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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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Englewood Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Along Treacherous Stretch Englewood Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Along Treacherous Stretch
Englewood Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Along Treacherous Stretch A 70-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car in the southeast end of Englewood early Thursday. The city resident was struck at the corner of Broad and Van Nostrand avenues around 6:30 a.m., Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. She was conscious and alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with leg and back injuries, as well as a cut on her head, that didn't appear life-threatening, the chief said. Police issued a summons to the 33-year-old driver from Paterson for failing to yield to a pedestrian, he said. Mayor Michael Wildes, who lives just up the street, noted that …

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16 TICKETS: Wild Fair Lawn Police Motorcycle Pursuit Ends In Apartment Complex Off Route 208 16 TICKETS: Wild Fair Lawn Police Motorcycle Pursuit Ends In Apartment Complex Off Route 208
16 Tickets: Wild Fair Lawn Police Motorcycle Pursuit Ends In Apartment Complex Off Route 208 A motorcyclist from Passaic County led Fair Lawn police on a wild chase on Route 208 and through an apartment complex off the highway before he was captured and issued 16 summonses, authorities said. With a police cruiser following him, Damian Medina, 29, of Haledon started to take the Plaza Road off-ramp from southbound Route 208 before steering a 2018 Suzuki GSX with no license plate back onto the highway around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. At the same time, the driver of a 2016 Toyota Scion that had been traveling with Medina “sped up on the left side of the patrol vehi…

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IRS Warns Of Brand-New Wave Of Scams Tied To Stimulus Checks, COVID-19 IRS Warns Of Brand-New Wave Of Scams Tied To Stimulus Checks, COVID-19
IRS Warns Of Brand-New Wave Of Scams Tied To Stimulus Checks, Covid-19 ALERT: No sooner did the second round of stimulus checks start going out than a new wave of scams began, authorities said. With COVID-19 still rampant and tax filing season near, thieves have been busy tricking honest Americans out of their hard-earned money, warned Michael Montanez, the special agent in charge of the IRS – Criminal Investigation Field Office in Newark. Aiming to protect them, Montanez assembled information to help New Jersey taxpayers protect their finances and not “fall victim to criminals looking to take advantage of them.” Look out for: Text messages asking taxpayers…

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Shooter Who Wounded Two Men Outside Passaic Takeout Restaurant Was Boy, 15, Authorities Say Shooter Who Wounded Two Men Outside Passaic Takeout Restaurant Was Boy, 15, Authorities Say
Shooter Who Wounded Two Men Outside Passaic Takeout Restaurant Was Boy, 15, Authorities Say UPDATE: A 15-year-old boy fired gunshots from across the street into a crowd on a Passaic street, injuring two men, this past New Year’s Eve, authorities said following his capture. One of the victims, a 21-year-old city man, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center following the afternoon shooting on Monroe Street near Myrtle Avenue. The second victim, 24, arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic via private vehicle and was transferred to St. Joe's in stable condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement…

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Feds: NJ Tax Preparer From PA Pocketed Stimulus Check Before Indictment For False Returns Feds: NJ Tax Preparer From PA Pocketed Stimulus Check Before Indictment For False Returns
Feds: NJ Tax Preparer From PA Pocketed Stimulus Check Before Indictment For False Returns A Pennsylvania man who worked as a tax preparer in Newark collected a fat stimulus check weeks before a federal grand jury indicted him for filing 44 bogus returns, authorities said. Rather than go to trial, Sylvain Dienhoue, 53, of Tobyhanna pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns during a video-conferenced hearing with a federal judge in Newark. Dienhoue, who owned and operated Cadi’s Multi Services, used “fabricated and inflated figures, including expenses and itemized deductions,” in order to generate inflat…

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Firefighters Douse Blaze In Paterson Mixed-Use Building Firefighters Douse Blaze In Paterson Mixed-Use Building
Firefighters Douse Blaze In Paterson Mixed-Use Building PHOTOS: Responders were relieved when a report of a resident trapped during a fire Wednesday in Paterson proved unfounded. Flames raced through the upper two floors of apartments in the three-story, mixed-use building on Main Street near Route 80 after breaking out around 3 p.m. City firefighters had the blaze knocked down in under a half hour. It was declared under control soon after. No injuries were reported. No injuries were reported in the Paterson fire.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE At the scene.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE Fire damaged the upper floors.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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SURPRISE! Hudson Ex-Con Nabbed By Cliffside Park Police After Texting Female Burglary Victim SURPRISE! Hudson Ex-Con Nabbed By Cliffside Park Police After Texting Female Burglary Victim
Surprise! Hudson Ex-Con Nabbed By Cliffside Park Police After Texting Female Burglary Victim A Hudson County ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet who broke into a Cliffside Park woman's garage and stole some of her valuables got a surprise when he tried to extort her, authorities said. Rashon Drone, 36, of West New York took $200 in cash and other items from the woman's car after breaking into the Palisade Avenue garage, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. He then texted the victim and told her to meet him at a Quick Chek in North Bergen to get them back, the deputy chief said. As it turned out, authorities trying to serve a protection order also had been looking for Drone, who ha…

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Driver Survives Horrific Crash On Rainy Route 4 In Paramus Driver Survives Horrific Crash On Rainy Route 4 In Paramus
Driver Survives Horrific Crash On Rainy Route 4 In Paramus UPDATE: A horrific crash on a rain-drenched Paramus highway prompted a local police official to urge that drivers be extra cautious in bad weather. Paramus Heavy Rescue and EMS members extricated a Sussex County driver who was trapped when her 2015 Subaru Legacy crashed after hydroplaning on westbound Route 4 right before the Route 17 exits late Friday. The 35-year-old Hamburg motorist’s Subaru struck a fire hydrant, then rolled onto the driver’s side door and slid into a tree, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injur…

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Feds Nab Accused Member Of Ring That Stole $1.5M Worth Of Luxury Cars In NJ, Rockland, LI, CT Feds Nab Accused Member Of Ring That Stole $1.5M Worth Of Luxury Cars In NJ, Rockland, LI, CT
Feds Nab Accused Member Of Ring That Stole $1.5M Worth Of Luxury Cars In NJ, Rockland, LI, CT Federal agents captured an ex-con who they said participated in a ring that stole BMWs, Mercedes and other luxury cars from towns in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Bilal Cureton, 30, of Newark and his cronies often used stolen vehicles to steal more cars, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. In one instance, she said, the Essex County crew members stole a Maserati GranTurisimo in the Jersey Shore town of Manalapan and drove it nearly 85 miles to New City in Rockland, where they took a Range Rover and a Porsche. A predawn police pursuit followed before the Maserati driver hit…

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Paterson PD: Dealer Busted With 840 Heroin Folds Near Fried Chicken Joint Paterson PD: Dealer Busted With 840 Heroin Folds Near Fried Chicken Joint
Paterson PD: Dealer Busted With 840 Heroin Folds Near Fried Chicken Joint Paterson detectives watched a drug deal go down before busting the seller with 840 heroin folds, authorities said. Narcotics Unit detectives watched as Nasir L. Davis, 21, of East 38th Street sold to a buyer near American Fried Chicken at the corner of Broadway and Summer Street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Davis and the buyer then went their separate ways, Speziale said. The investigators signaled an arrest team that moved in and arrested Davis near the corner on Summer Street, the director said. He was carrying 16 bricks of heroin, Speziale said. Davis was sent to the Pas…

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