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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
Maywood Police Seek Hit-And-Run Van That Struck Signs, Pole, Fence Maywood Police Seek Hit-And-Run Van That Struck Signs, Pole, Fence
Maywood Police Seek Hit-And-Run Van That Struck Signs, Pole, Fence MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Maywood police were seeking the public's help finding the driver of a van that struck three traffic signs, a utility pole and a fence and kept going Tuesday morning. The white vehicle left the roadway on southbound Maywood Avenue near Lenox around 9 a.m., police said. After a series of crashes "it continued southbound without stopping," they said. Anyone with information that could help the investigation was asked to call Maywood PD: (201) 845-8800. Officer Brian Rubio was investigating.

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Police & Fire
Hackensack Suicide Jumper, 37, Leaves Car In Middle Of GWB Hackensack Suicide Jumper, 37, Leaves Car In Middle Of GWB
Hackensack Suicide Jumper, 37, Leaves Car In Middle Of GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 37-year-old Hackensack man drove his car to the middle of the George Washington Bridge, climbed over a railing and jumped to his death Monday evening, Port Authority police said. A witness told police she saw him stop his silver Honda midspan, get out and go over the south walkway railing around 5:10 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. An NYPD Harbor Patrol unit pulled the body from the Hudson River a short time later and brought it to the 125th Street pier, Pentangelo said. It was the bridge's fourth suicide this year.

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Police & Fire
Traffic Police In Bergen, Passaic Gear Up For Anti-Texting Campaign Traffic Police In Bergen, Passaic Gear Up For Anti-Texting Campaign
Traffic Police In Bergen, Passaic Gear Up For Anti-Texting Campaign FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Police in Bergen and Passaic were gearing up for another campaign aimed at distracted drivers beginning next month. Franklin Lakes police said they will be among the departments who, from April 8-13, will use "a combination of traditional and innovative strategies to crack down on motorists who text while driving." A quarter of teens respond to a text message once or more every time they drive, and 20 percent of teens and 10 percent of parents admit that they have extended, multi-message text conversations while driving, according to a 2012 study by the Uni…

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Police & Fire
Fair Lawn School Bus Driver, 74, Can't Recall Crash, Police Say Fair Lawn School Bus Driver, 74, Can't Recall Crash, Police Say
Fair Lawn School Bus Driver, 74, Can't Recall Crash, Police Say FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The 74-year-old driver of an empty school bus that slammed into a utility pole in Fair Lawn early Tuesday was "disoriented and did not recall the crash," police said. The crash occurred at Fair Lawn Avenue and Saddle River Road just before 8 a.m. An ambulance took the driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for evaluation, while Fair Lawn Fire Company #4 tended to a power line downed by the crash a block away, at Kuiken Terrace, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. PSE&G was tending to the damaged pole, he said. Delays and closures of both roads at the intersectio…

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Events
Norwood's Fashion Camp NJ, High Exposure Climb Unite: 'Runway For Charity' Norwood's Fashion Camp NJ, High Exposure Climb Unite: 'Runway For Charity'
Norwood's Fashion Camp NJ, High Exposure Climb Unite: 'Runway For Charity' NORTHVALE, N.J. -- Fashion Camp New Jersey of Norwood and High Exposure Climb of Northvale are co-hosting a Fashion Runway For Charity on Sunday, April 3, with a portion of the proceeds going to fight juvenile diabetes. The show at the Union Street rock-climbing gym runs from 5-7 p.m., with models ages 5 to 16 arriving at 3 p.m. to get their hair and makeup done. "We're looking for 25 models to walk the runway for a great cause," FCNJ owner and operator Marlena Starr McMahon said. What does it take to be an FCNJ model? • Come for a fitting at FCNJ (512 Livingston Street, Norwoo…

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Police & Fire
Murder-Suicide Followed Fight, 2 Guns Found, Prosecutor Says Murder-Suicide Followed Fight, 2 Guns Found, Prosecutor Says
Murder-Suicide Followed Fight, 2 Guns Found, Prosecutor Says A Bergenfield, New Jersey man shot his wife dead during an argument over the weekend and then killed himself, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal confirmed Monday night. The argument between Mark Morris and Annette Torres began in their home across from Bergenfield High School in the afternoon or early evening Friday, Grewal said. Authorities were called after the couple's 11-year-old son found the body of his mother in an upstairs room and his father's in a basement utility room Saturday morning, the prosecutor said. Detectives seized two handguns from the residence: one a .2…

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Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Bergenfield Murder-Suicide Followed Fight, 2 Guns Found Prosecutor: Bergenfield Murder-Suicide Followed Fight, 2 Guns Found
Prosecutor: Bergenfield Murder-Suicide Followed Fight, 2 Guns Found BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Bergenfield man shot his wife dead during an argument over the weekend and then killed himself, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal officially confirmed Monday night. The argument between Mark Morris and Annette Torres began in their home across from Bergenfield High School in the afternoon or early evening Friday, Grewal said. Authorities were called after the couple's 11-year-old son found the body of his mother in an upstairs room and his father's in a basement utility room Saturday morning, the prosecutor said. Detectives seized two handguns from the…

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Schools
iLearn Schools Discuss Standardized Testing In Garfield iLearn Schools Discuss Standardized Testing In Garfield
iLearn Schools Discuss Standardized Testing In Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- The role of standardized testing in student development will the primary topic of conversation when iLearn Schools hosts the annual Quality in Education Summit in Garfield this Tuesday. Bob Bowdon, executive director of ChoiceMedia TV, will moderate a panel discussion beginning at 6 p.m. at the Bergen Arts and Science Charter Middle School on MacArthur Avenue. The panelists: Janellen Duffy, executive director of JerseyCAN; Dr. Bari Erlichson, special assistant to the commissioner, Data Literacy Initiative, New Jersey Department of Education; Muhammed Akil, executive dir…

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Police & Fire
Two Ramsey Police Vehicles Struck In Route 17 Chase Of Credit Card Thieves Two Ramsey Police Vehicles Struck In Route 17 Chase Of Credit Card Thieves
Two Ramsey Police Vehicles Struck In Route 17 Chase Of Credit Card Thieves MAHWAH, N.J. -- A fleeing driver wanted for credit card fraud deliberately rammed two Ramsey police cars following a high-speed chase on Route 17 that ended with him and his passenger's arrests, authorities said Tuesday. Brandon Young, 23, and his passenger, 21-year-old Kimaley Barrett, both of Brooklyn, were cutting up stolen credit cards and tossing them out the window during the Monday afternoon chase, which responders told Daily Voice reached speeds of up to 80 miles an hour. In what has become an exploding crime -- primarily involving rings from Brooklyn -- the pair previously tried us…

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Police & Fire
Prosecutor Confirms Charges That Northvale Woman Left Dog To Die Prosecutor Confirms Charges That Northvale Woman Left Dog To Die
Prosecutor Confirms Charges That Northvale Woman Left Dog To Die NORTHVALE, N.J. -- Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal on Monday confirmed that animal cruelty investigators charged a Northvale woman with leaving her dog to die after she moved out of her home. Daily Voice broke the news on Friday that 36-year-old Jennifer Caruso -- formerly Jennifer Cook -- was due in court this Tuesday to answer charges of abandoning a domestic animal and failing to provide food, water, shelter and vet care. With no food, "Sully" apparently ate sofa cushions before dying, authorities said. Daily Voice broke the news that the corpse of the Greater Swiss Mou…

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