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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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Police & Fire
Van Hits House In Fair Lawn Crash, Two Seriously Injured Van Hits House In Fair Lawn Crash, Two Seriously Injured
Van Hits House In Fair Lawn Crash, Two Seriously Injured Two people were seriously injured when a van slammed into a house following a collision with a sedan Friday morning in Fair Lawn. The morning glare was intense when the vehicles crashed, sending the van into the corner of the house on Rosalie Street at Plaza Road, across from Fair Lawn Fire Co. 3, shortly after 9 a.m. The Saturn sedan, driven by an 82-year-old Ringwood man, was headed south on Plaza Road when it was struck by a Honda van driven by a 57-year-old Nutley woman who failed to yield while heading west on Rosalie, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The van then knocked do…

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Paterson PD Nab Street Dealers, Out-Of-Town Buyers Paterson PD Nab Street Dealers, Out-Of-Town Buyers
Paterson PD Nab Street Dealers, Out-Of-Town Buyers Fighting drugs one corner, arrest and bag at a time adds up eventually, Paterson police said following a series of street busts. One of those arrested, 20-year-old Emmanuel DeJesus, was caught with 161 heroin folds in the area of Main and Robert streets after detectives watched a deal go down, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also busted a 55-year-old city man after they said he bought 10 folds from DeJesus. Among other accused dealers scooped up by Narcotics Division detectives was Tevin Elliot, 29, who Speziale said was caught with 11 crack vials and 11 bags of pot f…

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Feds: Chinese Citizen Who Financed $2.25M Exotic Turtle-Smuggling Operation Extradited To NJ Feds: Chinese Citizen Who Financed $2.25M Exotic Turtle-Smuggling Operation Extradited To NJ
Feds: Chinese Citizen Who Financed $2.25M Exotic Turtle-Smuggling Operation Extradited To NJ A Chinese citizen who bankrolled the smuggling of $2.25 million worth of rare, protected turtles out of the United States was extradited from Malaysia to face federal charges in New Jersey, authorities said. Kang Juntao, 24, of Hangzhou City, China, financed a nationwide ring of criminals who smuggled at least 1,500 protected turtles out of the U.S., many of whom were bound with duct tape and stuffed into socks, Justice Department officials said Thursday. “Wildlife trafficking is a serious crime that impacts imperiled species at home and abroad,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aure…

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Passaic Man Charged With Murdering Dad, 82 Passaic Man Charged With Murdering Dad, 82
Passaic Man Charged With Murdering Dad, 82 A Passaic man was charged with killing his 82-year-old father during a struggle in their home. Police and fireman went to the Terhune Avenue home on a welfare check shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after a “concerned party” had been unable to contact Vincent Sullivan or his father, Gerard, for several days. They initially received no response at the home, then eventually contacted the younger Sullivan, 49, who “allowed first responders to enter the home,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said. They discovered a lifeless Gerard Sullivan on…

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Train Kept Rollin' (UPDATE): Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons Train Kept Rollin' (UPDATE): Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons
Train Kept Rollin' (Update): Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons A Glen Rock driver whose car was clipped by a commuter train will have to explain what happened to a judge, authorities said.  The 59-year-old driver wasn't injured after the last car of the Hoboken-bound Bergen Line NJ Transit train struck the front of his eastbound 2015 Honda Civic, ripping off its bumper, at the Rock Road crossing shortly after 7 a.m. Nov. 24. The train kept rolling. "The engineer was not immediately aware of the collision, as the head end of the train had already cleared the crossing," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Police gave the driver a summons f…

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Mahwah Boy, 8, Donates $2,500 From Painted Flag Pallets To Little Ferry PD's New K9 Mahwah Boy, 8, Donates $2,500 From Painted Flag Pallets To Little Ferry PD's New K9
Mahwah Boy, 8, Donates $2,500 From Painted Flag Pallets To Little Ferry PD's New K9 A dog may be man’s best friend, but an 8-year-old boy from Mahwah now has some buddies of his own at the Little Ferry Police Department. Mason Duffy didn’t expect that so many people would offer to buy the flags that he’d painted on wooden pallets during the COVID lockdown. “He wasn’t looking to sell them,” Little Ferry Police Chief James Walter said. “But he was getting tons of requests.” So Mason decided to fundraise his art and contribute some of the proceeds to a worthy cause. By the time he was finished, Mason had painted 66 pallets with the Stars and Stripes, as well as Blue Line (…

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Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop
Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop They look real, they’re illegal and they can actually cause harm -- especially if an officer mistakes one for the real thing -- authorities said after a Haworth police sergeant found a driver from the Bronx carrying two imitation handguns. One is an airsoft imitation Glock handgun that Sgt. Gianluca Ragone said he found in a jacket under the seat after stopping Roberto Velasquez, 21, for traffic and motor vehicle violations on Schraalenburgh Road late Wednesday. The other is a CO2-powered replica of a 1911 Colt .45 found in the trunk, Lt. Justin Fox said. Ragone got Velasquez’s consent to …

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PA Driver Admits Retaliating For NJ Traffic Ticket With Bogus Liens Against 32 Officials PA Driver Admits Retaliating For NJ Traffic Ticket With Bogus Liens Against 32 Officials
PA Driver Admits Retaliating For NJ Traffic Ticket With Bogus Liens Against 32 Officials A Pennsylvania man admitted that he filed bogus liens against 32 current or former public officials in New Jersey after he got a traffic ticket in Morris County. Solomon Lightner, 41, of East Stroudsburg, took a deal, pleading guilty to witness tampering in exchange for what will be probation, rather than go to trial. Lightner also terminated the filings, authorities said. The trouble began when Lightner filed a fraudulent lien against the Denville police officer who wrote him up – and, as a result, was required to testify against him in court, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.…

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More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest
More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest UPDATE: Prosecutors have filed additional charges of child sex abuse against a former personal fitness trainer from Teaneck, records show. August Samek, 47, has remained jailed since he was accused of domestic violence assault nearly a month ago. Additional allegations of sex with minors that emerged following that arrest have kept him behind bars. Samek originally was arrested in August 2019 by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives who charged the married Canadian national with sexually abusing a pre-teen.  Samek spent 18 days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him. …

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Vandals Paint Graffiti At Home Of Bergen Sheriff Amid ICE Protests Vandals Paint Graffiti At Home Of Bergen Sheriff Amid ICE Protests
Vandals Paint Graffiti At Home Of Bergen Sheriff Amid ICE Protests Support for a group of ICE detainees participating in a hunger strike at the Bergen County Jail got personal when someone spray-painted graffiti at Sheriff Anthony Cureton’s home. “FREE THEM ALL.” was written in block letters below which spatters of red paint ran down a garage door, on an outdoor trash can and along part of the driveway of the sheriff's home in Englewood. The vandals struck sometime after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, while seeking the public's help finding those responsible. The attack follows protests the past week at the county jail run by …

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