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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

Lyndhurst Fire Destroys Dentist's Office, Apartments LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A fast-moving fire Friday afternoon that began in a dentist's office closed for Good Friday consumed a multi-use Lyndhurst building. The Stuyvesant Avenue building, which also housed two apartments, will have to be destroyed, Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty told Daily Voice. No one was hurt, he said. "The fire flashed over a firefighter who thought he was burned," Haggerty said. "He was checked out and it turned out he wasn't, luckily." A bull terrier was rescued from the building, and all of the animals were removed safely from the nearby Humane …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Witnesses: Motorcycle Speeding In Route 17 Crash In Ramsey RAMSEY, N.J. -- A motorcycle involved in a three-vehicle crash that closed two lanes of southbound Route 17 in Ramsey around 3 o'clock was speeding, witnesses told Daily Voice. The motorcyclist was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe injuries from the crash, Police Chief Bryan Gurney told Daily Voice. The cycle came to rest in the far left lane outside the Maple Shade Motel. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit was joined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which was collecting evidence. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DE…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

News

Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer Closes Two Route 17 Lanes In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A jack-knifed tanker-trailer closed two lanes of northbound Route 17 in Ridgewood for nearly an hour Friday afternoon.The rig didn't topple and nothing spilled, responders said.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Promotions Bring Little Ferry Police To Full Supervisory Strength LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- Little Ferry Police Chief Ralph C. Verdi weathered the storms -- literally -- and recently saw seven officers promoted, giving him ranked supervisors where they were needed most. "We were down to five ranking officers out of 26. We had senior patrolmen covering shifts," Verdi told Daily Voice. Four sergeants were promoted to lieutenant and four officers to sergeant. "This gives me a supervisor on every shift -- and a sergeant in charge of the detective bureau," the chief said. The promoted officers: Lt. James Walters Lt. Joseph Gutierrez Lt. Ch…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Exhaust Fumes Kill Couple In Car HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A couple whose bodies were found in an SUV parked on a Hackensack street Friday morning died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities confirmed. The bodies of the 29-year-old Hackensack man and a New York City woman, 24, were discovered around 8:20 a.m. in a 2003 Chevrolet Tracker with New York license plates. It was parked on Overlook Avenue across from the Stratford House high-rise condominiums, Police Director Michael Mordaga said. Mordaga said the two apparently were hanging out together in the car with the seats partially reclined. Police couldn't substantiate a wi…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Maywood Officer Seizes Heroin, Pot, More In Route 17 Stop MAYWOOD, N.J. -- An alert Maywood police officer investigating a cracked windshield arrested the driver after finding 63 bags of heroin, amphetamine pills, methadone hydrochloride pills, marijuana and assorted drug paraphernalia, authorities said. Officer Peter Donatello stopped the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee on northbound Route 17 just after 5 p.m. Thursday, Detective Jason Liaban told Daily Voice. Smelling raw marijuana, Donatello questioned the driver, who acted nervously, Liaban said. A consented search turned up the contraband, he said. Shaun Casey, of Monroe, NY remained held on $15,0…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Exhaust Fumes Kill Couple In Car In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A couple whose bodies were found in an SUV parked on a Hackensack street Friday morning died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities confirmed. The bodies of the 29-year-old Hackensack man and a New York City woman, 24, were discovered around 8:20 a.m. in a 2003 Chevrolet Tracker with New York license plates. It was parked on Overlook Avenue across from the Stratford House high-rise condominiums, Police Director Michael Mordaga said. Mordaga said the two apparently were hanging out together in the car with the seats partially reclined. Police couldn't substantiate a wi…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Edgewater Police, EMTs Get Blue Stork Pins For Helping Newborn Delivery EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Two Edgewater police officers and EMTs who helped secure an infant during a surprising home birth received Blue Stork pins from borough officials. "The baby had already arrived, but he and his mother required medical assistance" when Officers James Dalton and Dan Massuda responded to the Feb. 4 911 call on Edgewater Place, Police Chief William Skidmore said. EMTs Cheryl Reynolds and Allen Guo arrived soon after, the chief said. "With a coordinated effort, they were able to ensure the newborn's safety and health," he said. "Due to their profession…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Mixed Martial Arts Expert Takes Down Fair Lawn Car Burglar FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A mixed martial arts expert subdued a Fair Lawn car burglar, knocking him out for police, authorities said. The good Samaritan told police he was pulling into his spot in the parking lot of Fair Lawn Commons on Hoitsma Court when he spotted Kevin Stark Jr., 41, of Elmwood Park, in his neighbor’s 2015 Nissan Altima, removing items. When the man approached approached him about what he was doing, Stark "attempted to push him off," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Soon after, Stark was out cold. Items that had been removed from the vehicle included baseball equipment, a …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/25/2016

Police & Fire

Have You Seen Her? Bergenfield PD Seeks Help Finding Missing Woman BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police were seeking the public's help finding an intellectually disabled 26-year-old woman who walked off from a local group home. Jennifer Hasbrouck "voluntarily walked out and did not return" to Vantage Group home on March 9 at 8:42 p.m., Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said late Thursday. However, she was later seen at the Vantage Health Center in Englewood, he ssaid. Hasbrouck is about 5-foot-6 and 300 punds, with short, curly brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing grey pants and a pink T-shirt while carrying a small black duffel bag. She…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/24/2016

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