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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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Paramus Police Seek Public's Help Finding Tattooed Suspect, Accomplices Paramus Police Seek Public's Help Finding Tattooed Suspect, Accomplices
Paramus Police Seek Public's Help Finding Tattooed Suspect, Accomplices PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police asked the public's help identifying three women who they said shoplifted a trio of handbags from the Saks Off Fifth Avenue at Bergen Town Center. Two wearing matching "Love Pink" black and white shirts, whle the third sported a series of distinctive tattoos on her right arm. All three took off in a black Nissan Altima after the March 11 thefts, police said. Anyone who can identify any of them, or has information that could help the investigation, is asked to contact Detective Norman Gin: (201) 262-3400, ext. 1400.

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Bergen, Passaic Senator's Gun-Carry Bid Drawing Flak From Both Sides Bergen, Passaic Senator's Gun-Carry Bid Drawing Flak From Both Sides
Bergen, Passaic Senator's Gun-Carry Bid Drawing Flak From Both Sides CRESSKILL, N.J. -- State Sen. Gerald Cardinale of Cresskill says he can't win: His proposal to allow him and fellow lawmakers -- as well as state and municipal judges -- to carry concealed handguns has drawn criticism from those for and against it. “My current introduction of a very modest modification of the case law definition of ‘Justifiable Need’ has already revealed the anti-gun lobby as opposing the basic human right of self-defense, said Cardinale (R-Bergen, Passaic).. "There is no realistic probability that judges or legislators will misuse guns," he said, "but opposi…

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Easter Service For Fire-Damaged Englewood Church Set For BergenPAC Easter Service For Fire-Damaged Englewood Church Set For BergenPAC
Easter Service For Fire-Damaged Englewood Church Set For BergenPAC ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- The sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church in Englewood was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, but The Rev. Richard Hong said Wednesday that wise firefighters "saved the part we use every day" -- including classrooms and offices. Meanwhile, it was announced that Sunday's Easter service will be held at 11 a.m. at bergenPAC. "We believe the gym is undamaged," Hong said. "My present hope (based on few facts) is that within a matter of weeks we could worship there; we also believe the church school classrooms are undamaged. "As a practical matter,…

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Teaneck, Hackensack Firefighters Rescue Stranded River Kayaker Teaneck, Hackensack Firefighters Rescue Stranded River Kayaker
Teaneck, Hackensack Firefighters Rescue Stranded River Kayaker TEANECK, N.J. -- Firefighters from Teaneck and Hackensack freed a man whose kayak got stuck in the Hackensack River mud during low tide Wednesday afternoon. Teaneck EMTs evaluated the man, who refused medical attention, after firefighters from both towns worked together using several ropes and a backboard. Fire department boats from Bergenfield, Mahwah and New Milford were on standby.

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FBI Says 'Countdown Bandit' Robbed 6 Bergen Banks, 1 Passaic FBI Says 'Countdown Bandit' Robbed 6 Bergen Banks, 1 Passaic
FBI Says 'Countdown Bandit' Robbed 6 Bergen Banks, 1 Passaic The FBI on Wednesday officially connected six bank robberies in Bergen County and one in Passaic County with a man they're calling the "Countdown Bandit" -- and offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and capture. In most of the holdups, the robber walked in and demanded money, then counted down from 10 or 15 to one and took off with the cash. He was described as a black or Hispanic, in his mid-30s, about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8, with an athletic build. The seven-bank spree began last July 1, when he robbed a few hundred dollars from the Community Bank of Berg…

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Wyckoff Police Chief Takes Leave As Authorities Probe Racial Profiling Memo Wyckoff Police Chief Takes Leave As Authorities Probe Racial Profiling Memo
Wyckoff Police Chief Takes Leave As Authorities Probe Racial Profiling Memo UPDATE (March 25): A captain with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was appointed temporary monitor of the Wyckoff Police Department while investigators from the state Attorney General's Office investigate an email Chief Benjamin Fox wrote to his department that they said appears to advocate racial profiling.WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox has taken administrative leave while authorities investigate an email he wrote to his department that they said "on its face" appears to advocate racial profiling. Township officials agreed to the chief's request, which he …

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Spring Brings Fort Lee 'Cops In Crosswalks' Pedestrian Safety Details Spring Brings Fort Lee 'Cops In Crosswalks' Pedestrian Safety Details
Spring Brings Fort Lee 'Cops In Crosswalks' Pedestrian Safety Details FORT LEE, N.J. -- Fort Lee police are welcoming the return of spring by resuming their "Cops in the Crosswalk" campaign to protect pedestrians in a town where dozens are struck by vehicles each year. The detail consists of an officer in plain clothes officers in brightly colored clothing crossing the street legally while uniformed colleagues pick off drivers who don't yield to them. The stakeouts are conducted at various intersections throughout the borough -- particularly in the congested commercial district near the George Washington Bridge. Summonses carry fines of $230 — and …

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Jersey Shore Town Links Missing Oakland Woman, Shooting Victim Jersey Shore Town Links Missing Oakland Woman, Shooting Victim
Jersey Shore Town Links Missing Oakland Woman, Shooting Victim OAKLAND, N.J. -- As concern increased for the safety of a missing shooting victim from Linden, friends of 31-year-old Meaghan McCallum of Oakland -- who vanished more than a year ago -- wonder whether it was just coincidence that both were last seen a half-mile apart. McCallum and Tyrita Julius, 41, are of similar height and weight, they note. Both left things behind -- something their families said they would never do. That hasn't conviced McCallum's mother, Heidi, however. She said she doesn't have enough information to even attempt to connect the disappearances, which occurred almost a …

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VIDEO: Inferno Consumes Bergen Church VIDEO: Inferno Consumes Bergen Church
Video: Inferno Consumes Bergen Church An inferno consumed an historic Englewood, New Jersey church Tuesday night, turning the steeple into a torch and blowing through the roof. Dozens of firefighters from several area departments joined their Englewood colleagues at the 19th Century church on East Palisade Avenue after the multi-alarm blaze broke out shortly before 8 p.m. -- filling neighborhoods with smoke driven by northwest winds. Those inside were quickly pulled out in favor of an aerial attack, as flames tore through the church and collapsed its pitched roof. No injuries were immediately reported. Along with the devastati…

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VIDEO: Inferno Consumes Englewood Church VIDEO: Inferno Consumes Englewood Church
Video: Inferno Consumes Englewood Church ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An inferno consumed an historic Englewood church Tuesday night, turning its steeple into a torch and blowing through the sanctuary's roof. UPDATE: The sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church in Englewood was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, but The Rev. Richard Hong said Wednesday that wise firefighters "saved the part we use every day" -- including classrooms and offices. Officials also announced that an 11 a.m. Easter service will be held at bergenPAC. READ MORE.... Dozens of firefighters from several area departments joined their Englewood colleagues at the 19…

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