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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

Alert Officer, Diligent Detectives Stop Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree, Valuables Returned A string of pre-dawn Prospect Park vehicle burglaries ended when a rookie police officer nabbed a Paterson man in the act, authorities said. Officer Yeisy Reyes Jr. was on patrol when he spotted Wesley Bethea, 51, testing car-door handles in the area of Hopper Street and Brown Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Ammen Matari said. A security alarm on one of the vehicles began blaring, sending Bethea running, Matari said. Joined by Sgt. Amy Perlmutter and Officer Jawad Hataf, Reyes took Bethea into custody. They found him carrying a flashlight and some stolen property, the capta…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Update: Quick Response Contains Ridgefield Park Industrial Blaze UPDATE: With help from a sprinkler system and colleagues from other towns, Ridgefield Park firefighters doused a warehouse blaze Wednesday night. The fire was reported around 5:45 p.m. after someone working at the Industrial Avenue building heard a popping sound and saw smoke, responders said. The blaze quickly went to three alarms, with two more for coverage, they said. Bogota, Cliffside Park, Hackensack and Little Ferry firefighters were among those providing mutual aid either at the scene or for the village. Several ladders quickly were put into operation and a trench was cut to help …

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Health Insurance Fraud Sentence: Fed Pen, $1M Restitution For Fort Lee Broker From Old Tappan A Fort Lee insurance broker must spend six months in federal prison -- followed by six months of home confinement -- and repay $1 million that was siphoned from a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2326 Health Care Plan. Lawrence Ackerman, 55, of Old Tappan originally was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to defraud Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of $5.6 million by covering 700 to 800 ineligible participants through bogus – or “shell’ – companies. Ackerman, in turn, pleaded guilty in December 2018 to health care fraud for deliverin…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Clifton PD: DWI Driver Flips SUV, Tries To Flee UPDATE: A driver was drunk when he flipped his SUV in Clifton and tried to flee, authorities said. Robert Prince, 32, of Irvington left the vehicle in the middle of Bloomfield Avenue around 1 a.m. Saturday before being taken into custody a short distance away, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. His SUV had to be righted and towed. The other SUV sustained some rear damage. Robert PrinceCOURTESY: CLIFTON PD Prince was charged with DWI and issued several traffic summonses before being released to a responsible adult. City firefighters also responded with police. A Passaic County Sherif…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Update: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report UPDATE: The investigation into a reported shooting in Garfield ended safely Wednesday morning. A large and immediate law enforcement response followed calls by area residents who said they heard gunshots, city police Capt. Richard Uram said. The initial report involved someone possibly firing at a vehicle near the corner of Maple Street and Pierre Avenue in Garfield and then running off around 10:30 a.m., possibly into Lodi, responders said. Authorities couldn't confirm a witness's report that it resulted from a botched attempted robbery of a drug dealer. No injured victim was immediately…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

News

Sussex County Man Who Killed Scout Leader After Alleged Rape Sues Boy Scouts Of America A Sussex County man who killed the Boy Scout leader who he said raped him is now suing the organization, saying it marketed itself as wholesome and safe while concealing an "infiltration" of pedophiles. The Boy Scouts of America failed in its duties to identify pedophiles, stop them from abusing young boys, alert law enforcement, warn parents or institute a zero-tolerance policy involving charges of sex abuse, alleges a lawsuit filed by Clark Fredericks against the BSA. The organization, based in Irving, Texas, issued a statement in response (see below). Fredericks, 54, served five years i…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Update: Retired Hackensack, Saddle Brook, Newark Firefighter Seriously Injured In Accident A retired Newark deputy fire chief who was also a firefighter in Hackensack and Saddle Brook was seriously injured in a construction accident behind Franklin Lakes police headquarters Wednesday morning, authorities said. James Weiss, 59, was in emergency surgery at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after he was struck in the head by a large sheet of metal at the Bender Court construction site just after 8:30 a.m., authorities said. Weiss, who works for Altona Metal Works of Little Ferry, was transported by AirMed One, which landed nearby, Capt. John Bakelaar said. …

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Update: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report UPDATE: The investigation into a reported shooting in Garfield ended safely Wednesday morning. A large and immediate law enforcement response followed calls by area residents who said they heard gunshots, city police Capt. Richard Uram said. The initial report involved someone possibly firing at a vehicle near the corner of Maple Street and Pierre Avenue in Garfield and then running off around 10:30 a.m., possibly into Lodi, responders said. Authorities couldn't confirm a witness's report that it resulted from a botched attempted robbery of a drug dealer. No injured victim was immediately…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2020

Police & Fire

Southern Gun Runner Who Supplied Newark Buyers Gets 2½ Years In Fed Pen A weapons trafficker from South Carolina was sentenced Tuesday in Newark to a plea-bargained 2½ years in federal prison, part of a new Justice Department initiative aimed at reducing gun violence nationwide. Richard Lowman, 31, was at times accompanied by his uncle, ex-con Reginald Moultrie of Newark, during several meetings with one of the buyers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. In another instance, he sold an assault rifle on a Newark street, Carpenito said. Lowman later sold six firearms in a city home after bringing them to New Jersey from South Carolina, the U.S. attorney said. …

by Jerry DeMarco

01/14/2020

Police & Fire

Prosecutor: Toms River Teen Admits Killing Mom In Front Of Younger Brother UPDATE: A Toms River man admitted that he killed his mother in front of his younger brother late last summer. Edgar Diaz, 18, of Manchester, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Superior Court in Toms River on Jan. 17 in exchange for a 20-year prison term at a scheduled March 6 sentencing. He'll have to serve 17 years of that sentence before he'll be eligible for parole under New Jersey's No Early Release Act. Diaz stabbed Margarita Diaz with a knife and slammed her head into the pavement outside their parked vehicle in a medical office park last Aug. 7, Ocean County Prosecutor Bra…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/14/2020

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