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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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PD: Fair Lawn Man, 73, Vandalizes Neighbor's Home, Car, Threatens Him With Knife PD: Fair Lawn Man, 73, Vandalizes Neighbor's Home, Car, Threatens Him With Knife
PD: Fair Lawn Man, 73, Vandalizes Neighbor's Home, Car, Threatens Him With Knife Police seized a 73-year-old Fair Lawn resident after he threw a brick through a neighbor’s front door, vandalized the victim’s car and threatened him with a knife, authorities said. The Allwood Place victim awoke Sunday morning to find his 2019 Toyota Camry dented with several scratches, as well as a shattered rear window, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Less than an hour or so after police took a report, a brick came flying through the victim’s front storm door, Metzler said. Responding Officers Tiller Uriarte, Peter Federico, Anthony Burgos, Timothy Ammann and Sgt. Sean Macys went to the home o…

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New Child-Sex Charges Filed Against Onetime Teaneck Personal Trainer, Total Increases To 16 New Child-Sex Charges Filed Against Onetime Teaneck Personal Trainer, Total Increases To 16
New Child-Sex Charges Filed Against Onetime Teaneck Personal Trainer, Total Increases To 16 Child sex abuse charges continue to pile up against a former personal fitness trainer from Teaneck. The total number of related counts against August Samek increased to 16 when Bergen County prosecutor's detectives charged him late last week with sexually assaulting a pre-teen. Overall, jail records show that prosecutor's investigators have now charged Samek over the past year and a half with: seven total counts of sexual assault on a victim under 13; two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a victim under 13; five total counts of child endangerment through sexual conduct; two counts o…

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HERO (VIDEO): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge HERO (VIDEO): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge
Hero (Video): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge A suicidal man determined to jump to his death had just let go of the railing on a bridge over the Raritan River when a state correctional officer came running and grabbed him, dramatic cellphone video shows. Officer Faustino Saucedo of Perth Amboy was off duty and headed to pick up his wife when he saw the commotion on the Edison bridge between Woodbridge and Sayreville shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday. The man was sitting on the edge of the Route 9 span, which runs parallel to the Driscoll Bridge. Saucedo -- who works at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel -- parked his car an…

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SUV Rolls On Route 4 SUV Rolls On Route 4
SUV Rolls On Route 4 A driver climbed out of his SUV after it rolled Monday on Route 4 in Englewood. The Bergen County Sheriff's Office responded to investigate and handle traffic after the Toyota 4Runner toppled a sign and ended up on its side. City firefighters responded, as well. The driver didn't appear injured.

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Man Missing For Weeks Found Dead Across Street From Parents’ Bergen Home Man Missing For Weeks Found Dead Across Street From Parents’ Bergen Home
Man Missing For Weeks Found Dead Across Street From Parents’ Bergen Home TRAGIC ENDING: With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, the fear was that a Wyckoff man who went missing during a late January mega-storm was buried somewhere and wouldn't be found until it melted. Those fears came true Monday, when the body of 40-year-old Andrew R. Fraioli was found across the street from his parents’ home. No foul play was suspected, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said Monday afternoon. Fraioli, who worked as a drug counselor in Camden and had no special needs, came north five weeks ago from his Lindenwold home to help his 74-year-old dad dig out from the…

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Saddle Brook Chief Charged With Ordering On-Duty Police Escorts For His Funeral Business Saddle Brook Chief Charged With Ordering On-Duty Police Escorts For His Funeral Business
Saddle Brook Chief Charged With Ordering On-Duty Police Escorts For His Funeral Business State authorities on Monday charged Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler with ordering on-duty police officers to conduct escorts for his funeral business using department vehicles. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office has temporarily assumed control over the day-to-day operation of the Saddle Brook Police Department as a result, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced. Kugler, 59, of Saddle Brook, was issued a summons charging him with conspiracy, official misconduct and corruption of public resources, Grewal said. A hearing was yet to be scheduled. He also was suspended wit…

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Ex-Middlesex Officer Admits Recruiting Brothers In Blue For Multi-Million-Dollar Drug Scam Ex-Middlesex Officer Admits Recruiting Brothers In Blue For Multi-Million-Dollar Drug Scam
Ex-Middlesex Officer Admits Recruiting Brothers In Blue For Multi-Million-Dollar Drug Scam A former North Brunswick police officer admitted Monday that he cashed in on a multi-million-dollar health insurance scam by recruiting patients to obtain prescriptions for drugs they didn’t need. Daniel Passafiume, 45, of Monroe took a plea deal from federal prosecutors after an unidentified co-conspirator agreed to cooperate with the government, records show. Passafiume and the accomplice cut deals with pharmacies to collect large commissions for each prescription they delivered for “compounded medications,” including vitamins and pain creams, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. …

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SEEN HIM? Brazen Route 17 Bank Robber Wore ‘Planned Parenthood’ Hoodie, Got $5,000 SEEN HIM? Brazen Route 17 Bank Robber Wore ‘Planned Parenthood’ Hoodie, Got $5,000
Seen HIM? Brazen Route 17 Bank Robber Wore ‘Planned Parenthood’ Hoodie, Got $5,000 Paramus police released surveillance photos Monday of a man who robbed a Route 17 bank on Friday wearing a hooded “Planned Parenthood” sweatshirt. The robber handed a teller at the Citibank on the northbound highway a note shortly before 2 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The note said to “hand over the money or [he] would begin shooting,” the chief said. The robber got nearly $5,000 in cash, then ran toward the Fashion Center parking lot, Ehrenberg said. He described the robber as black, between 40 and 50 years old and roughly 200 pounds, with white stubble on his neck. Besid…

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Driver, 78, Hospitalized In Waldwick Rollover Crash Driver, 78, Hospitalized In Waldwick Rollover Crash
Driver, 78, Hospitalized In Waldwick Rollover Crash UPDATE: A 78-year-old Waldwick resident was hospitalized after her Jeep hit a parked car and overturned, authorities said. The Toyota was legally parked on Harrison Avenue when the 2018 Jeep Compass struck it and rolled at the corner of West Prospect Street shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. Waldwick firefighters extricated the driver, who was taken to The Valley Hospital for an evaluation, he said. Police, firefighters and the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps were joined by an ALS paramedic unit from Valley. A tow truck righted and removed the Jeep. Waldw…

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FOUND! Wayward Woman From Rockland, 74, Turns Up In Glen Rock FOUND! Wayward Woman From Rockland, 74, Turns Up In Glen Rock
Found! Wayward Woman From Rockland, 74, Turns Up In Glen Rock A lost Rockland County senior was found at a dry cleaners in Glen Rock, authorities said. Responding to the Prospect Street business, Officer Sarah Orsita found the distraught 74-year-old woman from Spring Valley, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She told Orsita that she’d became lost while traveling from home – a distance a little over 17 miles. The officer tried to give her directions, but the woman remained confused, he said. So Orsita contacted a friend of the woman who came to Glen Rock to pick her up, the chief said.

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