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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
West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Keeps Going On Flat Tire, Bashed Front End, After Rock Wall Crash West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Keeps Going On Flat Tire, Bashed Front End, After Rock Wall Crash
West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Keeps Going On Flat Tire, Bashed Front End, After Rock Wall Crash A drunk driver kept going on a flat tire, with the front end of his car heavily damaged and the hazard lights on, after hitting a rock wall, West Milford police said. Another motorist followed him and called police, who stopped 51-year-old Mark Vandersluys after the hit-and-run Macopin Road crash, authorities said. He “exhibited signs of intoxication and was placed under arrest for DWI after failing his sobriety tests,” they said. Vandersluys also was charged with leaving the scene of a crash, failing to report it, failing to maintain a lane, refusing to submit to a breath test and having …

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Hawthorne PD: 70-Year-Old Homeless Heroin User Leaves Works On Bench Outside Dunkin' Donuts Hawthorne PD: 70-Year-Old Homeless Heroin User Leaves Works On Bench Outside Dunkin' Donuts
Hawthorne PD: 70-Year-Old Homeless Heroin User Leaves Works On Bench Outside Dunkin' Donuts A 70-year-old homeless heroin user left his works on a bench outside a Hawthorne Dunkin' Donuts, said police who found him sleeping inside the shop. Police called to the Goffle Road shop near the Paterson border just after 7 a.m. Sunday found a syringe, rubber bands, and other drug paraphernalia on a bench outside, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. They found Peter Vanderweit inside the shop, sleeping, he said. Vanderweit at first refused to cooperate then admitted that the items found outside were his, Hoogmoed said. He was taken into custody, processed and released pending a Municip…

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Wyckoff PD: Drunk Driver On Cellphone Stopped After Drifting Into Oncoming Traffic Wyckoff PD: Drunk Driver On Cellphone Stopped After Drifting Into Oncoming Traffic
Wyckoff PD: Drunk Driver On Cellphone Stopped After Drifting Into Oncoming Traffic An Oakland driver was drunk and using a cellphone when her car veered into oncoming traffic in Wyckoff, said police who arrested her. Patricia Morales, 26, was released to a family member and her Hyundai was held for 12 hours, under John’s Law, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Alerted to an erratic driver in the area of Franklin and Wyckoff avenues, Officer Michael Finn followed the Hyundai onto Russell Avenue and saw it “drift from the right lane and completely enter the lane of oncoming traffic” just after 11:30 p.m. Friday, Soto said. Finn took Morales into custody. She was given summonses for DW…

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Masked ‘Ninja' Robber Attacks Wallington Gas Station Attendant With Huge Hammer Masked ‘Ninja' Robber Attacks Wallington Gas Station Attendant With Huge Hammer
Masked ‘Ninja' Robber Attacks Wallington Gas Station Attendant With Huge Hammer A masked robber dressed all in black “like a ninja” attacked a Wallington gas station attendant Tuesday morning with a huge hammer, injuring him and fleeing with what was believed to be a few hundred dollars, authorities said. Area surveillance cameras show the 20-something robber “pacing up and down Main Avenue with the mask on, carrying a hammer the size of an ax” around 7:40 a.m., Detective Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. “Either nobody saw anything or nobody said anything,” Kudlacik said. Eventually, the 6-foot-tall robber went into the Citgo station office, yanked the attendant from his ch…

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Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized
Eight Busted At Paterson High-Rise: 441 Heroin Bags, 39 Crack Bags, $13,600 Drug Cash Seized A raid at a Paterson high-rise produced 441 folds of heroin, 39 bags of crack, $13,600 in proceeds and eight arrests, authorities said. Several deals went down during a drug operation targeting 85 Presidential Boulevard, barely a block and a half from a public school, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Dozens of drug-related charges were brought against: Richard Brown, 41, who lives in a 10th-floor unit at the high-rise; Keshon T. Roberson, 20, who lives on the sixth floor; Rodney Fairley, 30, who lives up the street; Tyheem J. Stewart, 30, and Kamesha T. Stewart, of Paterson; Jamari Q.…

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SEEN HER? Clifton Woman, 20, Missing More Than A Week SEEN HER? Clifton Woman, 20, Missing More Than A Week
Seen HER? Clifton Woman, 20, Missing More Than A Week Authorities were seeking the public’s help finding a20-year-old Clifton woman who’d been missing for more than a week. Kayla Kuchta was last seen in the Hell’s Kitchen of Manhattan the night of Feb. 4, authorities said. Kuchta, who’s 5-foot-5 and 100 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes, has a nose piercing and tattoos on her left wrist and right calf. “It is unknown if she remained in New York City or left to a different area,” Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said, noting that Kuchta also hangs out in Paterson. Anyone who sees Kuchat, or knows where to find her, is asked to contact Cl…

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Glen Rock Resident Nearly Loses $5,800 Postal Box Check Theft Glen Rock Resident Nearly Loses $5,800 Postal Box Check Theft
Glen Rock Resident Nearly Loses $5,800 Postal Box Check Theft Another check stolen from a postal drop box almost cost a Glen Rock woman $5,800, authorities said. The victim mailed a check for $57.01 to an insurance company using the US Postal Service mailbox on West Plaza near the Source Building, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Several days later, the woman received a call telling her “there was a problem with her credit card account and providing her with her checking account number,” Ackermann said. Suspicious of the call, the woman wisely contacted her bank, the police chief said. “The bank confirmed her suspicions that the call was a s…

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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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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
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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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