remains under investigation. Convenience store owner Koshy Varghese, who works next door to Phoenix Amusements, said an employee found Rossi’s body and ran into Varghese’s shop to call the police. (Vargehese …
Benjamin Anyafulu
10:13 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
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