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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

Mahwah Police Chief Leaves A Modernized, Professional Department Sensitive To Township's Needs Ask retiring Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli for highlights from more than four decades in law enforcement and his attention immediately turns to the accomplishments – large and small -- of the members of the department he’s headed since 2002. “We are a nationally accredited agency through CALEA and that is a tribute to the officers who provide the service,” Batelli said Saturday. “Since the initial accreditation we have received four re-accreditations, which is something our officers work very hard at -- and only 5% of law enforcement agencies in the nation achieve.” Accreditation re…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/09/2019

Police & Fire

Alert Moonachie Patrol Officer Seizes More Than Pound Of Pot, Drug Cash In Overnight Stop A suspicious car led to the pre-dawn seizure Saturday of more than a pound of pot for sale, along with drug proceeds, Moonachie police said. Officer noticed the vehicle in the alley of a closed business of Caesar Place around 1:10 a.m. Tamargo “patrols the area regularly and knew the alley was normally clear of vehicles,” Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. As the officer approached, the car began to pull away, so he and Napolitano stopped it. They immediately smelled marijuana, Napolitano said. After finding the drug packaged in a jar and several zip-locking bags, along with $1,032 in cash, they…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/09/2019

Police & Fire

West Milford HS Gym Teacher Charged With Trying To Get Pornographic Videos From Student A West Milford High School gym teacher was arrested Friday by authorities who said he tried to get a student to send him pornographic videos. Christopher Shenise, 32, of Vernon, "engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with a 17-year-old teenage victim in November of 2018, specifically by asking for sexual videos in exchange for money," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Chief Timothy Storbeck said in a joint release. The victim "was a student at the school during the time period," the release said. The investigation "stemmed from in…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/08/2019

Police & Fire

Fugitive Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Passaic Girl Captured In Puerto Rico A fugitive accused of sexually assaulting a Passaic girl when she was between 5 and 7 years old was captured in Puerto Rico and returned to face prosecution in Passaic County, authorities said Friday. Miguel Medina, 53, of Bloomfield, was originally charged with aggravated sexual assault and several counts of child endangerment last October. When he knew authorities were on to him, he fled the state, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. “Medina sexually assaulted and showed pornography to a female child when she was between the ages of five and seven years old from 2005 through 2…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/08/2019

Police & Fire

Police: Ex-Con 'Soverign Citizen' Tazed After Lunging For Englewood Officer's Gun In Court An ex-con with a history of fighting with police lunged for an Englewood officer’s gun in court and had to be tased, handcuffed and dragged out, authorities said. Wayne Hall, a 29-year-old transient who has claimed to be a “sovereign citizen,” had just been sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving on the suspended list for the sixth time when he “became belligerent and attempted to argue with the judge,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. City police Officers Sean O'Hara, Carlos Calderin and Jason Mejia, who were handling court security on Tuesday, tried to restrain Hall, who resisted, To…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/08/2019

Police & Fire

Garfield Detectives Nab 'Offer App' Robbers Who Threatened iPhone Buyer The “Offer Up” app claimed another victim – this time in Garfield, where police said two robbers collected several hundred dollars from an iPhone buyer, the left him holding an empty box. City police caught both of them, Police Chief Raymond Kovach said Friday. The victim said he met the pair around 9 p.m. Sunday on Westminster Place, Kovach said. A man he described as about 18, with a ponytail and wearing a white hoodie, handed him the iPhone box in exchange for the cash as part of the deal, Kovach said. That man ran down Westminster Place, leaving behind the second “seller” – also about…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/08/2019

Police & Fire

Police: Ex-Con Uses Children As Human Shields Against Englewood Officers After Assault, Crash Englewood police avoided a potential tragedy when they calmly captured an ex-con who used his two children as human shields after assaulting his ex-girlfriend and causing a hit-and-run crash that hospitalized a pizza delivery man, authorities said. Rameesh Dula, 34, first grabbed one of the youngsters after responding officers found both him and the woman bleeding, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The woman told police that Dula had stolen her car moments earlier, crashed it and then returned to her home, Torell said. Police tried to take Dula into custody, but he “grabbed one of …

by Jerry DeMarco

02/08/2019

Police & Fire

U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage The owners of an Elmwood Park moving company pulled bait-and-switches on helpless customers -- holding their valuables hostage -- before federal agents busted them, authorities said. For three years, Lola Larios 36, of Haledon, and Lior Atiyas, 42, of Long Island, took advantage of customers who “were in a vulnerable state and unable to refuse their demands,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Larios and Atiyas – using the names “Michelle Jacobs” and “David Cohen” – gave customers low-ball quotes, then jacked up the prices two to three times after the valuables were loaded onto their Premi…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/08/2019

Police & Fire

Still Hiring: Stream Of Applications Pleases New Bergen County Sheriff HELP WANTED: Applications are still being accepted for new officers, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Thursday. "The response so far has been very positive," Cureton said. "We're continuing to accept resumes, and we encourage people to do so -- soon." Sheriff's officers themselves are pleased. "We could use more manpower," one said. "We provide a lot of services and assist the towns whenever they call." Applicants must be currently employed as a sworn officer in a New Jersey Civil Service law enforcement agency for at least two years after graduating from a state PTC-certif…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/07/2019

Police & Fire

Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government A Bronx couple caught at a Fort Lee hotel while trafficking an underage girl for sex took guilty pleas in federal court on Thursday. Richard “Ace” Ortiz, 23, and Gabriella Colon, 19, would have both faced life imprisonment if convicted at trial following Thursday’s please in U.S. District Court in Trenton, authorities said. Their prison sentences nonetheless will be significant -- and must be served entirely (There's no parole in the federal prison system). Ortiz and Colon forced the 17-year-old Lancaster, PA girl to have sex with several men at an East Brunswick hotel throughout the month…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/07/2019

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