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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

Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Northbound Route 17 Near State Line A tractor-trailer fire temporarily closed northbound Route 17 in Mahwah near the New York State border early Wednesday afternoon. The driver got the TruBlu Logistics rig to the shoulder and hopped out before flames began consuming the tractor just south of the Route 287 merge shortly before 2 p.m. May 10. Police detoured traffic onto southbound Route 287. Firefighters made quick work of the blaze that engulfed the tractor of a rig headed north on Route 17 near the New York State border on Wednesday, May 10.Jerry DeMarco Mutual aid responders so far reported to Daily Voice, either at th…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21 A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

Vicious Mugger Punches Female Driver In Face, Caught Hiding Nearby: Englewood PD A ruthless thug opened a female driver’s door at an Englewood stop sign, punched her in the face twice and demanded money before running away, authorities said. The 58-year-old victim from Englewood wasn’t seriously injured in the attack at the intersection of Highwood Avenue and Tenafly Road around 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. Responding officers found Solomon Marshall, 51, also of Englewood, hiding in a nearby driveway and took him into custody. They charged him with robbery and criminal attempt and sent him to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained held Wednesd…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

'PlugwalkJoe' Admits Unprecedented Twitter Hack That Included Musk, Kardashian, Biden: Feds A 23-year-old British citizen who hacked the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Bill Gates, among others, pleaded guilty in federal court to a host of related charges as part of a deal with the government. Joseph James O'Connor -- also known as "PlugwalkJoe" -- technically faces up to 77 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines but will likely get somewhere between 10 to 20 years when all is said and done. The Liverpudlian hacker admitted during a plea hearing in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 9, that he committed one of the largest high-pro…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/10/2023

Police & Fire

Bergenfield Man, 20, Accused Of Firing Toy Gun At Englewood Pedestrians A 20-year-old Bergenfield man fired a gel blaster that hit two people crossing an Englewood street, authorities said. Jason Suarez was identified as the person responsible for firing the water beads from the paintball-type toy gun, which struck the pedestrians as they crossed East Palisade Avenue around 8 p.m. Sunday, May 7, police said. Suarez apparently fired from a 2019 Honda Accord that then sped off, they said. Police had him in custody by 11 a.m. the next morning, Chief Thomas Greeley said. They issued him two summonses for aggravated assault, as well as one for weapons possession…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

Ex-Con Wanted In Edgewater Domestic Assault Caught Outside Cliffside Bar With Gun: Police An Edgewater ex-con wanted for pointing a gun in a domestic dispute was armed while fighting with police in Cliffside Park, authorities said. Tyrone Lashawn Roy, 30, was already known to police, having been arrested multiple times throughout eastern Bergen County over the past decade, mostly for drug- and traffic-related offenses but also for making terroristic threats, records show. Officers found him at closing time outside a bar and restaurant across from the Centre on Anderson Avenue around 2 a.m. last Friday, May 5, Cliffside Park Police Deputy Chief Vincent Capano said. Roy resisted,…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

Multitude Of Government Agencies Victimized Out Of $4M By NJ Man: Feds A New Jersey man stole more than $4 million through a clutch of schemes that included defrauding three different government programs, authorities charged. Gbenga Akinbode, 33, of Newark, opened a bank account and then used 120 different debit cards to buy $500,000 worth of money orders that were deposited into the account, according to a complaint filed by Homeland Security Investigations in U.S. District Court in Newark. Investigators discovered that the debit cards were funded with $4 million in fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits, bogus Paycheck Protection Program loans…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

Lodi Man Who Fled Auto Assault Nabbed After Going To Look For Victim In ER: Teaneck PD A Lodi man deliberately hit a Teaneck woman with his car, fled the scene, then was arrested when he went to the hospital to look for her, authorities said. Manuel Augusto, 30, of Lodi, deliberately reversed his car into the victim, knocking her down, as she stood in her driveway following an argument shortly after 1:30 a.m. last Friday, May 5, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Then he drove off, the chief said. The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to nearby Holy Name Medical Center with pain in her arms, back and chest and shortness of breath, the chief said. She was st…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

Victim Critical After Electrical Explosion At Meadowlands Solid Waste Plant An electrical explosion at a solid waste facility in North Arlington severely burned a worker on his face and side, authorities said. The 62-year-old victim from Paterson was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston following the mishap at the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission facility on Baler Boulevard shortly after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 9, Police Capt. Robert J. Reilly said. He was listed in critical condition, the captain said. Borough police, firefighters and the North Arlington Volunteer Ambulance Service responded along with an ALS unit and a crew from PSE&…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/09/2023

Police & Fire

When Cars Collide: One Driver Extricated, Both Hospitalized After Ridgewood Crash Ridgewood firefighters freed a driver after his SUV landed on its side in a collision. The elderly motorist was conscious after being freed from his Toyota RAV 4 hybrid following the collision with a Ford Escape at the corner of Dayton Street and South Maple Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 9. Both he and the female driver of the Escape were taken by ambulances to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The RAV 4 hybrid landed on its side in the collision at the corner of Dayton Street and South Maple Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 9.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Village…

by Jerry DeMarco

05/09/2023

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