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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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Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash
Husband Of Popular Jersey Shore Food Truck Owner, Haledon Man Killed In Head-On Wayne Crash UPDATE: The husband of a popular Jersey Shore food truck owner and a driver from Passaic County both died in a head-on crash in North Jersey on Monday, authorities said in identifying them on Tuesday. Jason Montecalvo, 45, of Colts Neck was driving a Cadillac CTS that collided with a Lexus GS300 driven by David Pohl, 58, of Haledon on Hamburg Turnpike near the intersection of Armstrong Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, they said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint announcement. Montecalvo…

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Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire
Community Rallies For Family Of 'Selfless, Loyal' Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire With heavy hearts, friends, loved ones and strangers are donating food, clothing, money and more to the family of a 25-year-old tow truck driver killed in a Lodi house fire. A GoFundMe campaign for the family had raised nearly $50,000 in less than 24 hours. "My nephew was full of life and one of the most selfless and loyal people in the world," said his aunt, Karen Gillen, who organized the fundraiser. Monday's fire broke out in Gonzalez's second-floor bedroom in the rear of the two-family Westminster Place home shortly before 6 a.m., possibly from an incense candle, firefighters said.  …

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GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman
GOT Video? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman Police turned to the public for help identifying whoever fired shots outside an Englewood housing complex Monday night. Detectives were seeking witnesses and/or surveillance video recorded between 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday at the 100-unit Martin Luther King Gardens complex at William Street and West Englewood Avenue, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said in a Ring message to residents. "Luckily, it appears that no one was injured" in the 9:15 p.m. shooting, he added. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. A sheriff's K-9 unit also responded in an…

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Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale A Lodi driver had nine pounds of pot for sale in his sedan when a Little Ferry police officer stopped him for tailgating on Route 46, authorities said. Officer Joseph Convery stopped Ashley Ortiz, 26, on the westbound highway Monday night, Capt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. "While speaking with him, the officer noticed an overwhelming odor of marijuana and saw a vacuum-sealed bag [of pot] in plain view on the passenger seat," Klein said. Backed up by Officer James Serio, Convery conducted a consented search of the 2019 Honda Accord and found more than 300 zip-locking bags of pot packaged for sal…

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Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover
Drivers OK In Hawthorne Rollover A car dealership delivery van got knocked over in a collision with a sedan Tuesday morning in Hawthorne. Neither driver was hospitalized in the crash at shortly before 10 a.m. The Hawthorne Chevrolet van sustained most of the damage in the collision with an older-model Mazda. The Mazda wasn't seriously damaged.Douglas Haber for DAILY VOICE The intersection was temporarily closed for the cleanup, removal of the delivery vehicle and investigation. Police, firefighters and EMS responded. At the scene of the crash in Hawthorne.Douglas Haber for DAILY VOICE

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CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses
Crime Spree: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses Burglars have been stealing ATM machines by smashing their way into check-cashing businesses in Bergen County, authorities said Monday. The bandits, who've been spotted in a dark-colored pickup truck, apparently used a sledgehammer to smash their way in through front glass doors, Hackensack Police Detective Lt. Ryan Weber said. Two  burglaries occurred within minutes of one another in Hackensack between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Weber said. One was at a check-cashing business on Anderson Street and another on Main Street between 3-3:30 a.m. Sunday, he said. The thieves weren't …

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Bronx Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Edgewater Stabbing Bronx Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Edgewater Stabbing
Bronx Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Edgewater Stabbing UPDATE: A Bronx man was charged with attempted murder in a weekend stabbing in Edgewater, authorities announced Monday. Victor Rodriguez, 32, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Friends took the victim to New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights after he was stabbed at a home on Undercliff Avenue shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Borough police who found blood inside and outside the residence notified his Major Crimes Unit, Musella said. Detecti…

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UPDATE: Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire Called Kind, 'Genuine Soul' UPDATE: Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire Called Kind, 'Genuine Soul'
Update: Lodi Man, 25, Killed In Fire Called Kind, 'Genuine Soul' UPDATE: As news spread that the worst fears of his loved ones had come true, a 25-year-old tow truck driver killed in a Lodi house fire on Monday was remembered as a good, kind person. Ezequiel Gonzalez was "one of the real ones," said Jerry Whittaker of Hackensack, "always down to help someone out and just a genuine soul." "Always hurts to lose such a young friend," added trainer Brian Giraldo, who owns Rawfitness H.I.T Concepts in Lodi. A candlelight vigil was planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Thomas Jefferson Middle School on 1st Street. A GoFundMe campaign for the family had raise…

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Gun Comes Flying Out Window During Elmwood Park Police Stop, Driver Speeds Off Gun Comes Flying Out Window During Elmwood Park Police Stop, Driver Speeds Off
Gun Comes Flying Out Window During Elmwood Park Police Stop, Driver Speeds Off A passenger tossed a loaded gun out the window of a sedan that sped off following an Elmwood Park police stop, authorities said. An officer stopped the gray 2006 BMW 330 – which had tinted front windows, a tinted windshield and no front license plate – on Herman Street at the corner of Stone Avenue at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Tthe front-seat passenger then rolled down the window and tossed out a loaded 9mm Taurus PT709 pistol, Foligno said. The driver then made a right onto Stone Avenue, hit the gas and sped away, turning right onto northbound Mola Boulevard, th…

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Authorities: Paramus PD Nabs New Yorkers Who Pulled Gun During Mall Brawl Authorities: Paramus PD Nabs New Yorkers Who Pulled Gun During Mall Brawl
Authorities: Paramus PD Nabs New Yorkers Who Pulled Gun During Mall Brawl Police responding to a report of a man who pulled a pistol during a dispute at a Paramus mall grabbed two fleeing Brooklyn residents with a stolen handgun, authorities said. The gunman and a companion fled following the Christmas Eve confrontation outside the Louis Vuitton store at the Garden State Plaza, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Responding Detective Jon Umanzor and Officers Jon Henderson and Diego Cruz spotted the pair on the mall's second level near Nieman Marcus about 20 minutes later, he said. Seeing them, the duo fled down an escalator, Ehrenberg said. One hande…

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