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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

Firefighters Douse Blaze At Hackensack Real Estate Office UPDATE: Hackensack firefighters doused a blaze at a real estate office Monday afternoon. The fire broke out on the first floor at Beyer Realty on Clinton Place off Pangborn Place around 1:30 p.m. and quickly went to two alarms, responders said. Flames spread upstairs in the 2½-story wood-frame building, they said. Firefighters had the bulk of the blaze knocked down within 20 minutes. Command declared it under control about 15 minutes after that. No injuries were immediately reported. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Police: DWI Motorist Who Thought She Was In Her Driveway Flees Crash After Parking On Route 208 A drunk hit-and-run driver from Hawthorne told police she thought she was in her driveway when she parked her car in the fast lane of northbound Route 208 in Glen Rock and it was rear-ended by another vehicle, authorities said. The driver of the second car, a 2019 Volkwagen Jetta, told Officer Sam Evans that he couldn’t stop in time after Tammi L. Calie, 35, suddenly stopped in the left lane of the highway near Harristown Road shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Calie’s unregistered, uninsured 2010 Mercedes C4A “then fled the scene after being struck,” the chie…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Fair Lawn PD: Dealer Nabbed In Raid Had Drugs, $47,000 Cash, 11 Mistreated Dogs, 3 Kids In Home Fair Lawn police reported finding three children and 11 mistreated dogs in the home of a local man who they said had nearly a pound combined of heroin and cocaine, along with packaging materials and $47,000 in drug cash. Marquan Carter, 34, had the drugs and money stashed on throughout the house, in his 2016 Honda Pilot and on him when police raided his Morlot Avenue home last week, Sgt. Brian Metzler said Monday. “Eleven dogs, some who appeared malnourished, were found in cages inside the residence, along with two treadmills with harnesses for dogs,” Metzler said. “The animals were removed…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Weather

My, My, Mild January, More In Store? Last month was the ninth-mildest January in New Jersey since they began keeping records of such things 125 years ago, experts at the Rutgers NJ Weather Network said Monday. It was also the 11th least snowiest January around here, they said. But don't stash the shovels and snowshoes just yet. "Despite February likely getting off to a mild start, there still remains plenty of time for snow to fall," said David A. Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist and a distinguished professor in the Rutgers University-New Brunswick Department of Geography. "In fact, the last three snow season…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Leonia Firefighters Quickly Douse House Blaze Leonia firefighters made quick work of a Sunday night house blaze. The Hawthorne Terrace fire broke out around 11:20 p.m. and was quickly knocked down. It was declared under control, and mutual aid companies were released, about 40 minutes later. No injuries were reported. Photo by Chris Torello. MORE PHOTOS: CPT Fire Ground Photos

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Police: Jaywalking Maywood Pedestrian, 18, Struck By Sedan A Maywood woman wasn't in the crosswalk when she was struck by a sedan Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The woman was crossing West Passaic Street, about 25 feet west of Golf Avenue, when she was hit by a 2007 Lexus ES350 driven by a 30-year-old Hackensack man shortly before 1:15 p.m., borough Police Capt. Terence Kenny said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries but was expected to survive. No summonses were immediately issued after the crash, which remains under investigation, Kenny said.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Weather

Bet Against Serious Snow This Week, North Jersey Weather Expert Says Snow this week? Maybe, weather expert Joe Cioffi says -- and if so, not much around here. Monday is easily the week’s best weather day, Cioffi said, with highs in the low- to mid-50s in North Jersey and immediately to the north, and possibly as high as 60 degrees at the Jersey Shore. "Enjoy the day because the rest of the week is pretty much shot," he said. Snow could fall this week, he said, but not until Thursday, the earliest -- and not much of it. Tuesday’s temperatures should be lower, due to clouds and showers, said Cioffi, who uses several weather models. ****** ALSO SEE: La…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Somerset Athlete Leaps To Death From New NY Landmark A former high school rugby star from Basking Ridge leaped to his death from a landmark structure at the brand-new Hudson Yards in Manhattan over the weekend, authorities confirmed. Peter DeSalvo, 19, a freshman at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, jumped to his death from the sixth story of The Vessel, 150 or so feet above West 33rd Street near the Hudson River, around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to published reports. He didn’t leave a note, loved ones said. DeSalvo, who was a member of SHU's rugby club, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, after jumping fr…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/02/2020

Police & Fire

Respected Rutherford Lawman Becomes Bergen County Police Chiefs Association's 95th President TRIBUTE: It’s a testament to Rutherford Police Chief John R. Russo’s reputation and integrity that so many friends, loved ones and colleagues packed this year’s Bergen County Police Chiefs Association installation dinner Friday night at the Venetian in Garfield. A “young, vibrant, passionate and intelligent” police department doesn’t happen by chance, retired Bergen County prosecutor’s Detective Capt. Stephen Dembowski said while formally introducing Russo to more than 400 attendees in the main ballroom. Russo, who was sworn as the association’s 95th president, “raised the bar and improved…

by Jerry DeMarco

02/02/2020

Police & Fire

Pickup Slams Into Teaneck Utility Pole A driver walked away without serious injury after his pickup truck slammed into a utility pole in Teaneck. The driver told police a vehicle suddenly turned in front of him shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday. He said he swerved to avoid the vehicle and his Ford F150 struck the pole, snapping it in half, on River Road near the corner of Pomander Walk across from Five Star Premier Residences of Teaneck. The truck was towed.

by Jerry DeMarco

02/02/2020

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