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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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Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony
Fort Lee Man Jumps From Cliffside Park Balcony A Fort Lee man was hospitalized with various fractures after jumping from a Cliffside Park balcony Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The 35-year-old man was smoking a cigarette when he abruptly jumped feet first from a relative’s balcony two stories above the parking lot of an Anderson Avenue apartment building off Edgewater Road, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The man, who has a history of mental trouble, hit a car, which broke the driver’s side mirror as well as his fall, Capano said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with leg and pelvic injuries.

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Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change
Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change A former Garfield resident spent Columbus Day campaigning to rename a public school in town. “Christopher Columbus did not discover America, but[,] rather, stole and destroyed the land and history of [i]ndigenous [p]eoples who continue to suffer from his actions today,” Venise J. Salcedo wrote in a change.org petition that seeks to rename School No. 8. Salcedo, who works for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, believes that the pre-K-to-5th grade school should be named for “someone who best reflects the values of its students, staff, faculty and alumni.” “European coloni…

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Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger
Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger An Oakland driver was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole, sending his female passenger to the hospital, authorities said. Tyler Pratt, 29, was driving a 2019 Hyundai Elantra that slammed into the pole on Ramapo Valley Road just south of the Oakland Diner on Sunday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. His passenger, also 29, was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains with a leg injury, he said. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy arrested Pratt, assisted by Eldridge and Officer Michael DiDonato. Pratt was charged with assault by auto, DWI and refusing to submit to a breath test b…

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UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape
Update: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape An 18-year-old man who shot and killed a former Mahwah High School football standout at Ohio State University before dawn Sunday escaped police custody following a burglary arrest early this year, authorities said. Kintie Mitchell Jr. fired at least five shots outside an off-campus frat house in Columbus, killing Chase Meola, 23, shortly after 2 a.m., they said. Police found the unresponsive marketing major with Ohio State’s Fisher School of Business in a parking area next to the Phi Kappa Psi house. He was pronounced dead soon after. They quickly took Mitchell into custody and charged him…

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HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center
Heroes: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits Humc Cancer Research Center Park Ridge firefighters proudly presented a $3,000 check to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center toward the research and treatment of breast cancer. The firefighters raised the money the past few months through the sale of t-shirts designed by Firefighter Kyle Ladewig. "Knowing how difficult a breast cancer diagnosis can be for family and having witnessed some of our member's families be impacted by the disease, it seemed like a great opportunity for us to pitch in and do our part to help find a cure," said Firefighter Joseph Derienzo, who headed the sale…

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Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs
Four Route 3 Lanes Shut Down After Passing Crane Hits Overhead Signs A crane clipped the bottom of a group of signs that hang over Route 3 in East Rutherford on Monday, scattering debris and closing lanes. The bucket-type truck hit the signs for Route 120 East Rutherford/American Dream and the Meadowlands racetrack and football training facility around 3 p.m. Police immediately closed the exit and two eastbound lanes. Several lights were knocked off or pulled down and debris was scattered across the rain-slicked road, East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. No injuries were reported, he said. Rutherford police summoned the state Depart…

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Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash
Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash A Bronx food vendor had cocaine, Xanax, Oxycodone and pot in his car, along with $2,181 in suspicious cash, when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Officer Matthew Smith stopped the speeding vehicle after it drifted over the lane markers several times and driver Wilfredo A. Pacheco, 37, merged onto southbound Route 120 from Route 17 without properly signaling, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Smith “immediately detected an odor of marijuana” from inside the vehicle as he spoke with Pacheco, Berta said. Pacheco admitted that he had a small amount …

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Feds Arrest Lyndhurst Man In $7.85M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Vets Hospital Feds Arrest Lyndhurst Man In $7.85M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Vets Hospital
Feds Arrest Lyndhurst Man In $7.85M Plot To Steal HIV Meds From Vets Hospital A Lyndhurst man conspired to steal $7.85 million worth of HIV medications from a veterans hospital in Essex County, federal authorities charged. Wagner “Wanny” Checonolasco, 33, had an accomplice who worked in the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenitoi said. The conspirator “placed large orders for HIV medication, purportedly on behalf of the VAMC,” then stole it once it was delivered, Carpenito said. Checonolasco went to the as-yet-unidentified conspirator’s home to buy the medication before selling it, the U.S. attorney said. A U.S…

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Hillsdale Car Fire Victim Airlifted With Severe Burns Hillsdale Car Fire Victim Airlifted With Severe Burns
Hillsdale Car Fire Victim Airlifted With Severe Burns A 20-year-old victim was airlifted from the parking lot of a Hillsdale swim club Sunday night with severe burns. AirMed One flew the victim to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with burns on his arms and throat after police, firefighters and EMS were summoned to the Stonybrook Swim Club on Cedar Lane off Piermont Avenue around 10 p.m., responders said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Hillsdale police detectives were investigating. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Mahwah High School Football Star Shot, Killed At Ohio State Mahwah High School Football Star Shot, Killed At Ohio State
Mahwah High School Football Star Shot, Killed At Ohio State A popular former Mahwah High School football star was shot and killed overnight Sunday at Ohio State University, authorities confirmed. Chase Meola, a 23-year-old marketing major, was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. at the scene of the shooting in a Columbus parking lot following a dispute during a party at a nearby fraternity house. Authorities chased down and captured Kintie Mitchell Jr., 18, of Columbus, and charged him with murder. Mitchell escaped police custody following a burglary arrest early this year, authorities said. SEE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murde…

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