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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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Woman Fights Off Purse Snatcher At West Milford Supermarket Parking Lot Woman Fights Off Purse Snatcher At West Milford Supermarket Parking Lot
Woman Fights Off Purse Snatcher At West Milford Supermarket Parking Lot A woman was knocked down but still thwarted a would-be purse snatcher in the parking lot of a West Milford supermarket after he pretended to ask her for directions, authorities said. The victim was walking to the ShopRite off Marshall Hill Road after just parking when the robber pulled up alongside her at 9:50 a.m. Monday asking where he could find Frank’s Pizza, Detective Sgt. Joseph Walker said Thursday. The robber, who had salt and pepper hair, then got and began tugging on the woman’s purse when she turned to point it out, Walker said. The woman wasn’t relenting, however. She got knoc…

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Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged
Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged HERE's WHAT HAPPENED: A Palisades Park driver whose car plunged into a creek behind MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford before dawn Thursday was charged with trespassing after he broke into a nearby business and was found asleep -- naked -- hours later, authorities said. Doruk Demirtas, 32, had driven his 2011 Ford Fusion east on East Union Avenue, where it hit a guardrail at a dead end and plunged into Berry's Creek around 1:15 a.m., East Rutherford Police Capt. Phillip Taormina said. Demirtas got out of the sedan, swam to shore and then walked to a building at 25 East Union Ave., where he…

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You Could Save A Life: Lyndhurst OEM Offers Free Life-Saving Course For NJ Civilians You Could Save A Life: Lyndhurst OEM Offers Free Life-Saving Course For NJ Civilians
You Could Save A Life: Lyndhurst OEM Offers Free Life-Saving Course For NJ Civilians Lyndhurst first responders will continue free ongoing life-saving training when the township Office of Emergency Management conducts a bleeding control basics course. An injured victim can die from blood loss within five minutes, making it critical to stop blood loss as quickly as possible while awaiting emergency responders. With trauma the leading cause of death for Americans under age 46 -- according to a recent National Academies of Science study – civilians could end up saving others’ lives. Lyndhurst’s OEM already has taught more than 100 citizens – including high school students, te…

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Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash
Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash A wild chase along Clifton rooftops ended when a 17-year-old repeat offender who crashed a stolen Jeep was nabbed by Passaic County sheriff’s officers. Undercover narcotics detectives were headed east on Route 46 in Little Falls just after 2 p.m. Wednesday when they spotted a black Jeep reported stolen from a nearby Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. It was being followed by a Mercedes Benz that was reported stolen out of Little Falls the day before, authorities said. A sheriff's detective pulled up next to the Jeep and spotted the driver with a hood p…

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Buy ‘Em By The Brick: Hawthorne PD Says White Castle Patron From Upstate NY Had 250 Heroin Bags Buy ‘Em By The Brick: Hawthorne PD Says White Castle Patron From Upstate NY Had 250 Heroin Bags
Buy ‘Em By The Brick: Hawthorne PD Says White Castle Patron From Upstate NY Had 250 Heroin Bags A driver with a busted light told a Hawthorne police officer she had a craving so strong that she and a companion drove to White Castle in Paterson from home -- 80 miles away in upstate New York. She was also carrying 250 folds of heroin, police said. Besides the broken light, the 2006 Nissan Altima had an obstructed windshield view, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. So the officer pulled the sedan over on Goffle Road near Macfarlan Avenue around 9:15 p.m. last Friday, he said. When the officer noticed a pot smell, 26-year-old driver told him that passengers had used the drug befo…

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Gas Leak At Ramsey Dental Office Forces Evacuations, Jams Traffic Gas Leak At Ramsey Dental Office Forces Evacuations, Jams Traffic
Gas Leak At Ramsey Dental Office Forces Evacuations, Jams Traffic A gas leak at a Ramsey dentist's office forced the evacuations of adjacent businesses and residences while temporarily halting area traffic during the Wednesday evening rush. PSE&G controlled the leak at the intersection of East Main Street and Island Avenue but had to do repairs that will keep the eastbound lane of Main Street closed awhile, Police Chief Brian Gurney said. Police set up detours, the chief said, adding that westbound traffic was moving. No injuries were reported, he said. Anyone living or working within 300-foot radius of the leak was moved from the area until authori…

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Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge
Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge Authorities armed with lab results arrested an Uber driver from Brooklyn who they said sexually assaulted a female fare in Alpine last year. Dearan Bennett, 36, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Tuesday on sexual assault charges, records show. Alpine police responded to a 911 call of the assault last June 1, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Detectives from Calo’s Special Victims Unit and the Alpine Police Department investigated, leading to Bennett’s arrest. A judge on Wednesday ordered that Bennett remain held pending a detention hear…

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Garfield Police Officer Finds ‘Missing’ Toddler – At Home Garfield Police Officer Finds ‘Missing’ Toddler – At Home
Garfield Police Officer Finds ‘Missing’ Toddler – At Home Garfield police responding to a report of a missing 2-year-old boy quelled the panic when an officer found him sleeping in another room. Colleagues were setting up a perimeter and checking the surrounding area when the officer found the Hobart Street boy just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. “It’s a feel-good story,” the captain said.

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Donation Gives Allendale Police Cutting-Edge Carrier Vests, Lifesaving Kit Donation Gives Allendale Police Cutting-Edge Carrier Vests, Lifesaving Kit
Donation Gives Allendale Police Cutting-Edge Carrier Vests, Lifesaving Kit Thanks to a generous local contractor, Allendale police updated their duty wear and picked up additional lifesaving equipment. Borough resident Robert Paulius, the chairman and CEO of V. Paulius Associates in Allendale, approached former Chief Robert Herndon about what equipment police might need. Herndon turned to current Chief George Scherb, who said officers were looking into outer carrier vests and individual first aid kits. “The outer carriers are on the cutting edge of law enforcement equipment,” Scherb said. “They have been found to relieve stress on an officer’s hips and back due t…

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Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks SNOUT OUT: Police in Englewood and Woodcliff Lake have added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. Each set donated by at-home pet services provider Canine Company includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. The special, cone-shaped resuscitation masks designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit.   They can be used to resuscitate pets who are suffering from smoke inhalation or were drowning, among other emergencies. Pets are at special risk during home fires because they ar…

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