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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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'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91 'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91
'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91 He won more World Series games than any other pitcher, retired with a winning percentage that remains a modern-day record and was the best hurler on what was baseball’s best team for years. Hall of Famer Whitey Ford died Thursday at his Long Island home at 91, the New York Yankees announced Friday. In a sad coincidence, New York City’s two greatest-ever pitchers – Ford and the Mets’ Tom Seaver – died less than six weeks apart. Born on Oct. 21, 1928 in Manhattan, Edward Charles Ford grew up an only child in the same Astoria, Queens neighborhood as Tony Bennett. The blond-haired Ford pitch…

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Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Capture Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Passaic Sheriff's Officers Capture Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder
Passaic Sheriff's Officers Capture Paterson Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Passaic County sheriff’s officers captured a Paterson ex-con who they said slashed another man’s neck. The 59-year-old victim flagged down a county sheriff’s officer on Grand Street just after noon Thursday, authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a large cut on his neck and was expected to survive, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, and Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said Friday. Sheriff’s officers arrested Hector Santiago, 54, and charged him with attempted murder various weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possessi…

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Sedans Collide At Busy Ridgewood Intersection Sedans Collide At Busy Ridgewood Intersection
Sedans Collide At Busy Ridgewood Intersection Two sedans were heavily damaged in a collision in Ridgewood. A family in one vehicle appeared fine while the driver of the other apparently sustained an arm injury in the Thursday afternoon crash at Prospect Street and Maple Avenue. A summons was issued to one of the drivers and both vehicles had to be towed. Village police responded, along with EMS and Ridgewood Engine Company #35. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report.Boyd A. Loving

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FBI: Kidnapped Paterson Bodega Owner Found Bound In Bronx FBI: Kidnapped Paterson Bodega Owner Found Bound In Bronx
FBI: Kidnapped Paterson Bodega Owner Found Bound In Bronx A Paterson bodega owner kidnapped from his store early Thursday was rescued in the Bronx, said authorities who arrested one of his accused abductors. Surveillance video shows one man grabbing Miguel Espejo in a chokehold while the other points a gun as they wrestle in front of the counter, knocking over items, at the Easter Grocery and Food Market at 10th Avenue and East 28th Street early Thursday. Espejo, who was struck in the head, was dragged from the store and shoved into the back of a U-Haul box truck with Arizona license plates that sped off, witnesses told police. The FBI later repo…

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Prosecutor: Garfield Man Had 130 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Garfield Man Had 130 Child Porn Files
Prosecutor: Garfield Man Had 130 Child Porn Files Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives arrested an unemployed Garfield man Thursday for trafficking child porn. Cyber crimes investigators armed with a search warrant seized Adrian Lapinski, 29, at his Chestnut Street home after discovering that he’d downloaded 130 files “depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Lapinski was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Musella thanked Garfield p…

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Mercer Man Who Had 3,000 Child Sex Abuse Images Gets 2½-Year State Prison Minimum Mercer Man Who Had 3,000 Child Sex Abuse Images Gets 2½-Year State Prison Minimum
Mercer Man Who Had 3,000 Child Sex Abuse Images Gets 2½-Year State Prison Minimum A Mercer County man must spend the next 2½ years in state prison before he’ll be eligible for parole for sharing images of child sex abuse. Herbert Bell, 58, of Ewing, was targeted by authorities after a State Police detective found 14 files of child sex abuse images shared from an IP address traced to him, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Detectives with the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, assisted by other members of the New Jersey Regional ICAC Task Force took Bell into custody during a search of his home in August 2018. A search of a computer…

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Masked NJ Barbershop Robber Who Held Gun To Boy's Head Takes Plea Masked NJ Barbershop Robber Who Held Gun To Boy's Head Takes Plea
Masked NJ Barbershop Robber Who Held Gun To Boy's Head Takes Plea A convicted armed robber had been out of state prison barely a month when he grabbed a boy at a Camden barbershop last year, put a gun to his head and forced employees and customers to empty cash and belongings into a bag. Benjamin Daye, 34, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in exchange for what he hopes will be leniency at sentencing, admitting that he grabbed the child in a headlock, forced everyone to the floor and fled with $754 and a customer’s wallet. Daye was wearing a mask when he entered the Federal Street shop in the middle of the afternoon on Nov. 23, 2019, put the gun …

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Wayne PD: 1,280 Heroin Folds Found On PA Man Who Hid On Floor During Highway Stop Wayne PD: 1,280 Heroin Folds Found On PA Man Who Hid On Floor During Highway Stop
Wayne PD: 1,280 Heroin Folds Found On PA Man Who Hid On Floor During Highway Stop Wayne police nabbed a Pennsylvania man with 1,280 heroin folds after they found him hiding on the floor of the back seat of a vehicle stopped following a suspicious set of circumstances, authorities said. It began when a Mountain View merchant alerted officers to a man carrying a crowbar in the parking lot of his business. Questioned by police, the man said he’d driven there from the Poconos to help a friend with his disabled vehicle, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The vehicle, parked nearby, clearly had been damaged in a crash, Daly said. The man said he couldn’t find his friend – “Tony…

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NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses
NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses The owners of an Essex County-based school bus company whose driver OD'd and crashed with 12 special-needs kids on board hired criminals and drug addicts, put unsafe vehicles on the road and tried to cover it all up, state authorities charged. Ahmed Mahgoub, 62, and his wife, Faiza Ibrahim, 47, both of East Hanover, knowingly hired drivers for F&A Transportation who “did not hold valid commercial driver’s licenses or required license endorsements, as well as drivers who had criminal histories or were using illegal drugs,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The couple doctored vehic…

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Paterson Detectives Chase Down Gunmen After Interrupting Attempted Gas Station Robbery Paterson Detectives Chase Down Gunmen After Interrupting Attempted Gas Station Robbery
Paterson Detectives Chase Down Gunmen After Interrupting Attempted Gas Station Robbery Paterson detectives nabbed two gunmen who looked like they were about to rob a city gas station, authorities said. Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir spotted four suspect acting suspiciously around a vehicle stopped near the Power Gas station on 21st Avenue at Madison Street shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. One of them was wearing a full face mask, he said. As the detectives approached, the vehicle drove off with two occupants while two other men tried to hide behind a parked car, Speziale said. Both then took off on foot down Madison Stree…

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