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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
Car Knocks Utility Pole Across Route 23 Car Knocks Utility Pole Across Route 23
Car Knocks Utility Pole Across Route 23 WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police were detaining the driver of a car that toppled a utility pole across northbound Route 23, hitting another vehicle and knocking out power in the area early Tuesday afternoon. Both sides of the highway were closed after the crash, which occurred just after 12:45 p.m. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Sports
Cheers For The Winners: Pascack Valley Tribe Takes States Cheers For The Winners: Pascack Valley Tribe Takes States
Cheers For The Winners: Pascack Valley Tribe Takes States PASCACK VALLEY, NJ -- The Pascack Valley Tribe, a group of Hillsdale and River Vale competitive cheerleaders in 6th to 8th grades, took first place in their division in the state finals in Trenton this past weekend. It tops a special year for the squad, which captured two regular season titles in addition to the state championship. The photo above was taken following the Tribe's New Jersey Cheerleading and Dance Coaches Association Championship victory at Sun National Bank Center: Back row (from left): Lauren Morrissey, Mary Spillane, AlliPessolano, Erica Masseria, Nicole Criscuolo, Shann…

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Police & Fire
Englewood Officer Rescues Attempted Suicide Victim Who Shot Himself Englewood Officer Rescues Attempted Suicide Victim Who Shot Himself
Englewood Officer Rescues Attempted Suicide Victim Who Shot Himself ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An Englewood police officer rescued a 66-year-old city man who shot himself in his car in an apparent suicide attempt across from headquarters. Officer Adolfo Gutierrez was flagged down by a citizen who spotted the victim bleeding from the neck in his car Monday morning, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern told Daily Voice. "He was breathing and still had the gun in his hand," Suffern said. Gutierrez safely removed the .25-caliber weapon, got the man out of the car and rendered first aid, the chief said. "As of this morning, [the victim] was still at Hackensack…

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News
Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 3 In Clifton Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 3 In Clifton
Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 3 In Clifton CLIFTON, N.J. -- A multi-car crash at the southbound Route 21 entrance ramp from westbound Route 3 just after 8 a.m. Tuesday left debris strewn across the roadway and traffic jammed.

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Police & Fire
PHOTOS: New Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn Sworn In PHOTOS: New Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn Sworn In
Photos: New Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn Sworn In FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- New Fairview Police Martin Kahn was formally sworn in during a ceremony Monday night at Borough Hall. Kahn, who succeeds retired Chief Thomas Juliano, thanked the mayor and council "for trusting me in this position to do the duties that I've sworn to uphold." Kahn joined the department more than two decades ago and steadily rose through the ranks. He first served in the patrol division, handling everything, from traffic to basic investigations, while spearheading grant writing to secure bulletproof vests and specialized technological equipment. Kahn became a de…

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Schools
Voters Head To Polls For Northern Valley HS Improvements Referendum Voters Head To Polls For Northern Valley HS Improvements Referendum
Voters Head To Polls For Northern Valley HS Improvements Referendum NORTHERN VALLEY, N.J. -- A $11.7 million referendum being voted on today for improvements at Northern Valley Regional High Schools at Demarest and Old Tappan won't boost taxes, district officials say. If voters support the referendum, the state will pay 38 cents on the dollar for facility and equipment repair and upgrades, as well as for adding programs aimed "helping our students rise to the highest levels of the state and nation," Schools Supt. Dr. Geoff Gordon said. If it fails, "we still need to proceed with the [improvements]," said NVRHS Board Trustee GC Vaghasia o…

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Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 287 In Franklin Lakes Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 287 In Franklin Lakes
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 287 In Franklin Lakes A jack-knifed tractor-trailer hit a guardrail and lost its load, closing travel lanes on northbound Route 287 in Franklin Lakes late Monday afternoon. Police said the driver sustained a minor injury in the 5 p.m. crash at mile marker 60.7, which sent a chunk of metal cart-wheeling down the center median. Traffic was getting by on the shoulder.

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Police & Fire
No Injuries In Elmwood Park Bedroom Blaze No Injuries In Elmwood Park Bedroom Blaze
No Injuries In Elmwood Park Bedroom Blaze ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- No injuries were reported in an Elmwood Park bedroom fire that was quickly knocked down Monday afternoon. The two-alarm Falmouth Avenue blaze broke out around 4:30 p.m.

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Police & Fire
Police: Palisades Park OD Victim At Newark Airport Didn't Breach Security Police: Palisades Park OD Victim At Newark Airport Didn't Breach Security
Police: Palisades Park OD Victim At Newark Airport Didn't Breach Security PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A 64-year-old contractor from Palisades Park who died following a heroin overdose inside a Newark Airport cargo warehouse didn't have access to aicraft, the tarmac or any terminals, a Port Authority spokesman told Daily Voice on Monday. Police were called by a 29-year-old companion around 1:50 a.m. Saturday and found the couple in the building, where the unconscious victim worked, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He was pronounced dead a short time later at Newark Beth Israel Hospital, Pentangelo said.

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Police & Fire
Totowa Mortgage Broker Admits $1.3 Million Fraud Totowa Mortgage Broker Admits $1.3 Million Fraud
Totowa Mortgage Broker Admits $1.3 Million Fraud TOTOWA, N.J. -- A self-employed loan broker from Totowa admitted in federal court in Newark on Monday that he used bogus documents and simultaneous applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, resulting in losses of $1.3 million. Sung Ho Mo, 53, owned and operated “Douglas Mo Mortgage” -- a mortgage brokerage business with offices also in Englewood and Englewood Cliffs -- which federal authorities said was a decade-long conspiracy to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit and first mortgages. "As part of the scheme, Mo fraudulently obtain…

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