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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
Victim Clinging To Life, Assailant Sought In Stabbing Outside Englewood Church Victim Clinging To Life, Assailant Sought In Stabbing Outside Englewood Church
Victim Clinging To Life, Assailant Sought In Stabbing Outside Englewood Church A man was hospitalized with a life-threatening stab wound and his assailant was being sought following a fight Sunday afternoon outside an Englewood church. Officers who responded to at Mt. Cavalry Baptist Church on West Demarest Avenue applied a tourniquet before an ambulance took the victim, 31, to Hackensack University Medical Center shortly before 3 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The victim may have been attending a social event when a fight broke out and he was stabbed, Halstead said. His assailant remained at large and may have fled the scene in a dark-colored vehic…

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UPDATE: Man Struck, Killed Trying To Cross Route 17 UPDATE: Man Struck, Killed Trying To Cross Route 17
Update: Man Struck, Killed Trying To Cross Route 17 UPDATE: A gruesome scene had some responders looking on in shock after a pedestrian was struck and killed before dawn Saturday on Route 17 in Paramus. Both sides of the highway remained closed for several hours. The victim was a homeless man who regularly stopped in at a gas station convenience store on the northbound side looking for food, authorities said. He tried to cross the highway carrying some breakfast in the dark when he was struck and thrown onto the southbound side shortly before 6 a.m. Other vehicles then struck him on that side, responders said. All of the drivers pulled ov…

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Kaepernick Halloween 'Tombstone' Goes Too Far, NJ Neighbor Says Kaepernick Halloween 'Tombstone' Goes Too Far, NJ Neighbor Says
Kaepernick Halloween 'Tombstone' Goes Too Far, NJ Neighbor Says A Halloween decoration that expresses a Rutherford resident’s opinion about professional athletes kneeling for the national anthem has upset some neighbors. The home near the Passaic River has a set of decorative “tombstones” inscribed with puns. One, however, stopped a neighbor in her tracks. A small American flag is planted alongside the decoration, which says: "Colin Kaepernick 1987-2017. I Should Have Stood Up.” “This family thinks it's appropriate to decorate for a holiday geared for children and include a joke where a black man being dead is the punchline,” the neighbor said. “I am…

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Firefighters Battle Hackensack Commercial Blaze Firefighters Battle Hackensack Commercial Blaze
Firefighters Battle Hackensack Commercial Blaze Firefighters doused a Sunday afternoon fire at a Hackensack commercial building. The three-alarm fire broke out at Newman’s Fish Food around 12:30 p.m. Firefighters had to fight the blaze at the pet store supplier from the exterior.  The chief officially declared it under control shortly before 3 p.m. No injuries were reported. Founded in 1952, Newman's serves retail pet stores, garden centers, and aquariums with freshwater and marine fish, reptiles, small animals and other live food. Newman's Fish Food, HackensackTony Greco (HACKENSACK FD)

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Paterson PD: Driver Who Ran Stop Sign Had Loaded Gun In Waistband Paterson PD: Driver Who Ran Stop Sign Had Loaded Gun In Waistband
Paterson PD: Driver Who Ran Stop Sign Had Loaded Gun In Waistband A driver stopped by Paterson police detectives for running a stop sign had a loaded handgun tucked into his waistband, authorities said. Detectives Mustafa Dombayci and Joseph Aboyoun smelled burnt marijuana coming from a Toyota Camry with Massachusetts license plates that they'd stopped on Hamilton Avenue, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Sunday. Backup Detective James Jenkins spotted the gun and alerted his colleagues, who seized the driver, Craig Tomlinson, 25, of Paterson, Speziale said. He was carrying a loaded .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol, the director said. Pol…

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Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Fugitive In NYC Home Invasion Captured Off Route 17 GOTCHA! Fugitive In NYC Home Invasion Captured Off Route 17
Gotcha! Fugitive In NYC Home Invasion Captured Off Route 17 Wood-Ridge police captured a Passaic County fugitive wanted in a Bronx home invasion after he made an illegal turn over Route 17, authorities said. Fouad Abudayya, 20, of Bloomingdale was carrying a loaded rifle when Lt. James Witkowski and Officer Mark Torsiello stopped his 2017 Nissan Sentra on the Moonachie Avenue overpass near the Fiesta, law enforcement officials said. Smelling a strong odor of pot, they got Abudayya’s consent to search the vehicle and found a .380-caliber carbine with a loaded magazine, along with cash and several pair of pricey sneakers believed stolen during a home …

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Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash
Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash Paterson detectives seized more than 2,000 heroin folds, 82 bags of crack and more than $5,200 in drug proceeds in a pair of busts. The investigators were in an unmarked car Thursday night when they saw a heroin deal go down in the parking lot of the Popeye’s on Market Street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They moved in and arrested Muhammad R. Al-Barr, 49, of Newark, who they said sold 10 heroin envelopes to a 27-year-old Rahway woman, Speziale said. Seized were 1,250 heroin folds, 82 crack baggies, two crystal meth baggies and $2,513 in cash, he…

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Pedestrian Struck, Killed Trying To Cross Route 17 Pedestrian Struck, Killed Trying To Cross Route 17
Pedestrian Struck, Killed Trying To Cross Route 17 UPDATE: A gruesome scene had some responders looking on in shock after a pedestrian was struck and killed before dawn Saturday on Route 17 in Paramus. Both sides of the highway remained closed for several hours. The victim was a homeless man who regularly stopped in at a gas station convenience store on the northbound side looking for food, authorities said. He tried to cross the highway carrying some breakfast in the dark when he was struck and thrown onto the southbound side shortly before 6 a.m. Other vehicles then struck him on that side, they said. All of the drivers pulled over and…

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Police: Landscapers Didn't Attempt To Lure Boy, 13, Near Washington Township Shopping Center Police: Landscapers Didn't Attempt To Lure Boy, 13, Near Washington Township Shopping Center
Police: Landscapers Didn't Attempt To Lure Boy, 13, Near Washington Township Shopping Center UPDATE: A language barrier was to blame for a 13-year-old boy mistakenly thinking that two landscapers were trying to lure him into their pickup truck near a busy Washington Township shopping center last month, police said Friday. Authorities reached that conclusion following a thorough investigation that included interviews with the boy, the landscapers and witnesses, as well as the assistance of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and a New Jersey State Police sketch artist. "It was determined to have been a misunderstanding due to a language barrier and the individuals speaking with ea…

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HERO: Lyndhurst Police Officer Rescues Dog, Woman, 75, From Pit Bull Attack HERO: Lyndhurst Police Officer Rescues Dog, Woman, 75, From Pit Bull Attack
Hero: Lyndhurst Police Officer Rescues Dog, Woman, 75, From Pit Bull Attack A Lyndhurst police officer rescued a 75-year-old North Arlington resident and her dog from an attacking pit bull. Phyllis Goodman told police she was walking her mixed breed rescue on the North Arlington side of 3rd Street and Union Avenue around 8 a.m. Thursday when the pit bull attacked. The pit apparently had gotten out through an open gate before locking its jaw on the back of her dog’s neck, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Responding to a call of a stray dog, Officer Anthony Giaquinto found Goodman on her back frantically trying to fight off the attack while shouting for help, Aute…

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