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Joshua Roche

Case from Newark, NJ dated Mar 12, 2018

Victim Details

Joshua Roche

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Newark

NJ

2018-03-12

32

Joshua

Roche

07/05/2026

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In the midst of a violent 19-hour period in Newark, New Jersey, that saw three men killed, 32-year-old Joshua Roche, a Hispanic male, lost his life. On the afternoon of March 12, 2018, at approximately 1:20 p.m., he was fatally shot near the intersection of East Peddie Street and Frelinghuysen Avenue. At the time of his death, Roche was a resident of Tully House, a transitional facility for inmates nearing the end of their prison sentences. The area around the halfway house was known to be indus ...
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  • NJ.com: Troubled pasts, a 'scary' number of guns and 3 men dead in 19 hours
  • NJ.com: Man killed in Newark homicide was halfway house resident
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    I find it so unsettling to ponder the ripple effects of violence like this. Joshua Roche's murder re... ...Read More
    08/14/2024
    Does anyone have more information on the effectiveness of Tully House and similar transitional facil... ...Read More
    01/03/2024
    Have you all seen the news about Joshua Roche? It's really been haunting me. I've been thinking abou... ...Read More
    02/25/2023
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