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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

Wayne PD: Officers Nab NY Driver With 99 Heroin Bags, 16 Syringes On Route 23 Two Wayne police officers found a New York State driver carrying 99 folds of heroin and 16 hypodermic syringes during a Route 23 traffic stop. Officer Adrian Sulejmansi and Tomasz Cydzik stopped the 2006 Chevrolet commercial van for equipment violations on the northbound highway at the Pequannock border, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. They arrested 38-year-old Michael Paul Cooper of Florida, NY, after finding the heroin – stamped UBER in red ink – along with the syringes, three prescription pills and several glassine bags and cotton swabs, Martin said. Martin was charged with variou…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/09/2019

Police & Fire

Garfield Man Who Shot Confessed Car Burglar In Back Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: A 37-year-old Garfield business owner who shot a car burglar in the back before dawn Tuesday is scheduled for a first court appearance on attempted murder charges Friday in Hackensack. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/garfield/police-fire/garfield-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-for-shooting-accused-car-burglar-due-in-court-friday/746741/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities upgraded charges to attempted murder against a 37-year-old Garfield business owner who shot a car burglar in the back before dawn Tuesday. Omar Smadiya was carrying a Glock 19 Gen 4 handgun when he found…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/09/2019

Police & Fire

Clifton Porch Pirate Strikes Again, Caught Again, Police Say A Clifton man accused last month of stealing tens of thousands of dollars of items – including packages from porches, tools and landscaping equipment – was caught pushing a brand-new stolen snowblower up the street, authorities said Wednesday. Kazimir Poplawski, 42, also had with a "torpedo" style heater – also stolen, they said. Poplawski, who has a history of drug offenses and probation violations in both Passaic and Bergen counties, spent six days in the Passaic County Jail before a judge ordered him released last month under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Police had charged him wit…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/09/2019

Police & Fire

Registered Edgewater Sex Offender Charged With Fondling Drunken Man On New Year's A registered sex offender from Edgewater remained held in the Bergen County Jail after being charged with fondling a drunken man on New Year's Day. Steve Evans, 45, is accused of “touching [the victim’s] buttocks, penis and testicles over the clothing while [the victim] was mentally and physically incapacitated due to alcohol intoxication” sometime after the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, a complaint against him alleges. Evans – who was convicted in Passaic County in 2006 of luring and child endangerment – was arrested Monday following an investigation and charged with aggravated criminal…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Prosecutor: Autopsy Will Determine How Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody UPDATE: An autopsy will determine how a paranoid Paterson man died in police custody, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. Jameek Lowery, 27, “appeared agitated” when he came to police headquarters at 3:45 a.m. Saturday after calling 911 twice, Valdes said. The first time, at 2:45 a.m., he said “he had taken Ecstasy and was paranoid,” the prosecutor said. EMS took him by ambulance to the hospital, but Lowery “left after becoming erratic,” she said. Lowery called again at 3:42 a.m. “reporting that people were trying to kill him in the area of Broadway and Memorial Driv…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Prosecutor: Hackensack PD Lieutenant Put GPS On Estranged Wife's Car, Charged With Stalking A Hackensack police lieutenant hid a tracking device in his estranged wife's car, said authorities who charged him with stalking and burglary. Richard Levis, 48, who lives in Butler, was arrested after an investigation by Oakland police and members of Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo's Confidential Investigations Unit. He became a target after his estranged wife "discovered a GPS in her vehicle and that Levis had been using the device to track her whereabouts," Calo said. Levis remained free pending a Jan. 23 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hac…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Garfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Accused Car Burglar Due In Court Friday UPDATE: A 37-year-old Garfield business owner who shot a car burglar in the back before dawn Tuesday is scheduled for a first court appearance on attempted murder charges Friday in Hackensack. Omar Smadiya, who owns and operates a moving and storage company, also is charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (meaning: the gun is legal, but the use of it wasn't) and possession of high-capacity magazines. Smadiya remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending Friday's court appearance. It was just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday when he armed himself with a Gloc…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause Investigators were trying to determine what ignited a fast-moving fire that destroyed a Wayne home early Tuesday afternoon. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the three-alarm inferno, which broke out at 4 Skyview Drive around 1:20 p.m., township police Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. A man found at the scene by Officer David Fox was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center to treated for smoke inhalation, Martin said. Firefighters continued to douse pockets after the 3,500-square-foot building collapsed. A possible cause hadn't yet been determined. Neighbors who…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

Police & Fire

Paterson Drug Factory: 5,774 Heroin Folds, Pound Of Heroin/Cocaine, Gun, Ammo Seized, 4 Busted A Paterson drug factory had reinforced metal bars on the windows, a metal gate for a front entrance and a surveillance system, said police who seized 5,774 glassine envelopes of heroin and nearly a pound combined of heroin and cocaine, along with a handgun, a high-capacity magazine and several dozen rounds of ammo. Narcotics Division detectives arrested four men while raiding the Market Street rear apartment behind a beauty salon just off Mill Street, where Police Director Jerry Speziale said drugs were packaged and sold -- often to replenish other area dealers' supplies. Along with the her…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

News

Pot Dispensaries Banned In Lyndhurst Lyndhurst has joined the municipalities in New Jersey that have banned any type of marijuana dispensary. "We are very pleased to have this ordinance," township police Detective Vincent Auteri said. "For our township to allow marijuana dispensaries would be counterintuitive to all the drug awareness and substance abuse programs we provide. "The Mayor and Board of Commissioners, with guidance from the Lyndhurst Municipal Alliance, is sending the right message, which is that our community is focusing on health and safety and not money," Auteri said. The governing body agreed that pot dispensa…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019

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