HIGHTSTOWN: DiGirolamo pleads not guilty

Millstone man charged with killing, dismembering mistress

By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer
    The Millstone man accused of the 2007 murder and dismemberment of his mistress in her Hightstown apartment formally entered a plea of not guilty this week.
    Rosario DiGirolamo, 34, entered his plea to charges of first-degree murder and fourth-degree tampering with evidence before Superior Court Judge Darlene Pereksta in Trenton on Monday. Mr. DiGirolamo is accused of murdering Amy Giordano, 27, by hitting her on the head with a tool in her Mercer Street apartment between June 7 and June 9, 2007.
    He faces up to life in prison.
    John Russo, 44, of Staten Island, N.Y., also pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of fourth-degree evidence tampering in a separate hearing. Mr. Russo is accused of helping Mr. DiGirolamo clean up the apartment Ms. Giordano allegedly was murdered in and suggesting a place to dispose of her remains.
For more on this story, please see this week’s edition of the Windsor-Hights Herald.