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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
Fort Lee Developer Admits $50,000 Palisades Park Karaoke Bribery Scheme Fort Lee Developer Admits $50,000 Palisades Park Karaoke Bribery Scheme
Fort Lee Developer Admits $50,000 Palisades Park Karaoke Bribery Scheme PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A real estate developer from Fort Lee admitted Thursday in federal court in Newark that he tried soliciting a $50,000 bribe for a borough official from a businessman who wanted to open a karaoke operation in Palisades Park. Chung S. Kho, 68, pleaded guilty to a single count of using facilities in interstate commerce to promote bribery, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Sentencing was scheduled for July 18. The probe began after Kho told the businessman “there would be no problem” obtaining a change of use to open a karaoke business in a Broad Avenue building he own…

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Weather
How Much Snow Will Fall Saturday In Bergen, Passaic? Depends How Much Snow Will Fall Saturday In Bergen, Passaic? Depends
How Much Snow Will Fall Saturday In Bergen, Passaic? Depends Saturday's expected "springtime corrective snow" will leave varying amounts, meteorologist Joe Cioffi said Thursday. "There will be extremely high variability in snowfall amounts depending on elevation, time of day and how the core of the narrow band of precipitation sets up," Cioffi said. "There will be places that will get little or nothing and within miles because of elevation," he said. "[T]here could be places that get several inches or more. "This is a lot like clustering summertime thunderstorms. Some areas get clobbered and others get nothin…

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Obituaries
Leonia Police Officer, Firefighter Richard 'Dick' Quinton, 78, Dies Leonia Police Officer, Firefighter Richard 'Dick' Quinton, 78, Dies
Leonia Police Officer, Firefighter Richard 'Dick' Quinton, 78, Dies LEONIA, N.J. -- Longtime Leonia public servant Richard "Dick" Quinton -- a police officer for more than 25 years and a firefighter for more thn 40 -- died Wednesday. He was 78. Born in Jersey City, Quinton served in the U.S. Marine Corps -- a tremendous source of pride for him, colleagues said. He retired as a sergeant with the police department and was a member of PBA Locals 86 and 381. Quinton also was an active member of the Leonia Volunteer Fire Department for more than four decades, served as a past president and treasurer of Co. 1 and received both the "Chief Donald D…

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Police & Fire
Tedesco Suspends Bergen Public Safety Director Over Traffic Stop Tedesco Suspends Bergen Public Safety Director Over Traffic Stop
Tedesco Suspends Bergen Public Safety Director Over Traffic Stop HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco on Thursday suspended Bergen County Public Safety Director Ralph Rivera Jr. in connection with a county police officer's complaint that he interfered with a traffic stop and arrest of a suspected drunk driver in Hackensack. "I have asked Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal, the county’s top law enforcement official, to fully investigate this matter," Tedesco said. "Any additional action on behalf of the county will be determined following completion of the Prosecutor’s investigation." Rivera, a retired New…

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Police & Fire
NJ Attorney General: License Of Prospect Park Pain Killer Doctor Revoked NJ Attorney General: License Of Prospect Park Pain Killer Doctor Revoked
NJ Attorney General: License Of Prospect Park Pain Killer Doctor Revoked PROSPECT PARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners said Thursday it has revoked the license of Prospect Park doctor for "indiscriminate prescribing of highly addictive pain killers" that "presented a clear and imminent danger to the public.” Dr. Mohamed Kawam JabakjI (known as “Dr. Kawam”) prescribed Oxycodone, Percocet codeine and other pain killers to at least six patients without proper medical justification, the board found. “It’s appalling that a member of the medical profession would help fuel New Jersey’s prescription drug abuse epidemic by prescribing h…

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Police & Fire
Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Find Gun Stolen Nearly 30 Years Ago Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Find Gun Stolen Nearly 30 Years Ago
Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Find Gun Stolen Nearly 30 Years Ago PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's detectives flagged down by a citizen found a gun reported stolen out of Florida nearly 30 years ago. The detectives were serving warrants when they were stopped at the intersection of Fulton and Mercer streets around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said Thursday morning. "After dispersing a group, they searched an open field, and observed a black object lying beside a mound of rocks that were stacked on top of each other," Berdnik said. It turned out to be a black Bryco Arms .22-caliber handgun with an empty six-round magaz…

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Sports
Game Changers Invites Youngsters To 'Pro Level' Football Camp In Waldwick Game Changers Invites Youngsters To 'Pro Level' Football Camp In Waldwick
Game Changers Invites Youngsters To 'Pro Level' Football Camp In Waldwick WALDWICK, N.J. -- A Youth Pro Level Football Camp will be conducted this Saturday at Super Dome Sports in Waldwick. Game Changers NJ, led by director Michael Havaien, is holding the the camp for youngsters in grades 6 to 12 from noon to 4 p.m. "Being an outstanding athlete and a great student are both full time jobs," Havaien said. "Game Changers can assist in helping one become the elite athlete and outstanding scholar they are destined to be." REGISTER / MORE INFO: www.thegamechangersofnj.com 

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Police & Fire
Bergen SWAT Team Finds 'Barricaded' Upper Saddle River Motel Room Empty Bergen SWAT Team Finds 'Barricaded' Upper Saddle River Motel Room Empty
Bergen SWAT Team Finds 'Barricaded' Upper Saddle River Motel Room Empty UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A call that someone was barricaded in a Route 17 motel room in Upper Saddle River brought a SWAT team but proved unfounded Wednesday night, authorities said. "No crime was committed," Detective Lt. Edward Kane told Daily Voice at 8 p.m. "The incident is over." The call to the Fair Motel came in just before 4:30 p.m. that a guest apparently was barricaded in Room 8, Kane said. Officers responded but got no response from inside, he said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT was summoned, broke down the door and found the room vacant, Kane said. Alth…

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Police & Fire
Pair Still Hospitalized After Route 23 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Wayne Pair Still Hospitalized After Route 23 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Wayne
Pair Still Hospitalized After Route 23 Tractor-Trailer Crash In Wayne WAYNE, N.J. – Two men remained hospitalized Wednesday following a Route 23 crash in Wayne the day before, authorities said. Adil Gega, 47, of Lincoln Park, and Cristian Calle-Valdez, 29, of Orange were in a pickup truck struck by a tractor-trailer in the northbound center lane near the Mountain View Boulevard exit around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. Both were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, he said. Their conditions couldn't be determined. The driver of the rig, 62-year-old Steven Meyer of Augusta, WI, wasn’t hurt, Martin said. The Passaic Cou…

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Police & Fire
Ridgefield Park Police Quickly Nab 2 In High-End Electronics Burglary Ridgefield Park Police Quickly Nab 2 In High-End Electronics Burglary
Ridgefield Park Police Quickly Nab 2 In High-End Electronics Burglary RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Ridgefield Park police said they caught a pair of burglars as they left a local business with wrapped drones, surveillance equipment, televisions and cameras. Officer Dale Madan was checking out the activated alarm at C&A Marketing on Bergen Turnpike just after 10 p.m. Sunday when he saw a car "that appeared out of place for the time of day as well as its location," Lt. Joseph Rella said Wednesday afternoon. He radioed ahead, and Sgt. Justin Tress stopped the vehicle moments later. Officers spotted the high-end electronics in the car while talking wit…

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