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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

Rutherford Police Catch Burglary Suspect Leaving Apartment With Package RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A Nutley man accused of burglarizing a Rutherford apartment tried walking past borough police by acting as if he'd received a phone call, authorities said. Albert D. Hudson, 40, was carrying a crowbar and a large chisel in his pants when officers responding to the Riverside Avenue burglar alarm stopped him walking out of the building around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, Police Chief John R. Russo said. Officer Brian Caughey was walking up an exterior staircase to the second floor as Hudson came down, feigning a phone call, the chief said. Caughey radioed fellow Officer James…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Brussels Attacks Prompt 'Say Something' Tipline Reminders In NJ, NY Tuesday morning's terror attacks in Brussels are a painful reminder of the need for public vigilance, authorities say. A number of tip lines are available (see below). NJ TRANSIT (text): 1-888-TIPS-NJT New Jersey State Police: 1-866-4-SAFENJ Port Authority Police: 1-800-828-PAPD NYC TRANSIT: 1-888-NYC-SAFE New York State Police: 1-866-SAFE-NYS Pennsylvania State Police: 1-888-292-1919 Amtrak: 1-800-331-0008 New York State and Pennsylvania have "See Something, Send Something" apps for Droid and IOS. When in doubt, dial 911. List compiled by James Bohan, administrator of N…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Fort Lee Bank Official From Englewood Cliffs Admits Embezzling $1M+ FORT LEE, N.J. -- A former Fort Lee bank official from Englewood Cliffs admitted in federal court in Newark on Tuesday that she embezzled more than $1 million. Miye Chon, 36 — also known as Karen Chon — admitted making a series of unauthorized transfers from customers’ CDs into the BankAsiana vault cash account and then walking out with the money over the course of several years. Chon, who was the bank's assistant vice president at the time, pleaded guilty to three counts of a superseding grand jury indictment charging her with bank fraud, embezzling or misapplying funds and aggravated iden…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

News

Toppled Tractor-Trailer Closes Westbound Route 46 In Wayne WAYNE, N.J. -- An overturned tractor-trailer closed westbound Route 46 in Wayne and spilled fuel across the highway. The mishap occurred around 2:20 p.m. on the ramp near Routes 23 and 80. Police backed cars off the ramp before shutting it down.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Bullet Fires After Bergen Police Officer Drops It SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A bullet fired from its casing when a Saddle Brook police officer dropped it while getting out of his car at headquarters Monday morning. No one was struck by the .40-caliber Smith and Wesson bullet, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "It was a one-in-a-million shot," he said. The rookie officer was on a call when the magazine to his service weapon came apart, the chief said. "The bottom clip fell off and then the spring, and the rounds fell out," he said. The officer collected the pieces, along with the rounds, and put them in his car, then return…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Case Postponed For Northvale Woman Charged With Leaving Dog To Die NORTHVALE, N.J. -- A judge in Hackensack on Tuesday postponed the case against a Norwood woman charged with leaving her dog alone to die after she moved out of her Northvale home to April 19. A small crowd showed up at Central Municipal Court seeking justice for "Sully," who police said ate sofa cushions before dying. Daily Voice broke the news on Friday that 36-year-old Jennifer Caruso -- formerly Jennifer Cook -- was charged with abandoning a domestic animal and failing to provide food, water, shelter and vet care. Caruso left her ex-husband's Greater Swiss Mountain Dog behind …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Bullet Fires After Saddle Brook Police Officer Drops It SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A bullet fired from its casing when a Saddle Brook police officer dropped it while getting out of his car at headquarters Monday morning. No one was struck by the .40-caliber Smith and Wesson bullet, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "It was a one-in-a-million shot," he said. The rookie officer was on a call when the magazine to his service weapon came apart, the chief said. "The bottom clip fell off and then the spring, and the rounds fell out," he said. The officer collected the pieces, along with the rounds, and put them in his car, then return…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Haworth Police: Cabbie Shuttled Brooklyn Fraud Crew To Bergen Banks HAWORTH, N.J. -- A large, sophisticated credit card fraud ring from Brooklyn employed a taxi driver to shuttle crew members from bank to bank in Bergen County to steal cash from ATMs, Haworth police told Daily Voice. Borough officers on Monday arrested the driver and another man, who was released from the Bergen County Jail just days ago on similar charges out of Franklin Lakes. Sgt. Thomas Smith spotted their SUV, with New York license plates, outside the Chase Bank on Terrace Street around 4:30 p.m. Emerging from the bank moments later was 20-year-old Khalid Brown of Brooklyn -- the epi…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Authorities Probe Wyckoff Police Racial Profiling Memo WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Authorities today confirmed that they are investigating a Wyckoff Police Department email that "on its face" appears to advocate racial profiling. “Profiling, racial or otherwise, has it’s (sic) place in law enforcement," the email from Police Chief Benjamin Fox says, according to the ACLU-NJ. "Don’t ask police to ignore what we know," says the email, apparently sent to the entire department. "Black gang members from Teaneck commit burglaries in Wyckoff. That’s why we check out suspicious black people in white neighborhoods.” Acting New Jersey…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

Police & Fire

Police Cars Struck During Route 17 Chase, Ramsey Chief Says RAMSEY, N.J. -- A fleeing driver wanted for credit card fraud deliberately rammed two Ramsey police cars following a high-speed chase on Route 17 that ended with him and his passenger's arrests, authorities said Tuesday. Brandon Young, 23, and his passenger, 21-year-old Kimaley Barrett, both of Brooklyn, were cutting up stolen credit cards and tossing them out the window during the Monday afternoon chase, which responders told Daily Voice reached speeds of up to 80 miles an hour. In what has become an exploding crime -- primarily involving rings from Brooklyn -- the pair previously tried us…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2016

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