Press Release GCPO – Chief Thomas Gilbert PIO/GCPO
On Sunday, March 20, 2022, at approximately 1:18 p.m., officers from the Paulsboro Police
Department were dispatched to the area of North Commerce and Buck Streets, Paulsboro, New Jersey
for a deceased male laying on a sidewalk adjacent to North Commerce Street. As a result of immediate
follow-up investigation, personnel from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Paulsboro
Police Department determined the victim was struck by a red van driven by Giovanni Esposito of
Gibbstown, New Jersey. Investigation disclosed that the victim and Giovanni Esposito were known to
each other from a recent physical altercation on a prior date. Esposito was apprehended a short distance
from the crime scene and his vehicle located and seized as evidence. An autopsy conducted on Monday,
March 21 by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the manner of death as Blunt
Force Trauma to the Chest and cause of death as Homicide. Esposito has been charged with Murder
and lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility pending a detention hearing.
Despite these charges, every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until found guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt, following a trial at which the defendant has all of their rights as guaranteed
by the U.S. Constitution and State Law.
Anyone with additional information relevant to this investigation is encouraged to contact Det.
Krystal Santiago of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, at 856-384-5508, or Sgt. Len Vasta of the
Paulsboro Police Department, at 856-423-1101.
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