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Jerry DeMarco

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jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx.

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Police & Fire

Bergen, Passaic Schools Again Receive Recorded Bomb Threats Spring break for some districts didn't prevent recorded bomb threats called in Wednesday morning to no fewer than 10 in Bergen County and one in Passaic County. Those reporting threats included Elmwood Park, Englewood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Lodi, Midland Park and Paramus, Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office told Daily Voice. Paramus, which was ordered held in place, was in the middle of 10th-grade PARCC testing. Hasbrouck Heights evacuated its high school and middle school. Hawthorne also reported a call. Bomb-sniffing dogs were sent…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/13/2016

Police & Fire

Video: Blaze Blows Through Upper Floors Of Hackensack Two-Family House HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Firefighters battled a blaze Tuesday night in Hackensack that blew through the upper part of a two-family house. Paramedics tended to a firefighter for a shoulder injury. No other injuries were immediately reported. The second and third stories were fully involved soon after the fire broke out just before 7 p.m. in the 100 block of Clinton Place, responders told Daily Voice. Cithy firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Bogota, Englewood, Ridgefield Park and Teaneck, among others. It took a little over an hour to bring it under control, they reported.

by Jerry DeMarco

04/12/2016

Police & Fire

Hillsdale Township Warn Citizens About Car Burglaries WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Washington Township police urged citizens to keep their vehicles locked and valuables out of plain site after a purse was stolen from one in a local park. A window was broken in the Wood Dale County Park vehicle burglary, police said.

by Jerry DeMarco

04/12/2016

Police & Fire

Clifton Police: Gunman With 'Large Build' Robs QuickChek CLIFTON, N.J. -- Two employees and a customer were in a Clifton QuickCheck when a robber entered "wearing a facial covering and brandishing a handgun" took an undisclosed amount of cash Sunday night, police said. The 10:30 p.m. robber at the Market Street convenience store was described only as having a "large build," Sgt. Robert Bracken said Monday. No injuries were reported. Bracken asked that anyone with information that could help the investigation call the Clifton PD Detective Bureau: (973) 470-5908.

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

Obituaries

Charles Hirsch of Park Ridge, Chief 9/11 Medical Examiner, Dies PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Park Ridge's Charles S. Hirsch, hailed by some as "the last great untold story of 9/11," died Thursday in Westwood, a result of complications of several illnesses, New York City authorities said. Hirsch, who turned 79 a little over a week ago, was credited with building the finest public forensic DNA crime lab in the country during his time as the city's chief medical examiner. A famed account told of how Hirsch rushed to the Twin Towers on 9/11, then returned to the morgue across town in Kips Bay after breaking his ribs to dedicate himself to identifying the 2…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Fair Lawn House Fire Extinguished FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn firefighters quickly put down a house fire early Monday afternoon. Saddle Brook sent a FAST team to the Well Drive fire, while Elmwood Park covered at the Plaza Road firehouse. No injuries were immediately reported. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Petition Aims To Stop NJ Anti-Texting While Walking Law A petition with more than 8,200 signatures as of Monday morning urges New Jersey lawmakers to reject a proposed bill that would make texting while walking in the street a crime punishable by a $50 fine and up to 15 days in jail. "Statistics show that texting while walking has caused fatal and injurious traffic accidents, and some heightened awareness could save lives. But criminalizing this behavior is too extreme, as are threats of jail time,” says Care2 petition author Chris Wolverton of Sussex County. “I can't imagine crossing NJ's busy streets with my eyes glued to a phone. It's j…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Prosecutor's Task Force Busts 3 Englewood Men After Major Pot Buys ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force arrested three Englewood men after a five-pound undercover marijuana buy. Investigators identified Daivon Manning, 22, as a pot dealer in the area and bought from him three separate times over six months, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. Last Monday, he said, Manning sold five pounds worth $16,000. Detectives and Englewood police with warrants searched Manning's home and car, the prosecutor said. On Thursday, they charged him with various drug offenses. They also charged tw…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Franklin Lakes Resident: Thousands In Cash, Gift Cards Taken From Car FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A Franklin Lakes told police that someone took her purse with $1,500 in cash and $1,200 worth of gift cards inside after she left it in her unlocked car in the driveway of her home, authorities said Monday. Detectives were investigating the Creole Lane incident, Lt. John Bakelaar said.

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Ridgewood Police Continue Multi-Day SWAT Training At Middle School RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police will continue their ongoing tactical training, this time at Benjamin Franklin Middle School from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Monday, April 11, through Thursday. Members of the Ridgewood Emergency Response Team (ERT) and village patrol officers participate in the drills with the Bergen County Regional SWAT unit -- made up of police and sheriff's officers from various Bergen towns and trained by U.S. Navy Seals. Residents can expect to see officers from various agencies in the area of the school during the week.

by Jerry DeMarco

04/11/2016

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