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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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Mystery Of Sedan Found Smashed, Abandoned In Glen Rock Solved, Driver Charged Mystery Of Sedan Found Smashed, Abandoned In Glen Rock Solved, Driver Charged
Mystery Of Sedan Found Smashed, Abandoned In Glen Rock Solved, Driver Charged Glen Rock police tracked down an unlicensed Paterson driver who they said crashed a relative’s unregistered, uninsured sedan in town and left it there, authorities said. The 2007 Honda Accord was found smashed and abandoned on Waldron Avenue after it struck a fire hydrant around 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Police found several cellphones inside and began investigating. The owner of the car, 25-year-old Ajay S. Rathour of Paterson originally reported the vehicle as stolen, Ackermann said. Rathour later admitted that Ray J. Acevedo, 32, …

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West Milford PD: Female Fare Bites 70-Year-Old Uber Driver, Jumps From Moving Car West Milford PD: Female Fare Bites 70-Year-Old Uber Driver, Jumps From Moving Car
West Milford PD: Female Fare Bites 70-Year-Old Uber Driver, Jumps From Moving Car A 70-year-old Uber driver was bitten and beaten by a customer who then jumped from the moving vehicle, West Milford police said. The victim was treated for injuries to his nose, face and hands, as well as others, after the incident on Clinton Road, according to a police report. Police nabbed 38-year-old Dale Sansone of West Milford a short distance away, the report says, adding that she was “found to be highly intoxicated, belligerent and uncooperative.” Sansone was taken to Chilton Hospital for injuries she sustained jumping from the car, the report says. Police charged her with assault …

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Passaic Sheriff: NY Driver Nabbed With 250 Bags Of Heroin In 120-Mile Paterson Round Trip Passaic Sheriff: NY Driver Nabbed With 250 Bags Of Heroin In 120-Mile Paterson Round Trip
Passaic Sheriff: NY Driver Nabbed With 250 Bags Of Heroin In 120-Mile Paterson Round Trip A New York State driver headed home during a 120-mile round trip to buy heroin in Paterson was busted with 250 bags of the drug, authorities said. Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Officer Eric Blesing stopped John Maksuta, 35, for blowing a stop sign while turning without signaling Saturday night at E. 18th Street and 5th Avenue. Maksuta was “profusely sweating and fidgeting,” Berdnik said. The officer noticed a bulge in Maksuta’s pants that turned out to be the bags of heroin, worth an estimated $1,600 on the street, the sheriff said. Maksuta was ordered held in the Passaic…

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Glen Rock Police Work With NH, Massachusetts Colleagues To Pursue Fugitive Burglary Suspect Glen Rock Police Work With NH, Massachusetts Colleagues To Pursue Fugitive Burglary Suspect
Glen Rock Police Work With NH, Massachusetts Colleagues To Pursue Fugitive Burglary Suspect Glen Rock detectives were working with authorities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to find a fugitive who they said burglarized a borough home. George N. Spates IV, 30, of Londonderry, N.H. broke into the Nottingham Road residence on Dec. 30, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Working with authorities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Detective Sgt. Jim Calaski and Detective Lucas Doney recovered some of the stolen property and obtained an arrest warrant for Spates, Ackermann said. Spates, who was also wanted in New Hampshire, was believed to be somewhere in Massachusetts, the chief sa…

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Sheriff: Walkill Driver Busted With 250 Bags Of Heroin During 120-Mile Round Trip To NJ Sheriff: Walkill Driver Busted With 250 Bags Of Heroin During 120-Mile Round Trip To NJ
Sheriff: Walkill Driver Busted With 250 Bags Of Heroin During 120-Mile Round Trip To NJ A Wallkill driver headed back from a 120-mile round trip to buy heroin in New Jersey was busted with 250 bags of the drug, authorities said. Sheriff's officers in Paterson -- a prime North Jersey destination for out-of-state heroin buyers -- said they stopped John Maksuta, 35, Saturday night for blowing a stop sign while turning without signaling. Maksuta was “profusely sweating and fidgeting,” Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. The officer noticed a bulge in Maksuta’s pants that turned out to be the bags of heroin, worth an estimated $1,600 on the street, the sheriff said. M…

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UPDATE: Bergenfield Man, Woman Killed In Route 80 Double-Crash In Paterson UPDATE: Bergenfield Man, Woman Killed In Route 80 Double-Crash In Paterson
Update: Bergenfield Man, Woman Killed In Route 80 Double-Crash In Paterson Sebastian Martinez Gaviria and Sabrina Acosta of Bergenfield were only minutes into their trip to North Carolina Sunday morning when their lives were cut short. The 22-year-old friends, who both graduated from Bergenfield High School in 2015, were standing outside their  crashed car after it hit the divider on westbound Route 80 in Paterson when they were struck and killed by a sedan driven by a Morris County woman, responders said. Both had set out that morning for North Carolina, friends and family said. "They were two friends in search of the next chapter in their life," parents Ricci …

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Drifting Montgomery Driver Nabbed With Heroin, Needle, Police Say Drifting Montgomery Driver Nabbed With Heroin, Needle, Police Say
Drifting Montgomery Driver Nabbed With Heroin, Needle, Police Say A Montgomery driver was caught carrying heroin and a hypodermic syringe by police who stopped him for drifting across a New Jersey highway in the middle of the afternoon, authorities there said. William Rueckert, 27, of was nearly 50 miles from home when police in Wyckoff said they pulled him over. Rueckert “appeared to have a difficult time maintaining his lane of travel” in his Volkswagen Jetta, Lt. Joseph Soto explained. He was taken into custody on drug-related charges after police found the drugs and needle, Soto said. Rueckert also received summonses for failing to maintain a lane o…

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Want To Protect Your Kids From Online Dangers? Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Show You How Want To Protect Your Kids From Online Dangers? Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Show You How
Want To Protect Your Kids From Online Dangers? Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Show You How Do you know what your kids are up to online? Are you worried about Internet predators? How about cyberbullying? Parents who are concerned about dangers that lurk online can attend an in-depth Internet safety presentation by the Bergen County prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit at Pascack Valley High School on March 20. “Staying Safe in Cyberspace – Internet Safety for Parents” is a comprehensive examination of today’s Internet and the dangers that lurk inside chat rooms, instant messages, e-mail and blogs,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. “This is for parents only – no ch…

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Wyckoff PD: Sergeant Stops Drifting Out-Of-State Driver With Heroin, Needle On Route 208 Wyckoff PD: Sergeant Stops Drifting Out-Of-State Driver With Heroin, Needle On Route 208
Wyckoff PD: Sergeant Stops Drifting Out-Of-State Driver With Heroin, Needle On Route 208 An out-of-state heroin user was arrested after his car drifted across lanes on northbound Route 208 in the middle of the afternoon, Wyckoff police said. William Rueckert, 27, of was nearly 50 miles from his Montgomery home in Orange County, N.Y., when Sgt. Mark Tagliareni pulled him over. Rueckert “appeared to have a difficult time maintaining his lane of travel” in his Volkswagen Jetta, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Police along the Route 208 corridor north of Paterson often stop out-of-state buyers headed back to New York or Pennsylvania. Earlier this year, Franklin Lakes police arrested a…

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Paterson Detectives Chase Down Fleeing Gunmen Paterson Detectives Chase Down Fleeing Gunmen
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Fleeing Gunmen A gun fell from one suspect’s waistband while another tried throwing his away during a Paterson police chase that ended with both in custody, authorities said. The city’s Shotspotter gunfire detection system brought detectives of the Special Investigations Division Street Crime Unit to Straight and Fulton streets around 1:20 a.m. Friday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detective Sgt. Richard LaTrecchia spotted two men hurry away, each tucking something into their waistbands, Speziale said. Detectives John Farfan, Gilot Castor and William Hermann got out of their vehicles to follow the…

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