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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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Obituaries

Tribute: Mahwah Mom, 55, Traveled World, Adored Her Children She traveled the world and was married in Napa, but Diane Pallokat of Mahwah most cherished summer vacations with family and friends in Nantucket, loved ones said. Yet the greatest joys for Pallokat, who died suddenly this past weekend at 55, were her two children. Pallokat was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1986 before becoming a flight attendant with Delta Airlines. That's how she met Rick Pallokat, whom she married in 1998. "Diane will be remembered for her selflessness and infectious smile that lit up every room," her obituary says. "One of her pleasures was hosting her ma…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/22/2020

Police & Fire

Two Dead, One Hospitalized In Triple OD At Route 17 Hotel Two drug users died and another was hospitalized after overdosing before dawn Wednesday in a Route 17 hotel, authorities confirmed. The bodies of two women -- one 36, the other 37 -- were found at the Extended Stay America Hotel on the northbound highway in Ramsey around 3 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. The husband of one of them was hospitalized after being revived with Narcan, they said. At least two of them apparently had been staying at the hotel for some time. Police and EMS from Ramsey, Allendale and Upper Saddle River were among the responders. Ramsey police were investigating …

by Jerry DeMarco

07/22/2020

Police & Fire

Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River A Belleville woman who'd just learned that her cancer was terminal drowned herself Tuesday in the Passaic River, authorities said. The 40-something woman said goodbye to her husband before going to a gazebo on River Road in North Arlington, responders said. She left her wallet, cellphone and car keys there, then walked into the water. North Arlington firefighters recovered her body, following a search, about 200 feet south of the gazebo, across from Fanelli Brothers Auto Body. North Arlington police also responded, along with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the Bergen County Medica…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Did Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son Dressed As Deliveryman Do Same To Cali Lawyer? UPDATE: The FBI on Wednesday officially linked a man who killed a federal judge’s son in New Jersey while posing as a deliveryman to the death of a fellow men’s rights lawyer from California in a similar ambush. Attorney Marc Angelucci was shot dead at his home in the San Bernadino Mountains of California on July 11 by a gunman who was believed to have dressed as a delivery driver. It was similar to an ambush the FBI says attorney Roy Den Hollander, 72, launched Sunday night at the home of U.S. District Court Judge Ester Salas. "As the FBI continues the investigation into the attack a…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Carlstadt Police Capture Freed Newark Ex-Con, 55, After Home Burglary Carlstadt police chased down an ex-con from Newark and were searching for an accomplice after both climbed through a resident’s window, ransacked a bedroom and bolted out the back door, authorities said. Neighbors alerted police to the break-in on the 400 block of 8th Street, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Lt. Thomas Negro and Officers James Ross and Matthew Smith quickly assembled a perimeter with help from East Rutherford police, Berta said. Ross and Smith captured one of the suspected burglars, Jose Andujar, 55, as he tried to flee through a Division Avenue backyard, the chief said. …

by Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn A 75-year-old Bergenfield retiree was caught sharing downloaded child porn, said authorities who arrested him Tuesday. Joseph Benestante was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of distributing child pornography, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Benestante while searching his North Demarest Avenue home near West Main Street during a months-long investigation that found that he’d “used the Internet to view and share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit pre…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Passenger Crashes Pickup, Jumps Into Backyard Pool After Wild NJ State Police Chase A passenger hopped into the driver's seat of a pickup truck during a traffic stop and led New Jersey State Police on a wild chase before crashing and jumping into a backyard pool, authorities said. Troopers responding to a call Monday of an erratically driven Ford pickup pulled it over on the eastbound side of Route 78 in Readington (Hunterdon County) around 1:30 p.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. They found the driver DWI and carrying heroin, he said. Suddenly, passenger Christopher Treadwell of Pennsylvania got behind the wheel and took off, Marchan said. Treadwell, 30, crashed th…

by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Elmwood Park Police Seize Second Loaded Gun In 24 Hours, Third Of Week Elmwood Park police seized a loaded gun during a traffic stop for the second time in less than 24 hours – and the third time in a week. And, once again, the firearm had its serial number removed in a clear attempt to avoid tracing. Passenger Isiah Griffith, 21, of Garfield was found carrying the fully-loaded .9mm handgun in his waistband after he got out of the car and was patted down by Officers Eliseo Medrano and Matt Auslander following the 9:15 p.m. stop Monday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The driver was released without incident or charges, Foligno said. “There are a lot o…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Police: Bergen Worker Caught Spitting In Officers’ Coffee An employee at a Park Ridge Starbucks was caught spitting into police officers’ orders, authorities said. Kevin Trejo, 21, of Westwood was arrested Monday and charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer with bodily fluid, tampering and creating a hazardous condition, Police Chief Joseph Madden said. Authorities “received information that an employee of a local coffee shop was spitting in the drinks of law enforcement that patronized the establishment,” Madden said. Police quickly arrested Trejo, who the chief said bragged about what he'd done. Trejo also was fired from his job at th…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/21/2020

Police & Fire

Attorney Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son Had History Of Outrageous ‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawsuits The self-described anti-feminist lawyer accused of killing a New Jersey federal court judge’s son and wounding her husband had a history of filing outrageous lawsuits, including once suing all of mainstream media for how they reported on Donald Trump's presidential candidacy. The suits that drew the most attention to Roy Den Hollander, however, involved what he considered gender discrimination, including nightclub “ladies’ nights,” mandatory bottle-buying for men, women’s studies courses offered at Columbia University and federal domestic violence laws protecting women. Den Hollander, who w…

by Jerry DeMarco

07/20/2020

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