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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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Lyndhurst PD: Accused Out-Of-State Drive-By Shooter Free On Bail Caught With Loaded Gun Lyndhurst PD: Accused Out-Of-State Drive-By Shooter Free On Bail Caught With Loaded Gun
Lyndhurst PD: Accused Out-Of-State Drive-By Shooter Free On Bail Caught With Loaded Gun A man charged in a drive-by shooting in Mississippi led a Lyndhurst police officer on a brief chase before he was caught with a loaded gun, authorities said. Officer Ed Montoya initially tried to stop Kendrick Mykel Ford, 23, of Bude, Mississippi after spotting several equipment violations on his older-model Dodge Charger, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Ford hit the gas instead, turning from Polito Avenue onto Rutherford Avenue headed westbound, Auteri said. He eventually pulled over at Orient Way as Montoya learned that the vehicle wasn’t registered, the lieutenant said. Montoya smel…

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Pascack Valley Crash: Pedestrian Struck By Fellow Rocklander's Sedan Pascack Valley Crash: Pedestrian Struck By Fellow Rocklander's Sedan
Pascack Valley Crash: Pedestrian Struck By Fellow Rocklander's Sedan A pedestrian sustained hip and facial injuries when she was struck by a sedan driven by a fellow Rockland County resident Monday morning in Park Ridge, authorities said.  The 50-year-old New City woman was crossing Madison Avenue going south when the 40-year-old driver from Monsey made a left turn from Hawthorne Avenue headed east and struck her with is 2010 BMW 750 at 9:16 a.m., Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. Tri-Boro Ambulance took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center. The driver, whose front-end grill was damaged from the impact, remained at the scene and was expect…

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Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber
Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber GOTCHA! A Clifton police sergeant rushing to the scene nabbed a bank robber as he fled,  authorities said. Robert Fitzpatrick, 33, of Elizabeth was charged with robbing the Wells Fargo branch on Main Avenue near the Clifton Commons mall off Route 3 shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Moments earlier, he'd handed a teller a note demanding cash and fled with undisclosed proceeds, Anderson said. No weapon was shown, he said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson was headed to the call when he spotted Fitzpatrick, who fit the robber's description -- and captured him. Fitzpatri…

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Pickup Truck Plows Into Hillsdale Convenience Store Pickup Truck Plows Into Hillsdale Convenience Store
Pickup Truck Plows Into Hillsdale Convenience Store A pickup truck plowed into a Hillsdale convenience store Sunday night. No injuries were reported after the truck crashed through the front of the Quick Shop on Patterson Street off Hillsdale Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. Borough police and firefighters were among the responders. The truck was towed and a building inspector was notified to determine whether there was any structural damage to the building. The pickup crashed through the front doors of the Quick Stop on Patterson Street in Hillsdale.HILLSDALE FIRE DEPT Quick Stop, 48 Patterson Street, HillsdaleZack Sonshine for DAILY VO…

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Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For COVID-19 Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For COVID-19
Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For Covid-19 Glen Rock's high school and middle schools will go into remote learning for at least two weeks beginning Monday after a teacher and a student tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said. It marked the sixth time this school year that either a district staffer or student tested positive for the coronavirus and the second time in less than a month that the high school has had to close. Fall athletics, other after-school activities and elementary school instruction remain unchanged, Schools Supt. Dr. Brett Charleston told parents in a letter this weekend. “Our [c]ontact [t]racers de…

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Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek
Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek Two Hasbrouck Heights men were injured Sunday afternoon when their ATV was struck by an NJ Transit train in East Rutherford, authorities said. One of the men tumbled into Berry's Creek near the Route 3 bridge and the other went in after him, responders said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, they said. It was unclear what the men, ages 38 and 40, were doing on the tracks when they were struck by the Bergen Line train from Spring Valley to Hoboken around 12:20 p.m. , NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Both recei…

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Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Armed Ex-Con Who Threatened To Shoot Up Saddle Brook Pizzeria Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Armed Ex-Con Who Threatened To Shoot Up Saddle Brook Pizzeria
Police: Fair Lawn Officer Nabs Armed Ex-Con Who Threatened To Shoot Up Saddle Brook Pizzeria An ex-con nabbed by a Fair Lawn police officer after threatening to shoot up a Saddle Brook pizzeria was carrying a loaded gun, authorities said. Abner Morillo of Paterson and a female companion entered Gaby’s Pizza & Grill on Midland Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The two got into some kind of dispute, after which the woman left and Morillo called a cab, Kugler said. Morillo, 31, "paid for his food but informed the employee that he had a gun," the chief said. "He then told the employee if his taxi did not come in the next 10 to 15 minut…

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Garfield PD: Passaic Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Caught Burglarizing Home Garfield PD: Passaic Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Caught Burglarizing Home
Garfield PD: Passaic Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Caught Burglarizing Home Released after more than 2½ years behind bars, a Passaic ex-con was caught hiding behind a church after burglarizing a Garfield home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Jhamir E. Brown, 24, was released this past August after serving state prison time prison for robbery, burglary, theft and resisting arrest convictions out of Bergen and Passaic counties, records show. Witnesses described two men and a getaway car that fled the area with several valuables following a 12:13 p.m. break-in at a Monroe Street home, Garfield Police Capt. Richard Uram said. Police set up a perimeter and summon…

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Baby Killing: Paterson Man Charged With Murder, Mother Charged With Endangerment Baby Killing: Paterson Man Charged With Murder, Mother Charged With Endangerment
Baby Killing: Paterson Man Charged With Murder, Mother Charged With Endangerment A Paterson man was charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 16-month-old infant over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities also charged the baby’s mother, Qunasia Coleman, 29, with child endangerment. An ambulance rushed the baby to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following a call for an unresponsive child at Coleman’s Carroll Street apartment around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. The infant, who had “multiple injuries about the body,” was pronounced dead a little over a half-hour later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Poli…

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COVID-19: NJ's Top Lawman Quarantining At Home COVID-19: NJ's Top Lawman Quarantining At Home
Covid-19: NJ's Top Lawman Quarantining At Home New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal was quarantining at home following contact with a staff member who'd tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said Wednesday. Grewal, a former Bergen County and assistant federal prosecutor from Glen Rock, got a positive result in a rapid COVID-19 test but then tested negative in a follow-up, said Steven Barnes, his communications director. "The attorney general, who is asymptomatic, is closely following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and New Jersey Department of Health guidance and is quarantining at home," Barnes said. …

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