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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

Shock, Sadness Follow Sudden Death Of Veteran Leonia Firefighter TRIBUTE: Shock and sadness continued to spread with the news that veteran Leonia firefighter Jack Peters, a retired borough police officer, had died suddenly at 65. “It is with sadness and complete shock that we tell you that Jack Peters, husband, father, grandfather, father in law, and friend to many has passed away unexpectedly today,” daughter Kristen Richter wrote Tuesday night. “We know he touched many people in some way. He loved his town, the fire department, and his family -- especially his grandchildren, his “blessings”,” she added. Tributes continued to mount by the hundreds on W…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/15/2020

Police & Fire

Trash-Hauling Tractor-Trailer Tips At Route 46, 80 Interchange A tractor-trailer hauling municipal waste tipped over around noontime Wednesday on the westbound Route 46 exit to Route 80. The driver and a 12-year-old passenger who was with him got out OK and waited for responders (see photo). Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered serious. Ridgefield Park police and firefighters were the first on the scene. At the scene.DAILY VOICE

by Jerry DeMarco

07/15/2020

Police & Fire

Rampage: Women Assaulted In Clifton, Nutley, Suspect Nabbed In Belleville After Chase, Crash UPDATE: An East Orange man who punched several women in the face during a mad rampage through Clifton and Nutley was captured after he crashed a stolen car in Belleville during a police chase, authorities said. Quinn Mayweather, 22, had been free awaiting trial for groping a woman whose car he was trying to steal in Westfield last fall, they said. He remained held Wednesday in the Essex County Correctional Facility on charges from various police departments – including aggravated assault, assault and robbery. The victims in Monday's rampage ranged in age from 31 to 60, authorities said. I…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/15/2020

Police & Fire

SUV Hits Utility Pole, Rolls In Glen Rock A driver escaped serious injury after her SUV overturned Wednesday morning in Glen Rock. The 28-year-old Union City driver, who was headed to work at a local doctor’s office, was checked out after her 2020 Toyota Rav 4 sideswiped a utility pole and overturned on Prospect Street near Cornwall Road just after 9:30 a.m. She got out on her own before police arrived and refused medical attention, responders said. "A witness that was driving behind the vehicle reported that it was traveling at the speed limit and not driving erratically before the crash," Sgt. Michael Trover said. The vehicle …

by Jerry DeMarco

07/15/2020

Police & Fire

New Milford PD: Porch Pirate Tied To More Than Dozen Thefts In Town, Bergenfield, Wyckoff New Milford police arrested a porch pirate linked to 10 different thefts in town, as well as others in Bergenfield and Wyckoff, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Nelson Perez was following up Tuesday on a theft from a Boulevard home the day before when he spotted a car that matched one seen on surveillance video in connection with that theft, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Anthony Mendoza, 39, of East Rutherford was seen in the video "taking a package and leaving the area in the vehicle," Van Saders said. Perez stopped the car, assisted by Lt. John Moroney, Detective Brian Carlino and…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/15/2020

Police & Fire

AG: Man Killed In Police-Involved Morris County Shooting UPDATE: A 24-year-old Morris County man who was shot and killed by police Tuesday was holding an airsoft gun that looks like a real firearm, authorities said Wednesday. Police got a 911 domestic call from an older woman at a Morris Township home who said Timothy O’Shea, 24, had a gun and had cut himself shortly after 4 p.m, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They got the caller, whom responders said is O’Shea’s mother, to safety before encountering him in the driveway of the Fairchild Avenue home, responders said. He was “holding a pistol and bleeding,” Grewal said. Officers fr…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/14/2020

Police & Fire

Police: Elmwood Park Man Beats Parents, Spits On Police Who Rescue Them, Claims He Has COVID An Elmwood Park man who was pummeling both of his parents when police kicked in his front door turned on the officers – kicking and spitting on them while claiming he had the coronavirus, authorities said. His mother was trying to dial 911 when Slava Pozniakov, 49, snatched the phone and began punching her, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. When her husband tried to stop him, Pozniakov began beating him, as well, the chief said. The mother got to another phone and called a relative who notified police, he said. Pozniakov – who records show has a criminal history that includes arrests for…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/14/2020

Police & Fire

Recognize HIM? Clifton Woman, 20, Says Stranger Groped Her In Broad Daylight A 20-year-old Clifton woman told police a man came up from behind and grabbed her breast as she walked along a downtown street. The woman said she was walking on Main Avenue near Hadley Avenue just after 8 a.m. July 2 when the stranger accosted her, reaching into the front of her top to grab her breast, before running away. She wasn't injured, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He asked that anyone who might have witnessed the assault or has surveillance video or other information that could help the investigation contact the Clifton Police Detective Division at (973) 470-5908. &…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/14/2020

Police & Fire

Rampage: Women Assaulted In Clifton, Nutley, Suspect Nabbed In Belleville After Chase, Crash UPDATE: An East Orange man who punched several women in the face during a mad rampage through Clifton and Nutley was captured after he crashed a stolen car in Belleville during a police chase, authorities said. Quinn Mayweather, 22, had been free awaiting trial for groping a woman whose car he was trying to steal in Westfield last fall, they said. He remained held Wednesday in the Essex County Correctional Facility on charges from various police departments – including aggravated assault, assault and robbery. It began around 4:30 p.m. Monday on Emerson Street near Albion Park in Clifton, w…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/14/2020

Police & Fire

SUV Fire Doused In Glen Rock Glen Rock firefighters doused a blaze that destroyed an SUV Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported in the Pamrapo Court West incident. A flatbed tow truck removed the charred Ford Explorer. Glen Rock police and Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Glen Rock firefighters douse SUV blaze.Boyd A. Loving ****** Story, photos by Boyd A. Loving ****** Aftermath at Pamrapo Court West, Glen RockBoyd A. Loving

by Jerry DeMarco

07/14/2020

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