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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
Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23 Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23
Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23 A Jersey Shore driver was airlifted after his new SUV hit a utility pole and rolled on Route 23 in West Milford over the weekend. Brian Kochakji, a 39-year-old finance manager with Mercedes Benz, was headed north on Route 23 when the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 crashed shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Kochakji, a former township resident who lives in Point Pleasant, was brought by ambulance to Echo Lake Ballfield on Germantown Road, police Lt. Thomas Valente said. AirMed One flew him from there to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with serious injuries, Va…

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Police & Fire
Cliffside Park PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 49-Arrest History Captured After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Cliffside Park PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 49-Arrest History Captured After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash
Cliffside Park PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 49-Arrest History Captured After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Cliffside Park police chased down a Jersey City ex-con with a rap sheet nearly 50 arrests long after he crashed a stolen car and bailed out, authorities said. Lester Williams, 54, was speeding south on Anderson Avenue in the 2015 Honda Accord late Saturday when he saw a police car and hit the brake, rapidly slowing down, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Williams then made a quick left onto eastbound Jersey Avenue at Sal's Deli, where the Accord -- reported stolen earlier out of Bayonne -- slammed into two parked vehicles, one of which was a 2001 Ford Mustang, Capano said. The other…

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Bergenfield Woman Remains Held After SWAT Standoff Bergenfield Woman Remains Held After SWAT Standoff
Bergenfield Woman Remains Held After SWAT Standoff A Bergenfield woman remained hospitalized following an hours-long standoff with police last week that began with a reported domestic violence incident and ended with a SWAT team taking her into custody. Area streets remained closed as members of Bergen County Regional SWAT and Regional Crisis Negotiation units joined Bergenfield police at the Maiden Lane home last Wednesday. It continued for more than five hours before the tactical team moved in and took 42-year-old Luisa Rosario into custody without further incident. Police charged Rosario with aggravated assault by choking, simple assaul…

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Two Injured In River Edge Rollover Two Injured In River Edge Rollover
Two Injured In River Edge Rollover Two victims in a Saturday rollover crash in River Edge were hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, responders said.  Both got out of the sedan before firefighters arrived at the intersection of Continental and 7th avenues around 4:45 p.m. The River Edge Volunteer Ambulance Service and Hackensack University Medical Center BLS took them to HUMC. River Edge police also responded.

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Newark Driver Charged In Upstate NY Thruway Hit-Run Crash That Killed Two Newark Driver Charged In Upstate NY Thruway Hit-Run Crash That Killed Two
Newark Driver Charged In Upstate NY Thruway Hit-Run Crash That Killed Two A tractor-trailer driver from Newark was extradited to New York and charged with a hit-and-run crash on the New York State Thruway that killed two people. A car slid under his rig when Quentin D. Campbell, 55, made an illegal U-turn in the Monroe County town of Wheatland, just west of Rochester, around 4:15 a.m. Sept. 4, New York State Police reported. Campbell kept going, pulled off at Exit 46, then removed a piece of debris from the rig in the parking lot of a hotel before continuing on, they said. Both victims were from Tennessee, State Police said. The driver was pronounced dead at the…

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One Dead, 2 Critically Injured When Seaplane Crashes Into Long Island Sound Pier In Queens One Dead, 2 Critically Injured When Seaplane Crashes Into Long Island Sound Pier In Queens
One Dead, 2 Critically Injured When Seaplane Crashes Into Long Island Sound Pier In Queens One person was killed and two others critically injured when a small seaplane crashed into a pier Sunday afternoon on the Long Island Sound in Queens, authorities confirmed. Jet skiers reportedly helped pull three victims from the wreckage after the single-engine Cessna 182 came down on the Beechhurst Yacht Club pier, in the shadow of the Throgs Neck Bridge, around 3 p.m. "Witnesses said that the plane was traveling rather fast along the water, skipped twice, and [broke apart when it] hit the pier," then "jumped FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro said. "Why this happened, we have no idea right now…

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Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation
Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation A man who continued to stalk the same Bergen County woman despite repeated arrests took a plea deal and walked away with probation. Superior Court Judge Keith Bachmann also repeated previous orders that Timothy Conti, 44, not have any contact with the victim, who was forced to move from her Rutherford apartment. The woman told police she’d never been with or talked with Conti, who allegedly told police that he “really really” liked her and hoped to marry her someday, claiming they had a “special bond.” This, of course, terrified her. Neighbors told the woman that Conti initially got into…

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UPDATE: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack UPDATE: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack
Update: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack A local church pastor was struck and killed by a commuter train Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The Rev. Robert Davis Sr. was struck at the Passaic Street crossing off Railroad Avenue across from the Hackensack Market around 2:45 p.m., city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. It wasn't immediately clear how Davis, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, ended up in the path of the Spring Valley-bound #2115 NJ Transit train or which part struck him. His wife, the Rev. Carolyn Davis, was doing voter registration outside of the market and he was walking from home to be wit…

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Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash
Wallington Driver Killed In RR Trestle Crash A Wallington driver was killed Saturday night when his mini-SUV slammed into a railroad trestle near the Wood-Ridge border. The 60-year-old victim's vehicle slammed into a concrete support on Main Avenue near Al Ventura Road at 8:41 p.m., Police Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined borough police, firefighters and the Wallington Emergency Squad at the scene. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence.

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Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash
Jeep Knocked Onto Divider In Fair Lawn Crash A traffic light came down and a Jeep ended up on the median in a Saturday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. One of the drivers was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a traumatic injury after the Jeep collided with a sedan at the corner of 30th Street and Broadway shortly before 6 p.m., witnesses said. Borough police, firefighters and the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. Traffic was diverted from the scene, jamming area streets. ALSO SEE: A man struck and killed by a commuter train while out shopping with his wife Saturday afternoon in Hackensack was a 72-year-ol…

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