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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

Oakland PD: Drug-Using Ex-Con From NY Was Carrying Gun An ex-con nabbed by Oakland police on drug charges was carrying a handgun, authorities said. They first grabbed Logan Dipaolo, 24, of Chester, NY, after receiving a call shortly before 9 a.m. Monday of a man who at first was laying outside a vehicle on Franklin Avenue, Police Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Seeing a responding officer, Dipaolo got up and ran into the woods near Route 287, Eldridge said. Officer Christopher Tinio and Detective Robert Hintzen quickly got him into custody, then found several heroin folds and hypodermic needles in his car, the lieutenant said. Dipaolo …

by Jerry DeMarco

12/17/2019

Police & Fire

Bail Reform: Fair Lawn Police Nab Shoplifting Duo With 9 Outstanding Warrants Fair Lawn police nabbed four out-of-town shoplifters who were apparently operating as group – two of whom, in turned out, had several outstanding warrants between them, authorities said. Officers responding to the shoplifting call at the CVS on Fair Lawn Avenue stopped a vehicle with the four inside. They recovered nearly $500 worth of stolen merchandise and a small amount of drugs, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Arrested were Michael Bouchotte, 32, and Julia Macello, 27, both of Teaneck; Robert Pitts, 44, of Paterson and Samantha Boseski, 30, of Clifton, Metzler said. Boseski was released…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/17/2019

Police & Fire

Passaic County Sheriff's Officer Indicted On Misconduct Charges A Passaic County sheriff’s officer was accused of lying in a police report and on an affidavit, authorities announced. A grand jury in Paterson returned official misconduct and false reporting charges against Joel Familia, 36, of Lake Hopatcong, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Monday night. Valdes didn’t explain, saying only: “It is alleged that on March 22, 2018, the defendant, a Passaic County [s]heriff’s [o]fficer, made false statements in a police report and in an affidavit of probable cause. Familia was issued a summons for a first appearance in Central Judicial P…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Paterson Trio Charged With Attempted Murder In Street Shooting The last of three men charged in the shooting of another man during a Paterson street robbery three months ago was taken into custody late last week, Passaic County authorities announced. D’ron Mims, 19, was arrested on Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release issued Monday. Mins joins Roberto Rodriguez, 21, who they said was arrested on Sept. 8, a day after the 35-year-old man was shot in the area of Pacific and Levin streets. He survived his injuries, they said. Seized on Sept. 18 was Kaleik Easton, 25, Valdes and O…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Wayne PD: Man Who Exposed Himself At Mall Seized During Holiday Shopping Rush Wayne police and Passaic County sheriff's officers were talking to a witness reporting that a man had exposed himself at busy Willowbrook Mall this weekend when a woman screamed nearby. The woman, who was with her 12-year-old nephew, pointed to the suspect, who was immediately taken into custody, township Police Capt. Daniel Daly said Monday. The officers were talking with the witnesses shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday when they heard the screams, Daily said. James Michura, 24, of North Carldwell was charged with three counts of lewdness and released pending a court hearing, the captain said…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Federal Judge Orders Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Jersey City Shooters Held 'Till Bail Hearing UPDATE: A pawn shop owner arrested in connection with last week's shootout in Jersey City remained in federal custody following a brief appearance Monday in Newark. A U.S. District Court judge scheduled a bail hearing at 11 a.m. Wednesday for Ahmed A-Hady, 35, of Keyport, who's charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The judge also ordered that A-Hady remain held until then. A handwritten note found in the pocket of one of the two dead Jersey City shooters led investigators to A-Hady and what the government says were three AR-15-style assault rifles, among 13 weapon…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Maywood Police Officer Nabs Fleeing Motorist After Crash A Maywood police officer chased down a speeding borough motorist driving an uninsured, uninspected car, authorities said. Kevin McNamara, 29, kept going after Officer Shawn Patton tried to stop him around 1:15 a.m. Friday, Police Detective Sgt. Jason Liaban said. He continued on Spring Valley Avenue before hitting a curb near Pine Street, Liaban said Monday. Patton took McNamara into custody and issued him summonses for reckless driving, speeding, failing to have his vehicle inspected and not having insurance, the sergeant said. McNamara also was charged criminally with eluding and releas…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34 A funeral Mass was scheduled in Ridgewood this Thursday for former Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Scott Emerson, who died suddenly this past weekend. Visiting hours are from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vander Platt-Caggiano Funeral Home at 13-31 Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn, (201) 797-3500. Thursday's 10 a.m. funeral will be at Our Lady of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Ridgewood. Burial will follow in George Washington Cemetery in Paramus. "If someone asked 100 different people to describe you," good friend Ryan Ward wrote in tribute, "I can guarantee somewhere in…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Charges Dropped Against Wayne Woman Charged With Killing Newborn Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced Monday that a Wayne woman accused of killing her newborn son a decade ago won't stand trial. The decision to drop the charges against Keri Barry follows the state Supreme Court’s refusal to consider a lower court’s ruling that prosecutors couldn’t admit a trash bag containing the baby’s remains into evidence because it was retrieved from her parents’ Wayne home without a search warrant. Authorities charged Barry with murder and child endangerment, saying that she gave birth in their basement in December 2009, stuffed the baby into the bag a…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/16/2019

Police & Fire

Cliffside Park Man Killed In Jersey City Crash Cremated A 26-year-old Cliffside Park man killed in a Jersey City car crash was privately cremated. Daniel Nazarenko, 26, of Cliffside Park, was a passenger in a sedan that crashed into a divider on 14th Street near Route 139 shortly before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. He was pronounced dead a Jersey City Medical Center about a half-hour later. The driver was reported in stable condition. Nazarenko, a Jersey City native, was graduated from St. Peter’s Prep, according to social media accounts. An only child, he is survived by his mother, Victoria Zames, we well as many beloved relatives and f…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/15/2019

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