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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
Elmwood Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps Sets Beefsteak Fundraiser Elmwood Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps Sets Beefsteak Fundraiser
Elmwood Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps Sets Beefsteak Fundraiser ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Tickets went on sale Monday for the Elmwood Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps beefsteak fundraising dinner on May 7 at VFW Post 5084. Tickets are $50 person for the event, which runs from 7 p.m. to midnight. These cover the cost of dinner, soda and beer. A comedian will provide entertainment, and a 50/50 raffle will be held. You can get tickets in person Monday night, March 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Corps headquarters, 236 Falmouth Ave. Or inbox the squad on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/969805653056049/983251181711496/ 

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News
Fund Set Up For Children Of New Milford Native, Wife Shot Dead By Neighbor Fund Set Up For Children Of New Milford Native, Wife Shot Dead By Neighbor
Fund Set Up For Children Of New Milford Native, Wife Shot Dead By Neighbor NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A GoFundMe page aims to help the two surviving children of former New Milford resident Sandy Mazzella and his wife, Stefanie, who authorities said were shot dead -- along with his mother -- by their next-door neighbor in North Carolina. GO TO: Hope for the Mazzella Family "At this time, I do not know all of the needs that the children will have. " wrote Laurel Gallion of Garner, NC, a co-worker of Stefanie Mazzella's the past 10 years. "But I know they will need to be taken care of. "They will need clothing to wear to their parents' and grandmother'…

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Police & Fire
Saddle Brook Police Chief On Goodwill Trip To Bulgaria, Macedonia Saddle Brook Police Chief On Goodwill Trip To Bulgaria, Macedonia
Saddle Brook Police Chief On Goodwill Trip To Bulgaria, Macedonia SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A law enforcement delegation from New Jersey that included Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler was visiting its counterparts in Bulgaria and Macedonia this week. David Chong, whose United States Asian American Law Enforcement Foundation sponsored the trip, has "the foresight and commitment to see the value in connecting law enforcement with the many diverse communities we serve," Kugler told Daily Voice. "Our hope is to foster and enhance relationships as we collaborate issues that are plaguing our communities around the globe," added Montclair …

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Police & Fire
Police: New Milford Native, Wife, Mother Shot Dead by NC Neighbor Police: New Milford Native, Wife, Mother Shot Dead by NC Neighbor
Police: New Milford Native, Wife, Mother Shot Dead by NC Neighbor NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A New Milford native, his wife and his mother were shot dead by their next-door neighbor in North Carolina, authorities said. UPDATE: A GoFundMe page aims to help their two surviving children, 14 and 7. Sandy Mazzella, 47 -- who was graduated from New Milford High School in 1987 -- had been feuding for months with 52-year-old Jonathan Frederick Sander, according to various published reports. Sander was being held on three counts of murder, Wake County Sheriff's Office records show. They also show Sander charged with "communicating threats" last month -- alth…

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Police & Fire
National Organization Honors Fort Lee Detective For Drug Interceptions National Organization Honors Fort Lee Detective For Drug Interceptions
National Organization Honors Fort Lee Detective For Drug Interceptions FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee police detective with a nose for hidden drugs was honored with two awards from a national law enforcement group for his work intercepting large amounts of heroin and cocaine. The National Criminal Enforcement Association named T.J. Cullen its Investigator of the Year while also honoring him for a 6.8-pound seizure, believed to be the largest by a single officer in the country in 2014. Cullen is consistently among the nation's leaders in seizing drugs secreted in electronically-controlled compartments of vehicles. Most are headed to or from New York City at or ne…

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News
PHOTOS: Old Tappan Police Rescue Lost Mastiff, Find Owners PHOTOS: Old Tappan Police Rescue Lost Mastiff, Find Owners
Photos: Old Tappan Police Rescue Lost Mastiff, Find Owners OLD TAPPAN, N.J. -- The owners of a wandering bull mastiff were located Sunday morning and arranged to pick him up, Old Tappan police said. The frightened and injured dog was first spotted on Orangeburg Road near The Village at Old Tappan condominium complex around 2 a.m. Sunday, police told Daily Voice. He then continued into Norwood before authorities grabbed him around 10:45 a.m., with help from Dr. Neil Hess, the owner of Old Tappan Veterinary, who sedated him. An officer from the Palisades Interstate Parkway who heard the lost dog alert recognized him and called the owners, who were v…

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Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Illegals In Paterson Cocaine Operation Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Illegals In Paterson Cocaine Operation
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Bust Illegals In Paterson Cocaine Operation PATERSON, N.J. -- A Dominican native living in Paterson illegally was selling cocaine from his home before detectives from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office arrested him, seized $25,000 worth of cocaine and confiscated $8,756 in cash and his 2004 BMW 530, authorities said. Investigators also recovered a handgun reported stolen out of Ohio in 2014 and arrested a second Dominican national who they said also was living in the country illegally. Detectives from the sheriff's Bureau of Narcotics early in the month-long investigation identified Danis Servino-Rodriguez, 48, as the prime target, …

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Police & Fire
Faulty Dentist's Appliance Sparked Fire That Destroyed Lyndhurst Building Faulty Dentist's Appliance Sparked Fire That Destroyed Lyndhurst Building
Faulty Dentist's Appliance Sparked Fire That Destroyed Lyndhurst Building LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A faulty electrical appliance in a dentist's office closed for Good Friday sparked a fire that consumed a multi-use Lyndhurst building, Fire Chief Paul Haggerty told Daily Voice. The Stuyvesant Avenue building, which also housed two apartments, was demolished on Saturday. No one was hurt in the blaze, called in at 4:50 p.m. Haggerty said. A bull terrier was rescued from the building, and all of the animals were removed safely from the nearby Humane Society a few doors down. "It's an old building with several ceilings," the chief said. "It spread instantly…

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Police & Fire
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Defendant Tried To Flush Heroin Down McDonalds Toilet HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A Hasbrouck Heights man ran into the bathroom of a Route 17 McDonalds and tried to flush heroin down the toilet after police cornered him, authorities told Daily Voice. Neil Vyas, 29, also had heroin and hypodermic needles in his car and pot in his apartment Friday afternoon, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said. All told, police seized 192 bags of heroin and an eighth of an ounce of marijuana along with the needles, he said. Vyas was being held on $125,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Charges include various drug possession and paraphernalia counts, tampering…

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Schools
Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice
Berkeley College, NJ Devils Celebrate School's 85th Anniversary On Ice WOODLAND PARK, N.J -- Berkeley College will celebrate its 85th anniversary -- and help raise money for New Jersey children's hospitals -- during this Tuesday's New Jersey Devils game against the Boston Bruins at Prudential Center. Donations collected at Prudential Center, as well as a portion of every ticket purchased by Berkeley College associates and students, will be used to purchase blankets for children in New Jersey hospitals. The Devils will present Berkeley College senior administration with a custom hockey jersey and in-game elements will help drive fundraising efforts on the arena…

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