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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

Update: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified UPDATE: A man who committed suicide by running in front of a commuter train in Garfield on Saturday hours after law enforcement officials said he beat his roommate to death in their illegal basement apartment was identified Monday, along with the murder victim. Manuel Ortega-Pimentel, 55, "ran into the path" of an NJ Transit train on Saturday and was killed, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During an attempt to locate next of kin for Ortega-Pimentel, a check of his last known address was conducted and the basement apartment was checked by a resident of the first floor," th…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/19/2019

Police & Fire

Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot One of the last hookah lounges shut down by Paterson authorities is now a daycare center – so what will become of the latest, which was closed before dawn Saturday after authorities slapped the owner with 20 violations? Vice and ABC detectives, assisted by uniformed officers and city firefighters, found “various ignited hookahs pipes” when they raided the Besan Café on East Railway Avenue at 1:25 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They seized 69 hookahs and various accessories, as well as $1,657 in proceeds from the owner, Fhaid Abuawad, Speziale said. Police also found a Pietro Be…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/19/2019

Police & Fire

3,000 Heroin Folds, 1,000 Ecstasy Pills Seized, Three Busted In Paterson Raid Paterson police seized more than 3,000 folds of heroin and nearly 1,000 Ecstasy pills while arresting three men during a raid, authorities said. City Narcotics Division detectives also found another nine ounces of heroin and three ounces of cocaine during the Thursday afternoon bust at a two-family house in the 100 block of North 10th Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Residents Aneueriz Morel and Jose Castillo, both 37, were charged with operating a drug facility, along with various possession counts. Police also arrested 49-year-old Marco Cintron of Grand Street, who Speziale s…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/19/2019

Police & Fire

Responders Lift Car Off Struck Pedestrian In Dumont, Hit For Second Time In Month UPDATE: Dumont police and firefighters lifted a car off a pedestrian who was pinned beneath it after being struck Friday night -- the second time she'd been hit in under a month, responders said. The victim, who is in her late 40s, was in stable condition after being struck by the small sedan around 6:40 p.m. at New Milford Avenue and Concord Street, they said. She apparently had a fractured ankle and burns on her back from the exhaust. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. The area was cordoned off while authorities collected evidence. The same woman had been struck rec…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/19/2019

Police & Fire

Death Of Popular Clifton Woman, 55, Hit By SUV Ruled Accidental UPDATE: The death of a popular Clifton woman struck while crossing a Clifton street late last year was ruled an accident, records show. Teresa Toyco, 55, was crossing the street in a torrential downpour at Clifton and Colfax Avenues in the late afternoon of Nov. 26 when she was struck by a 2004 Ford Explorer, the accident report says. An off-duty police officer found Toyco unconscious in the middle of the street and began efforts to save her life, it says. Toyco was brought to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The driver, Pina Nazario, 52, remained at th…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/19/2019

Police & Fire

K9-Loving Military Family Fights For Return Of Bomb-Sniffing ‘Mattie Cakes’ “The emptiness in our home is palpable,” the wife of a Central Jersey Army National Guardsman who had his bomb-sniffing dog taken back by his employer said Friday. “We all miss her,” Deirdre Igoe-Fennessy said. Her husband, Seamus, had been handling and training Mattie the past five years. After the 20-year Guardsman was summoned for long-term active duty in nearby New York, MSA Security took her back. It began as a local story but has begun picking up steam via an online petition and Facebook page. The nearly 7-year-old black Lab has only known the Middlesex County (Old Bridge) coup…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/18/2019

Police & Fire

Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun In Stolen-Car Stop Paterson police seized a loaded handgun after stopping a stolen car. Detectives from the Street Crime Unit stopped the blue Chevy sedan at Broadway and Carroll Street around 11 p.m. Thursday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The investigators had received a bulletin earlier reporting the vehicle being stolen out of Massachusetts, he said. As they removed the driver and passenger from the vehicle, Detective John Farfan spotted the semi-automatic weapon, Speziale said. The driver, 22-year-old Bryant C. McLaurin of Paterson, was charged with weapons offenses and receiving stolen property…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/18/2019

Police & Fire

Couple Caught On Route 23 With 'Cobain'-Stamped Heroin Bags, Wayne Police Say Nearly half of 44 heroin bags that Wayne police found a couple carrying after stopping their nearly 20-year-old sedan were stamped “Kurt Cobain,” authorities said. Officer Thomasz Cydzik and Sgt. James Clark stopped the dilapidated 2000 Saturn on northbound Route 23 just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday because its brake lights were out, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. The driver, 30-year-old Michael Straube of Vernon Township, had small blood spots on his sweatshirt in the crook of his arm, Martin said. A computer check also determined that passenger Allison Miller, 27, of Newton, had…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/18/2019

Police & Fire

Teen Tricked Into Fake Date In Englewood Robbed At Gunpoint, Detectives Make Arrest A teenager tricked into coming to Englewood for what he thought was a meeting with a woman he’d connected with on Instagram instead had his valuables stolen at gunpoint by a trio of robbers. Xavier Medina, 18, lured the 17-year-old victim from North Bergen to the area of Lake Street and Broad Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Jan. 8, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Friday. The victim went there “with the prospect of meeting a female,” Torell said. Instead, he was accosted by three robbers, one of whom pointed a gun at his chest while the others took his backpack, iPhone and AirPods, the cap…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/18/2019

Police & Fire

North Arlington PD: Driver Caught With Pot For Sale, THC, $3,000 In Drug Money Fights Officers A North Bergen driver fought with North Arlington police after they caught him carrying a large amount of pot for sale, along with joints, THC oils and drug cash, authorities said. An officer stopped a black SUV driven by 32-year-old Jean C. Peguero on Belleville Turnpike near Roosevelt Street for having its lights off at 2:45 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenburg said. Officers noticed a strong smell of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle, leading to a search that turned up the contraband -- including $3,000 in drug money, Hedenburg said. Peguero “physically resisted officers” wh…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/18/2019

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