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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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Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks
Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks A worker suffered burns and a guest also was hospitalized with minor injuries in a fire Tuesday night at an infamous hotel on Route 46 in Wayne. The worker was repairing an electrical panel in an area adjacent to a guest room when the fire broke out in the Kings Inn, near the Willowbrook Mall and Routes 23 and 80, shortly after 8 p.m., Wayne Police Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson by Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, Daly said. A hotel guest was taken to St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital, he said, adding that a third victim was tre…

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VIDEO: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ICE Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest VIDEO: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ICE Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest
Video: Police Keeping Eye On Hackensack Church Where Anti-ice Protestors Cursed, Heckled Priest UPDATE: Outrage continued to mount against a group of protestors who harassed a beloved Hackensack priest, cursing and calling him a rapist, prompting police protection for the church as long as anti-ICE demonstrations at the nearby Bergen County Jail continue. Some of the protestors had been involved in a couple of brief skirmishes outside the jail on Saturday and were marching through city streets when they stopped outside St. Anthony of Padua RC Church that night. “Look what they’re doing, Father,” says one protester who comes up from behind the Rev. Brian H. Laffler in a video tweeted b…

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Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol
Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol A driver carrying a loaded gun fought with New Milford police before being subdued following a traffic stop, authorities said. Four officers sustained minor injuries during the struggle with Railey Nunez, 24, of the Tribeca section of Manhattan, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Officer Dan O’Neill had stopped the Mercedes Benz bearing a temporary license plate from Tennessee for a violation at Boulevard and Floral Court shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Clancy said. O’Neill and Officer Przemyslaw Boinski ordered the driver, 35-year-old Alex Hernandez of Washington Heights, and Nunez from the ve…

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Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt
Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt A struggle erupted when a Passaic County man broke into a Washington Township residence and assaulted an elderly homeowner over a drug debt, authorities said. Salvatore Navarra, 49, of Woodland Park broke into the Manhattan Avenue home near Hoover Avenue on Sunday to settle a score with the woman’s 60-year-old son, Capt. John Calamari said. Navarra assaulted the man’s mother, then struggled with the son before fleeing, Calamari said. Officers provided medical treatment to the victims. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Police later arrested N…

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Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew
Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew More than $250,000 worth of checks and money orders were stolen from post office mailboxes in North Jersey by a group of thieves from the Bronx who quickly converted them to cash, federal authorities said. Crew members operated for nearly 14 months, stealing checks and money orders from the mail, altering them, depositing them into bank accounts and withdrawing the proceeds before the victims discovered the fraud. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Jose Lopez Blanco, 22, got them access to the mailboxes with a U.S. Postal Service master key, Carpenito said. Law enforcement officers watche…

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Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident
Motorcyclist Killed In Paterson Crash Was Engaged City Resident A motorcyclist killed in a crash over the weekend was identified as an engaged 29-year-old machinist from Paterson. Jonathan Medina was on his 2015 Honda Ruckus when it collided with a 2007 Dodge Caliber SXT driven by a 26-year-old fellow city resident at the intersection of East 7th Avenue and Wood Street in Paterson shortly before 3:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. Medina was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. T…

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Late-Night Blaze Destroys West Milford Home Late-Night Blaze Destroys West Milford Home
Late-Night Blaze Destroys West Milford Home No one was home when a roaring fire consumed a West Milford home Monday night, displacing its three residents, responders said. The blaze broke out in the 2½-story Cape Cod on Macopin Road, south of Bubbling Springs Park, just after 8:45 p.m., Police Detective Sgt. Eric Darnsteadt said. The fire went to four alarms a little over an hour later and then a fifth 20 or so minutes after that.  All six West Milford fire companies and two units from West Milford First Aid Squad were joined by firefighters from Ringwood, Bloomingdale, Wanaque, Pompton Lakes, Kinnelon, and Highland Lakes, Darnstea…

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Troubled Naked Man Runs Out Of Hackensack Cemetery Troubled Naked Man Runs Out Of Hackensack Cemetery
Troubled Naked Man Runs Out Of Hackensack Cemetery An emotionally troubled River Edge man ran naked and bleeding from Hackensack Cemetery on Tuesday after apparently trying to dig up a grave there, authorities said. Temperatures had barely topped freezing when a police officer working a traffic detail on Kinderkamack Road outside the Madison Arms apartment complex spotted the 31-year-old man as he emerged from behind the cemetery near the River Edge border and Route 4 shortly before 10:30 a.m., they said. He was bleeding, apparently from digging with his hands in the cold ground, responders said. The man was taken to New Bridge M…

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Knife-Wielding Ex-Con Caught After Threatening Pizza Makers, Wayne PD Says Knife-Wielding Ex-Con Caught After Threatening Pizza Makers, Wayne PD Says
Knife-Wielding Ex-Con Caught After Threatening Pizza Makers, Wayne PD Says Wayne police captured an ex-con who they said threatened some local pizzeria employees with a knife. Khalil Bakho, 56, had stood in the doorway of Brother Bruno’s Pizza, Deli and Bagels on Hamburg Turnpike, pointed at the workers and made a slicing motion across his throat with the knife, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. A responding officer searching the area moments later spotted Bakho, of Wayne, slouching in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle, Daly said. Bakho was arrested after the officer found the knife under his seat, he said. He was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a firs…

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DWI Motorist From Rockland Drives Wrong Way On Route 208, Oakland PD Says DWI Motorist From Rockland Drives Wrong Way On Route 208, Oakland PD Says
DWI Motorist From Rockland Drives Wrong Way On Route 208, Oakland PD Says A Rockland woman was drunk when she drove the wrong way on Route 208, police in Oakland said. Marie Heller, 61, of Nanuet had driven her 2003 Honda Pilot north in the southbound lanes shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said.  Somehow, it didn't hit anything. Officer Michael Griffin, responding to a call from the Oakland First Aid Squad, stopped Heller after she tried getting onto Route 287, he said. Police processed Heller at headquarters, temporarily impounded her car and released her to a responsible adult pending a Municipal Court hearing under John's Law, Eldr…

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