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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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Police & Fire

ATF: Paterson Ex-Con Caught Selling Guns A ex-con from Paterson who'd already done time on a weapons conviction was caught selling guns, federal authorities said Friday. Floyd “HK” Henry, 34, had sold two semi-automatic rifles, two revolvers and seven semi-automatic pistols in a little over two months when ATF agents arrested him on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A federal judge ordered Henry held without bail on charges of gun selling and being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. Carpenito credited special agents of the ATF, the Passaic County Sherriff’s Office, the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/27/2019

Police & Fire

Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud An Englewood business consultant directed employees to pose as applicants, list fake jobs and artificially boost income information as part of a widespread conspiracy to illegally secure more than $4 million in bank loans, federal authorities charged. As funding director for Cash Flow Partners, a business consulting firm in Saddle Brook, Jennie Frias, 36, had employees “pose as loan applicants when communicating with the victim banks,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Cash Flow published online ads and held seminars offering customers help in obtaining FDIC-insured bank loans, Car…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/27/2019

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Teaneck Pedestrian Police were looking for the hit-and-run driver whose car struck a 20-year-old pedestrian Friday morning in Teaneck. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with a leg injury after the crash at the intersection of Ivy Lane and Ivy Court just after 9:30 a.m., Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. The small black vehicle that struck him headed east into Englewood, the deputy chief said. Anyone who might have witnessed the crash or has information that could help police find the car and/or the driver is asked to contact Teaneck PD: (201) 837-2600.

by Jerry DeMarco

09/27/2019

Police & Fire

Boy, 13, Says Man Tried To Stop Him On Way Home From School Near Rockland Border Old Tappan police asked the public’s help identifying a man who a 13-year-old boy said tried to stop him as he walked home from school near the Rockland County border. The boy said the man was in a dark-colored sedan and tried to talk to him about the New York Yankees. He told police he immediately ran away and notified his parents instead. He described the man as in 40s with dark hair, dark sunglasses and a goatee. A State Police sketch artist produced a composite based on the boy’s description. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact the Old Tappan…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/27/2019

Police & Fire

Recognize HIM? Boy, 13, Says Man Tried To Stop Him On Way Home From School Old Tappan police asked the public’s help identifying a man who a 13-year-old boy said tried to stop him as he walked home from school. The boy said the man was in a dark-colored sedan and tried to talk to him about the New York Yankees. He told police he immediately ran away and notified his parents instead. He described the man as in 40s with dark hair, dark sunglasses and a goatee. A State Police sketch artist produced a composite based on the boy’s description. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact the Old Tappan Police Department: (201) 664-12…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/27/2019

Police & Fire

Edgewater Police Officer Pulls Suicidal Man From Hudson River An Edgewater police officer pulled a suicidal man from the Hudson River early Thursday evening. Responding shortly before 6 p.m. to a 911 call of a man who'd jumped in, Officer Jorge Vanegas found the Paterson resident – upset over ongoing marital issues – up to his waist in the water off the Hudson River Walkway at Edgewater Commons, Detective Dale Price said. Vanegas negotiated his way down the rocky shoreline, reached for the man’s arm and pulled him to safety. An ambulance took the man to a local hospital for an evaluation. An Edgewater Fire Department boat also responded along with o…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2019

Police & Fire

Utility Pole Toppled In Crash Outside Hackensack Church An SUV collided with a sedan and then toppled a utility pole outside a Hackensack church on Thursday. The drivers – both female from Hackensack, one 75 and the other 47 – were hospitalized with minor injuries, as was a 14-year-old boy who was in the older driver’s Toyota Rav 4, Police Lt. Gregory Zisa said. The SUV collided with a Toyota Corolla in front of Mount Olive Baptist Church at Second Street and Central Avenue, Zisa said, adding that the building wasn’t damaged. The instability of the pole closed the intersection for several hours while PSE&G made repairs. The instability…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2019

Police & Fire

Boy, 12, Knocked Cold By Car Mirror In Ridgefield Park A 12-year-old boy was knocked cold when he was struck by the mirror of a passing car Thursday afternoon in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. The boy eventually regained consciousness and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash at Teaneck Road and Hobart Street around 3 p.m., Police Lt. Joseph Rella said. He was reported in stable condition, the lieutenant said. The driver remained at the scene, he said. Police were investigating.

by Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2019

Police & Fire

Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School Detectives were investigating the discovery Thursday morning of two swastikas drawn in pencil in a boy's bathroom at the Glen Rock Middle School, authorities said. School officials contacted them after discovering the symbols in the middle school section of a building that also houses the borough high school, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Detective Sgt. Jim Calaski "made all appropriate notifications," while the school "has also reached out to parents and is following up with the student body," the chief said. "As of this time there is no evidence to support that this incident is relat…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2019

Police & Fire

Feds: Northeast Opioid 'Pill Mill' Takedown Nets Paramus Pharmacy Owner, Clifton Surgeon The arrests of a Paramus pharmacy owner and a Clifton orthopedic surgeon earlier this month by federal agents were part of a massive crackdown involving the distribution of over 3.25 million opioid doses in “pill mill” clinics and doctors’ offices throughout the Northeast, the Justice Department said Thursday. A total of 54 defendants – 15 of them doctors -- have been charged for their roles in submitting nearly $800 million in bogus health insurance claims, the Justice Department said. Others include marketing executives, pharmacists, and the owners and operators of a genetic testing labor…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2019

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