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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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Indictment: Paterson Baby Died From Sex Assault Indictment: Paterson Baby Died From Sex Assault
Indictment: Paterson Baby Died From Sex Assault A 17-month-old infant died after being sexually assaulted by a Paterson man, an indictment alleges. James Davis, 46, and the baby’s mother, Qunasia Coleman, 30, were both indicted by a grand jury in Paterson in connection with the November 2020 incident, authorities said Wednesday. An ambulance rushed the infant to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following a call for an unresponsive child at Coleman’s Carroll Street apartment, authorities said at the time. Coleman had gone out, leaving Davis to care for the child, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief I…

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Another Tractor-Trailer Tips At 'Tanker Turn' Another Tractor-Trailer Tips At 'Tanker Turn'
Another Tractor-Trailer Tips At 'Tanker Turn' One of the most notorious stretches of New Jersey blacktop claimed another victim on Wednesday. A tractor-trailer carrying boxes of sugar tipped over on "tanker turn" -- a bend in the road where northbound Route 95 feeds into westbound Route 80. Two were hospitalized with injuries that responders said weren't considered life-threatening following the crash shortly after 2 p.m., which jammed area traffic. The roadway remained closed two hours later. Northbound Route 95 ramp to westbound Route 80 in Teaneck.Greg Makroulakis for DAILY VOICE A fuel spill had to be cleaned up. New Jersey S…

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NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Paterson Massage Therapist Accused Of Sex Abuse In Bergen NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Paterson Massage Therapist Accused Of Sex Abuse In Bergen
NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Paterson Massage Therapist Accused Of Sex Abuse In Bergen A massage therapist from Paterson had his state license temporarily suspended after he was charged with sexually abusing two different female clients in Bergen County, authorities said Wednesday. Jhon A. Cabrera, 28, was first charged this past March with groping the breast of a client at a Hackensack spa. A joint investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Emerson police led to additional charges in May that Cabrera “penetrated” another client without consent at a spa in Emerson in 2016. Cabrera resolved an investigation by the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Thera…

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Boys Wounded In Paterson Drive-By Boys Wounded In Paterson Drive-By
Boys Wounded In Paterson Drive-By Two teenage boys were shot Tuesday night in Paterson, one in the arm and the other in the leg, responders said. Witnesses reported a dark-colored minivan fleeing toward Arch Street after the 11 p.m. shooting on Jefferson Street near North Main Street. A vehicle also was struck, they said. Both victims – one 15, the other 16 – were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. They didn’t say whether any suspects …

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Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years
Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years A South Jersey man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for robbing three banks at gunpoint within weeks of each other, taking more than $22,000 combined and firing a shot at a customer. Stephan Byrd, 46, of Vineland will have to serve just about all of the sentence – meaning he’d have to live at least to 90 before he could again see freedom – because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Rejecting a deal from the government, Byrd went to trial and was convicted in federal court in Camden in April 2019. It began in June 2014, when Byrd robbed the Ocean City Home Bank in Ma…

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What Caused Stubborn Ridgewood Garbage Truck Fire? What Caused Stubborn Ridgewood Garbage Truck Fire?
What Caused Stubborn Ridgewood Garbage Truck Fire? Authorities were investigating the cause of a stubborn garbage truck fire Wednesday morning in Ridgewood. Holes had to be cut to ventilate the village Solid Waste Services truck and get to all of the flames during the incident on Sherman Place around 7:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. Ridgewood police and Fire Prevention Bureau members were trying to determine whether a property owner knowingly left highly flammable materials at the curb. Ridgewood firefighters doused the stubborn blaze.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. …

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Police: Oakland Man Injured, Charged Playing Chicken With Freight Train Police: Oakland Man Injured, Charged Playing Chicken With Freight Train
Police: Oakland Man Injured, Charged Playing Chicken With Freight Train A 35-year-old Oakland man injured himself jumping out of the way of a freight train – and then was arrested, authorities said. The Oakland First Aid Squad treated the man for his injuries after he was nearly struck while with his dog near the Ramapo River shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The man refused hospitalization, the lieutenant said. Sgt. Michael Griffin and Officers Edward McDermott, Charles Kelly, and Timothy McDonough found him while responding to several reports of a man struck by a train, Eldridge said. He was charged with defiant trespassin…

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Judge Jails Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Three Underage Girls Judge Jails Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Three Underage Girls
Judge Jails Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Three Underage Girls A 20-year-old Passaic man already facing charges of sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls was arrested again and charged with abusing a 12 year old, authorities said. A Superior Court judge in Paterson ordered on Tuesday that Jorge Mendez remain held after authorities charged him with the Spring 2020 assault. Passaic police previously arrested Mendez for statutory rape of the 14 year olds over several months, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. He was free when detectives from Valdes’s office arrested him last Wednesday following a report from the state Division o…

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Ex-Con Who Once Shot Himself By Accident Nabbed In Paterson Open-Air Drug Bust Ex-Con Who Once Shot Himself By Accident Nabbed In Paterson Open-Air Drug Bust
Ex-Con Who Once Shot Himself By Accident Nabbed In Paterson Open-Air Drug Bust An ex-con who once accidentally shot himself was nabbed by Paterson detectives with nearly 225 Oxycodone and Xanax pills, 30 vials of crack and $5,510 in proceeds, authorities said Tuesday. Narcotics detectives responding to community complaints watched as Keith Devita, 27, and Samantha Jackson, 51, sold drugs in small amounts to buyers at the corner of Summer and Van Houten streets, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They followed two buyers out of the area and arrested both, then seized Devita and Jackson, Speziale said. Along with the pills and crack, the detectives seized…

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OBSESSION: NJSP Trooper Headed To Prison For Stalking Female Driver OBSESSION: NJSP Trooper Headed To Prison For Stalking Female Driver
Obsession: Njsp Trooper Headed To Prison For Stalking Female Driver A New Jersey state trooper will be sentenced to a year without parole in state prison and lose his job after admitting that he stalked a female driver while on duty and disabled his dashcam to cover it up. Trooper Michael Patterson, 30, had pulled the victim over twice and then followed her home to hit on her, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Trenton had charged. Patterson took a deal from prosecutors and pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in New Brunswick to tampering with public records rather than risk trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. In exch…

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