A quick search on BugGuide.net identified it as an Australian cockroach Periplaneta australasiae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

There are 19 different kinds, including the incredible 3-incher, the Periplaneta americana pretty much life size, above.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-26] Reference

Transplantation of ovaries into male Periplaneta americana: effects on vitellogenesis and vitellogenin secretion.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

"By appearance it looks like the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) but it is genetically different from other American cockroaches in the databases," the researchers said.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The specimens collected looked to be ordinary American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) but their DNA differed by about 4 percent from the reference sequence (differences within species are usually 1 percent or less).    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

(specificially a Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae or Nauphoeta rhombifolia) twice, delivering venom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sveinbjorn Thordarson's Website] Reference

"This is the American cockroach, (Periplaneta americana), though their origins aren't American.    From Wordnik.com. Reference