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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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Two Kids, Other Driver Hospitalized After Mahwah Crash Two Kids, Other Driver Hospitalized After Mahwah Crash
Two Kids, Other Driver Hospitalized After Mahwah Crash Two schoolchildren and an adult were hospitalized after a crash in Mahwah Friday morning, authorities said. A Toyota Rav IV was making a left onto Ridge Road from Lydia Lane in Ramapo Ridge when it struck by a Lincoln sedan heading south around 8 a.m., Police Chief James A. Batelli said. The female Rav IV’s driver had her son and daughter in the back seat, Batelli said. All were wearing their seat belts, he said, adding that the airbags deployed. The driver of the sedan, who was also wearing a seat belt, was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after complaining of neck and chest pain…

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Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested
Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested A pre-dawn police chase ended Friday when a trio Rochelle Park officers caught a group of thieves from Queens believed to be members of a large metropolitan-area ring that fishes checks and cash from postal boxes, authorities said. Officer Brian Gallina spotted the three tampering with a group of boxes on Rochelle Avenue just after 5 a.m., Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. “They were using a Snapple bottle with a ribbon tied around it wrapped in a sticky pad,” the chief said. Seeing the officer, they immediately took off in a car parked nearby, leading a chase down Route 17 that end…

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Ex-Teaneck Tech Execs Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Office Complex, Feds Charge Ex-Teaneck Tech Execs Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Office Complex, Feds Charge
Ex-Teaneck Tech Execs Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Office Complex, Feds Charge The former president and former chief legal officers of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp in Teaneck paid government officials in India a $2 million bribe to pave the way for an office complex that would have supported thousands of employees and been of the company’s largest facilities there, a federal indictment charges. Steven Schwartz, 51, of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Gordon Coburn, 55, of Beaver Creek, Colorado, approved the payoff to secure the necessary permits for construction, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday., To cover up the scheme, the pair and others “agreed that a …

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SEEN HIM? Englewood Liquor Store Thief Had Distinctive Disguise, Walk SEEN HIM? Englewood Liquor Store Thief Had Distinctive Disguise, Walk
Seen HIM? Englewood Liquor Store Thief Had Distinctive Disguise, Walk He covered himself with a huge sheet of plastic, wore a reflective vest and had a distinctive walk, said Englewood police who released surveillance video Friday of a thief who snatched cash from a liquor store. The thief headed straight behind the counter at Oprandy’s Wine & Liquor store last Friday night and grabbed the cash – then was scared off by the two owners, dropping some of the undisclosed proceeds as he ran, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell. Responding officers recovered some of the dark clothing he was wearing, along with the plastic sheet, a short distance away, Torell said. …

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Closter PD: Two Stolen Car Pursuits End In Crashes, Unlocked Vehicles Swiped Left And Right Closter PD: Two Stolen Car Pursuits End In Crashes, Unlocked Vehicles Swiped Left And Right
Closter PD: Two Stolen Car Pursuits End In Crashes, Unlocked Vehicles Swiped Left And Right Plagued by a skyrocketing number of vehicle thefts, Closter police have recently had two pursuits, both of which ended in crashes while fielding several reports of cars stolen from outside borough residents’ homes. As always, the stolen cars were left unlocked with key fobs inside, authorities said. “It is becoming increasingly more dangerous for the Closter Police and the residents of Closter every time a vehicle is stolen or these individuals come to Closter in attempt to steal another vehicle,” Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. “Many of these incidents involve gang activity.” Shortly …

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Englewood Shooting: Man Struck In Arm, Bullet Flies Through Resident's Window Englewood Shooting: Man Struck In Arm, Bullet Flies Through Resident's Window
Englewood Shooting: Man Struck In Arm, Bullet Flies Through Resident's Window A 47-year-old man was struck in the arm by one bullet while another smashed through the window of an innocent resident’s home Tuesday night in Englewood. Multiple shots were fired around 11 p.m. in the 200 block of West Palisade Avenue, Police Capt. Timothy Torell said Wednesday morning. The victim was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Torell said weren’t life-threatening. No arrests had been reported as of late Thursday morning.

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Manhattan IT Company Owner From Leonia Charged With Raping Palisades Park Woman Manhattan IT Company Owner From Leonia Charged With Raping Palisades Park Woman
Manhattan IT Company Owner From Leonia Charged With Raping Palisades Park Woman The Leonia owner of a midtown Manhattan IT company was charged with raping an incapacitated woman from Palisades Park. Euiseok Lee, 51, sexually assaulted the woman, who physically unable to prevent the attack, in the early morning hours Monday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo's Special Victim’s Unit and Leonia police arrested Lee him later that day.  Currently the president and CEO of Digitem Inc., Lee worked for 16 years for Oracle, the multi-national computer technology company based in California.  A judge in Central Judicial Processing…

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Prosecutor: Couple Caught With Heroin For Sale, Guns Used Fake IDs To Rent Edgewater Apartment Prosecutor: Couple Caught With Heroin For Sale, Guns Used Fake IDs To Rent Edgewater Apartment
Prosecutor: Couple Caught With Heroin For Sale, Guns Used Fake IDs To Rent Edgewater Apartment A couple who used bogus IDs to rent an Edgewater high-rise apartment were dealing heroin while armed with two handguns, authorities said. Alexis Mercedes, 32, also had illegal body vest along with the drugs and guns when he and Katherine Castillo, 24, were busted by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad on Tuesday, Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The pair had been dealing from The Alexander apartment building off River Road, the prosecutor said. Both had “provided fictitious and/or fraudulent identification in order to establish residency,” …

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Moonachie Teen Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man, 22, Authorities Charge Moonachie Teen Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man, 22, Authorities Charge
Moonachie Teen Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man, 22, Authorities Charge An underage Moonachie teen was sexually assaulted by a Paterson man, said authorities who arrested him. Nathan Santana, 22, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail after a judge refused to release him during a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on Monday following his arrest six days earlier. Santana has another hearing to petition for his release scheduled for this coming Tuesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He’s charged with sexual assault of a child under 16 and child endangerment. Calo’s Special Victims Unit and Moonachie…

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Rochelle Park Pedestrian Pinned Under SUV While Walking Dog Rochelle Park Pedestrian Pinned Under SUV While Walking Dog
Rochelle Park Pedestrian Pinned Under SUV While Walking Dog A 57-year-old Rochelle Park resident was expected to survive after being struck and pinned by an SUV while crossing a local street with her dog early Thursday, authorities said. The woman was walking south along Rochelle Avenue when she crossed Chesnut Street and was struck by a Chevy Equinox whose driver was making a left from northbound Rochelle Avenue around 7:45 a.m., Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. Rochelle Park Fire Rescue lifted the car off the victim, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Flannelly said didn’t appear life-threatening. The 44-y…

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