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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

Elderly Wife Critical, Husband Hospitalized After Washington Township Crash WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A Washington Township driver was flown to an area hospital in critical condition and her husband was taken by ambulance after the 80-something couple's car smashed into a wall Monday morning. Both victims are longtime township residents in their late 80s, Police Chief Glenn Hooper said shortly after the crash on Koch Peak. Their Honda Accord mounted a curb between two streets signs, crossed Washington Avenue and crashed into a stone retaining wall on the other side, he said. The chief secured the scene and helped administer first aid along with Officers Vincent…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/29/2016

Police & Fire

Driver Tries To Run After Crashing Car On GWB During Police Chase FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver with no license, insurance or registration who led Port Authority police on a brief chase after blowing through E-ZPass rammed his car into a van on the George Washington Bridge and then got out and tried to run, authorities said Monday. JohnCarlos Y. Espinal, 24, of Marietta, GA drove a 2008 Lexus through a lower-level E-ZPass lane without license plates around 3:30 p.m. Friday the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. On officer on bridge duty activited his lights and sirens and told Espinal through his intercom speaker to pull over, but he kept g…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/29/2016

Police & Fire

New Milford Police Make 2 Heroin OD Narcan Saves In Less Than Week NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- New Milford police had a pair of Narcan saves less than a week apart. Sgt. Christopher Vinci and Officers Keith Wester and Officer Bryan Mone used two doses to rescue a 30-year-old man who'd overdosed on heroin at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Police Chief Frank Ramaci said Monday. The officer "continued to render aid until EMS and paramedics arrived on scene," Ramaci said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. Just after 6 p.m. this past Friday, Lt. Brian Clancy and Officer Christopher Bores called to another home found a 33-year-old m…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/29/2016

Police & Fire

Teaneck Repeat Offender, Associate, Busted In Bogota With Pot For Sale BOGOTA, N.J. -- A Teaneck man with a history of drug court violations and a Bayonne man who was with him apparently tested the merchandise before both were arrested on marijuana charges, Bogota police said. Officer Devin Rivera was patrolling the area near the intersection of Leonia Avenue and Hill Street around 1 a.m. Saturday when he spotted a parked Toyota SUV with two men passing something back and forth, Polie Chief Daniel Maye said. "Once they noticed Officer Rivera, the two men stopped what they were doing avoiding making any eye contact," Maye said. "[They] then quick…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/29/2016

Police & Fire

Wyckoff Police Find 'Argumentative' Paterson Driver With Loaded Handgun WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A rookie Wyckoff police officer on patrol for less than two weeks took an illegal gun off the streets during a routine traffic stop. Patrolman Joseph Fullam clocked a vehicle speeding on Monroe Avenue around 11 a.m. on Saturday and pulled it over on Russell Avenue near Helena Avenue, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said Monday. As he approached the car, Fox said, Fullam spotted the driver "reaching under the area of the console." As they spoke, the office noticed the smell of marijuana, he said. Sgt. Daniel Kellogg and Officer Robert Schlossberg arrived, and the dr…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/29/2016

Police & Fire

Pedestrian, 85, Struck By Sedan In Hasbrouck Heights Dies HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- An 85-year-old pedestrian died at Hackensack University Medical Center of injuries after she was struck by a car Sunday night in Hasbrouck Heights. The Chrysler 300 that struck her just before 6:30 p.m. was headed eastbound in the 200 block of Williams Avenue, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri toold Daily Voice. She was taken in very serious condition to Hackensack University Medical Center with ALS aboard, he said. The Lodi driver wasn't charged. An investigation by borough police was continuing.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/29/2016

Police & Fire

Armed Robber In Ski Mask Takes Register, $600 From Teaneck 7-Eleven TEANECK, N.J. -- An armed robber in a ski mask hopped the counter at a Teaneck 7-Eleven Saturday night and made off with the cash register, which held roughly $600, police told Daily Voice. Dressed all in black, the robber entered the Teaneck Road convenience store around 11 p.m., showed the gun and demanded money, Sgt. Robert Mehnert said. He then grabbed the register and fled on Teaneck Road. He was described as 5-foot-9 to 6 feet.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/28/2016

News

Major Water Main Break Wreaks Havoc In Fair Lawn FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A major main break Saturday night in Fair Lawn left some customers with low water pressure, others with brown water the Route 208 North Plaza Road exit closed. The break occurred at Plaza Road and Berdan Avenue just before 11:30.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/28/2016

News

Richard Donald Allen, Pillar Of Cliffside Park Community, Dies At 85 CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Richard Donald Allen was known for decades around his native Cliffside Park as an ever-smiling Korean War veteran and former school board president whose love for family and community was second to none. "His trademark was a distinctive whistle that called his children home for dinner," longtime family friend Richard Criscione told Daily Voice following Allen's death on Friday. He was 85. A lifelong borough resident, Allen served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to sergeant. He was a member of the Brotherhood of the Frozen Chosin, a 17-day bat…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/27/2016

Police & Fire

Saddle Brook Police Chase Ends When Car Crashes Into Paramus House SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A Brooklyn driver led Saddle Brook police on a pre-dawn chase Saturday before crashing a rented car into a house in Paramus, authorities said. Sgt. Leigh Cadigan stopped the black Nissan Altima at Outwater Lane and Main Street after 25-year-old Marlon Vancooten ran a red light around 4:30 a.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. "As Cadigan exited the police car, the driver sped north on Main Street," he said. The pursuit continued through Rochelle Park before Vancooten lost control of the car and it crashed into a home on Spring Valley Avenue at F…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/27/2016

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