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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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SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup
SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup A driver was injured when his SUV overturned in a multi-vehicle crash Monday night on rainy Route 80, responders said. No fewer than seven vehicles were involved in the pileup on the highway's westbound side in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. A Little Falls Fire Department EMS unit and NJ Department of Transportation unit joined Saddle Brook and New Jersey State Police at the scene. The driver was responsive before the rig took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, responders said. It was one of several crashes reported in a half-hour period in Bergen and Passaic …

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Feds: Essex Woman, Accomplices Scam Seniors Out Of $675,000 In Bogus Lottery Scheme Feds: Essex Woman, Accomplices Scam Seniors Out Of $675,000 In Bogus Lottery Scheme
Feds: Essex Woman, Accomplices Scam Seniors Out Of $675,000 In Bogus Lottery Scheme Several elderly victims lost at least $675,000 to a crew of scammers who told them that they’d won the lottery, federal authorities said. The vulnerable victims “received telephone calls alerting them that they had won large sums of money and various other prizes,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Monday. “The victims were informed that they would have to pay taxes on these winnings.” The victims, in turn, sent $675,000 in checks to Shanile Lyle, 27, of Orange, and a group of conspirators, he said. “Lyle deposited these funds into back accounts she controlled and transferred portions of …

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Englewood PD: Illegal Nightclub Had 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Englewood PD: Illegal Nightclub Had 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations
Englewood PD: Illegal Nightclub Had 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Police said they found 200 or so partiers – few wearing masks or social distancing – along with drugs, alcohol and disabled fire alarms during a pre-dawn raid of a rented space above a Domino's in Englewood. Criminal charges and summonses for COVID offenses and building violations were pending after the raid shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday at the space rented by multi-entertainment company Feenx Enterprises above the Domino's on West Palisade Avenue. Officers responding to a noise and disturbance complaint found the throng of attendees, “most not wearing masks or practicing social distancing,”…

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Tour Bus Involved In Route 80 Chain-Reaction Crash Tour Bus Involved In Route 80 Chain-Reaction Crash
Tour Bus Involved In Route 80 Chain-Reaction Crash A tour bus was involved in a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash Monday afternoon on rain-slicked Route 80. Minor injuries were reported among some occupants of the other vehicles involved in the westbound crash near mile marker 55.8 in Totowa shortly before 1:30 p.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. No injuries were reported by anyone on the bus, he said. The two right lanes were temporarily closed but were expected to be reopened around 3 p.m. or so. ****** ALSO SEE: A driver was hospitalized after his SUV overturned in a multi-vehicle crash Monday night on …

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Manhunt Ends When Haledon Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Paterson Shooting Manhunt Ends When Haledon Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Paterson Shooting
Manhunt Ends When Haledon Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Paterson Shooting A three-month manhunt ended when Haledon police captured a Paterson ex-con wanted for a midsummer broad-daylight shooting in the city, authorities said. Paterson police went to Haledon police headquarters over the weekend to collect Nahciir Bembow, 25, after police there stopped him and discovered an outstanding arrest warrant, they said. The 45-year-old victim went to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in a private vehicle after he was shot at the corner of Fair and East 18th streets shortly before 3:30 p.m. Aug. 7. Paterson detectives that same day obtained a warrant for Bembow’s arres…

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More Than 20 Vehicles Broken Into Overnight In Franklin Lakes More Than 20 Vehicles Broken Into Overnight In Franklin Lakes
More Than 20 Vehicles Broken Into Overnight In Franklin Lakes Cash, credit cards, a driver’s license and checkbooks were among the valuables taken in a staggering 21 overnight vehicle burglaries in Franklin Lakes, authorities said Monday. “Car burglaries, as well as car thefts, occur periodically throughout the year,” Capt. John Bakelaar said. “The holiday season provides even more opportunity for thieves.” Look no further than the south side of Route 208, where thieves broke into vehicles before dawn Sunday on Oak Lane, Haven Road, Cobblestone Court, Hickory Hill Road, Oak Haven Lane, Iron Latch Road, Greenfield Hill, Pinecroft Court, Galloping Hill …

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Police & Fire
Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited
Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited No one was injured when a crane toppled over in the parking lot of a Closter elementary school, authorities said. The 53-year-old owner from Cresskill man had recently bought the truck and was testing the crane in the empty lot of the Hillside Elementary School on Houmans Avenue over the weekend when one of the riggers failed, Police Chief John “Jack” McTigue said. He was out of the cab before responders arrived and wasn’t injured, McTigue said, adding that no damage was caused other than a diesel spill that required cleanup. Firefighters and police were there for several hours as Brooksid…

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Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins
Paterson PD: Burglars Caught In School Charged In Nine Break-Ins Paterson detectives cracked a month-long burglary spree when they caught two suspects inside an elementary school. Detectives and uniformed officers responding to a burglar alarm converged on the K-8 Norman S. Weir School on College Boulevard (Van Houten Street), which had also been burglarized the day before, authorities said. Inside the school they found city resident Jeremiah Carter, 39, and Justin Poff, 23, of Wharton, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Both men confessed to a string of burglaries that began exactly a month before, Speziale said. These included four…

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Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers
Bergenfield PD: Cellphone-Using DWI Motorist Involved In Crash Assaults, Threatens Officers A Bergenfield motorist who crashed her car while drunk and on her cellphone assaulted a borough police officer and threatened to kill him and his colleagues, authorities said. Devlynn Kujawa, a 30-year-old bartender, was taken into custody following the late-night Nov. 9 crash on Ralph Street, Detective Lt. William Duran said. During the booking process at headquarters, police found her carrying cocaine, Duran said. Kujawa, previously of Englewood and the Jersey Shore, then struck Officer John Hwang in the chest while threatening to kill him and the other officers there, the lieutenant sai…

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Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot
Another Paterson Shooting Arrest Announced, Two More People Shot Barely 24 hours after authorities announced the arrest of a 22-year-old Paterson man for a late-summer shooting, two more people were struck by gunfire in the city. Alexander Carrasquillo was captured following a traffic stop at Summer and Ellison streets at 1:10 a.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. They didn’t say whether police already knew or discovered that they were stopping Carrasquillo, who was wanted for the Sept. 6 shooting of a 23-year-old city resident at the corner of Auburn and Governor str…

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