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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

Photos: SUV Driven By 90-Year-Old Man Barrels Through Englewood Shopping District A 90-year-old man was behind the wheel of an SUV that barreled down Englewood’s main commercial drag at noontime Monday -- just missing several pedestrians, knocking over a parking meter, a planter and a public trash can -- before finally slamming into a utility pole. Two city employees helped free the driver, who was bleeding from the head. They laid him on the sidewalk and kept him calm until emergency responders arrived, police said. The 2016 Kia apparently was parked in an East Palisade Avenue stall before the driver hit the gas, sending it onto the north sidewalk, Deputy Police Chief …

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Police & Fire

Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire An emotionally disturbed Teaneck man armed with several knives was tasered and taken into custody Monday night after he set fire to his apartment and then tried to run out of the building, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a man throwing objects and creating a disturbance found William Caraway in the foyer area of the Chestnut Avenue apartment building armed with several knives, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. "Commands were given to put the weapons down, but Caraway refused and fled back into the building, where he barricaded himself in his apartment," O'Reilly sai…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Police & Fire

SUV Hits Deer On Busy Northbound Route 17 A deer wandered onto Route 17 in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon and was struck by an SUV in Saddle River. The 47-year-old Brooklyn driver wasn’t injured in the noontime crash on the highway’s northbound side just before the East Allendale Avenue exit, police said. His Honda CRV was damaged, however. ****** ALSO SEE: An out-of-control sedan driven by a 79-year-old Westwood man crashed into a guard rail, transformer and utility pole on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes after it clipped the back of a van driven by a 75-year-old Haledon motorist, police said Tuesday. https://dailyvoice.com/…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Police & Fire

Oakland PD: Wanted Unlicensed Driver Busted Picking Up Unlicensed Fair Lawn Friend From HQ A Queens motorist who went to Oakland police headquarters to pick up an unlicensed Fair Lawn friend after his car was impounded was driving on the suspended list himself – and had an active warrant, said authorities who arrested him. Michael McClay, 53, had his vehicle impounded after Officer Jacob Martin discovered during a traffic stop Sunday that his license was suspended, Lt. Christian Eldridge said Tuesday. McClay called 45-year-old contractor Mitchel Hudes of South Richmond to pick him up – after which police arrested him, Eldridge said. Hudes, a former Fair Lawn and Glen Rock reside…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Police & Fire

Sedan Driven By Westwood Man, 79, Hits Transformer, Rail, Pole On Route 208 In Franklin Lakes UPDATE: An out-of-control sedan crashed into a guard rail, transformer and utility pole on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes after it clipped the back of a van, police said Tuesday. The 79-year-old Westwood driver appeared OK but was taken to The Valley Hospital as a precaution after Monday’s crash on the highway’s northbound side near Ewing Avenue, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Neither the 75-year-old van driver nor his passenger -- both from Haledon -- were injured, police said. The driver of the 2019 Subaru Legacy told police he was headed north on Route 208 shortly before 11 a.m. and tried to ch…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Police & Fire

DWI Crash: Englewood Man's Sedan Rolls Twice, Splits Pole, Fort Lee Police Say An Englewood driver was intoxicated when his sedan rolled twice before slamming into and splitting a utility pole on Main Street in Fort Lee, authorities said. Philip Cavaliere, 47, was headed west on Main Street near Park Avenue when his 2015 Lexus IS “veered off the roadway, hit a curb and struck a utility pole” around 1:20 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Witnesses told police the vehicle rolled twice and landed on its tires, Mirkovic said. Responding officers smelled alcohol on Cavaliere’s breath and had him taken to the hospital in their custody to be treated for a cut on his h…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Obituaries

Hero: Four Saved By Organs Donated By Oradell Teen Killed In Crash TRIBUTE: Gone much too soon at 17, an Oradell boy died a hero, donating his organs to save the lives of four people. Richard Rivera clung to life for a week after his SUV slammed into a tree in Haworth on Oct. 17, said his mother, Evelyn Dominguez. Firefighters extricated the teen from his 2002 Toyota 4Runner following the nighttime crash in front of the SUEZ water treatment plan on Lake Shore Drive. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he remained in critical condition until his death. Dominguez told Daily Voice that she, her husband, Omar Rivera, and Richard’s…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/05/2019

Police & Fire

Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire An emotionally disturbed Teaneck man armed with several knives was tasered and taken into custody Monday night after he set fire to his apartment and tried to run, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a man throwing objects and creating a disturbance found William Caraway in the foyer area of the Chestnut Avenue apartment building armed with several knives, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. "Commands were given to put the weapons down, but Caraway refused and fled back into the building, where he barricaded himself in his apartment," O'Reilly said Tuesday. "Officers, wi…

by Jerry DeMarco

11/04/2019

Police & Fire

Rockland Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Youngster In Hackensack A construction worker from Rockland County was charged with sexually assaulting a Hackensack youngster. Enrique R. Alvarado-Chucay, 22, of Spring Valley, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court following his arrest a day earlier. Hackensack police received a complaint last month that Alvarado-Chucay sexually assaulted a juvenile in the city, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Musella’s Special Victims Unit and Hackensack police investigated, the prosecutor said. Alvarado-Chucay was charged with sexual assault …

by Jerry DeMarco

11/04/2019

Police & Fire

Downed Utility Lines Spark Leaf Blaze, Cut Power To Norwood Businesses Fallen utility lines knocked out power to several area businesses and sparked a leaf blaze in Norwood that was doused by firefighters on Monday. The lines fell in the area of Broadway and Livingston Street outside the Chase Bank shortly before noon. Norwood firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth and Northvale, as well as borough police and EMS and the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps. An Orange & Rockland crew repaired the lines and restored power. ****** ALSO SEE: Ramsey firefighters doused separate mini-blazes …

by Jerry DeMarco

11/04/2019

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