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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

Glen Rock Pedestrian Hit-Run Driver Nabbed In Midland Park, Authorities Say UPDATE: A Hawthorne widow drove off and was eventually caught by police after hitting and critically injuring a 65-year-old borough man in Glen Rock, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/fairlawn/police-fire/hawthorne-hit-run-driver-who-critically-injured-pedestrian-65-in-glen-rock-charged/749178/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A hit-and-run driver who left a victim in Glen Rock hospitalized in serious condition Tuesday night was later arrested in Midland Park, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after being struck by a Ch…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/06/2019

Police & Fire

Wayne Crash With Jeep Sends Sedan Driver To Hospital The driver of a sedan had to be extricated before being hospitalized following a collision with a Jeep Tuesday night in Wayne. Both vehicles had to be towed following the crash at Alps Road and Warren Place around 7:30 p.m. The extent of the female driver's injuries couldn't be determined. Wayne police, firefighters, Rescue and the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad responded. Michael Jannicelli took the photos and contributed to this story. The Jeep involved in the Wayne collision.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

News

Worth Losing Sleep Over: Spring Forward This Weekend We'll be springing forward this weekend (QUICK: Which two U.S. states don't follow Daylight Saving Time?). Unless you still have a flip, your cellphone will take care of the change from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. this Sunday. The same for most digital devices. We'll have to take care of traditional clocks and those in older-model vehicles, stoves, microwaves, etc. So long, seasonal affective disorder! ****** If you're having trouble getting to sleep, consider: It's "Daylight Saving," not "Savings"; Benjamin Franklin came up with the idea 235 years ago (1784); When it was established in the U.S.…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

Prosecutor Investigating Snow Remover's Plunge Through Route 208 Bridge UPDATE: Authorities were investigating why a snow removal machine plunged through a pedestrian bridge, smashing into a van and seriously injuring its two occupants on Route 208 below. Both van occupants -- Patrick O'Dell, 64, and John DesLauriers, 22, both of Hawthorne -- remained at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson on Tuesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said.The operator of the 4,100-pound Bobcat S100, 42-year-old Don Turner Jr., also of Hawthorne, was released after being treated following the incident. The nor…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Texas Fugitive Hasbrouck Heights police nabbed a fugitive from Texas after receiving an emergency call from a local hotel. Varri Special Harrison, 27, was taken into custody on aggravated domestic violence assault charges Sunday after police were called to the Hilton Hotel off Polifly Road between Routes 17 and 80, records show. They then discovered a fugitive warrant out of Dallas County for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Harrison remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition proceedings.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

Seen HER? Paterson Woman Sought In Minivan Hit-Run That Killed North Bergen Mom Getting Off Bus More than two weeks after a 34-year-old mother of two was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in North Bergen, authorities on Tuesday announced that they’re searching for a Paterson woman identified as being behind the wheel. Investigators on Monday obtained an arrest warrant charging Monica D. Ippolito, 49, with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, thanks to tips generated by publicly-released surveillance video. Darlene Westbrook was struck by a gold Chrysler Voyager minivan around 8:15 p.m. Feb. 18 on 43rd Street near Tonnelle Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Sua…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

'Operation Icebox': 19 Indicted In Heroin-Dealing Paterson East Side Gang Bust Innocent children and gang members alike have been killed by shots randomly fired in anger by “So Icy Boys,” a violent Bloods set that has controlled the heroin trade on Paterson’s east side for years. Last week, nine reputed members of the gang were charged with racketeering, and 10 more people with buying heroin, cocaine, or Ketamine from them, during a joint investigation that became known as “Operation Icebox.” Two gang members were killed during the five-month probe – one of them at 10th Avenue and 28th Street, the network’s drug-trafficking hub, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

Photos: Truck Slams Into Utility Pole In Hawthorne A driver was hospitalized after his truck slammed into a utility pole Tuesday morning in Hawthorne. His injuries weren't life-threatening, responders said after the crash in the 500 block of Goffle Hill Road. Hawthorne EMS was assisted with patient evaluation by a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital, wher the driver was taken for treatment. A PSE&G crew was summoned to repair the damaged pole and a broken guy wire. A PSE&G crew was summoned to repair the damaged pole and a broken guy wire in the Hawthorne crash.Boyd A. Loving Wyckoff police assisted their Hawthorne colleag…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

Scuffle At DMV: Bronx Man Caught Trying To Use Fake Docs To Get NJ License, Oakland Police Say Some pushing and shoving at the DMV office in Oakland preceded the arrest of a Bronx man who police said tried to use a fake driver's license from Puerto Rico to get one in New Jersey. An investigator and security guard tried to stop Sean Volguez, 26, from leaving when things got a little physical last Tuesday, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Officer Jonathan Coleman and Sgt. Ryan O'Keefe responded to the Motor Vehicle Commission office at the Copper Tree Mall on Ramapo Valley Road, where Volguez gave them a bogus name, Eldridge said. They took him into custody, he said. Both the s…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

Police & Fire

Port Jervis Duo Had Pistol In Case, 250 Bags Of Heroin In Secret Compartment, Police Say It was a casual comment that led a serious arrest: One of two Port Jervis men arrested on their way home from buying heroin in Paterson, New Jersey off-handedly asked about a gun-carrying permit, local police said. Officers immediately obtained a search warrant and found a silver pistol with two magazines inside a briefcase in the back seat of their car – as well as 250 glassine envelopes of heroin stashed in a secret compartment, Hawthorne Police Detective Capt. Jeffrey Vanderhook said. Officers took Kurtis Rumsey, 25, and Dashell Powlus, 22, into custody after stopping their vehicle on Go…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/05/2019

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