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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

Robbery To Go: Gunmen Take Bogota Pizza Deliveryman's Phone Two robbers wearing ski masks lay in wait as a Papa John’s deliveryman approached a house in Bogota, then robbed him of his cellphone at gunpoint, authorities said. The victim told police he was delivering a pie on Highview Place around 8:45 p.m. New Year’s Day when he was robbed, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The bandits then fled through nearby yards, he said. Anyone who might have seen something, has area surveillance video that captured the crime or has information that could help police is asked to contact the borough Detective Bureau at (201) 487-2400. You could also call Crime Stoppers,…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/02/2019

Police & Fire

Fostered Pit Bull Attacks Owners In Mahwah Park A pit bull attacked the couple who fostered her, biting the woman’s hand and ear and causing “crushing injuries” to her husband’s arms and hands, during a walk in a Mahwah park, authorities said. The couple were walking the fostered female pit bull and a service dog Wednesday morning in Winters Park on East Ramapo Avenue when the pit bit the woman’s hand, causing a minor injury, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Her 58-year-old husband came to her aid and was attacked, the chief said. “The victim attempted to defend himself and calm the dog but in doing so suffered extensive and severe b…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/02/2019

Police & Fire

Happy New You're Under Arrest: Franklin Lakes Man Busted For DWI In New Year's Eve Crash The clock was minutes from striking midnight New Year's Eve when a Franklin Lakes motorist hit a parked car with his vehicle and was arrested for DWI and reckless driving, authorities said. Jay Johnson, 48, was taken into custody after the 11:36 p.m. crash Monday on Indian Trail Drive, Capt. John Bakelaar said. He was later released to a responsible adult and his vehicle was temporarily impounded, under John’s Law.

by Jerry DeMarco

01/02/2019

Police & Fire

Boo! Wayne Police Say Ghostlike Hotel Thief Wore Bedsheet With Eyeholes Cut Out A 59-year-old guest at a Wayne hotel swiped money from the register after throwing a bedsheet over his head with holes for eyes – like a cartoon ghost – and jumping the counter at the front desk, said police who arrested him. Joseph M. Elder “opened the cash drawer and removed the money” before fleeing through the back of the former “Tilted Kilt” restaurant at the Ramada Inn on Route 46 around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Officers Michael Kochinski and Robert Sova determined that Elder entered the lobby of the hotel from the closed and locked area of the former…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/02/2019

Police & Fire

Ex-Con Burglary Suspect Clips Fair Lawn Detective, Crashes In Glen Rock UPDATE: An ex-con who'd just burglarized a Fair Lawn home Tuesday night struck a police detective with a getaway car that later crashed and overturned in Glen Rock, leading to his arrest, following a chase, authorities said. Corey DeGroat, a 42-year-old career offender from Englewood, was taken in police custody to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after complaining of head and chest pain, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He was later transported to the Bergen County Jail, where he faces charges that include burglary, theft, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and reckles…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/02/2019

Police & Fire

Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street Ridgewood firefighters removed two pieces of metal that were dislodged from the roof of a construction site on New Year's Day -- one of which hung perilously over the sidewalk. High winds dislodged the metal from behind 54 East Ridgewood Avenue. Village firefighters, in turn, employed a 95-foot tower ladder to remove them. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2019

Police & Fire

Fair Lawn PD: Driver Bolts After Hitting Two Buses A man with an arrest history and a suspended driver’s license called police and then ran away early New Year's morning after his sedan hit two buses in Fair Lawn, said authorities who arrested him a short time later. Craig Tomlinson, 23, of Paterson was tracked down on Banta Place and Rosalie Street barely 20 minutes after the 8:46 a.m. crash on Broadway at 27th Street, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Tomlinson, who failed a roadside sobriety test, was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of a crash, driving while intoxicated and operating with a suspended license, Metzler said. He wa…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2019

Police & Fire

Paramus Wrestling Star, 21, Killed In Crash Paramus wrestling star Alex Sebahie was killed in a crash on the Garden State Parkway in South Jersey before dawn New Year’s Day. The Nissan Altima driven by Sebahie went off the parkway, hit a utility pole and came to rest on the roadway around 4:15 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Lawrence Peele said. Sebahie, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday at the Vander Plaat Memorial Home with a funeral service and interment set for Monday. Sebahie had been a star wrestler since elementary school. He graduated Paramus High School as one o…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2019

Police & Fire

Clifton Homeless Man Mugged On New Year's Eve By Three Fellow Street Dwellers A trio of street dwellers mugged a fellow homeless man in broad daylight in Clifton on New Year’s Eve, authorities said. One of the assailants tried to stab him, but the victim’s jacket prevented the blade from penetrating, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The two men – believed to be in their 30s or 40s – and a woman in her late 50s or early 60s approached the victim at 1:15 p.m. near the intersection of Parker and Highland avenues, Bracken said. The men threatened to hurt him while the woman rifled through his pockets, the lieutenant said. One of them then pulled a knife and tried to …

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2019

Police & Fire

Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police A tragedy was averted when a fleeing suspect pulled a gun from his waistband while being chased down the street by two Paterson police officers – and then tossed it over a railing, authorities said. Joseph Nieves, 20, kept running but eventually was chased down by the officers who, just moments before, drew their weapons. Nieves was with two other men when Officers Brian Culmone and Gerard Speziale Jr. saw him stick the gun in his waistband just before 3 a.m. Sunday Curtis Place and Van Houten Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. After getting out of the cruiser, Speziale Jr. drew …

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2018

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