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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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Fair Lawn Detective On A Roll: Arrests Pile Up In Mailbox Check-Theft Cases Fair Lawn Detective On A Roll: Arrests Pile Up In Mailbox Check-Theft Cases
Fair Lawn Detective On A Roll: Arrests Pile Up In Mailbox Check-Theft Cases A Fair Lawn detective continued his recent streak of arrests connected to thefts from local mailboxes. Detective Paul Donohue arrested 20-year-old Franklin Peralta after a resident reported mailing a personal check from the Radburn Post Office, where dropboxes had been broken into, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The $2,128 check never reached its intended recipient and, instead, had been cashed by someone else, Metzler said. Peralta, he said, “used someone else’s account to cash the check at an ATM, then paid the account holder $50.” He was released pending a court hearing on charges of theft b…

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Emerson PD: Officer Nabs iPhone Thief Who Signed For Package, ICE Issues Detainer Emerson PD: Officer Nabs iPhone Thief Who Signed For Package, ICE Issues Detainer
Emerson PD: Officer Nabs iPhone Thief Who Signed For Package, ICE Issues Detainer A package thief took a different approach when he used an Emerson woman's address to order two iPhones, then waited and signed for the delivery outside her house, authorities said. Responding quickly to a call from the Jordan Road resident, Officer Glenn Howard spotted and pulled over the thief's car -- bearing Ohio license plates -- on Forest Road, Capt. Michael McDermott said Tuesday. Howard "saw the shipping label torn off a package and two iPhones inside with a packing invoice addressed to the Emerson resident on Jordan Road," McDermott said. He took the driver, 31-year-old Dominican R…

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Teaneck Officers Nab Robbery Suspect Headed For Hackensack, Already A Repeat Offender At 20 Teaneck Officers Nab Robbery Suspect Headed For Hackensack, Already A Repeat Offender At 20
Teaneck Officers Nab Robbery Suspect Headed For Hackensack, Already A Repeat Offender At 20 A Hackensack man who, at 20, is already a repeat offender resisted Teaneck police who caught him following a burglary that turned into a robbery, authorities said. Officers responding to the call from a Cedar Lane apartment complex just after 6:30 p.m. Friday found Evan Goodwin crossing the nearby Anderson Street Bridge into Teaneck, Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said Tuesday. He “appeared to be under the influence of alcohol,” was “extremely uncooperative answering questions posed to him” and “repeatedly refused to comply with lawful commands given to him,” O’Reilly said. Goodwin was brough…

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Upper Saddle River PD: Driver Impersonating Officer On Route 17 Had Gun, Police Gear Upper Saddle River PD: Driver Impersonating Officer On Route 17 Had Gun, Police Gear
Upper Saddle River PD: Driver Impersonating Officer On Route 17 Had Gun, Police Gear A Florida driver caught smoking a joint with a woman parked in a lot on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River was carrying a loaded gun and a bag that contained handcuffs, a police duty belt, an expandable baton, two switchblades and other police equipment, authorities said. Robert Mitchell, 58, of Hollywood, FL has no law enforcement affiliation, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said Tuesday. Officer Kevin McWilliams approached the couple on Friday, then spotted a magazine that turned out to contain hollow-point bullets, the lieutenant said. A search turned up the semi-automatic handgun and the “tactic…

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UPDATE: Garfield Train Death, Roommate Slaying 'Totally' Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say UPDATE: Garfield Train Death, Roommate Slaying 'Totally' Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say
Update: Garfield Train Death, Roommate Slaying 'Totally' Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say UPDATE: A man who committed suicide by running in front of a commuter train in Garfield on Saturday hours after law enforcement officials said he beat his roommate to death in their illegal basement apartment was identified Monday, along with the murder victim. Manuel Ortega-Pimentel, 55, "ran into the path" of an NJ Transit train on Saturday and was killed, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During an attempt to locate next of kin for Ortega-Pimentel, a check of his last known address was conducted and the basement apartment was checked by a resident of the first floor," th…

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How Cold Was It? An LBI Water Tower Sprung A Leak How Cold Was It? An LBI Water Tower Sprung A Leak
How Cold Was It? An LBI Water Tower Sprung A Leak Talk about an ice bucket challenge: A water tower on Long Beach Island sprung a leak during Monday's Arctic-type freeze. Allison Howley Cordes said water was "gushing down" from what experts said was likely a valve that didn't close properly in the Ship Bottom tower. Police closed off the street as the water created a virtual skating rink.

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'Late Fees': Paterson Debt Collector Beats, Robs Debtor, Wayne Police Charge 'Late Fees': Paterson Debt Collector Beats, Robs Debtor, Wayne Police Charge
'Late Fees': Paterson Debt Collector Beats, Robs Debtor, Wayne Police Charge A Paterson man collecting a debt behind a Wayne shopping center beat the debtor and robbed him of $100 – claiming he’d accrued late fees, police said. The victim told police he met with Anthony Ferguson, 35, of Paterson behind the shopping center at Preakness and Valley Roads to satisfy an unspecified debt. He said Ferguson told him “the amount owed had changed due to late fees,” then began punching him in the face and head, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Then he took the money and left, Martin said. Detective Skylar Cauceglia worked the case, eventually obtaining an arrest warrant…

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UPDATE: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement UPDATE: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement
Update: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement Firefighters rescued a worker who fell 20 or so feet off a ladder Monday morning into the basement of a new home under construction in Ridgewood. Rescuers brought a Stokes basket and ropes along after the 10:30 a.m. mishap on North Monroe Street. After they got him out through a window well, the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed the 28-year-old worker to the trauma unit at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. He complained of pain in his back, leg and hand, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital also responded. Boyd A. Lovin…

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HEADS UP: Paramus Firefighter Whose Truck Was Broken Into Says He Was Followed From Bank HEADS UP: Paramus Firefighter Whose Truck Was Broken Into Says He Was Followed From Bank
Heads UP: Paramus Firefighter Whose Truck Was Broken Into Says He Was Followed From Bank Standing on line at a Western Union in Paramus, a borough volunteer firefighter saw a familiar face: Moments earlier, he’d seen the same man sitting in a suspicious minivan parking outside his bank. Leaving the Stop & Shop on Route 17 after withdrawing money, the 30-year-old firefighter found the passenger-side window of his pickup truck smashed and console compartment open. Gone were reading glasses, a charger and headphones. He was reporting it to a 911 dispatcher when he again saw the same man walking through the parking lot. Spotting the firefighter, the stranger hurried into the …

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Wayne PD: 179 Oxy Pills, Coke, $832 Drug Money Found In SUV Parked After-Hours At Wendy's Wayne PD: 179 Oxy Pills, Coke, $832 Drug Money Found In SUV Parked After-Hours At Wendy's
Wayne PD: 179 Oxy Pills, Coke, $832 Drug Money Found In SUV Parked After-Hours At Wendy's Wayne police seized 179 Oxycodone pills, a bag of cocaine and $832 in suspected drug proceeds from a Queens driver who’d been parked at the Wendy’s on Route 46 nearly two hours before it opened. Officers Ardian Cela and Gerard Venezia had noticed the 2016 Mazda SUV while responding to another incident about an hour earlier, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Drug paraphernalia in plain view raised their suspicions, prompting a search that turned up the drugs and cash, Martin said. The driver, 44-year-old Edward Cahill, was released pending court action on various drug offenses, under Ne…

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