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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

Covid-19: Lyndhurst Police Limit Non-Emergency Contact In an urgent effort to keep the public – and themselves -- safe, Lyndhurst police on Monday began taking non-emergency reports over the phone. “The types of calls that our officers will take over the phone are those that do not require an on-scene investigation to be conducted, evidence to be collected or otherwise require an officer to respond to the scene,” Police Chief Richard L. Jarvis said. Police will, of course, respond to all emergency calls, crimes of violence against people and serious property crimes, the chief said. What’s necessary, he said, is to find ways to limit person-to-…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2020

Police & Fire

Covid-19: Glen Rock Police Enact Emergency Measures For Dealing With Public In an urgent effort to keep the public -- and themselves -- safe, Glen Rock police have restricted public access to headquarters only in emergencies, cancelled responses to parking complaints and minor property damage and implored anyone who’s quarantined to let any first responders to their home know in advance. “Members of the Glen Rock Police Department, as well as our volunteer emergency services (Fire, EMS and OEM), continue to be here for the community 24/7 in responding to public safety emergencies and criminal acts in progress,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. “However, due…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2020

News

With No Place To Go, You Might As Well Fill Up: NJ, NY, CT Gas Prices Continue To Drop At a time when gas prices usually rise – especially in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut -- they’ve begun a steep drop, as the coronavirus forces airlines to slash the number of daily flights and civilians to drive drastically less. On top of that, Russia and Saudi Arabia are increasing production in a price war that has experts predicting that gas may soon cost less than the crude oil that it’s made from. New Jersey’s average gas price fell eight cents a gallon from last week to an average Monday of $2.36 (from $2.44), AAA Northeast reported. That’s 12 cents cheaper than a month ago (…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2020

Police & Fire

Police: Hackensack 7-Eleven Customer Pulls Gun On Clerk For Carding Him A customer pulled a handgun on a Hackensack 7-Eleven clerk who told him that state law requires him to see an ID before he can sell a tobacco product, authorities said. Tyreek D. Davis, 28, “became agitated and argued with the clerk” at the Essex Street store, before rushing out to his 2010 Chevrolet Impala and pulling out a Hi-Point Firearms CF380 semi-automatic handgun, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Davis then banged on the store window, racked the gun’s slide and waved it a few times, threatening to kill the clerk and telling him to “come outside,” DeWitt said. The clerk stay…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2020

Police & Fire

Video: Firefighters Battle Paterson Blaze Firefighters battled a raging Monday morning blaze at a Paterson mixed-use building. The fire broke out in an auto body shop in the Market Street building off Route 80 around 9:30 a.m., city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Flames quickly consumed the first floor, responders said. The fire went to four alarms within 40 minutes, then five alarms shortly after 11 a.m. "We had a firefighter who fell through the roof but was able to self-evacuate and appears to be OK," Speziale said. Firefighters from Haledon, Passaic, Clifton and Little Falls were among those providing mutual aid. The…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2020

Police & Fire

Crash Sends Jeep Into Ridgewood Building A Monday morning crash in Ridgewood sent a Jeep into the front of an office building. Both drivers sustained injuries in the collision at the intersection of Dayton Street and South Maple Avenue that responders said didn't appear life-threatening. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. A flatbed tow truck removed both vehicles from the scene. Damage to the office building appeared cosmetic only. Boyd A. Loving provided this account and took the photos.

by Jerry DeMarco

03/16/2020

News

City Of Passaic Goes On Coronavirus Lockdown, Reports 1st Positive Case The City of Passaic reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus on Sunday and joined several other North Jersey municipalities in a virtual lockdown of public and private gathering places. Passaic Mayor Hector C. Lora said the city senior center and the Boys and Girls Club are closed and all Health Department programs and events cancelled. Passaic joined a growing list of municipalities, including Teaneck, Leonia and Hoboken, that went on virtual lockdown Sunday in response to the increase threat of COVID-19 exposure. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco warned that all of Bergen …

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2020

Police & Fire

Teaneck Goes On Virtual Coronavirus Lockdown, All Of Bergen Could Soon Be Next, Tedesco Warns UPDATE: County Executive Jim Tedesco warned that all of Bergen could soon go on virtual lockdown in response to the coronavirus the way Teaneck did on Sunday. Gov. Phil Murphy ordered all New Jersey schools closed by Wednesday. Teaneck’s township manager on Sunday ordered a host of businesses in town either closed or restricted to the number of people they can serve until further notice, as the township becomes what its mayor called “ground zero” for COVID-19 in New Jersey. Immediately afterward, Tedesco urged the 1 million or so residents throughout Bergen County to pay close attenti…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2020

News

Elective Surgeries Postponed At All NJ Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Amid Covid-19 Outbreak Hackensack Meridian Health on Sunday postponed all elective surgical procedures for two weeks, starting this Tuesday, following a request from the U.S. surgeon general. “This temporary measure will allow our hospitals to enact preparedness plans we have been developing for weeks to create capacity and continue to deliver high quality care during the anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases,” HMH said in a statement. Hackensack Meridian Health -- which has more than a dozen hospitals in six counties -- began prohibiting visitors, with certain exceptions, at its hospitals and nursing and rehab fac…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2020

Police & Fire

Indian Hills HS Lacrosse Star From Oakland, Long Island Teammate Killed In NC Crash A former star lacrosse player for Indian Hills High School in Oakland was killed along with a teammate from Long Island in a car crash in North Carolina, authorities said. Ann Wray, a sophomore agribusiness major at the University of Mount Olive, was in a Jeep with six classmates that was t-boned by a dump truck on a two-lane highway in town shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, the North Carolina Highway Patrol reported. Wray and teammate Madison Mergl of Sayville, in Suffolk County, were killed, authorities said. Five other occupants were airlifted to the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, the…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/15/2020

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