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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

Car, SUV Collide In Ramsey A minor injury was reported after a sedan and an SUV collided Wednesday night near Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey. The crash occurred on the Franklin Turnpike bridge over Route 17 around 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Borough police, firefighters, EMS and Ramsey Rescue responded. ****** ALSO SEE: A Mahwah man who fired a gun in his home and then called police to tell them about it was taken for a psychiatric evaluation after a brief standoff Wednesday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/police-fire/swat-standoff-mahwah-dispatcher-convinces-man-who-fired-gun-in-home-to-su…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Authorities ID Two Teens Killed In Ringwood Crash UPDATE: Authorities Wednesday night identified the two former Lakeland Regional High School students killed in a crash hours earlier in Ringwood. Victor Weinpel, 19, of Wanaque, lost control of a 1999 Toyota Corolla after it hit a guardrail on Greenwood Lake Turnpike north of Skyline Drive around 3:15 p.m., authorities said. The sedan crossed into the oncoming lane and was T-boned by a 2014 Chevy commercial van. Weinpel and his passenger, a 17-year-old boy from West Milford identified by family and friends as John Carlson, were pronounced dead at the scene. The van driver, 64-year-old Pa…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Lodi Special Education Teacher Charged With Assault In Fort Lee A Lodi High School special education teacher who was charged with DWI three years ago is headed to court again, this time after Fort Lee police arrested her on assault charges, records show. Melissa Grant-Terhune, 43, is scheduled for an April 9 hearing in Fort Lee Municipal Court for “attempting to cause bodily injury to [the victim], specifically by scratching the right side of his face,” a Fort Lee police report says. Her attorney said she was acting in self-defense and intends to file a complaint against the alleged victim. Borough police arrested Grant-Terhune the night of March 3 aft…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Mother's Memorial Candles Fuel Fire At Daughter's Saddle Brook Gravesite A fire that ravaged a gravesite in Saddle Brook on Wednesday apparently was ignited by candles left by the deceased’s mother, authorities said. Township volunteer firefighters and maintenance workers at St. Mary’s Cemetery doused the blaze, which destroyed several items left by the woman as a memorial to her daughter, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. At least one of several lighted candles surrounding the grave “may have broken open, spilling hot wax onto the leaves, flowers and other memorial artifacts left at the grave,” Kugler said. The woman “often visits” the gravesite, he said. …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S. A traveling entrepreneur phoned in anti-black and anti-Semitic threats to more than two dozen government officials and a private business in Edgewater, as well as to others in River Edge, West New York and elsewhere while driving across the United States, authorities charged. Using number-blocking technology, Steve Ortiz, 44, of Union City, placed similar calls to locations in North Carolina and New Mexico, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Members of Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit learned that Ortiz made calls to Edgewater over the past few months while he was “transien…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Lyndhurst PD Rescues Mom, Newborn Trapped In Apartment After Dad's Car Runs Out Of Gas Lyndhurst Police Sgt. Rick Pizzuti could hear a newborn baby cry as the mother on the other end of the line – unable to get to her front door – pleaded for help. The baby's father was on the other side of town when his car ran out of gas, she said. Come quick. Moments later, a team of borough officers forced their way in, cut the umbilical cord and wrapped the infant in clean towels while awaiting an ambulance. Seeking help after the dad's car stalled, 31-year-old Delia Sumner dialed 911 at 8:12 a.m. Tuesday and got Pizzuti. Arriving at the Union At Lyndhurst Apartments near Route 17…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Surprise! Fair Lawn Detectives Pick Up Closter Man On Warrant, ID Him In Car Burglary For all the work that police detectives do tracking down suspects, sometimes luck intervenes. Ask Fair Lawn’s finest. Assigned to pick up a prisoner from Paterson who was wanted on a borough warrant, Detectives Brian Rypkema and Anthony Lugo realized he fit the description of a car burglar caught on surveillance video last month. The victim of the St. Valentine’s Day break-in on 34th Street reported $5 in change and an umbrella swiped from a vehicle, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The resident showed police video of the thief captured by a Ring doorbell, Metzler said. The detectives, after iden…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Authorities Identify Former Lakeland Regional HS Students Killed In Ringwood Crash UPDATE: Authorities Wednesday night identified the two former Lakeland Regional High School students killed in a crash hours earlier in Ringwood. Victor Weinpel, 19, of Wanaque, lost control of a 1999 Toyota Corolla after it hit a guardrail on Greenwood Lake Turnpike north of Skyline Drive around 3:15 p.m., authorities said. The sedan crossed into the oncoming lane and was T-boned by a 2014 Chevy commercial van. Weinpel and his passenger, a 17-year-old boy from West Milford identified by family and friends as John Carlson, were pronounced dead at the scene. The van driver, 64-year-old Pa…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Teaneck Vending Machine/Jukebox Company Owner Stole $186,000 From Pension Fund, Feds Charge A well-known Teaneck businessman whose vending machine and jukebox company paid five figures last year year to settle a copyright suit embezzled $186,123 from his employees’ pension fund, a federal indictment alleges. A U.S. District Court judge ordered Howard Preschel, 62, remain free on $100,000 unsecured bond after he surrendered to federal authorities on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Preschel served as a trustee for the pension trust fund created by CMG Vending Inc., which operated, leased, and rented vending machines throughout New Jersey an…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

Police & Fire

Poultry Market Worker Trafficked Child Porn On His Cellphone, Passaic County Sheriff Charges An employee of a live chicken market was caught trafficking child pornography in Paterson, the Passaic County sheriff said. A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led police to Eleazar Maldonado-Martinez, 27 of Newark, who sent the images to others online with his cellphone after accessing a Wi-Fi provider’s network in the Silk City, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. “During the investigation, detectives were able to obtain additional images and video files of child pornography stored in [his] Internet-based photo account,” Berdnik said. They arrest…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2019

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