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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
Ridgewood Police: Dog Ordered To Kill Officers Shot During Traffic Stop Ridgewood Police: Dog Ordered To Kill Officers Shot During Traffic Stop
Ridgewood Police: Dog Ordered To Kill Officers Shot During Traffic Stop RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police shot and wounded a large dog who they said jumped through a car window at his master's command to kill them. It was around 10:30 p.m. Saturday when the officers approached the car, which had been rolling at about 5 miles an hour down Lincoln Avenue when it came to a stop at the Godwin Avenue intersection, Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke said. The officers were concerned over whether "there were any medical or other issues," she said. The driver -- identified as Wilfredo Paduani, 38, of West Paterson -- "became combative and assaulted" the of…

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Narcan Could Reverse 250+ Bergen Drug ODs This Year, Prosecutor Says Narcan Could Reverse 250+ Bergen Drug ODs This Year, Prosecutor Says
Narcan Could Reverse 250+ Bergen Drug ODs This Year, Prosecutor Says PARAMUS, N.J. -- At the current rate for 2016, police in Bergen County will administer Narcan 277 times to overdosing drug users this year -- roughly 50% more than last year, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. More than two dozen of those users will die, anyway, based on those figures. Grewal released the numbers during a “Heroin Summit” at his Paramus office -- held "to discuss ways to improve coordination among public and private entities to combat the heroin epidemic" in the county, he said. “It has become readily apparent to me in my first several m…

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Pair Bound For Federal Pen For Swiping $250G From Tristate Home Depots Pair Bound For Federal Pen For Swiping $250G From Tristate Home Depots
Pair Bound For Federal Pen For Swiping $250G From Tristate Home Depots Two Brooklyn men were sentenced to federal prison terms Monday for fleecing Home Depots in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and elswhere of more than $250,000 through an elaborate double-dipping scheme. Renauld Medard, 75, got 30 months and and 31-year-old Wesly Dieudonne 28 months from a U.S. District Court Judge Anne E. Thompson, who convicted both of wire fraud and conspiracy after a four-day bench trial in Trenton. As part of the scheme, Medard and Dieudonne bought various items from Home Depot locations in the tri-state area, as well as in Maryland and Pennsylvania, using cash, credit…

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New Milford PD: Couple, Kids, Bail From DWI Crash Car New Milford PD: Couple, Kids, Bail From DWI Crash Car
New Milford PD: Couple, Kids, Bail From DWI Crash Car NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A couple with three young children in a BMW driven by an intoxicated motorist piled into another car -- whose driver also was drunk -- after the Beamer plowed into a tree, New Milford police said Monday. The BMW driver, identified as 27-year-old Ivan Samano of Teaneck, had no license, registration or insurance, as well as no front license plate on the car, police said. The children weren't in restraints, either, they said. Samano was following the other car home when the BMW hit the tree in the 100 block of Madison Avenue, near New Milford High School, shortly after 11…

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PSE&G Van, Car Collide In Teaneck PSE&G Van, Car Collide In Teaneck
PSE&G Van, Car Collide In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- A PSE&G van and a car collided on DeGraw Avenue in Teaneck around 1:30 p.m. Monday.

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Prosecutor: Hackensack Stock Clerk Had Sexual Relationship With Girl, 15 Prosecutor: Hackensack Stock Clerk Had Sexual Relationship With Girl, 15
Prosecutor: Hackensack Stock Clerk Had Sexual Relationship With Girl, 15 HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A judge set bail at $250,000 for a 23-year-old supermarket stock clerk who authorities said was having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Santos Alberto Gregorio-Lopez was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment following his arrest by Hackensack Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Acting Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday afternoon. The girl told investigators that she and Gregorio-Lopez "engaged in sexual intercourse on three occasions within the past few months," Grewal said. A first Hackensa…

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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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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: 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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