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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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Paterson Detectives, Uniformed Officers Converge To Seize Assault Rifle, Suspect Paterson Detectives, Uniformed Officers Converge To Seize Assault Rifle, Suspect
Paterson Detectives, Uniformed Officers Converge To Seize Assault Rifle, Suspect Detectives and uniformed Paterson police converged on a local home where an investigator watching a surveillance monitor from headquarters saw a man stash what turned out to be an assault rifle under a stairway, authorities said. Detectives assigned to the Special Investigation Division Street Crime Unit were at roll call to start their shifts Thursday evening when the “ShotSpotter” – a system that alerts them to shots fired -- was activated at 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detective James Jenkins rushed to a monitor that showed a surveillance camera…

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Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Ticket In Death Of Saddle Brook Retiree, 80 Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Ticket In Death Of Saddle Brook Retiree, 80
Elmwood Park Woman, 91, Gets Careless Driving Ticket In Death Of Saddle Brook Retiree, 80 UPDATE: A 91-year-old driver from Elmwood Park whose out-of-control sedan struck and killed an 80-year-old Saddle Brook man outside a local bank last week received a summons for careless driving, authorities said Monday. Dolores Voris also must under a medical evaluation by the state Motor Vehicle Commission if she wants to get her driver's license back, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Voris was pulling into a parking spot at 11:40 a.m. this past Thursday when her 2010 Chevrolet Malibu jumped the curb and hit a pillar outside the Spencer Savings Bank at the Terra Mini Mall, s…

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Wyckoff Driver, 20, Walks Away From Rollover Crash That Closed Campgaw Road In Mahwah Wyckoff Driver, 20, Walks Away From Rollover Crash That Closed Campgaw Road In Mahwah
Wyckoff Driver, 20, Walks Away From Rollover Crash That Closed Campgaw Road In Mahwah UPDATE: A 20-year-old Wyckoff driver wasn't injured after he fell asleep behind the wheel and his car rolled into a utility pole, closing a major Mahwah road through the night and into mid-Monday afternoon. Campgaw Road was reopened around 2 p.m. Monday, roughly 14 hours after the Camgaw Road crash at Seminary Road, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. “The driver was examined at the scene by Mahwah EMS and refused medical attention,” Batelli said. The vehicle, which landed on its roof, had to be towed, the chief said. The crash briefly cut power to the area and closed the road between Se…

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Arrest Made In Prospect Park Stabbing Of Saddle Brook Man, 26, Found In Van In Hawthorne Arrest Made In Prospect Park Stabbing Of Saddle Brook Man, 26, Found In Van In Hawthorne
Arrest Made In Prospect Park Stabbing Of Saddle Brook Man, 26, Found In Van In Hawthorne UPDATE: Police arrested a Prospect Park man on attempted murder charges after he stabbed a transport van driver from Saddle Brook who was found bleeding from his wounds in a van in Hawthorne Sunday night, authorities said. Omroy O. Williams, 34, stabbed the 26-year-old victim three times on North 11th Street in Prospect Park, authorities said.The victim drove to Hawthorne, where he was found in the van in a parking area behind 320 Lafayette Avenue after receiving a 911 call shortly before 9 p.m. The victim was recuperating at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Besides f…

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Fair Lawn Police Officer Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Jeep Fair Lawn Police Officer Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Jeep
Fair Lawn Police Officer Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Jeep A Fair Lawn police vehicle rear-ended a Jeep that was stopped in traffic Saturday night, sending the officer to the hospital, authorities said. Two girls in the Jeep, one 13 and the other 12, were treated at the scene for minor injuries after the crash on Broadway (Route 4) just past the McDonald's around 8 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The 45-year-old Paterson driver of the 2000 Grand Cherokee was OK, he said. Officer Michael Franco was taken to the Valley Hospital with an ankle injury, Metzler said. Both vehicles were damaged. The police vehicle – a 2017 Ford Explorer – had to be towed…

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Cleaning Service Worker Stole $1,105 From 3 Glen Rock Homes, Possibly Others, Police Say Cleaning Service Worker Stole $1,105 From 3 Glen Rock Homes, Possibly Others, Police Say
Cleaning Service Worker Stole $1,105 From 3 Glen Rock Homes, Possibly Others, Police Say A cleaning service employee altered and cashed $1,105 worth of checks stolen from three different Glen Rock homes, said police who suspect similar thefts in other towns. Detective Lucas Doney identified and busted 39-year-old Monica Gonzalez of Hopatcong after the cleaning service owner told police that she “suspected one of her employees of stealing checks from clients’ homes,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Gonzalez – who didn’t maintain a consistent address -- took 10 checks in all from the three homes, the chief said. It’s believed she also stole from homes in other towns, he…

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Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-95 In Teaneck Kills Hudson Box Truck Driver Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-95 In Teaneck Kills Hudson Box Truck Driver
Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-95 In Teaneck Kills Hudson Box Truck Driver UPDATE: A box truck driver from Jersey City was killed in a crash with a tractor-trailer on I-95 early Monday that kept the express lanes of the NJ Turnpike closed in Teaneck, authorities said. The ramp from the eastbound express lanes to the northbound Turnpike was also closed after the ShopRite tractor-trailer slammed into the box truck at the DeGraw Avenue overpass just before 6:50 a.m., Trooper Alejandro Goez said.  Authorities initially intended to summon a medical chopper but canceled the call after Teaneck and Hackensack firefighters removed the driver from beneath the rig and an AL…

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Edgewater Police Catch Quartet Passing Counterfeit Hundreds Edgewater Police Catch Quartet Passing Counterfeit Hundreds
Edgewater Police Catch Quartet Passing Counterfeit Hundreds Edgewater police nabbed four New York City men who they said were passing counterfeit bills in town. An employee at the Duane Reade at Edgewater Towne Center off River Road alerted police – and got a description of the getaway car – after receiving several $100 bogus bills, Chief Donald Martin said. Officer Tyler Iafelice stopped the vehicle soon after, he said. Police discovered that other counterfeit cash was passed at the Modell’s, Mitsuwa Market and Men’s Wearhouse. The four were identified as Kevin Avalos, 28, of Fresh Meadows, Pedtro Marquez, 29, of the Bronx, Jerson Navarro, 25, of…

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Woman, 18, Struck In Ridgefield Taken Off Life Support For Organ Harvest Woman, 18, Struck In Ridgefield Taken Off Life Support For Organ Harvest
Woman, 18, Struck In Ridgefield Taken Off Life Support For Organ Harvest An 18-year-old woman struck by a car in Ridgefield last Saturday afternoon was being taken off life support so that her organs can be donated, her brother said. Sarah Ye Eun Kim was hospitalized in critical condition after she was struck on Shaler Boulevard near Pleasant View Terrace, near her home, around 4 p.m. Feb. 9. "The past week has been the hardest time for our family as we've had to hear from doctors of her near full brain dead state," said her brother, Pastor Paul S. Kim. "She took her first test [Friday] morning to see if she is brain dead and the result came back that she was,"…

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Saddle Brook Police Chief Goes To White House: Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl Dominate L.E.A.D. Talk Saddle Brook Police Chief Goes To White House: Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl Dominate L.E.A.D. Talk
Saddle Brook Police Chief Goes To White House: Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl Dominate L.E.A.D. Talk Heroin and cocaine laced with fentanyl are killing drug users nationwide in staggering numbers, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said after joining Vice President Mike Pence at the White House to boost the L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) program. "This was a great opportunity to let White House representatives know law enforcement is doing everything we can to enforce, reduce, prevent and educate our communities about drug abuse," said Kugler, who is L.E.A.D.’s national chairman. Pence and Jim Carroll, the White House National Drug Control Policy director, spoke during a pr…

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