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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

Lyndhurst PD: Officer Nabs Union City Driver With Pot-Infused Gummies, Candies, More A Lyndhurst police officer busted a Union City driver with dozens of marijuana-infused candies, gummies and brownies, as well as a bag of pot, authorities said Tuesday. Officer Anthony Giaquinto stopped an Infiniti driven by Fabian Figueroa, 41, on Riverside Avenue near Tontine Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Monday for having heavily tinted windows and an expired inspection sticker, Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Approaching the car, Giaquinto immediately smelled a "strong and distinct" odor of raw pot, Auteri said. He also spotted clear cylinder containers of pot-infused candies and a bag of marijuana…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Weather

COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes Fear factorists were having a field day with the latest threat to civilization: fire tornadoes. Given all that's been unleashed in the world lately, the fiery funnels that rose from northern California wildfires over the weekend were guaranteed to generate headlines. But like the so-called murder hornets that fear mongers foisted on folks earlier this year, flaming twisters remain nearly 3,000 miles from the Northeast -- and extremely rare. A wildfire that began last Friday near Loyalton, CA -- about 45 miles west of Reno, Nevada -- “exploded most impressively” on Saturday “with a ver…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Police & Fire

Hasbrouck Heights Package Loader, 19, Charged With Having Sex With Underage Girl A 19-year-old package loader from Hasbrouck Heights was charged with having sex with a girl more than four years younger than him. Jonathan Bonilla was booked into the Bergen County Jail following his arrest late Monday on charges of sexual assault and child endangerment. Hasbrouck Heights police received a complaint Sunday night alleging that Bonilla "engaged in sexual penetration" with the teen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella's Special Victims Unit arrested him following an investigation with borough police, the prosecutor said. Under New Jersey state law…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Police & Fire

Glen Rock PD Nabs Paterson Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Hillsdale Motorist Glen Rock police tracked down an unlicensed hit-and-run driver from Paterson who they said injured a 20-year-old Hillsdale motorist. The victim was stopped in traffic on Grove Street near Prospect Street last week when a vehicle driven by Samone T. Wade, 30, rear-ended him, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Wade took off before responding officers arrived, but by then the victim had collected information about her vehicle, Ackermann said. The victim was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, he said. Wade, meanwhile, was issued su…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Police & Fire

Njsp: Fleeing DWI Driver Crashes Into State Police Cruiser During Chase Up, Down Route 80 A three-county chase up one side of Route 80 and down the other ended before dawn Tuesday when a fleeing drunk driver hit a New Jersey State Police trooper's cruiser with his car and was captured, authorities said. The trooper first stopped the BMW driven by Joel Liberato, 21, of New York City, near milepost 59.6 on westbound Route 80 in Paterson shortly before 12:30 a.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Liberato hit the gas after the trooper got out of his cruiser and approached the car, Goez said. After driving nearly five miles, he exited the highway at Exit 52 in Fairfield, then…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Police & Fire

Cresskill Firefighters Contain Pre-Dawn Cafe Fire Cresskill firefighters contained a smoky overnight blaze Tuesday to the kitchen of a local cafe. The fire at the Farmhouse Cafe & Eatery on East Madison Avenue broke out shortly before 4:30 a.m., Fire Chief Christopher Ulshoefer said. The cause appeared to be electrical, he said. An aggressive interior attack contained the fire to the kitchen, avoiding extensive damage, the chief said. Firefighters had it knocked down in 20 minutes and Ulshoefer declared it under control in under 45. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Dumont were among the mutual aid responders. No in…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Police & Fire

Photos: Fair Lawn Firefighters Douse Predawn Restaurant Blaze Firefighters quickly doused a predawn blaze that tore through a Fair Lawn Italian restaurant Tuesday. The two-alarm fire broke out on the ground floor and extended to the roof of Davia Restaurant shortly before 5 a.m. It was declared under control about 90 minutes later. A cause wasn't immediately determined and no injuries were reported. No injuries were reported.DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Glen Rock and Saddle Brook. Chef Paul Villani reopened the outdoor dining area in mid-June after coronavirus restrictions were eased. Davia had remained closed fo…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/18/2020

Police & Fire

Authorities: Fleeing Rockland Driver Who Hit Women At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop Captured Two women were hospitalized with head injuries after a Rockland County driver struck them with his sedan while fleeing police at a Garden State Parkway service area, authorities said. The women, both 19, were conscious and alert but but seriously injured after they were struck by the BMW driven by William Schaeffer, 26, of Monsey in the parking lot of the Montvale Service Area shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, State Police said. Schaeffer had been doing doughnuts at a car meetup when a Montvale police officer tried to stop him, responders said. Schaeffer hit the gas and drove the wrong way thr…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

Politics

Mahwah Mayor Cancels 9/11 Ceremony, Ignites (Another) Firestorm Mahwah Mayor John Roth announced Monday that he’d cancelled the township’s annual 9/11 ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic, igniting yet another firestorm. “Each of us can and should remember and honor, in our own way, those who lost their lives on 9/11 in 2001,” Roth suggested. “Presently we have had over 280 cases of Covid19 in the [t]ownship since tracking began last April,” the mayor wrote in an email to township council members that he posted to Facebook. “This is a serious, highly infectious virus that spreads easily and quickly among all age groups," he added. "As suc…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

Police & Fire

‘In Cold Blood’: Pair Charged In Cold-Case Murder Of Run-dmc’s Jam Master Jay Two men have been charged in the 2002 drug-related killing of hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, federal authorities announced Monday. Karl “Little D” Jordan Jr., 36, executed Jason Mizell with a gunshot to the head “in cold blood” in the band’s studio in Jamaica, Queens, Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme of the Eastern District of New York said Monday. With Jordan, DuCharme said, was Ronald “Tinard” Washington, a 56-year-old ex-con who’s currently serving a 17-year prison sentence string of armed robberies in New York City and on Long Island. The pair from Hollis, Queens went the…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

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