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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
Two Seriously Injured In Route 17 Pileup Two Seriously Injured In Route 17 Pileup
Two Seriously Injured In Route 17 Pileup Three people were injured, two seriously, in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Route 17. Detectives were investigating the possibility that one of the drivers may have been under the influence of drugs after they found a crack pipe in her car. Firefighters had to extricate victims shortly after 8:30 a.m. crash on the highway’s southbound side in front of Starbucks in Ridgewood. At least four vehicles were involved in the crash on southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The wreckage and large debris field left only one lane passable. All lanes were reopen…

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GARAGE COLLAPSE (PHOTOS): Two Injured, One Seriously In Elmwood Park GARAGE COLLAPSE (PHOTOS): Two Injured, One Seriously In Elmwood Park
Garage Collapse (Photos): Two Injured, One Seriously In Elmwood Park Two workers were injured, one seriously, when the roof of five connected garages under construction at an Elmwood Park housing complex collapsed Saturday, authorities said. Elkin Carcano, 30, of Trenton was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson in serious condition following the late-morning collapse at the Elmwood Village Apartments on Mola Boulevard, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Co-worker Luis Martinez, 24, no address immediately available, was also taken to St. Joe's with less serious injuries, Foligno said. Borough police, firefighters and Little Falls Ambula…

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News
‘HELP ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer ‘HELP ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer
‘Help ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer “HELP ME!” a Morris County woman mouthed to a stranger in the parking lot of a Clifton bank after she and a companion were kidnapped by a violent registered sex offender. That brought Clifton police, who captured both the abductor and an accomplice, authorities said. The 28-year-old woman and her companion, a 32-year-old West Milford man, told police that they were parked near the corner of Main and Vreeland avenues around 10:45 p.m. Friday when there was a tap on the driver’s side window. Travis Mann, 39, of Hewitt identified himself as a police officer and said they were breaking the law…

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Authorities: Clifton Officer Headed To Call Hits, Kills Female Pedestrian Authorities: Clifton Officer Headed To Call Hits, Kills Female Pedestrian
Authorities: Clifton Officer Headed To Call Hits, Kills Female Pedestrian A Clifton police officer headed to a call had his emergency lights activated when his cruiser struck and killed a female pedestrian Thursday night, authorities said. The officer was "responding to a radio alert of a crime in progress with the emergency lights on his patrol vehicle activated" when it struck the woman at the intersection of Allwood Road and Brookwood Road at 7:11 p.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. The officer rendered aid to the woman before EMS personnel took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where Grewal said she was pronounced dead at 7:4…

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VIDEO: Bodycams Show Moments Before Driver's Fatal Medical Episode Off Rt 80 VIDEO: Bodycams Show Moments Before Driver's Fatal Medical Episode Off Rt 80
Video: Bodycams Show Moments Before Driver's Fatal Medical Episode Off Rt 80 Body camera footage released Friday shows a diabetic Paterson driver who died following a traffic stop having a medical episode in the back of a State Police cruiser. Troopers handcuffed Sergio Rodriguez, 51, and led him to the marked SUV after finding heroin in his car during a June 27 stop outside their Totowa barracks on Minnisink Road, the footage released by state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal shows. Rodriguez tells the troopers that he’s low on insulin, so one asks him whether they should call EMS. Rodriguez says he doesn’t want his family finding out, but the trooper insists. “…

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All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives
All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives All four Bergen County Technical District high schools will be closed to on-site instruction beginning this Monday through "at least" Jan. 15 because of positive coronavirus tests, officials announced Friday. More than 20 students and 10 or so staff members need to be quarantined following positive tests at two of the schools, Supt. Howard Lerner said. As a result, he said, "the instructional and student support programs in all four high schools will operate fully remotely for students, faculty, and staff during this time, as they did from September through October 2nd. "In-person at…

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Police & Fire
Englewood Police Search For Gunman In Second Apartment Complex Shooting In Less Than 24 Hours Englewood Police Search For Gunman In Second Apartment Complex Shooting In Less Than 24 Hours
Englewood Police Search For Gunman In Second Apartment Complex Shooting In Less Than 24 Hours SEE ANYTHING? Englewood police were searching for a shooter who wounded a city man Thursday night at the same apartment complex where someone else was shot the night before.  The 28-year-old victim was taken by private vehicle to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg from the 5:45 p.m. shooting at the Park View Terrace Apartments in the area of Third and Fourth streets, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. His injury wasn't considered life-threatening, the deputy chief said. The night before, police chased down a city man who they said shot a rival he was having an on…

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Hackensack Driver Who Tried Fleeing After Hitting Paramus Shopper, Cashier Charged With Assault Hackensack Driver Who Tried Fleeing After Hitting Paramus Shopper, Cashier Charged With Assault
Hackensack Driver Who Tried Fleeing After Hitting Paramus Shopper, Cashier Charged With Assault A Hackensack driver who tried to flee after his car struck a 65-year-old shopper and a cashier helping her load groceries into her car at the Paramus ShopRite was charged with two counts of assault by auto, authorities said. Gary Mongelli, 68, "reported a mechanical failure" of his 2015 Nissan Versa after he put it into reverse in the lot of the eastbound Route 4 supermarket and struck the Hackensack shopper and 33-year-old female cashier following the afternoon crash last Saturday, police said at the time. However, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday that Mongelli put the car…

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Wayne Driver, 22, Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Death Of Paterson Motorist Wayne Driver, 22, Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Death Of Paterson Motorist
Wayne Driver, 22, Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Death Of Paterson Motorist A 22-year-old Wayne man was arrested this week and charged with death by auto for a summer crash that killed a Paterson man. Why Asante Cugliari was charged in the Aug. 9 death of Gustavo Marte, 58, wasn’t explained in a brief statement released by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora following a court appearance Thursday in Paterson. Their statement only said that Cugliari was arrested Wednesday and charged with death by auto and vehicular homicide “based on the results of [an] investigation” by the prosecutor’s office and city police. Respond…

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Prosecutor: Fleeing Suspect Breaks Into Franklin Lakes Home, Assaults Terrified Woman Prosecutor: Fleeing Suspect Breaks Into Franklin Lakes Home, Assaults Terrified Woman
Prosecutor: Fleeing Suspect Breaks Into Franklin Lakes Home, Assaults Terrified Woman A suspect fleeing police broke into a Franklin Lakes woman’s home, knocked her down and tried to hide in her chimney before he was captured, authorities said. Then he inexplicably smiled for his mugshot. Justin M. Gonzalez, 24, hopped out of a parked car and took off on foot as Oakland police responded to a suspicious person’s report on Brook Hollow Road before dawn last Friday Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Gonzalez, of the Hudson Valley, NY town of Livingston Manor, got away, but not for long, the prosecutor said. Several hours later, Franklin Lakes and Oakland police respo…

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