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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

Schools

Proposed Pascack Valley Schools Transgender Policy Officially Introduced HILLSDALE, N.J. — Transgender students in the Pascack Valley school district could use restrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity, under a policy reintroduced by the local school board. Board members approved a first reading by a vote of 7-1, with one abstention, Monday afternoon at Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale. The four dozen or so attendees at the 4 p.m. meeting included several students in favor of the policy, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation and allow transgender students to participate in gym class and sports.…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/05/2016

Police & Fire

Cliffside Park Illegal Videotaped Girl, 13, In Shower, Police Charge CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A 29-year-old illegal immigrant recorded videos from his Cliffside Park apartment of a 13-year-old neighbor in the shower, said police who arrested im. A relative of Anibal Garcia-Jerez discovered the recordings, confronted him and called authorities, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. Garcia-Jerez, a Guatemalan national, "found a concealed area in his kitchen that gave him a direct view through the ceiling of the shower in an adjacent apartment," Gaito said. The girl had no idea what was happening, he added. Garcia-Jerez was being held on $50,0…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/05/2016

Police & Fire

Photos: Live Puppies Found Packed In Crates In Van Behind Paramus Pet Shop PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police overnight Monday found 67 puppies packed into small metal crates in a van parked behind the Route 17 Paramus pet store owned by a businessman already facing animal cruelty charges. An original estimate put the figure around 50, but law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Daily Voice it was 67. ALSO: Advocates on Monday added signatures to a petition supporting a proposed law that would ban the sale of puppy mill dogs in New Jersey. Police Officers Daniel Derienzo and Matthew Lombardo were patrolling the area around 3 a.m. when the…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/04/2016

Police & Fire

Armed Robbers Take Drugs, Cash From Ridgefield Pharmacy RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- Two robbers -- one armed with a handgun -- took several bottles of prescription drugs and about $640 in cash from a Ridgefield pharmacy over the weekend after ordering a customer to the floor and confronting two employees, police said Monday. Victims told police the pair entered Anthony's Pharmacy on Shaler Boulevard just before noon Saturday, Deputy Chief Robert Meurer said. The gunman -- described as black, 30 to 35 years old, about 5-foot-10 and 170 to 180 pounds with a stocky build -- had a ski mask over his face and was wearing a dark-colored pullover with a large &…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/04/2016

Police & Fire

Authorities Find 67 Puppies Stashed Behind NJ Shop Of Westchester Owner This story has been updated. Police in Paramus, New Jersey early Monday found 67 puppies stashed in a van parked behind a pet store owned by a businessman already facing charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal told Daily Voice. LoSacco also faced violations at a store he owns in Valhalla, authorities there said. An original estimate put the figure around 50, but law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Daily Voice it was 67. Police Officers Daniel Derienzo and Matthew Lombardo were patrolling the area around 3 a.m. when they "heard crying and whinin…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/04/2016

Police & Fire

'Nick O'Time': Bergen Fire Vet, Son Save Driver From Burning Car In Tenafly TENAFLY, N.J. -- A former New Milford and Cresskill firefighter helped rescue a trapped driver from a burning SUV that crashed into a tree in Tenafly late Sunday. James Pannone said and his 15-year-old son, Michael, were headed home from the movies around 11 p.m. Sunday on Riveredge Road near the Bergenfield border when he swerved around some debris in the road. "Hey, dad, there's a fire in that yard," Michael told him. "I hadn't noticed it, so I spun the car around and headed back," the elder Pannone told Daily Voice. "Her car had just started to catch fire."…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/04/2016

Police & Fire

River Edge Firefighters Rescue Baby Squirrels After Tree Limb Hits House RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- Photographer Brett Dzadik was on the spot as River Edge firefighters rescued a trio of baby squirrels after a huge backyard tree limb crashed onto a homeowner's rear deck Sunday afternoon. MORE: Brett's Fire Photos

by Jerry DeMarco

04/03/2016

Police & Fire

Photos/Video: Fire Guts Rear Of Elmwood Park Home ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Flames blew through the back of an Elmwood Park house late Sunday morning, as a spree of residential and commercial fires that began in Bergen County on Saturday night continued. The Washington Avenue call came in around 11:30 a.m. -- hours after firefighters throughout the county wrestled with a series of wind-swept blazes. Fair Lawn, Garfield and Saddle Brook firefighters were among the responders. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

by Jerry DeMarco

04/03/2016

Police & Fire

Photo Gallery: Wind-Swept Fires Strike Several Bergen Towns Firefighters in Bergenfield, Dumont, Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and elsewhere throughout Bergen County battled a series of blazes swept by extreme winds Saturday into Sunday. A fully involved storefront fire destroyed Foster Stationery -- and damaged businesses on either side -- in the Foster Village shopping center on Washington Avenue in Bergenfield just after 4:30 a.m. Aid came from Dumont, New Milford, Ridgefield Park, Teaneck and Tenafly. A Dumont firefighter rescued a cat from beneath a couch as an upstairs blaze Saturday night gutted a home on Merritt Avenue. A home on Vanore Drive in …

by Jerry DeMarco

04/03/2016

Police & Fire

Fair Lawn Special Needs Basketball Event Unites Borough FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Police, firefighters and emergency medical workers displayed the value of teamwork Saturday in the third annual Special Olympics Killer Bees vs. Fair Lawn Emergency Responders basketball doubleheader. Municipal secretary Marianne Pettineo -- a prominent advocate for those with developmental disabilities -- organized the event for special needs athletes whose teams don't qualify for Special Olympics New Jersey's annual tournament. Pettineo's daughter, Danielle, plays for the Killer Bees -- and celebrated her birthday at the Fair Lawn Community Center on Saturday. "Th…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/03/2016

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