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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
Yet Another Fire At Marcal, Arson Investigators Requested Yet Another Fire At Marcal, Arson Investigators Requested
Yet Another Fire At Marcal, Arson Investigators Requested Fire tore through an electrical room Tuesday in what’s left of the Marcal plant in Elmwood Park – bringing not only firefighters from several towns but also arson investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Less than a month after the “big one” consumed most of the plant, Tuesday’s blaze broke out in a five-story building on River Drive near the intersection of Summit Avenue. "The building involved is located north of the New York Susquehanna Rail Road tracks and was not previously involved in the fire that occurred on January 30th," Borough Administrator/Police Chief Michael…

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Police & Fire
TIMBER! (PHOTOS): Tree Falls On Ridgewood House TIMBER! (PHOTOS): Tree Falls On Ridgewood House
Timber! (Photos): Tree Falls On Ridgewood House No one was injured when Monday's high winds knocked a tree into a house in Ridgewood. Village police and firefighters responded to the Hillcrest Road home Monday afternoon. The house sustained severe damage. Hillcrest Road, RidgewoodMichael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE Michael Jannicelli took the photos and contributed to this report. Hillcrest Road, RidgewoodMichael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE Hillcrest Road, RidgewoodMichael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE

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RECOGNIZE HIM OR HIS JEEP? West Milford PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Tire Thief RECOGNIZE HIM OR HIS JEEP? West Milford PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Tire Thief
Recognize HIM OR HIS Jeep? West Milford PD Seeks Public's Help Finding Tire Thief West Milford police are seeking the public’s help finding a tire thief. The man in the surveillance video above drove a red Jeep north on Warwick Turnpike before backing up ono Reigler Road, where he parked, got out and snatched the tires from a local business, police said. Anyone who can identify him or the vehicle is asked to contact West Milford PD Detective Malfetti at (973) 728-2878 or m.malfetti@wmtpd.org.

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RECOGNIZE HIM? (VIDEO) Englewood Police Hunt Liquor Store Burglar RECOGNIZE HIM? (VIDEO) Englewood Police Hunt Liquor Store Burglar
Recognize HIM? (Video) Englewood Police Hunt Liquor Store Burglar Authorities were trying to determine whether the burglary of an Englewood liquor store, captured on surveillance video, is related to the theft of cash from a lottery register by a man who covered himself in a huge sheet of plastic a little over a week earlier. Oprandy’s Wine & Liquor store was closed when the burglar took more than $1,000 from several cash registers and quickly fled around 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Monday. The intruder was wearing dark clothing, gloves and a light-colored mask of some type, he said. The break-in follows a Feb. 8 inci…

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Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Who Hit Car Found Behind Wheel Of Idling Pickup Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Who Hit Car Found Behind Wheel Of Idling Pickup
Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Who Hit Car Found Behind Wheel Of Idling Pickup An intoxicated 52-year-old Wayne motorist was still behind the wheel down the block from a hit-and-run crash when police said they found his pickup idling in the middle of the street. Responding Officer Erik Ferschman took Richard D. Jezercak into custody near his Fifth Street home around 7:15 p.m. Saturday after he smelled of alcohol, “showed balance trouble and had slurred speech,” Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Jezercak was still behind the wheel of the 1998 Dodge pickup, which was stopped and idling in the middle of the street, Martin said. Jezercak was charged with DWI after re…

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Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest
Feds: Dominican National Nabbed At Newark Airport With 6½ Pounds Of Cocaine Sewn Into Vest A Dominican national got off a flight at Newark Airport with 6½ pounds of cocaine sewn into his vest, said federal authorities who seized him moments later. Jose Manuel Jimenez Jimenez, 46, arrived from Santo Domingo on Friday and was busted by officers during a screening, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Monday. He was scheduled for a detention hearing in court Monday afternoon and was expected to remain in federal custody. Carpenito credited the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, New Jersey Division and officers of Customs and Border Protection. As…

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Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000
Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 A 73-year-old ex-con from Englewood robbed a Hackensack bank of $10,000 last October and an Englewood bank of $3,000 earlier this month, authorities charged. John Nottingham was turned over to the FBI after a caller seeking a reward tipped off the local CrimeStoppers group, Englewood Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Monday. Nottingham approached a teller at the Valley National Bank on Hackensack Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. Oct. 20  wearing a black watch cap, green jacket, and black gloves, with his face partially concealed by a gray cloth, authorities said at the time, Torell said. H…

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Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized
Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized A 50-year-old Wayne woman was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon in front of the Foodtown in Old Tappan, authorities said. The Old Tappan First Aid Corps took the woman to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after she complained of pain to both feet and ankles, Police Chief Thomas Shine said Monday. She was walking behind the vehicle at the BiState Plaza shopping center when the driver backed out of the space and struck her around 4:30 p.m., Shine said. No summonses were issued pending the final results of an investigation that was continuing, the chief said.

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Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples
Glen Rock Train Station Tree Topples Somewhere in a row of SUVs parked at the train station in Glen Rock was one covered by a fallen tree Monday morning. High winds with extreme gusts downed trees and snapped branches in various areas of North Jersey overnight. Workers were out removing debris and sawing fallen trees for disposal. Service on the Main Line wasn't affected by the parking lot mishap in Glen Rock. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this article. Toppled tree at train station in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving

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Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids
Prosecutor: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Viewed Images Of Nude Kids UPDATE: A former EMT captain and Mahwah councilman who co-owns and operates a children's day care center with his mother has a March 13 first appearance scheduled in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest on charges of possessing child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. "A months-long investigation revealed that Jandris used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude and sexually explicit prepubescent children," Calo said. The investigation began last September, the prosecutor said, after members o…

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