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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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Police & Fire

Authorities: Paterson Detectives Bust Drug Buyer Who Claimed To Have Coronavirus Two Paterson narcotics detectives were expected to be OK after arresting an accused drug buyer who claimed to have the coronavirus, authorities said. The 38-year-old defendant previously was hospitalized for pneumonia but didn’t display COVID-19 symptoms, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Tuesday. Because he inadvertently coughed near the two detectives who arrested him following the buy, both were “decontaminated and released from duty” to briefly self-quarantine at home, the director said. “The two detectives are not exhibiting any symptoms and based on the investigation s…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/31/2020

Police & Fire

Woman Found Shot In Car Off North Jersey Highway State Police asked the public's help finding a gunman who shot a woman in a car on an entrance ramp to Route 78 in Warren County early Tuesday following an incident somewhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Troopers responding to a shots fired call at Exit 6 in Greenwich Township, which runs through a truck weigh station, found the woman in her vehicle shortly before 6 a.m., the NJSP said. She was "conscious and alert," having sustained gunshot wounds to her head, hand and chest, State Police said. The 39-year-old victim was conscious but unable to speak when taken to a hospital by ambulanc…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/31/2020

Police & Fire

Hackensack Police Seek PPE For Ambulance Corps The Hackensack Police Department, on behalf of the Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps, is seeking donations of personal protective equipment (PPE). "They are in critical need of PPE for the men and women working tirelessly to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus," the department said. Anyone willing to donate equipment -- such as masks, gloves, and eye protection -- is asked to email John Knapp at jknapp@hackensackvac.org. Monetary donations can be made here: hackensackvac.org. Please share this story.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/31/2020

Obituaries

Community Mourns Beloved Teaneck Food Pantry Founder Killed By Coronavirus As coronavirus-related deaths and cases continued to mount, one of the communities hit hardest reeled at the news that COVID-19 had claimed one of its most beloved humanitarians. Janice Preschel, who directed the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Teaneck, died Monday. She was 60. Family members early Tuesday asked that people "take social distancing seriously" and honor her memory. Preschel, a past president of the Teaneck Rotary, “was one of the kindest and most giving individuals I have ever met,” Deputy Mayor Elie Katz said. The 1977 Teaneck High School graduate co-founded the pantry with …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/31/2020

Police & Fire

Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents A Brooklyn man caught hoarding enough black market medical supplies to “outfit an entire hospital” deliberately coughed on investigating FBI agents and told them he had the coronavirus, federal authorities said Monday. Baruch Feldheim, 43, violated an executive order issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week that makes it illegal to hoard certain scarce health and medical resources, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. These included N95 filtering face-piece respirators, personal protection equipment (PPE), surgical masks, disinfecting devices and ot…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2020

Police & Fire

Authorities: Police Capture Morris County Verizon Store Robbers After Chase Police chased down and captured three Bronx men in Woodland Park moments after they robbed a Verizon store in Denville, authorities said. One of the defendants, Ysael Castro-Espinosa, 22, was caught with an Apple watch he took from the store employee who was forced to open a safe during Sunday night’s holdup just after 7 p.m. at the Route 10 store, they said. Two of the robbers went into the store, then fled with an accomplice, a release issued by Denville police on Monday said. New Jersey State Police and police from Fairfield and Woodland Park converged, as troopers and officers chased a…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2020

News

American Musical Icon John Prine Critical With Coronavirus One of America’s most beloved singer-songwriters, John Prine, remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition with the coronavirus after being intubated over the weekend, his wife said Monday. As news spread among musicians and fans through the weekend, fellow American music icon Joan Baez posted a a version of Prine’s “Hello In There” that she’d recorded in her kitchen (see below). “John, this song that I’ve sung of yours has been one of the most requested songs in my repertoire for over 40 years,” Baez said. “So let me sing it to you and send along my best wishes and prayers.” …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2020

News

Sheriff: Two More Bergen County Jail Inmates Test Positive For Coronavirus Two more inmates at the Bergen County Jail recently tested positive for the coronavirus, one of whom was hospitalized and another who was receiving medical care in an isolation unit at the lockup, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Monday. The 40-year-old Salvadoran national in ICE custody and a 54-year-old county inmate brought the total number of inmates who tested positive to three, the sheriff said. The first positive case, a 31-year-old ICE detainee, was released by federal authorities last Thursday, he said. The 40-year-old detainee was sent for medical evaluation after displaying symptoms…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2020

News

Coronavirus Kills 8 Patients At Passaic County Nursing Home, Infects Many More, Mayor Says The coronavirus has killed eight patients at one Wanaque nursing home and infected many more there and at another in town, officials said. Staff members and others at the Lakeland Nursing Home on Fifth Avenue in Haskell were being treated there after being infected, Wanaque Mayor Dan Mahler said. “Most of this occurred over the past few days,” Mahler said in a Sunday night letter to residents (see below). No deaths were reported at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, he said, adding that “it was reported to me that 10 persons were infected” there. The outbreaks “were likel…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2020

Police & Fire

Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Weekend Shooting Authorities charged a Paterson ex-con with attempted murder, among other counts, in a weekend shooting that sent a neighbor to the hospital. Sultan A. Woodford, 45, remained held Monday in the Passaic County Jail following his arrest at a nearby residence shortly after the 10:30 p.m. Sunday shooting at a Dixon Street home. In addition to the attempted murder count, city detectives charged Woodford with aggravated assault and several weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for a gunshot …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2020

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