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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

Distress Call From Passaic River In Garfield Deemed A Hoax GARFIELD, N.J. -- Emergency responders had already launched after a reported distress call from a child of a medical emergency on a boat in the Passaic River near Garfield on Tuesday when they discovered it apparently was a hoax, authorities told Daily Voice. The U.S. Coast Guard got the call via radio just after 4 p.m., Garfield Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Garfield and Elmwood Park boats immediately went into the water and Fair Lawn remained on standby, he said. Elmwood Park's boat went south to Fair Lawn Avenue, responders said. ""There were no signs of a vessel," Sucoro…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2016

Police & Fire

Moonachie Police Grab Bronx Man In Attempted Walmart PlayStation Theft TETERBORO, N.J. -- Moonachie police grabbed a 30-year-old Bronx man when he showed up at the Teterboro Walmart to pick up two PlayStation consoles bought with a California woman's stolen credit card information. The victim told police she'd received notification that her order would be picked up last Thursday, Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. Security officers called police when Eugene Penoukou showed up with the order number, he said. Penoukou was ordered held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with credit card fraud, wrongful impersonation and shoplifting.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2016

News

Fire Alarm Clears Bergen Courthouse HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An inadvertently activated fire alarm briefly cleared the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack Wednesday morning between 8:30 and 9 a.m.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2016

Weather

Uh-Oh: More Snow, Bridgeport? FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Fairfield County will enjoy mild weather through St. Patrick's Day, but cold air is coming -- and it might bring more snow. But it shouldn't stick. Temperatures in Connecticut will slide from the low 60s to the high 40s by Friday, with overnight lows will falling into the mid-20s by the weekend, AccuWeather reports. That will make it cold enough to "set the stage for spotty flurries or perhaps a period of heavy snow" in some areas from Sunday into Monday, depending on path of a storm sweeping up from the South, AccuWeather says. "This far out there…

by Daily Voice

03/15/2016

Police & Fire

Video: Englewood Police Say Taser Use On Resisting Suspect Was Textbook ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Englewood police said one of their officers went by the book in using a Taser to subdue a suspect who threw a punch while struggling during an arrest. A YouTube video shows another man struggling before he's finally handcuffed -- after which another fight erupts as officers try to take 26-year-old Jason Eaves into custody Sunday night (WARNING: The video contains profanity). All the while, several members of a crowd that police said numbered more than two dozen scream and curse at police. Finally, the officer tases Eaves, who rolls onto his back. All evidence from the i…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

Police & Fire

Dehumidifier Fire Wrecks Two River Vale Townhouse Units RIVER VALE, N.J. -- Two neighbors and their cat escaped safely, thanks to working smoke detectors, after a short in a dehumidifier sparked a fire that severely damaged a unoccupied townhouse in River Vale early Tuesday. Township police responded to their report of smoke at the Pine Lake Terrace development off Poplar Road just before 7 a.m., Detective Sgt. John DeVoe said. Police evacuated the attached units after finding smoke on the rear first floor and rear basement of 60 Pine Lake Terrace after determining that the resident wasn't home, he said. Firefighters got in through the rear an…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

Weather

Uh-Oh: More Snow, Bergen, Passaic? Enjoy Thursday's relatively mild St. Patrick's Day, Bergen and Passaic counties, because cold air's coming -- and with it, possibly, more snow. But it shouldn't stick. Temperatures in North Jersey will slide from the low 60s to the high 40s Friday through Monday and possibly into Tuesday -- with lows in the mid 20s, AccuWeather reports. That will make it cold enough to "set the stage for spotty flurries or perhaps a period of heavy snow" in some areas from Sunday into Monday, depending on path of a storm sweeping up from the South, the site says. "This far out there are man…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

Police & Fire

Bergenfield Police Seek 2 In Cross-Planting On Resident's Lawn BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield were searching Tuesday for a couple caught on neighborhood surveillance video planting two branch twigs fastened with tape into the shape of a cross on a family's lawn Monday night. Detectives don't have corroborating evidence to characterize it as a bias crime, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said late Tuesday morning. Oscar Pinones and Beatrice Freidman-Pinones, who live on Momar Drive with their two young children, reported the incident at 9:22 p.m. Monday after being alerted by a neighbor, according to a police report. "Should there be any reason to conclude …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

Police & Fire

Hackensack Police Officer, Firefighters Deliver Newborn Boy In Bathtub HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack police officer called to a local home overnight Tuesday found a woman in the bathtub giving birth. Officer Manuel Tavera "was led to the bathroom [of the Catalpa Avenue home], where the woman was screaming," Police Director Michael Mordaga told Daily Voice. "He could see a partial crowning of the baby's buttocks. "He put his hand under the baby's buttocks and had the mother continue to push." City Firefighters Daniel Rathbun and Thomas Kavanagh of Engine 5 arrived and cut the umbilical cord at 4:14 a.m. "The baby arrived safe …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

Police & Fire

Police Seek Help ID'ing Woman's Body Found Near Hudson River In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. -- Palisades Interstate Parkway Police were trying to identify the body of a woman in her mid 30s that was found in Ross Dock along the Hudson River in Fort Lee. Witnesses "reported that they were walking in the park when they located the victim on the rocks on the north shore and drove to Fort Lee police headquarters to report the incident" just before 7 p.m. Monday, PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola said. PIP officers and detectives joined Fort Lee police at the scene, he said. "At this time, the circumstances surrounding the victim's death are under investig…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

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