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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

Mahwah, Lyndhurst Officers, Sheriff Clarke Honored At Police Event WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- Three Mahwah police officers, one from Lyndhurst and a special 9-year-old girl shared the stage with Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. in Wood-Ridge during an SRO celebration Monday night of those who protect and serve the U.S. Deadly violence following incidents in Ferguson and Baltimore, along with the unrest in Chicago last week, echo the Sixties, Clarke told more than 500 law enforcement officers and their loved ones who packed the Fiesta ballroom for the NJ BlueNOW Magazine event. "Please don't call them protesters," Clarke said. "That is not protest. That …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2016

Police & Fire

Harrington Park Small Bear Sighting Not Confirmed, Police Say HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. -- Harrington Park police said Monday that they couldn't substantiate a resident's report of a small bear spotted in the area of Giles and Carman roads. There haven't been any other sightings, they added. However, they said: "We have increased patrols throughout the borough as an added precaution. "We would like to remind residents to contact the police if you do see a bear. Do not try to approach the animal." They added bear encounter safety tips: • Remain calm and avoid sudden movements • Give the bear plenty of room, allowing it to continue its ac…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Schools

Water Leak Triggers Cliffside Park High School Alarm CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park High School was briefly evacuated after water from a broken pipe triggered a fire alarm a little after 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. They returned shortly after. -- Courtesy: Richard Criscione

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Police & Fire

Englewood Doctor Gets 3+ Years In Federal Prison For Health Care Fraud ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An Englewood family doctor with offices in Cresskill and Little Falls was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Monday for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies out $280,000 by billing them for non-existent office visits. Albert Ades, 61, pleaded guilty U.S. District Court in Newark last August to a single count of health care fraud. In exchange, federal prosecutors dropped 35 counts of making false statements. Ades admitted that he altered patients’ medical charts by inserting fabricated blood pressure readings, other vitals and cl…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Police & Fire

Tractor-Trailer Tips On Southbound Route 17 In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- The driver got out safely after a tractor-trailer overturned on southbound Route 17 just north of A&S Drive in Paramus early Monday afternoon. A hazardous materials unit responded with firefighters to assist police due to a fuel spill following the mishap just before 1 p.m. The northbound side of the highway was backed up, as well.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

News

Sal Luppino, 40, Of Fort Lee Mourned FORT LEE, N.J. -- A funeral Mass was held Monday morning for Sal Luppino of Fort Lee, a father of three who coached sports in town and in Englewood Cliffs and was president of the annual St. Rocco Society feast. Luppino, 40, who died last Wednesday, battled throat cancer the past three years with widespread support from loved ones, friends and even strangers around the world. "Through his courageous battle with cancer, he took the time to speak to the entire 2014 study body two years ago sharing a very powerful and inspiring message to our entire school that we will never forget,"…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Police & Fire

7 Cars Involved In Crash Outside Cliffside Park Funeral Home CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- No serious injuries were reported in a seven-car collision that included a Fort Lee fire chief's vehicle outside a Cliffside Park funeral home Monday morning, police told Daily Voice. One vehicle struck another, sparking the chain-reaction crash, outside Macagna Funeral Home around 9:20 a.m., police said. A funeral procession was to begin for Sal Luppino, a self-employed contractor who coached sports in Fort Lee and Englewood Cliffs and was the annual feast president of the St. Rocco Society in Fort Lee. Luppino, 40, died last Wednesday of cancer. The driver of the …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Police & Fire

Two Hospitalized, Two Arrested In Cliffside Park Brawl CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- On overnight brawl in Cliffside Park sent a Ridgefield Park man and a Little Ferry woman to the hospital and produced charges against two others. Borough police were assisted by their colleagues from Edgewater, Fort Lee, and North Bergen at the 3 a.m. fight at Cecelia Avenue and Oncrest Terrace, Police Chief Richard Gaito said Monday morning. Both the 25-year-old Ridgefield Park victim and the 23-year-old Little Ferry woman sustained facial injuries, Gaito said, adding that the man's were more severe. Arrested were two 18-year-old men. Ryan Ruiz of North Bergen rem…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Police & Fire

Overnight Fairview Fire Quickly Knocked FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Firefighters made quick work of a Fairview apartment fire before dawn Monday. Fairview firefighters were assisted by a Cliffside Park FAST unit at the 4:12 a.m. blaze on Edgewater Road just west of the reservoir.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/14/2016

Police & Fire

Leonia Man, 18, Charged With Edgewater Sex Assault EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An 18-year-old technical school student from Leonia was being held on $100,000 bail after Edgewater police arrested him on sexual assault charges. A borough officer learned of the incident after he found Justin Nikoloski in a fight with another man on Edgewater Place before dawn Friday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Sunday evening. After arresting Nikoloski, police went to a nearby residence, where a woman he knew "informed the officers that she had been sexually assaulted by [him]," Grewal said. Borough police notified his Special Victi…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2016

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