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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

Train Fatal Confirmed In Fair Lawn UPDATE: The victim of a fatal commuter train strike in Fair Lawn on Thursday was a township teenager, sources with direct knowledge of the incident said. The 16-year-old boy, who was in the 11th grade, was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. The 66 train on the Port Jervis Line struck the victim between the Broadway station and Morlot Avenue shortly after 4:30 p.m. Oct. 19, said Kyalo Mulumba, the transportation agency's senior public information officer. The train had left Middletown, NY, at 3:20 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 5:13 p.m., Mulumba said. There were…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

North Hudson Fire Official, Sister Arrested After Domestic Dispute Allegedly Gets Physical A North Jersey fire official and his sister were taken into custody after a dispute allegedly got physical, multiple responders have confirmed. Police charged both Kevin Todd, 58, and Monica Todd Lanzara, 57, with simple assault following the incident at their parent's home on Williams Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Lanzara said she independently went to a CityMD in Teterboro on Thursday, rather than a hospital emergency room on Wednesday, and was diagnosed with fractured ribs. She said Friday that she's sent the report to police. Both siblings were released pendi…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

Ring Member Admits Snatching $1.5M Worth Of High-End Vehicles In NJ, Rockland, CT, Long Island The last of four men caught stealing more than $1.5 million worth of luxury cars in New Jersey, Rockland County, Long Island and Connecticut took a guilty plea on Thursday, federal authorities announced. Like his pals, Malik Baker, 29, of Vauxhall, NJ, took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in federal court in Newark on Oct. 19 to conspiring to transport stolen vehicles in interstate commerce and receiving a stolen vehicle that had crossed state lines after being stolen. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas scheduled Baker's sentencing for March 7, 2024. Baker had remained on the sid…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

Thelma & Louise? Out-Of-State Pair With Phony Plate, Stolen IDs, Disguises Nabbed By Oakland PD Two out-of-state ID thieves with a cardboard license plate sped off from Oakland police down the wrong side of the road but were tracked down a short time later, authorities said. Sgt. Michael Griffin spotted the pair in a 2023 Nissan Maxima entering an exit and pulling up to a drive-through window at a TD Bank on Ramapo Valley Road around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. The Maxima had tinted windows and an unreadable rear license plate apparently printed on a piece of cardboard, the captain said. Seeing the police, the driver backed out of the drive-through and sped …

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Business Owner Reports Armed Robbery Attempt Outside His River Edge Home A business owner told River Edge police that he was returning home at the end of the day when a would-be robber approached and pointed a gun at him outside his house, authorities said. He'd just parked his car and was walking to his front door, the Howland Avenue resident told the responding officers, when the stranger cut across his lawn, pointed a weapon and mumbled something shortly before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18. "He only saw the barrel," Police Chief Michael Walker said, "but from the description it sounds like a revolver." The resident told police he ducked behind a parked…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

Gotcha! Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run Death Of Paterson Girl, 17 The search for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 17-year-old Paterson girl ended with the arrest of a 52-year-old city resident, authorities said. Authorities said Barrington Hewitt, 52, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit the girl and a 16-year-old boy in the area of 17th Avenue and East 33rd Street around 3 a.m. Sept. 13, authorities said. A second 16-year-old boy who was with them reported no injuries, they said. All three were rushed in a private vehicle to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where the girl was pronounced dead. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes an…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

Smoky Fire Closes Route 46 Popeyes Firefighters doused an overnight blaze Thursday at the Popeyes Louisiana Chicken restaurant on westbound Route 46 in Lodi. The smoky fire broke out in the kitchen shortly before 1 a.m. Oct. 19, roughly two hours after closing time. Firefighters had it under control within a half hour. No injuries were reported. Firefighters doused the Popeyes blaze on Route 46 in Lodi in just under a half hour.Mark Adamczyk Mutual aid was provided by firefighters from Saddle Brook, Maywood and Rochelle Park. The County Wide Emergency Response Team provided canteen services. The fire was containe…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/19/2023

Police & Fire

Bergen Biz Partner Of Power 105.1 DJ Envy Busted By Feds In Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme A New Jersey real estate investor and influencer who's business partners with Power 105.1 DJ Envy was seized early Wednesday by federal agents who charged him with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment scheme. Promising returns that were too good to be true, Cesar Humberto Piña "exploited celebrity status and social media" to scam dozens of people out of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Oct. 18. Piña, 45, who lives in the suburban Bergen County town of Franklin Lakes, craftily "developed a devoted following" whom he then victi…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/18/2023

Police & Fire

Update: Judge Imposes Requirements On Tenafly Council Prez, Son Released On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack released Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son from jail on Wednesday, but both must remain under house arrest at the family's home while they await trial on charges of child porn possession. Superior Court Judge David Labib didn't require electronic monitoring on Grossman and his son, Steven, during separate first appearances for both on Oct. 18. Labib (above photo, right) did impose several requirements after a prosecutor said investigators found more than 1,000 images of sexually abused boys between 10 and 13 collected by Steven Grossman …

by Jerry DeMarco

10/18/2023

Police & Fire

Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff It might well have been a "concerned citizen" who authorities said led Passaic County sheriff's officers to an armed drug dealer and an ex-con wanted on a gun-related warrant out of Bergen County. Might've been a rival, considering the location -- one of the deadliest drug corners in Paterson. Or it could've been someone holding a grudge trying to get even. Whoever dropped the dime in the middle of Monday afternoon, Oct. 16, provided more than enough info, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. That included a description of what the purported gunman was wearing -- cream-colored …

by Jerry DeMarco

10/18/2023

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