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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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Glen Rock PD: DWI Hawthorne Driver Uses Shoulder To Pass Route 208 Traffic Following Crash Glen Rock PD: DWI Hawthorne Driver Uses Shoulder To Pass Route 208 Traffic Following Crash
Glen Rock PD: DWI Hawthorne Driver Uses Shoulder To Pass Route 208 Traffic Following Crash Seeing them, the driver quickly tried to return to a legal lane, they said. With their vehicles blocking traffic to protect the stranded car, the officers stopped the Jeep driver -- and found that he was drunk, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Gavin Walsh, 52, of Hawthorne was taken into custody after the 3:50 p.m. incident on the southbound highway near Lincoln Avenue, the chief said. His vehicle was towed and impounded for at least 12 hours, Ackermann said. Police charged Walsh with DWI and gave him summonses for careless driving and improper passing before releasing him to a responsi…

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Paterson Police Crash Open-Air Drug Market That Drew Dealers From Different Areas Paterson Police Crash Open-Air Drug Market That Drew Dealers From Different Areas
Paterson Police Crash Open-Air Drug Market That Drew Dealers From Different Areas They came from different areas of Paterson to a four-story brick walkup next to a vacant lot to sling mostly heroin and crack. The dealers gathered regularly in front of the Hamilton Avenue building off Summer Street, “disrupting the quality of life of residents and placing them in fear for their safety,” Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. With citizens complaining, members of the Paterson Police Department Narcotics Division swooped in, seized drugs and $2,459 in alleged proceeds and arrested two accused dealers and a buyer, he said. All told, they collected 350 heroin folds, 60 …

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Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign
Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign A Morris County driver who ran a stop sign was carrying 750 heroin folds for sale, Prospect Park police said. Officer Greg Williams stopped a 2019 Nissan Altima on Hopper Street and Belle Avenue shortly before noon Monday, Detective Sgt. Walter Richmond said. Williams arrested the driver, 20-year-old Jerelle Wright of Riverdale, after finding the heroin and a bag of pot, Richmond said. He charged Wright with drug possession counts, issued several summonses, then released him pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.

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AGAIN? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say AGAIN? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say
Again? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say Between bail reform and COVID-related limits on jail admissions, Lyndhurst police reluctantly released a borough woman who they said ripped off an elderly resident. Sure enough, she went out and did it again, they said. The first time, they said, Melissa Kaups befriended a 78-year-old woman who didn’t know that she had a drug-related criminal history stretching back more than 20 years. Police arrested Kaups last week after she stole two sterling silver necklaces from the victim’s bedroom dresser, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. She was processed and released on theft charges pending fur…

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National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee
National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee A discount vision retailer with stores throughout New Jersey discriminated against a now-former employee by switching her to part time and not providing a suitable place to pump breast milk after she had a baby, a state civil rights complaint alleges. Jalaia Hill says in a state civil rights complaint that her health coverage was eliminated by the sudden position switch from full to part time when she returned from maternity leave to the America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses store in Burlington. America’s Best also “failed to reasonably accommodate her request for a place to express brea…

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First Fort Dix Federal Inmate Death From COVID-19 Reported First Fort Dix Federal Inmate Death From COVID-19 Reported
First Fort Dix Federal Inmate Death From Covid-19 Reported An inmate who was placed in isolation at the Fort Dix federal prison after testing positive for COVID-19 last month died on Friday, authorities said. Myron Crosby, 58, was the first of more than 1,400 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Burlington County who were diagnosed with the virus to die, U.S. Bureau of Prisons records show. He’d been serving a 14-year federal sentence at the low-security facility since Sept. 17, 2019 on a conviction out of Maine for having and conspiring to sell heroin, the Department of Justice said in a release. Crosby -- who had long-term, …

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South Jersey Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison Child Porn Trafficking South Jersey Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison Child Porn Trafficking
South Jersey Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison Child Porn Trafficking A South Jersey man was sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in state prison for trafficking child porn. Detectives monitoring a peer-to-peer file-sharing network popular with sex offenders found files shared by Robert N. Mahmud, 51, of Carneys Point, authorities said. Detectives from the state Division of Criminal Justice then raided Mahmud’s home in June 2018, assisted by members of the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office and Carneys Point police, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. They seized a thumb drive and external hard drives that held 250 images of children being…

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Hundreds Lose Power When SUV Splits Utility Pole Near Rockland Border Hundreds Lose Power When SUV Splits Utility Pole Near Rockland Border
Hundreds Lose Power When SUV Splits Utility Pole Near Rockland Border Utility companies worked to restore power and phone service after an SUV split and toppled a pole Monday in Upper Saddle River. The Chevy Tahoe was headed west on Lake Street when its 71-year-old driver lost control and it struck the pole off Sturbridge Drive, near the Montvale and Rockland borders, around 10 a.m. He was OK, but lines were downed, power was knocked out to 200 or so customers and the pole had to be replaced, Police Capt. Edward Kane said. The SUV had to be towed. Eastbound Lake Street was closed for about 90 minutes.

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Second Shooting In Month At Englewood Housing Complex Just Misses Intended Victim Second Shooting In Month At Englewood Housing Complex Just Misses Intended Victim
Second Shooting In Month At Englewood Housing Complex Just Misses Intended Victim Someone opened fire for the second time in a month at the same Englewood apartment complex over the weekend -- only this time it came much closer to the intended target, authorities said. The would-be victim was sitting in a room when the shooter walked up and fired a bullet through the window shortly after midnight Friday into Saturday at the Martin Luther King Gardens complex at William Street and West Englewood Avenue, responders said. "It's a miracle he wasn't hit," one said. The previous shooting was reported at the 100-unit complex on Dec. 29. SEE: Englewood Police Seek Help Identif…

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FOUND! Helicopter, K-9, More Join Intense Search For Missing Ridgewood Woman FOUND! Helicopter, K-9, More Join Intense Search For Missing Ridgewood Woman
Found! Helicopter, K-9, More Join Intense Search For Missing Ridgewood Woman UPDATE: An intense multi-agency search ended happily when a woman who'd wandered into the cold from her Ridgewood home Sunday night was found in Paramus. A State Police helicopter joined the search for the endangered 60-year-old woman, who responders said had gotten lost in the woods after entering Saddle River County Park around 7 p.m. Given the circumstances -- not the least among them sub-freezing temperatures -- "it was imperative to find her," Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Among the responders: a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit, Ridgewood Emergency Services and Para…

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