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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

Update: 'Inseparable' Couple Dies In Butler New Year's Eve Blaze Anna and Richard Ryczek of Butler were inseparable. “They had a son,” neighbor Pier Rondin said. “I heard that the house was the only possession the old couple had to pass on to him.” Their Myrtle Avenue house went up in flames on New Year’s Eve, claiming both of the lives. Anna Ryczek, 72, perished in the two-alarm blaze. Her 74-year-old husband was airlifted to a hospital but died of his injuries, authorities said Wednesday. “In a way, his passing was a blessing,” Rondin said. “They remain inseparable.” Their beloved cat was killed, as well. Rondin and his son had taken their dogs for…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2020

Police & Fire

New Year's Day Fire Destroys Palisades Interstate Parkway Police HQ A New Year's Day fire roared through Palisades Interstate Parkway Police headquarters. The fire broke out around 11:45 a.m. in the police chief's office and quickly spread through the barracks in Alpine, destroying the police station. The blaze went to four alarms because of problems with water pressure, responders said. It was declared under control in less than an hour. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit was at the scene, along with New Jersey State Police the New Jersey Fire Marshals office and the Division of Fire Safety, because it involved a law enforcement bu…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2020

Police & Fire

New Year's Day Fire Destroys Palisades Interstate Parkway Police HQ A New Year's Day fire roared through Palisades Interstate Parkway Police headquarters. The fire broke out around 11:45 a.m. in the police chief's office and quickly spread through the barracks in Alpine, destroying the police station. The blaze went to four alarms because of problems with water pressure, responders said. It was declared under control in less than an hour. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit was at the scene, along with New Jersey State Police the New Jersey Fire Marshals office and the Division of Fire Safety, because it involved a law enforcement bu…

by Jerry DeMarco

01/01/2020

Police & Fire

'Inseparable' Couple Dies In Butler New Year's Eve Blaze Anna and Richard Ryczek of Butler were inseparable. “They had a son,” neighbor Pier Rondin said. “I heard that the house was the only possession the old couple had to pass on to him.” Their Myrtle Avenue house went up in flames on New Year’s Eve, claiming both of the lives. Anna Ryczek, 72, perished in the two-alarm blaze. Her 74-year-old husband was airlifted to a hospital but died of his injuries, authorities said Wednesday. “In a way, his passing was a blessing,” Rondin said. “They remain inseparable.” Their beloved cat was killed, as well. Rondin and his son had taken their dogs for…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2019

News

First Weehawken, Now Hasbrouck Heights: Another North Jersey Houlihan's Closes Now that the Houlihan’s restaurant on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights hasn’t made it to New Year’s, some are wondering: Which one is next? Earlier this year, the company that owns the chain closed its Weehawken location, along with one in Lawrenceville. It was closing time again on Sunday, this time for its Route 17 sister, which had been in business for 21 years alongside a stretch of highway that included fellow restaurant/bars Biggie's and The Crow’s Nest, as well as IHOP, White Castle and Sonic, among others. Also closing Sunday was the Houlihan's in Woodbridge, as well as several others…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2019

Police & Fire

Dementia Patient, 73, Rescued By Port Authority PD After Walking Into Traffic On GWB A 73-year-old dementia patient who wandered from home was rescued by Port Authority police after he walked into traffic on the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Officers Robert Cruz and Frank Grossberger, responding to a call from a motorist, found the Bronx resident walking on the bridge’s lower level toward the Manhattan side just after midnight Tuesday, authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. “He was disoriented and walking alongside the travel lanes, where there is no sidewalk,” she said. The officers got him to safety and obtained his name and birth date, Rodrigues said…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2019

Police & Fire

Did You Know? Greyhound Gives Runaways A Free Ride Home Greyhound Bus Lines is reminding young runaways who want to reunite with their families that they can get a free ride home from anywhere in the U.S. Since 1995, the Home Free program has assisted more than 16,000 families by busing runaways home for free via a partnership with Greyhound and the National Runaway Safeline. Around 400 runaways a year take advantage of the offer, Greyhound says. With the “Home Free” program, runaways: Must be between 12 and 21 years old; Must be named on a runaway report; Must be willing to be reunited with their family; Must have family members or guardians…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2019

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Struck At Busy Little Ferry Intersection A pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries after he was struck by a sedan Tuesday afternoon at a busy Little Ferry intersection. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck around 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of Main and Liberty streets, Detective Lt. Ronald Klein said. The driver remained at the scene, he said. Police were interviewing witnesses. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Main Street between Route 46 and Liberty Street remained temporarily closed.

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2019

Police & Fire

Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Fort Lee police nabbed a naked, drug-influenced man running down Route 4, authorities said. Responding to a call at the Holiday Inn, Officer Carlos Cabrera saw 51-year-old Kelton L. Mccrink-Goode of Morris Plains running in the right lane of the eastbound highway around 6 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Cabrera blocked the right lane of eastbound Route 4 with his vehicle and found the undressed McCrink-Goode holding a pocket knife in his right hand while “acting in an irate and irrational manner,” Mirkovic said. Cabrera displayed his Taser and got McCrink-Goode to drop the knife, t…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/31/2019

Police & Fire

Police: Man Struck, Killed Near Meadowlands Was Headed Home From Work At Nearby Gas Station Carlstadt police on Monday identified a pedestrian struck and killed just north of the Meadowlands over the weekend as a 55-year-old Paterson man who was heading home from work at a local service station. Abdul Ahad, who emigrated to the U.S. from Bangladesh, was struck around 6:45 a.m. Saturday as he crossed Washington Avenue just north of Route 120 -- on what for decades has been a notorious stretch of road, authorities said. The Dodge Charger that hit him was headed north and was passing a stopped NJ Transit bus when Ahad stepped into his path, Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. Ahad…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

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