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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

FBI Seeks Help Finding More Victims Of Jersey Pimp Who Beat, Raped Escorts ALERT: For several years, an Elizabeth man lured out-of-state escorts to New Jersey with promises of tens of thousands of dollars for sex, then choked, raped and threatened them, federal authorities charged. The FBI captured Jose Torres, 43, after finding four victims, but they believe there are many more. The bureau and the Department of Homeland Security are asking the public for help identifying them. The victims may be in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, as well as in New Hampshire, South Carolina and California, among other states, federal authorities said. Torres met the es…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

Police & Fire

Update: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash A dozen people were hospitalized Monday morning after a New Jersey Transit bus rear-ended another, sending it into a guardrail, on their way to the Lincoln Tunnel. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge agents had to cut off the doors and spread the stairwell to get to those injured on the bus that veered off the road and struck the guardrail on the ramp from the northbound New Jersey Turnpike to eastbound Route 495 in Secaucus around 7:15 a.m. Ten passengers and both drivers were hospitalized, responders said. Four of those injured were placed in collars and on backboards after complaining of b…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

Police & Fire

Authorities Investigate Death Of NJ Man Who Plunged 450 Feet Down Palisades Detectives were investigating the apparent suicide of a 34-year-old Bloomfield man whose body was found at the base of the Palisades, 450 feet below the State Line Lookout in Alpine. Palisades Interstate Parkway police got a 911 call last Thursday from a friend of the man pointing to a Facebook post alluding to him committing suicide at the lookout, PIP Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. His car would be found there, the post said. PIP police raced to the lookout, where a witness told them he’d just seen a man climb over a cliff barrier, Walter said. Below the cliff, the officers sp…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

Police & Fire

Ex-Con Captured In Paterson Shooting Detectives cracked a month-old Paterson shooting when they arrested an ex-con from the city who’d served time for a previous shooting. Alexander Nieves, 23, faces a lengthier prison sentence if convicted of attempted murder and weapons offenses in the June 18 shooting of a 25-year-old city man at the corner of East 24th Street and 14th Avenue. The victim made his way to 21st Street and Madison Avenue, where police found him. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for two gunshot wounds. Authorities captured Nieves on East 22nd Street shortly after 11:30…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2020

Police & Fire

Bogota Bicyclist, 58, Killed In Route 3 Crash A bicyclist was struck and killed in the middle lane of eastbound Route 3 in East Rutherford late Saturday, responders said. Tony Perez, 58, of Bogota was pronounced dead after he was struck by a vehicle shortly after 11:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. "In an attempt to avoid striking Mr. Perez, the operator of the vehicle applied the brakes, swerved and was struck from behind by a second passing vehicle," Taormina said. Why Perez was peddling in the middle of the highway couldn't immediately be determined. No other injuries were reported and no charges were filed or s…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/16/2020

Police & Fire

Paterson Detectives Nab Gunman After Wrong-Way Chase, Crash Paterson police detectives nabbed ex-cons with guns in two separate incidents -- one of which ended in a crash when one of them drove the wrong way up a one-way street. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Mustafa Dombayci began chasing a Chevy Malibu that had sped through a stop sign at the corner of Carroll Street and Godwin Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The driver, Damond King, 30, of Paterson, then turned east onto Fair Street in the wrong direction and continued to Rosa Parks Boulevard, where the Malibu collided with another vehicle, Spe…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/16/2020

Police & Fire

Firefighter Hospitalized In Pre-Dawn Wood-Ridge House Blaze A firefighter who had difficulty breathing was hospitalized as a precaution during a pre-dawn blaze Sunday that ravaged a Wood-Ridge home. The Wood-Ridge Avenue fire came in as a second alarm around 2:30 a.m. and quickly went to a third after apparently beginning on a deck and spreading into the house. Firefighters had it knocked down within 45 minutes before it was officially placed under control shortly after 4 a.m. A house next door sustained some heat damage, responders said. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or on standby included firefighters from Carlstadt, East Rutherford…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/16/2020

Obituaries

Younger Brother Of President Trump Dies President Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, died Saturday night in a Manhattan hospital. He was 71. "It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight," the president said in a statement. "He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. "He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace." "Uncle Robert, we love you," Ivanka Trump tweeted Saturday night. "You are in our hearts and prayers, always." President Trump had visited his brother Friday at New York…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/16/2020

Police & Fire

Ex-Con Repeat Offender From Allendale Lies On Tracks, Stops NJ Transit Trains An Allendale ex-con with a violent history laid down on a railroad track, stopping NJ Transit service, before borough police arrested him following a struggle. Alerted by transit officials, Officers Sean Hubbard and Jamie Hillgardner found Justinian Rocco, 24, stretched out in the right of way around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief George Scherb said. NJ Transit had suspended service so they could address the problem. Rocco, who was wanted for violating a Superior Court order, ran when he saw the officers, the chief said. They caught up to Rocco, then subdued him after a struggle, Scherb…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/07/2020

Police & Fire

Seen IT? North Jersey Woman Seeks Help Finding Cherished Memento Of Slain Sister Just weeks from the 10th anniversary of her sister’s horrific murder, a Garfield native has lost a cherished piece of memory that she hopes someone can return. Stella Tulli of Clifton was near the children’s playground at Third Ward Park in Passaic on Thursday when she lost her wallet. “I had maybe $40 in there, along with various credit cards and medical insurance cards for me and my children,” she said. Also in the Michael Kors clutch is the late Viviana Tulli’s driver’s license. “I have had her license with me since.....,” Tulli said, trailing off. Viviana Tulli, 21, was killed by her…

by Jerry DeMarco

08/07/2020

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