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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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Joe Montana Subdues Kidnapper In Home, Rescues Grandchild Joe Montana Subdues Kidnapper In Home, Rescues Grandchild
Joe Montana Subdues Kidnapper In Home, Rescues Grandchild Living legend Joe Montana and his wife grabbed an intruder who entered their home and snatched one of their grandchildren from a woman's arms, TMZ Sports reports. The 39-year-old woman entered a Malibu, CA home where the couple was staying through an unlocked door, grabbed the child and was stopped by the Hall of Fame quarterback and his wife, Jennifer. They took the baby as the woman fled the home, the report says. LA County sheriff's deputies who were in the neighborhood on another matter were flagged down. They found the woman a few blocks away, took her into custody and booked her on…

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Jersey Shore Ex-Con Admits Stashing Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, Meth, Tech-9 In Storage Facility Jersey Shore Ex-Con Admits Stashing Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, Meth, Tech-9 In Storage Facility
Jersey Shore Ex-Con Admits Stashing Pounds Of Heroin, Coke, Meth, Tech-9 In Storage Facility A Jersey Shore ex-con admitted in federal court that he stashed pounds of heroin, cocaine and meth along with an illegal gun in a storage facility just outside Atlantic City. Joseph Brandenberger, 35, of Absecon was arrested in June 2019 after a warranted search turned up more than a pound each of heroin and cocaine, more than a few ounces of methamphetamine and a 9mm Tech-9 handgun, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Authorities seized the weapons, drugs, packaging materials and $1,812 in alleged profits, he said. As a convicted felon, Branderberger was prohibited from having a gun, Carpe…

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Woman Fires Gun During Brawl In South Hackensack Parking Lot, Officer Rescues Victim Woman Fires Gun During Brawl In South Hackensack Parking Lot, Officer Rescues Victim
Woman Fires Gun During Brawl In South Hackensack Parking Lot, Officer Rescues Victim A fight between two women that began on Route 80 ended in a South Hackensack parking lot before dawn Saturday with one of them firing a handgun several times before a nearby officer rushed to the scene and rescued the victim, authorities said. The Passaic County women were returning from Yonkers, where Samantha Polanco works as a deejay, when they began arguing on westbound Route 80 around 4 a.m., Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. The 2017 BMW 3 pulled into a parking lot in an industrial area just off the highway, where the dispute got physical, Donatello said. Polanco, 23, fired a 9mm …

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Feds: Essex County Man Shared Child Sex Abuse Videos Feds: Essex County Man Shared Child Sex Abuse Videos
Feds: Essex County Man Shared Child Sex Abuse Videos An Essex County man trafficked child sex abuse videos, said federal authorities who arrested him this week.Mauricio Calderon, 49, of Belleville had several of the images on devices at his home when federal Homeland Security agents arrested him,  U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Calderon shared "multiple graphic videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors" using an app, Carpenito said.He also "publicly posted in a chatroom multiple videos depicting the sexual abuse of children and also sent links that redirected to web-pages containing child pornography," the U.S. attorney said. …

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Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Shot In Paterson Flags Down Police Next Town Over Jersey Shore Man Shot In Paterson Flags Down Police Next Town Over
Jersey Shore Man Shot In Paterson Flags Down Police Next Town Over A Jersey Shore man who was shot in the arm and leg in Paterson made it nearly a dozen blocks before flagging down a passing police officer in Haledon, authorities said. The 41-year-old victim from Long Branch apparently was shot at the corner of North 8th Street and Belmont Avenue around 7 p.m. Friday, they said. He flagged down a police officer near the corner of Henry Street and Lee Avenue behind the Haledon School -- more than a half-mile from the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora and Haledon Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said…

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Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Fierce Fire Roars Through Three Passaic Homes, Displacing Dozens PHOTOS: Fierce Fire Roars Through Three Passaic Homes, Displacing Dozens
Photos: Fierce Fire Roars Through Three Passaic Homes, Displacing Dozens An off-duty firefighter alerted residents to a gas-fed blaze that ravaged three homes Saturday morning in Passaic, displacing nearly three dozen people. More than 120 firefighters responded to the fierce four-alarm blaze, which roared across the multi-family dwellings on Oak Street after breaking out shortly after 8 a.m., responders said. An off-duty firefighter helped get the buildings evacuated, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said "There was a tremendous amount of fire through [two of ] the buildings, with a partial collapse," Trentacost said. Definitely one (middle) and possibly two…

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Police & Fire
VIDEO: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle VIDEO: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle
Video: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle "We don't wanna do this, man. Stop! Stop!" an officer shouts over and over again before police in Atlantic County shoot a Pennsylvania man who charged at them with a broken bottle, dramatic video released Friday shows. Officers alternately implore and command Amir Johnson, 30, to drop the bottle the Aug. 6 late-afternoon standoff in the middle of a Ventnor highway. “Put it down, bro, we don’t wanna do this,” an officer shouts. "Drop the bottle! Drop it! Stop! Stop!" the officers repeatedly shout at Johnson, of Wilkes Barre, to stop, but he doesn't, the video shows. He's only feet away whe…

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Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury
Hardcore Feelings Stirred Over $2 Million Settlement In Asbury Park Stage-Diving Injury A lawsuit won $2 million in damages for a hardcore punk fan who was injured by a stage diver at a benefit concert in Asbury Park – and brought an angry response from the event’s chief organizer. Jason Kooken of New Hampshire had thanked members of Asbury Audio, Inc. after he was injured during an April 2, 2017 concert in memory of Vision lead singer Dave Franklin of Bridgewater, who'd died suddenly three months earlier. More than 2,500 fans packed the famed Convention Hall for the tribute show, headlined by one of hardcore’s founding and most prominent bands, Agnostic Front of New York City…

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Police & Fire
Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Queens men whose rented SUV rolled at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives apparently didn’t have much reason to run. The Narcotic Task Force investigators tried stopping the white Dodge Durango on the Turnpike in Carlstadt shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, but the driver hit the gas and apparently headed for the George Washington Bridge. The SUV then crashed on a service road outside the rest stop in Ridgefield. The driver, 27-year-old Carvell G. Matthews, didn’t have a driver’s license, Bergen County P…

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Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash
Prosecutor: Ramsey Driver Was Drunk, Ran Stop Sign In Serious Bicycle Crash A Ramsey driver was drunk when she ran a stop sign and seriously injured a bicyclist in town, authorities said Friday. Lisa Wiegers, 45, was taken into custody following the crash on Wyckoff Avenue near the intersection of West Oak Street shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim remained in stable condition Friday at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Musella said. An investigation by Musella’s Fatal Accident Investigations Unit produced charges against Wiegers of assault by auto, as well as summonses for DWI, reckless driving,…

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