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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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Feds: Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Claiming To Be With DEA An ex-con was charged federally after he showed up at a Jersey Shore emergency room for treatment packing a handgun and then claimed he was DEA agent, authorities said. Staff members at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank spotted Wesley Rucker, 34, of Tinton Falls carrying the gun in his waistband, federal authorities said. “Rucker showed the security officer two identification cards in a leather bifold wallet with the Drug Enforcement Administration (”DEA”) logo embossed on the outside,” a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives complaint on …

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Chief: Elmwood Park Officers Subdue Knife-Wielding Suspect Who Stabs Himself, Refuses To Relent An incident that could have easily gone sideways ended successfully Monday when a pair of Elmwood Park police officers subdued a suspect who stabbed himself and then refused to relinquish the knife. Nasir Clark, 21, of Paterson had violated a court order by going to his ex-girlfriend's home off River Drive, Police Chief Michael Foligno said, noting that his department has "dealing with this with him the past couple of weeks now." Clark was charged earlier this year with punching and pistol-whipping the victim. SEE: Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmw…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Abused, Neglected 'Lucky' Rescued By Local Police, Animal Welfare Center In NJ An abused and neglected dog found by police investigating a crime on Christmas Eve is fortunate to be alive. So his adoptive name makes perfect sense. Officers from Irvington found the dog they named Lucky so severely injured that a leg had to be amputated. He also was covered in maggots and had dense tangles and knots so severe that "they couldn't even tell what breed he is," said Samantha Miller, the media relations manager for the Humane Rescue Alliance. St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison took it from there. “Our team was heartbroken to see how much Lucky had suffered," sai…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Christmas House Fire Contained In Franklin Lakes Firefighters contained a late Christmas afternoon blaze at a Franklin Lakes home. Fire Chief Charles Bohny Jr. was among the first at the scene of the fire, which broke out in an attached garage at the $2 million Hampton Hill Road home shortly after 4:30 p.m., responders said. The bulk of the fire was knocked down in roughly 15 minutes and contained to the garage, they said. The chief declared the blaze under control around 5 p.m. Firefighters contained the blaze to the garage.WYCKOFF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT A female resident was evaluated for possible smoke inhalation, but no serious inju…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Truck Crashes Through Clifton Factory Wall A truck slammed through the wall of a Clifton plastics company Sunday night. A building inspector joined police and firefighters who responded to the late-night crash at the Wiggins Plastics headquarters on Kingsland Road. The wall sustained heavy structural damage and the sprinkler system was activated, responders said. No serious injuries were immediately reported. PHOTO: Ron Bombaro (tornadochaser66)

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Disturbance During Bash Attended By 400 Brings Police, Ambulances To Popular Bergen Party Venue A disturbance at a popular party venue in Waldwick sent a woman to the hospital and brought both local police and colleagues from neighboring towns. Backups from Allendale and Ho-Ho-Kus were requested after police found nearly 400 people at Glow on Hopper Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday. A 20-year-old Denville patron apparently had been assaulted and her cellphone taken, Waldwick Police Chief Mark F. Messner said. The phone was later recovered outside, he said. The Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of her injuries, the chie…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Morning Driver In PJs Escapes Serious Injury In Fair Lawn A pajama-clad motorist escaped serious injury in a rollover crash Monday morning in Fair Lawn. The Toyota Camry struck an unoccupied Toyota min-van that was parked on Heights Avenue before landing on its side shortly before 8 a.m. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center to be evaluated. At the scene on Heights Avenue in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE All Points Auto & Towing righted and removed the sedan. Damage to the minivan wasn't extensive. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account of the i…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

Mugshot: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents At NY Mansion On Christmas Held For Extradition In NJ UPDATE (DEC. 29): A bodybuilder who was picked up from the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday by Nassau County detectives shot his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas in a dispute over his 1-year-old son, authorities said. READ MORE.... https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/news/police-bodybuilder-captured-in-nj-shot-li-parents-on-christmas-in-dispute-over-his-baby/822909/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: A fleeing driver captured in Mahwah after police said he shot his parents in their $3 million Long Island mansion on Christmas morning will remain held in the Bergen County Jail pend…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

News

4 Hospitalized After Crashing In Englewood While Chasing Stolen Car Four people were hospitalized after they crashed in Englewood while chasing a family member's car that had been stolen right before their eyes, authorities said. The group was leaving a family member's home in Englewood Cliffs around 1 a.m. Sunday when they witnessed the theft of the Mercedes, which had been left running to warm it up, Englewood Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Upvinder Singh, 53, of Edison had three passengers in his Hyundai Sonata when he gave chase, Pulice said. The Sonata collided with another vehicle a short time later at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and Jo…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2021

Police & Fire

Man Accused Of Shooting Parents At Long Island Mansion On Christmas Identified A fleeing driver wo was arrested in New Jersey after police said he shot his parents in their $3 million Long Island mansion on Christmas morning is a bodybuilding personal trainer from Brooklyn. Dino Tomassetti, age 29, recently of the borough's East Williamsburg section, remained held Sunday, Dec. 26 in the Bergen County Jail on a detainer out of Nassau County. His parents, Rocco Tomassetti, age 65, and Vincenza Marsicano-Tomassetti, age 64, required surgery following the double shooting shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 25, on Seawane Drive in the village of Hewlett Harbor on the isl…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/26/2021

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