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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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NJ Lawmakers OK Legal Pot Under 6 Ounces, Just Needs Murphy's Signature NJ Lawmakers OK Legal Pot Under 6 Ounces, Just Needs Murphy's Signature
NJ Lawmakers OK Legal Pot Under 6 Ounces, Just Needs Murphy's Signature Doobie, doobie, done: New Jersey lawmakers were in a Garden State of mind when they approved an historic bill Thursday that sets rules and regulations for recreational pot sales.  All it needs to become law is Gov. Phil Murphy’s signature and a mechanism to oversee ganjapreneurs. If the governor signs off, 70% of the state sales tax revenue from pot purchases and a tax on growers in New Jersey will be directed to minority Garden State communities ravaged by drugs. The State Legislature also approved a bill ending arrests for possessing less than six ounces of marijuana or selling up …

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Bergen Businessman Admits Paying $100,000 Bribe To Korean Official For Defense Contracts Bergen Businessman Admits Paying $100,000 Bribe To Korean Official For Defense Contracts
Bergen Businessman Admits Paying $100,000 Bribe To Korean Official For Defense Contracts A Bergen County businessman admitted Thursday that he bribed a high-ranking Korean defense official to get and keep defense contracts with the country. Deck Won Kang, 50, a U.S. citizen from Englewood Cliffs, was an officer, director, employee, and agent of two closely held New Jersey companies when he promised “something of value” to a high-ranking official in the Korean Navy when he left office. The official had worked for a state-owned and -controlled agency within the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of National Defense, federal authorities said. FBI agents arrested Kang after he sent $10…

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Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree
Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree An ex-con from Newark told a federal judge on Thursday that he was the getaway driver in a string of overnight convenience store and gas station robberies in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union counties. Meshach Whagar, 31, admitted during a video-conferenced plea hearing that he was the wheelman during the 20 predawn holdups in November and December of 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. It included robberies in Lodi, Mahwah, Elmwood Park, Clifton, Hoboken, Bayonne, Kearny, Parsippany, Rockaway, Morris Plains, West Orange, East Brunswick, South River, Edison, …

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Police: Armed Uber Eats Driver Captured After Dumont Carjacking Police: Armed Uber Eats Driver Captured After Dumont Carjacking
Police: Armed Uber Eats Driver Captured After Dumont Carjacking Police captured a gun-toting Uber Eats deliveryman who carjacked a driver in Dumont and then crashed during Wednesday night's snowstorm, authorities said Thursday. The victim told police an SUV struck his orange Dodge Challenger from behind at the intersection of Washington and Madison avenues shortly after 11 p.m. The victim said he got out and was confronted by two men, one carrying a gun, Police Chief Thomas McKeary said. The gunman, identified as Abel Gomez-Pichardo of the Bronx, “snatched the keys from around the victim’s neck and fled with the victim’s vehicle," he said. Officer Ja…

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Firefighter Rescued After Wall Collapses In Passaic Multi-Family Blaze Firefighter Rescued After Wall Collapses In Passaic Multi-Family Blaze
Firefighter Rescued After Wall Collapses In Passaic Multi-Family Blaze Firefighters rescued one of their own in a blaze that ripped through a three-story brick walkup in Passaic during the overnight snowstorm, authorities said. The firefighter, who was rescued after a wall collapsed in the 4th Street building, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. He was reported in stable condition with cuts and bruises on his head and face, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Two female residents also were rescued and taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic with smoke inhalation and minor injuries, the mayor said. More than 25 residents were displaced,…

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Some Blame COVID: Paterson Man Gunned Down, City Homicides Break 30-Year High Some Blame COVID: Paterson Man Gunned Down, City Homicides Break 30-Year High
Some Blame COVID: Paterson Man Gunned Down, City Homicides Break 30-Year High A man found shot dead in a Paterson gas station parking lot Wednesday became the 23rd victim gunned down in the Silk City this year. The body of Michael Richardson, 33, was found on the ground of the BP station at Broadway and Summer Street, in a neighborhood rife with drugs and gangs, shortly after 3 p.m., authorities said. He'd been shot in the head, said detectives who were searching for a juvenile who reportedly fled the scene. Richardson was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and city Police Chief Ibrah…

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22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire 22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire
22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire VIDEO: Firefighters rescued 22 cats in a Hawthorne house blaze on Wednesday. The two-alarm fire broke out on the top floor of the three-family home on Westervelt Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m., officials said. A deck gun helped knocked down the fire, which was placed under control about an hour after it began then spent another two hours dousing hot spots. No major injuries were reported aside from cat bites sustained by two firefighters and a borough police officer. The cause wasn't immediately determined. An investigation was continuing. Mutual aid responders included firefighters fr…

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Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member
Mobster Admits Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member A Lucchese crime family soldier told a federal judge Wednesday that he threw the current husband of former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo a beating in exchange for an extravagant gift from her well-known ex. John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove admitted that Dina Manzo’s ex-husband, Thomas Manzo, 55, of Franklin Lakes, hired him in 2015 to assault David Cantin, who was dating Dina Manzo at the time. Perna pleaded guilty to committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity in a federal indictment that also names Thomas Manzo, who co-owns the Brownstone Restaurant …

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Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit
Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has assumed control of the troubled Englewood Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit from Chief Lawrence Suffern for at least the next six months amid accusations that he singled out officers for punishment by denying them extra-work opportunities. A six-month investigation into the department’s internal affairs operation made the move necessary, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and Englewood City Manager Sonia Alves-Viveiros said in a joint statement Wednesday. Both signed a memorandum of agreement placing a full-time monitor from Musella’s off…

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Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson
Man Struck, Killed By Train In Paterson A man was struck and killed by a commuter train before dawn Wednesday in Paterson. The Main/Bergen County Line No. 1101 train struck him at the city train station around 2:15 a.m., NJ Transit said. There were no passengers and three crew members onboard. It had left Hoboken at 1:32 a.m. and was to arrive in Suffern at 2:41 a.m. Service was temporarily suspended as transit police investigated the circumstances.

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