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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

Holland Tunnel Driver With Loaded Gun, $17K Toll Debt Impersonated Officer: Port Authority PD A woman who once made headlines for an alleged COVID scam was carrying a loaded gun -- and owed $17,000 in unpaid tolls -- when Port Authority police stopped her at the New Jersey end of the Holland Tunnel, Daily Voice has learned. Sharita T. Patterson, 36, of Brooklyn was stopped in Jersey City for having a bogus temporary Georgia license tag on her car just before noon Tuesday, July 25, said Port Authority Public Information Officer Lenis Valens. PAPD officers spotted the gun "in plain view" and seized it, Valens said. They also seized Patterson, a single mother of three who Valens said…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/27/2023

Police & Fire

Gotcha! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police Paterson police captured an ex-con wanted for shooting two young men on one of the city’s deadliest street corners on the Fourth of July. Anderson Martinez, 26, was identified by detectives as the shooter who wounded the pair – one 19, the other 20 – near the notorious intersection of Essex and Madison streets. Both men arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle. They survived their injuries and an investigation progressed. Police nabbed Martinez in the area of 21st Avenue and Chestnut Street, a half-dozen blocks from the shooting scene – at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Ju…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/27/2023

Police & Fire

Paramus PD: Car Burglary Couple Swiped $50K In Jewelry, $28,000 In Cash In Only One Day An out-of-state couple who targeted parked cars in and around Paramus stole a whopping $28,000 in cash, $50,000 worth of jewelry and $3,000 worth of clothing in one day, authorities said. Area police were on alert after the enormous haul the day before when Paramus Officer Justin Sicari spotted a blue Nissan Rogue with Florida plates parked at the Garden State Plaza around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Sicari and Officer Nicholas Perna watched and waited, and eventually saw the couple enter the Rogue and drive off, the chief said. Then they stopped them. D…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

Trailer Park Crash: Wayne Police Car Rammed During Mobile Home Raid A Wayne police car was rammed during a quick-strike takedown of a local trio’s drug-dealing operation from a residence in a mobile home community, authorities said. A tipster pointed authorities to the Fourth Street home of Tyler J. Simmons, 27, and Savannah L. Sommer, 26, in Finn’s Mobile Home Park, Police Chief Jack McNiff said. Members of the department’s Special Ops and Narcotics unit set up surveillance that found the couple selling heroin from the home, the chief said. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau and uniformed officers then joined in a special operation that pr…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

Driver Hospitalized In Route 208 Crash A driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after rolling a sedan Wednesday afternoon on Route 208 in Fair Lawn. The northbound highway was jammed after the Subaru Legacy landed on its driver's side under the Fair Lawn Avenue overpass shortly after 3 p.m. July 26. Five Star Towing righted and removed the vehicle. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS workers and members of the Rescue Squad responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. Five Star Towing righted and removed the vehicle.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

Gotcha! Sheriff's Detectives Capture Wanted Paterson Teen Hiding Out In City Of Passaic A wanted 18-year-old Paterson man was captured in the city of Passaic by county sheriff's detectives a few days after he'd given them the slip, authorities said. Jensi Ortega had been arrested in Clifton on June 29 on aggravated assault charges stemming from an incident on May 27, records show. A judge released him the same day. Passaic County Bureau of Narcotics detectives tried to stop Ortega's Hyundai last Friday, July 21. But he sped off, Detective Sgt. Stephan Lantigua said. The detectives tracked Ortega to a house at the corner of Poplar and Cedar streets in Passaic, then seize…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

Update: Midland Park Driver Seriously Injured In Crash That Responders Said He Caused A driver was critically injured in a crash that authorities in Waldwick said he created. A driver was critically injured and a MINI Cooper and a Nissan Sentra were both severely damaged in a violent crash in Waldwick. The 47-year-old MINI driver from Midland Park caused the crash when he tried to make a left onto Harrison Avenue from Wyckoff Avenue near the Giant Farmer's Market around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with significant injuries to his head and face, the lieutenant said. He also received seve…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Killed In Route 80 Crash A 24-year-old Bronx man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle while exiting onto eastbound Route 80 from southbound Route 23 in Wayne, authorities said. Emmanuel Alvarado was ejected from his 2005 Honda CBR 600 when it left the roadway and struck a guard rail shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday, July 23, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. First responding police officers, members of the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad and paramedics from St. Joseph's University Medical Center attempted but failed to revive Alvarado, who wasn’t breathing and had no pulse. He was pronounced dead at the sce…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

Officer Not At Fault In Death Of Pedestrian Hit By Police Car On Route 18, NJ Grand Jury Finds UPDATE: A state grand jury has cleared an East Brunswick police officer who was responding to a crash when he struck and killed a 55-year-old Edison man as he stood on darkened Route 18 in the middle of the night. Julius Filep had gotten out of his disabled car after it struck debris scattered across the highway when a sleeping driver slammed into a utility pole on the northbound side shortly after 3:30 a.m. Aug. 1, 2021, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. A third vehicle, as well as an 18-wheel truck, drove over the debris, igniting fiery, arching electrical wires, the attor…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

Police & Fire

14-Year-Old Boy Rams Paramus Police Vehicle With SUV Stolen From Jersey Shore A 14-year-old boy rammed a Paramus police vehicle with an SUV stolen from the Jersey Shore before he and two companions were captured, authorities said. Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said the 2020 BMW X7 was reported stolen during a burglary more than 50 miles away in the affluent Monmouth County town of Marlboro. Officer Nicholas Perna and the driver spotted one another at the same moment shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 24, the chief said. At that point, the Newark juvenile hit the gas and headed right for the officer’s cruiser, he said. Perna quickly turned his wheel – an…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/26/2023

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