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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

Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patrick's Cathedral died by suicide last week, nearly a month after being released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak. A judge ordered Marc Lamparello, 38, to participate in an outpatient program at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after releasing him on March 20 as part of an effort to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 through the city jail system. Lamparello jumped from Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge last Friday, a week after police prevented a similar suicide try at the George Washington …

by Jerry DeMarco

04/23/2020

Police & Fire

Video: Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson WATCH: A gunman who refused to drop his weapon in a confrontation with Paterson police raised the firearm a final time and was shot Thursday afternoon, video taken from above shows. Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifts the gun several times, refusing to drop it, as he paces the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets surrounded by officers just after 4:15 p.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows (see above). At times he holds the weapon with both hands and points it at the converging officers. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," says an officer in another video taken from t…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/23/2020

Police & Fire

Covid-19: Bergen Sheriff's Staff Sanitizing Humc Workers Personal Vehicles This Weekend Here’s a twist on a COVID-19 assist: Bergen County sheriff’s staff will sanitize personal vehicles for healthcare workers from Hackensack University Medical Center this weekend. “Our recently-purchased fogging devices can sanitize cars and office space,” Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Thursday. The ultra-low volume process generates a cloud of extremely small droplets of a disinfectant liquid that can help reduce the number of pathogens in areas that may be difficult or impossible to reach than ordinary cleaning methods. Cureton’s staff will provide the free service from 6 to 9 a.m. Saturda…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/23/2020

Police & Fire

Paterson Child, 2, Falls From Second-Floor Window, Detectives Investigating The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and Paterson police detectives were investigating a fall that a 2-year-old child took out a second-floor window on Thursday. The toddler was alert and conscious while being taken via city Fire Department ambulance to the trauma unit at nearby St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The toddler went out the window in the 600 block of East 24th Street around 10 a.m., he said. "It was believed to be accidental," one law enforcement officer told Daily Voice. "But not everyone is so sure." ****** WATCH: A gunman…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/23/2020

News

Jersey 4 Jersey: Reunited Fountains Of Wayne Dedicates "Hackensack" To Late Adam Schlesinger A song written nearly two decades ago made for a touching tribute during the “Jersey 4 Jersey” benefit Wednesday night when Fountains of Wayne co-founder Chris Collingwood dedicated “Hackensack” to late bandmate Adam Schlesinger. Collingwood co-wrote “Hackensack” in 2003 with Schlesinger, a former Montclair resident who died of coronavirus complications earlier this month. “I will wait for you / As long as I need to / And if you ever get back to Hackensack / I'll be here for you….” Handling what would have been Schlesinger’s bass and backing vocals during the virtual reunion from the band …

by Jerry DeMarco

04/23/2020

Police & Fire

Driver Killed In Route 23 Rollover Crash A Brooklyn woman was killed Wednesday in a rollover crash on Route 23 in West Milford, authorities confirmed. Rebecca McMahon Adelman, 36, was driving a 2019 Chevy Impala that collided with a 2003 Ford Explorer driven by a 27-year-old Bloomingdale woman at the intersection of Route 23 and Canistear Road shortly before 12:30 p.m. McMahon Adelman was extricated from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, responders said. The other driver wasn’t injured and provided a valid driver’s license, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting West Milford Police Chief James DeVore s…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/23/2020

Police & Fire

Authorities: Police Nab Jersey Shore Man Who Went To Morris Park For Sex With Minor A Jersey Shore man who authorities said arranged to meet an underage girl for sex in a Morris County park was arrested on a trio of charges – including violating state coronavirus emergency orders. Robert Murphy, 19, of Bayville contacted the girl through social media, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal aid. Her parents found out and called police, who were waiting when Murphy showed up at Community Park in Morris Plains -- 85 miles from his Ocean County home -- around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Parks throughout New Jersey have been off-limits under executive orders aimed at stemming the spread…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/22/2020

Police & Fire

Authorities: NYC Man Blames Jews For Covid-19, Assaults Fort Lee Dunkin' Donuts Customer A Queens man threatened a Jewish customer at a Dunkin' Donuts in Fort Lee, telling him that “Jews are responsible” for the coronavirus and deliberately bumping into him, authorities charged. Afrim Haxhaj, 30, of Jackson Heights confronted the victim in the shop on Monday, telling him to leave and blaming Jews for COVID-19, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. He also told him not to come back, Grewal said. When the victim returned to the Dunkin Donuts on Tuesday, Haxhaj threatened him again, “saying he does not want Jews in his neighborhood and bumping his chest into the victim,” …

by Jerry DeMarco

04/22/2020

News

Turns Out Hydroxychloroquine Isn’t Miracle Drug, Experts Say It turns out an anti-malarial drug hasn’t been the “game changer” as some thought it would be in fighting the coronavirus. It could even prove harmful, experts warn. Researchers have reported no benefit from using hydroxychloroquine in U.S. veterans hospitals, saying they found more deaths among those given the drug than under standard care. In addition, a panel of experts convened by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recommended that physicians don’t use a suggested combo of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19 patients because of poten…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/22/2020

Police & Fire

Detectives Check Neighborhood Surveillance Cams, Charge Clifton Man With Firing Gun Authorities on Wednesday said they arrested a Clifton man after a surveillance camera captured images of him firing a gun into the air. Officers responding to a shots-fired call Monday in the area of Highland and Hope avenues found evidence of a crime scene but no victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release. Surveillance cameras in the area helped them identify the shooter as Erik Aroche-Domingues, 25, they said. Detectives arrested Aroche-Domingues on Tuesday and recovered a handgun, Valdes and Rinaldi said. T…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/22/2020

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