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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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Pregnant Woman Shot, Killed In Paterson, Newborn Boy Survives UPDATE: The man who shot and killed a Paterson woman who was eight months pregnant waited nearly an hour and a half for her to come home before gunning her down in the parking lot, said authorities who announced his arrest on Saturday. The victim's boyfriend, 30-year-old ex-con Donqua Thomas, surrendered to Paterson police Saturday afternoon, ending a manhunt that was intensifying. 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…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

Police & Fire

'2 Seconds Away From Murder!!': Wanaque Man Arrested In Stabbing Following Facebook Post “I am about 2 seconds away from murder!!” a Wanaque man posted on Facebook shortly before he was arrested and charged with trying to kill someone. Michael W. Harth, 37, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons following a stabbing Wednesday at a local home, authorities said. The 36-year-old victim, who wasn’t identified, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Robert Kronyak said in a joint announcement Thursday. Harth remained held…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

News

Covid-19: Hackensack Public Schools Go Remote 'Until Further Notice' Hackensack public schools will begin operating remotely on Friday "until further notice" amid what state officials say is a second coronavirus wave, officials announced Thursday. The district was originally scheduled to begin a hybrid program this coming Monday. Classrooms and other areas of the schools were fitted with barriers and other accommodations to welcome children back. But things changed. "Based on the recommendations from our local health officials in conjunction with the state epidemiologist, it has been determined that in the best interest of public health, Hackensack Public S…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

Police & Fire

Police: Paterson Parolee Just Out Of Prison Caught Carrying Loaded Gun After spending nearly three years in state prison, a recently-released Paterson parolee was caught with a loaded gun thanks to a city surveillance camera, authorities said. Officer Edgar Torres was monitoring crime hot spot areas from headquarters Wednesday night when his attention was drawn to a feed of a man and woman arguing in front of a Carroll Street apartment building. As Torres watched, the man suddenly pulled a gun from his pocket. Torres alerted all area units and, moments later, Sgt. Richard LaTrecchia and Detectives James Jenkins, Mustafa Dombayci and Suquan Gary converged on t…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

News

Wayne Man Admits Assaulting Swimmer With Pellet Gun In Fierce Struggle At Delaware Water Gap A Wayne man admitted in federal court Thursday that he pulled a gun on a couple who'd been swimming in the Delaware Water Gap and hit one of them with it before trying to tie the victim up. Jeffrey A. Mulcahy, 58, approached the couple in the Kittatinny Point area on the New Jersey side of the river on Sept. 2, 2019 and began talking to them about fishing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He left and then returned holding a can of beer and acting agitated, the U.S. attorney said. After the two got out of the water, Mulcahy pulled a pellet gun from his waistband, pointed it at the man an…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

Police & Fire

Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest An Elizabeth driver caught with a gun following a traffic stop told Little Ferry police it was because he’d been to Philadelphia and was “worried about what was currently happening there,” authorities said. Amsell Osorio-Fuentes, 23, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, records show. It began when Sgt. John Andronaco spotted a 2012 Ford Focus with heavily tinted windows and an expired temporary registration in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, Police Chief James Wal…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

Police & Fire

Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash Former NFL defensive end Rob Burnett was arrested and charged with DWI after crashing his truck a couple blocks from his Franklin Lakes home, authorities said. Burnett, 53, was driving a 2020 Dodge Ram that veered off Summit Avenue and crashed in a wooded area off Route 208 near Lynn Drive shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. He escaped without injury before being processed and released on DWI charges, the captain said. Malanga Towing removed the truck. The Livingston-born Burnett was drafted by the Cleveland Browns out of Syracuse University in 1990. He remained…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

Police & Fire

Feds: Agents Find More Victims Of Elizabeth Pimp Who Beat, Raped Out-Of-State Escorts For several years, an Elizabeth man lured out-of-state escorts to New Jersey with promises of tens of thousands of dollars for sex and then choked, raped and threatened them, federal authorities charged. FBI agents captured Jose Torres, 43, after finding four victims but suspected there were more. They were right. Two more travelled from New York to New Jersey to work for Torres as prostitutes, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark this week says. Torres met the escorts through websites such as EROS, Erotic Monkey, Tryst and Backpage, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/29/2020

Police & Fire

Handyman Caught Masturbating Near Norwood Job Site, Police Say Norwood police arrested a Hudson County handyman after two female passersby said they saw him masturbating in his vehicle. Ernesto Martinez, 34, of West New York was working a job in the area when the women told police they saw him busy doing something else while parked on Rio Vista Drive around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Jeff Krapels said. Martinez drove away but was stopped and arrested by police a short time later, the chief said. They charged Martinez with lewdness and released him pending a Municipal Court hearing. ****** UPDATE: A 21-year-old Northvale driver was charged with …

by Jerry DeMarco

10/28/2020

Police & Fire

Feds: Englewood Bagman, 23, Helped Launder Millions For Mexican-Based Drug Ring An Englewood bagman was busted by federal agents for his role in laundering more than $5 million for a Mexican-based drug organization, authorities said Wednesday. DEA agents watched as Ramfis Minaya, 23, gave an accomplice $100,000 in drug proceeds outside his home on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He later emerged with another bag stuff with $100,000 in cash and was taken into custody, Carpenito said. Armed with a search warrant, agents found $5 million stashed at Minaya's apartment, according to a complain on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. Minaya, an unemployed fo…

by Jerry DeMarco

10/28/2020

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