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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

Police: Bichon Frisé Breaks Loose, Killed By Pit Bull On Glen Rock Street A pit bull killed a Bichon Frisé who’d broken loose while being walked on a Glen Rock street, authorities said. The plume-tailed toy dog slipped his harness while being walked by a young boy on Dean Street, Police Chief Dean Ackermann. As the boy ran home to get his help, a pit bull being walked by a 69-year-old man coming from the opposite direction grabbed hold of the other dog, the chief said. Responding officers found the Bichon Frisé dead, Ackermann said. The man, who’d been bitten on his hand as he tried to pull the dogs apart, refused medical attention, he added. TYCO Animal Cont…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/25/2020

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Bullet Fired Into Clifton Home Misses 1-Year-Old Child A bullet fired into a Clifton home missed hitting a baby, authorities said. Police turned to the public Tuesday for help investigating the shooting, as well as another a few days later. They don't appear related, authorities said. The first occurred around 9:45 p.m. Aug. 12 on Hamilton Avenue. At least three rounds were shot into the front of a home occupied by a family, including a 1-year-old child, Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. "Fortunately, no one was struck," he said. The only description of the shooter that authorities have are that he's a young Hispanic male, Bracken said. The…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/25/2020

Police & Fire

Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time It seemed like your ordinary roller bag left behind at the Newark Airport TSA checkpoint by someone perhaps in a rush -- only inside was the dress a young bride-to-be was to wear at her wedding in Ohio the very next day. Narolin Cepeda, a former Paterson resident, was already winging on her way there when the MOB inadvertently left hers and her daughter's dresses behind. Moving quickly, Cepeda's younger brother, Christopher, pulled up a form online, sent it to the TSA’s Lost and Found Office at Newark Liberty International Airport and hoped for the best. Loletta Nathan-Gordon, a TSA admini…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/25/2020

Police & Fire

Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Local Police Warn Englewood police this week joined the growing number of law enforcement authorities in North Jersey who've urged residents and merchants to lock their vehicles and take their key fobs. Police everywhere -- not just in Englewood -- have gone from frustrated to angry that more and more motorists are basically inviting thieves to steal their vehicles. In Englewood, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead warned that an uptick in the number of vehicles broken into and stolen should show owners that the concern is genuine. Most victims left the key fobs in the vehicle. "While we can understand an…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/25/2020

Police & Fire

Passaic Sheriff: Fleeing Haledon Dealer Tosses 'Instagram' Heroin Folds, Crack, Pot, Pills A drug dealer from Haledon tossed nearly two dozen bags of heroin, crack Ecstasy and more as he ran from Passaic County sheriff's officers before he was captured in Paterson authorities said. Officer Timothy Convery and Detective Carlos Gill were crossing the bridge from River Street to Haledon Avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. Sunday when a Jeep Grand Cherokee approached them from the opposite direction with a headlight out, Sheriff Richard Bernik said. After pulling over for them on Straight Street, Marquise Maxey, 33, stepped out into the street, ignoring orders to get back into the Jeep,…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/24/2020

Police & Fire

Hunterdon County Man Who Admitted Having Child Porn Gets Probation A Hunterdon County man who admitted having child porn images avoided jail time when a judge suspended a 180-day sentence and gave him plea-bargained probation. Aaron Sohl, 42, of High Bridge was arrested a little over a year ago following a tip from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, Hunterdon County Acting Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said in a release. Based on the investigation by his Special Victims Unit and High Bridge police, a grand jury in Flemington returned an indictment last December charging Sohl with child endangerment for "possessing images th…

by DAILY VOICE

08/24/2020

Police & Fire

Paramus Detectives Nab Repeat Offender In Mall, Wendy's Burglaries A pair of Paramus detectives nabbed an accused burglar from Paterson who they said stole $485 from a mall kiosk and $150 from a local Wendy's. Erick Saldana, 35, of Paterson took two cash drawers from the Tee Shirt Guy kiosk at Bergen Town Center on Route 4 after the shop closed on Aug. 14, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. He tried grabbing some merchandise, as well, but failed, the chief said. Around 3:50 a.m. Aug. 17, Saldana entered Wendy's just down the road from the mall on eastbound Route 4 through a back door and emptied the registers, Ehrenberg said. River Edge police arrested…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/24/2020

Police & Fire

Body Of Boonton Mom Found Near Reservoir A body recovered near the Boonton Reservoir over the weekend was that of a suicidal local woman, authorities said. The 55-year-old married mother of two apparently left her car near a vehicle and foot bridge off Washington Street and Reservoir Drive, both of which run parallel to Route 287, they told Daily Voice. An NJ State Police chopper with a thermal imaging camera helped lead responders to the body, which was removed shortly before 9:45 p.m. from near the tree line of the reservoir, responders said. No further information was being released out of respect for survivors. ****** The N…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/24/2020

Police & Fire

'Tragic Accident': Driver, 70, Killed By Sanitation Truck In Teaneck Park UPDATE: A 70-year-old driver was killed when he was run over by his sanitation truck in a Teaneck park Monday morning, authorities confirmed. The victim "was in the process of preparing to off-load the truck’s contents" in Clarence W. Brett Park near River Road and Downing Street shortly before 10 a.m. when "the vehicle rolled backwards and struck him," Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. "The investigation is in its infancy but no foul play is suspected," Faggello said shortly before noon. "His death appears to be the result of a tragic accident." The driver apparently …

by Jerry DeMarco

08/24/2020

Police & Fire

FBI: Wanted Armed, Dangerous Paterson Gang Member Surrenders An armed and dangerous ex-con from Paterson surrendered to authorities after the FBI posted a $5,000 reward for his capture. Cesar David Valerio, a 28-year-old Dominican national, turned himself in to face several federal weapons violations, a bureau spokeswoman said. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark two weeks ago issued a warrant for the arrest of Valerio -- also known as "Chico Trini" -- after federal authorities charged him with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

by Jerry DeMarco

08/24/2020

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