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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

SWAT Incident Ends Peacefully At Teaneck Home UPDATE: A SWAT incident ended peacefully in Teaneck after a barricaded man was removed from a home after several hours inside. A 4 p.m. call brought of a possible shooting and man with a gun brought township police to the single-family home on Churchill Road on Sunday. "The responding officers attempted to get the man to exit his residence, but he refused to do so," Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. "It was quickly determined that law enforcement was dealing with a barricaded subject-type situation. "Within minutes, responding officers arrived on scene and began a dialogue with …

by Jerry DeMarco

02/17/2020

Police & Fire

Hackensack Mini Market Burglarized Someone broke in through the front door window and burglarized a Hackensack mini market before dawn Monday, authorities said. Whoever was responsible took about $200 in change from a jar on the counter and $100 worth of cigars from Miss T's Two on 1st Street sometime between 8:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence at the squat, free-standing convenience store near Clay Street.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/17/2020

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Struck In Ridgefield Dies A Ridgefield woman who was struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street near the supermarket where she worked was declared brain dead by doctors on Monday, loved ones and authorities confirmed. A Dodge Ram was turning left from northbound Shaler Boulevard onto westbound Banta Place when it struck Maria Gabriela Andino, a mother of two, in the crosswalk early Saturday afternoon, they said. The driver, who is in his mid 20s, said he didn't see the victim. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her brain dead at 5:25 p.m. Monday, a day before her…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/17/2020

Police & Fire

30 Driven From Homes As Electrical Fire Races Through Hackensack Apartment Building An electrical fire raced through several apartments, driving 30 people from their homes in a Hackensack apartment building Sunday night. City firefighters said they found fire in the walls and floors of apartments on all three floors of the Main Street building. It took time to complete the job because of "an electrical issue throughout the building, which is what led to the fire being in several apartments," the department said. PSE&G responded to cut power. No injuries were reported. Joining Hackensack's bravest at the scene were their firefighting colleagues from Englewood, Tean…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/17/2020

Police & Fire

Paterson Drug Sweep: Police Nab 14, Seize 226 Heroin Folds, Crack, Pot, $9,200 Cash Paterson police arrested 14 people and seized 226 heroin folds, along with some cocaine, pot and $9,211 in drug proceeds, during a series of city sweeps, authorities said. Community complaints prompted the quick strikes at Cliff and North 4th streets, 16th Avenue and Carroll Street and Jefferson Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Taken off at Cliff and North 4th were three accused dealers: Enrique Garcia, 26, Hector Cruz, 50, and Luis Campbell, 27, all of Paterson, Speziale said. Police seized $2,330 from Garcia and $2,875 from Campbell, along with heroin, marijuana and crack fro…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2020

Police & Fire

Hustler Busted 44 Times For Preying On Unsuspecting Newark Airport Travelers Goes To Jail A city judge sent a chronic "hack hustler" who’s been busted 44 times for illegally offering rides to travelers at Newark Airport to jail for 120 days. Mahmoud Yasin, 62, pleaded guilty to illegally soliciting transportation and criminal trespass in connection with six separate arrests by Port Authority police before Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames sentenced him. “This is as a result of PAPD Newark Liberty International Airport Command’s efforts working with Essex County Prosecutor’s Office to increase the penalty for persistent hack hustlers at the airport,” Port Authority spokeswoman …

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2020

Police & Fire

Pedestrian, 48, Struck In Fair Lawn A 48-year-old Fair Lawn pedestrian was hospitalized with head and leg injuries after she was struck by a van Friday afternoon, police said. The victim was crossing Plaza Road when she was struck shortly after 2 p.m. by a 2010 GMC van driven by a 57-year-old Hackettstown man who was making a left turn from Morlot Avenue, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.She was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that Metzler said weren't considered life-threatening. Plaza Road between Morlot Avenue and Southern Drive was temporarily closed but later reopened, the sergeant sai…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2020

Business

Rags To Riches To Rags Again: Goodbye, Barneys It was the store that boasted Madison Avenue swagger, an international magnet for dapper men and distinguished women who dressed like characters from “Mad Men” and “Sex & the City.” And in less than two weeks, Barneys New York will be no more. Relegated to history will be the flagship store at 660 Madison Avenue. Same for the Woodbury Common outlet on Long Island, not to mention the Fifth Avenue corporate offices and the company’s remaining stores in San Francisco and Beverly Hills. They'll join the original Chelsea location at 101 Seventh Avenue and nearly a dozen other stores nationwi…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2020

Police & Fire

Wayne Detectives Go To Jersey Shore To Crack Remote Model Car Thefts Wayne police detectives investigating the theft of more than $5,000 worth of remote model cars from a popular Route 23 store tracked their burglar to the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Responding officers found the front glass door smashed and cars missing from Zeppelin Hobbies the morning of Jan. 22, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said Friday. Using a tip from a customer that one of the stolen cars was for sale at a hobby shop in Toms River, detectives checked a list of vehicles registered in that area that matched one seen on surveillance video during the burglary, Daly said. Soon after, the…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2020

Police & Fire

Bergen County Sheriff: How Are We Doin'? Residents and merchants are invited to assess the Bergen County Sheriff's Office as part of a prestigious process known as accreditation. A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) will arrive on Feb. 24 to examine "all aspects of the office's policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services," Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Friday. Members of the department and borough employees also are encouraged to call during a scheduled phone-in period from 1 to 2 p.m. that same day. THE NUMBER: (201) 336-3505 Telephon…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/14/2020

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