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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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Paterson Police Seize 563 Heroin Folds, 4 Pounds Of Pot, Seven Suspects In Flurry Of Arrests Paterson Police Seize 563 Heroin Folds, 4 Pounds Of Pot, Seven Suspects In Flurry Of Arrests
Paterson Police Seize 563 Heroin Folds, 4 Pounds Of Pot, Seven Suspects In Flurry Of Arrests Paterson police seized 563 heroin folds and more than four pounds of pot while arresting seven men during a series of quick strikes in the city. "Operation Clean Sweep" targeted drug dealers and buyers alike, "one bag, jar and block at a time," Police Director Jerry Speziale said. It began with the arrests of three men carrying a combined 380 heroin folds at the corner of Broadway and Summer Street around 10:30 a.m. Monday, he said. Jamar Ray, 19, and Khayree DrakeFord, 22, both of Paterson had the bulk of heroin between them, Speziale said. A half-hour later, police seized 183 heroin fol…

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Ex-Jersey City School Board Prez, Jersey Shore Lawyer Charged In $113,000 Embezzlement Schemes Ex-Jersey City School Board Prez, Jersey Shore Lawyer Charged In $113,000 Embezzlement Schemes
Ex-Jersey City School Board Prez, Jersey Shore Lawyer Charged In $113,000 Embezzlement Schemes A former Jersey City school board president pulled off a series of embezzlement schemes that netted more than $110,000 with the help of a Jersey Shore attorney, federal authorities said. Sudhan M. Thomas, 45, had previously been the acting executive director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP), which “received substantial amounts of funding from federal grants from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Thomas -- known as "Tommy" -- paid personal debts and expenses with $45,000 that …

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Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree
Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree A Passaic driver was hospitalized after what became an extended operation after Monday's high winds knocked a huge tree onto his car. The 66-year-old wagon driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the mishap at Passaic Avenue and Boulevard shortly after 10 a.m. Electric saws, a wood chipper and other equipment were summoned as firefighters extricated him. Passaic Avenue was closed between Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue throughout the job. Crushed.Rashon Matto

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Ex-AC Basketball Star Whose Paterson Heroin Killed 48 Users Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen Ex-AC Basketball Star Whose Paterson Heroin Killed 48 Users Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen
Ex-AC Basketball Star Whose Paterson Heroin Killed 48 Users Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen A former basketball star who led a Paterson-to-Atlantic-City drug ring that peddled heroin connected to 48 heroin overdose deaths and 84 other ODs was sentenced Monday to 135 months in federal prison. Khalif Toombs, 31, of Egg Harbor Township previously admitted directing an operation that regularly brought heroin by the kilo from Paterson into Atlantic City. FBI agents used wiretaps, video surveillance, confidential informants and more to infiltrate the organization, which sold heroin in bags stamped with, among other names, “AK-47,” “Apple,” “Fortnite,” “Rolex,” “Frank Lucas,” “Bentley,” …

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South Jersey Man Snared By FBI Admits Producing Videos Of Sex With Pre-Teen Boy South Jersey Man Snared By FBI Admits Producing Videos Of Sex With Pre-Teen Boy
South Jersey Man Snared By FBI Admits Producing Videos Of Sex With Pre-Teen Boy A South Jersey man busted by the FBI admitted Monday that he made and distributed videos and other images of sex with an underage boy. Andrew Nicholas, 24, of Williamstown, was caught after he sent some of the images to an undercover federal agent in a Kik Messenger group in February 2019, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The photos and videos depict explicit sex involving the boy and a man, with private parts exposed, that apparently were made at his home, according to an FBI complaint on file in federal court in Camden. Nicholas, who accepted a deal rather than go to trial, has and wi…

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Apparent Medical Episode Precedes Crash Into Glen Rock Home Apparent Medical Episode Precedes Crash Into Glen Rock Home
Apparent Medical Episode Precedes Crash Into Glen Rock Home The results of a medical exam will determine whether summonses are in store for a Glen Rock driver whose car barreled across a sidewalk and lawn and into another borough resident’s house, authorities said. The crash occurred on Lincoln Avenue, directly across from Van Winkle Avenue, after the 62-year-old driver appeared to suffer some type of medical emergency just after 11 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The motorist, who seemed “pretty out of it,” drove off the property and continued a short distance onto Van Winkle Avenue, Ackermann said. Police recovered the vehicle befo…

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Convicted Bergen Child Porn Collector Charged With Doing It Again Convicted Bergen Child Porn Collector Charged With Doing It Again
Convicted Bergen Child Porn Collector Charged With Doing It Again An assistant prosecutor knew what he was talking about when he convinced a judge in Hackensack to order lifetime parole supervision for a convicted child porn trafficker. Jackson T. Dietrich, 37, appears headed back to state prison for a third time after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives said they found him again viewing online child pornography. It was his second parole violation in 18 months, records show. Dietrich was apologetic, telling the judge that he was ashamed for himself and his family, when he was sentenced in November 2014 to five years in prison for trafficking dozen…

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Morris, Union County Used Car Dealer Pays $105,000 To Settle 'Lemon Law' Violations, State Says Morris, Union County Used Car Dealer Pays $105,000 To Settle 'Lemon Law' Violations, State Says
Morris, Union County Used Car Dealer Pays $105,000 To Settle 'Lemon Law' Violations, State Says A used car dealer with locations in Morris and Union counties is paying $105,000 to resolve alleged violations of state consumer protection laws, authorities said. State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Auto Holding Inc. was cited for: misrepresenting the condition of its used motor vehicles, telling at least one customer that vehicles were serviced and/or inspected prior to sale, when that was not the case; failing to disclose prior damage and rental history when such information was known or should have been known by the dealership; misrepresenting the prior history and use of its …

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NJ: Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Dealer Pays $60,000 To Settle Consumer Protection Case NJ: Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Dealer Pays $60,000 To Settle Consumer Protection Case
NJ: Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Dealer Pays $60,000 To Settle Consumer Protection Case A Bergen County used car dealer is paying $60,000 to resolve violations of state consumer protection laws, authorities said. The state Division of Consumers had accused Bridge Auto Group in Hasbrouck Heights with: failing to include the mandatory disclosure language in advertisements; misrepresenting its Better Business Bureau and Yelp ratings on the company’s website; failing to disclose prior damage to its used vehicles when such information was known our should have been known by the dealership; charging consumers for pre-delivery services, including dealer preparation fees, without ite…

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Manhunt Ends: Boyfriend Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Pregnant Paterson Woman Manhunt Ends: Boyfriend Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Pregnant Paterson Woman
Manhunt Ends: Boyfriend Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Pregnant Paterson Woman UPDATE: The man who shot and killed a Paterson woman who was eight months pregnant with his baby waited nearly an hour and a half for her to come home before gunning her down in the parking lot, authorities said. The victim's boyfriend, 30-year-old ex-con Donqua Thomas, surrendered to Paterson police Saturday afternoon, ending what had been an intense manhunt. The victim -- identified only as R.L. -- had parked next to Thomas's car outside her home in the Brooks-Sloate Terrace co-ops on Christina Place shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The mother of two got out of her car and was shot sev…

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