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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.

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Police & Fire

Photos: Fire Ravages River Vale Home Bergen County arson investigators were called to the scene of a fire that blew through the roof of a River Vale home Wednesday night. “Thankfully the family and their pets all appear to be safe,” state Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi said. Two dogs were rescued from the 2½-story Pascack Avenue home -- near the Harrington Park border – when the fire broke out, responders said. No one else was inside, they said. Responders included firefighters from Emerson, Hillsdale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Teaneck, Washington Township, Westwood and an ambulance from Old Tappan. River Vale fireCOURTESY: …

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2019

Police & Fire

SWAT Team Seizes Accused New Milford Sex Offender Holed Up In Car At Englewood Boat Basin A New Milford man accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl had to be removed from his car by a SWAT team after he drove it into a restricted area of Palisades Interstate Park and then refused to get out, authorities said. A PIP police officer tried to stop 21-year-old Mike Andrew Urgiles after he drove on the wrong side of a closed gate on Tuesday, Officer-In-Charge Lt. Jock Watkins, Jr. said. Urgiles “eluded the officer and fled back into the park,” Watkins said. Officers found his car in the Englewood Boat Basin parking lot a short time later, but Urgiles refused their orders to g…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/13/2019

News

List Of Paterson Diocese Sex-Abuse Priests Released, Names Of Parishes Withheld The Paterson Diocese on Wednesday released its list of priests accused of sexual abuse but didn't identify their parishes. "You don't need to know that information," a Paterson Diocese receptionist told Daily Voice. "All that you see is what has been approved by the bishop." Most were removed from the ministry. Several have died. Dozens of Bergen County priests and their parishes were identified Wednesday by the Newark Archdiocese. Bishop Arthur Serrattelli called the publication of the list a tragedy. "Our society and certain members of the Church have failed children," he said. T…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Hit-Run Driver Sought In Rochelle Park Collision Authorities were searching for a hit-and-run driver who damaged another motorist's SUV Tuesday morning in Rochelle Park. Barbara Chojna said she was headed toward Paramus from Lodi when the driver of a gold Subaru hatchback "changed his mind about making a right and swerved into the intersection to make a left without even looking" at Essex Street and Main Streets/Rochelle Avenue around 7:40 a.m. The hatchback hit her 2003 Toyota Highlander on the passenger side, said Chojna, 32, of Hasbrouck Heights. "He stopped for a second, thought about it and then left," she said. "No airbags deploye…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

When Will People Learn? Wayne PD: 10 Unlocked Vehicles Burglarized, Three Stolen, One Crashed Wayne police nabbed two members of a crew of Newark car thieves who they said stole three unlocked vehicles – crashing one of them – and rummaged through nearly a dozen others before dawn Tuesday. Several residents called police around 1:40 a.m. to report cars either being stolen or burglarized along MacDonald Drive, Stonycroft Road, White Oak Lane and Hamilton Avenue, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Home security devices also captured suspects ringing doorbells and then fleeing, he said. Ten vehicles in all had items taken, Martin said. All of them weren’t locked, he said. As polic…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Elmwood Park Toddler Burned By Hot Tea OK, Mom Says UPDATE: An Elmwood Park toddler was hospitalized with burns Wednesday morning after accidentally knocking a cup of hot tea onto himself at the kitchen table, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "My baby is fine," the boy's mother said. "It was an accident." The boy -- only a month short of 2 years old -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being injured around 9 a.m. at Washington Avenue and Mola Boulevard, Foligno said. A medical chopper was initially requested and then canceled in favor of an ambulance.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/13/2019

Police & Fire

Nypd Uses North Jersey-Based Law Enforcement Magazine As Bait To Catch Serial Package Thief Palisades Park Police Sgt. George Beck had only just become editor-in-chief of Blue Magazine when two cunning members of the NYPD used the Passaic County-based publication as bait to snare a serial package thief. Carlos Maisonet, a 52-year-old repeat offender wanted on a parole violation, had broken into an Upper West Side apartment building on Columbus Avenue near 85th Street and taken packages three times overnight during a week-long period ending Feb. 6, authorities said. “Each time, he manipulated the building's front door lock, entered the lobby, and went straight to the mail room wher…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/12/2019

Police & Fire

Leonia Police Nab Four In Stolen Car After Chase, Crash, One Captured On Ridgefield Park Roof UPDATE: Leonia police chased down four people who sped off in a stolen car before crashing Tuesday afternoon -- the last of them on the roof of an apartment building in Ridgefield Park -- with help from their colleagues in surrounding departments. Officer Raymond Forsdahl began pursuing a 2014 Honda Accord reported stolen out of Paterson after spotting it on Grand Avenue around 3 p.m., Capt. Scott Tamagny said. The Honda kept going south on Grand before heading west on Route 46 -- at which point police cut off the pursuit because of weather-related safety concerns, Tamagny said. Minutes l…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/12/2019

Police & Fire

Video: Retired Police Chief Proud That Force Has Made New Milford One Of NJ's Safest Towns FINAL WALKOUT: It's not easy to produce one of the safest municipalities in all of New Jersey -- especially when you're on the outskirts of cities with high crime rates -- which helps account for the pride that retired New Milford Police Chief Frank Ramaci had during his final walkout on Tuesday. "I'm proudest of the officers who've worked tirelessly during my tenure to protect the residents and business owners of New Milford," said Ramaci, a 25-year department veteran who became chief in early 2015. Last year, an alarm company rated New Milford the second-safest municipality in New Jersey …

by Jerry DeMarco

02/12/2019

Police & Fire

Crash Topples Light Pole On Route 17 In Ridgewood Three vehicles were involved in a crash Tuesday night that took down a utility pole on Route 17 in Ridgewood. No injuries were reported. The crash occurred just after 6 p.m. in the right lane of the southbound highway just north of Linwood Avenue. The lane remained closed afterward while crews removed the cars and debris. Responders included village police and EMS. Responders included village police and EMS.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/12/2019

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