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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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Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun
Trusty K9 Leads Paterson Police To Drug Stash, Loaded Gun A Paterson police dog metaphorically barked up the right tree when he sniffed out a drug stash where officers also found a loaded handgun, authorities said. Officer Novar Vidal and Simpson were checking a streetcorner for drugs late Thursday when the accomplished canine led his handler to a crawl space by a basement door on East 18th Street near Park Avenue, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Inside police found 72 cocaine vials, nearly a half-ounce of cocaine and pot packaged in 38 baggies, four bags and 16 vials, he said. With the drugs was a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun load…

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Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208 Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208
Sedan Collides With School Bus On Route 208 A passenger was injured when a sedan collided with a school bus on Route 208 late Friday morning. The full-sized school bus had no passengers aboard when it rear-ended an Acura TSX that had slowed down for traffic on the highway's northbound side near Cedar Hill Avenue in Wyckoff, Detective Lt. Joseph Soto said. The 63-year-old bus driver from Lodi wasn't injured, so police allowed her to drive the bus from the scene with minor damage, Soto said. The Acura driver, 28, of Fair Lawn, complained of back pain but refused medical attention, the lieutenant said. Her passenger, a 56-year-old wo…

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Police & Fire
Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17 Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17
Maywood Driver, 54, Critically Injured After Rear-Ending Towed Boat On Route 17 Hasbrouck Heights police worked furiously to revive a Maywood driver Thursday afternoon after his Chevy rear-ended a boat being towed on Route 17. The crash occurred in the northbound lane around 5 p.m. EMS took over and brought the critically injured 54-year-old victim to Hackensack University Medical Center. Borough firefighters also responded. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Police & Fire
Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB
Man Shot, Assailants Flee Route 4 Holiday Inn Near GWB VIDEO: Police were searching for the shooter who critically wounded a man Thursday afternoon at the Holiday Inn on Route 4 in Fort Lee. An alert was issued for a black Chevy Camaro with heavily tinted windows and four men inside who were believed to be Hispanic following the shooting on the highway's eastbound side around 3:15 p.m. They may have headed toward the nearby George Washington Bridge, responders said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the groin, they said. Meanwhile, a black Mercedes with New York license plates parked in the …

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Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago
Seen HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago He has a hitch in his step and is missing the tip of his left pinkie. Police from Clifton and Newark have been trying to find him for more than a year now. They need your help. Michael Davis, 58, of Newark went missing after leaving a Clifton health services program more than 13 month ago. Davis – who police said was diagnosed with medical conditions that could affect his well-being -- wasn’t on a shuttle bus that was supposed to take him back to his Ridge Street home after leaving Adult Family Health Services on Orchard Street in Clifton around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 12. He was seen an hour and a…

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NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now
NJ Lawmakers Approve Early Prison Releases For Thousands Of Inmates, It's Up To Murphy Now It’s now up to Gov. Phil Murphy whether thousands of New Jersey inmates will soon be freed early from state prisons following approval of the move Thursday by the state Assembly. The state Senate, which had already approved a broader version, rubber-stamped the more limited bill that passed the Legislature’s other house. Murphy has said he’ll sign the measure into law. Early releases could begin a little over two weeks after that. Initial estimates are that 2,500 to 3,000 inmates whose prison sentences end within the next 12 months could be granted early release – nearly 20% of the current…

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Police & Fire
140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say 140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say
140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say A driver with Canadian license plates on his vehicle was carrying the 140th gun seized by Paterson police on the street this year, authorities said Thursday. Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta were moving a group that was loitering at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 28th Street around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when they noticed a double-parked blue Jeep blocking traffic. The detectives approached Terrell Johnson, 29, of Newark and found him carrying a loaded 9mm Luger, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives arrested Luger, who was sent to the Passaic County Jail …

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Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests More than 300 “violent opportunists” nationwide are being prosecuted federally for crimes committed “under the guise of peaceful demonstrations” against racial injustice, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. They include a saboteur who inadvertently engulfed himself in flames when he poured liquid from a gas can onto three U.S. Supreme Court vehicles in Washington, D.C., the department said in a release. Several defendants “leveraged social media platforms to incite destruction and assaults against law enforcement officers,” the release says. Nearly three dozen defendants are ch…

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Police & Fire
Paterson Police Seize Loaded Handgun, Shotgun Blocks Apart Paterson Police Seize Loaded Handgun, Shotgun Blocks Apart
Paterson Police Seize Loaded Handgun, Shotgun Blocks Apart Paterson police seized a pair of loaded guns barely an hour and a dozen blocks apart. Uniformed officers and Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir approached 15 or so people drinking and playing loud music near several double-parked vehicles on Lawrence Street outside Montgomery Park shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. A man in the crowd identified as city resident Rodney Alston, 25, turned away from the detectives and stuffed what turned out to be a 9mm SCCY handgun in the front pocket of his hoodie, Speziale said. Alston was arrested and sent to th…

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Police & Fire
River Vale Bicyclist Hospitalized In Old Tappan Crash River Vale Bicyclist Hospitalized In Old Tappan Crash
River Vale Bicyclist Hospitalized In Old Tappan Crash A River Vale bicyclist was hospitalized after colliding with an SUV near the Rockland border in Old Tappan. The 55-year-old Old Tappan driver of the Honda CR-V was headed east on Old Tappan Road when she slowed down for a vehicle making left turn onto Orangeburg Road shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief James Tracy said. The bicyclist said he was passing the CRV on the right when the driver swerved to avoid the turning vehicle. He slammed into the passenger-side mirror, breaking it off, the chief said. Old Tappan Volunteer First Aid Corps took him to HUMC Pascack Valley Medical …

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